Ceremonies
Why choose me as your celebrant?
A celebrant has no restrictions in terms of the content, presentation or style of a ceremony, and can therefore be completely personalised. Working with you, my ceremonies can contain many of the elements that you and your guests would expect to see but also can include many ideas or suggestions that make your ceremony unique and as individual as you are. I’ll promise to make your ceremony as heartfelt and relaxed as possible and aim to ensure that between us we create some amazing and unforgettable memories for you and your guests.
To be bestowed a Hitched Award for best celebrant in Hampshire 2025 was extremely humbling and even more so when it’s the couples that you have worked with that have earnt you this amazing accolade.
My pledge – ‘I’m fully committed to YOU, your guests, and your ceremony’, from our first meet to your special day, I will be available to offer any support and inspiration required to ensure your day is delivered your way.
Why not give me a call or drop me a message for an initial no obligation chat (phone or facetime) to discuss your forthcoming occasion and if you like me too, then I’m all yours (until your ceremony that is!)
Weddings
Being a wedding celebrant is a wonderful privilege and should you choose me I will ensure we share a journey to create a personal, unique and meaningful ceremony. Your location can be almost anywhere with or without a venue marriage licence (on a beach or clifftop, in a field or woodland), there are no boundaries with religious vows, music, readings so working together we can create a completely bespoke ceremony with love, laughter and whatever else you would like to include, maybe a symbolic element too (Hand Fasting, Unity Candles, Sand Ceremony, Crystals, Ring Warming), it’s your day and your way.
LGBTIQ+ weddings
Being the celebrant for any wedding is a privilege. But conducting a wedding ceremony for the LGBTIQ+ community is extra special primarily because it can give me the opportunity to work with couples who have desperately wanted to marry their entire lives – and have only effectively been given the last 9 years to do so. Often it involves working with couples with long standing relationship history who may have been together twenty, thirty years – maybe longer and to be able to create a memorable ceremony together and to be part of this celebration makes it an honour to be able share this milestone with a couple.
Naming Ceremonies
Naming Ceremonies are highly personalised and reflect the family and your wishes, offering a beautiful alternative to a religious christening. They can also be held in any location, so as parents you have the freedom to decide where to celebrate. It’s all about your child and the hopes as parents you have for their future and an opportunity to welcome them into the family, celebrating their arrival with loved ones.
Transgender Renaming ceremonies:
Again, a personalised and memorable ceremony where those closest to you gather to celebrate your past, present and look to the future with your new beginnings and for you to say ‘this is who I am now’. Use it as an opportunity to thank your family and friends for their guidance and support, there are no restrictions so can be completely designed to your requirements.
Vow Renewal
Every couple has their own reason for renewing their wedding vows. The most important thing is it gives you the chance to reflect on your journey to date and your hopes for the future. It could be reaching a significant milestone, such as a 10th or 25th anniversary or maybe the original marriage ceremony wasn’t what was planned and you wish to take an opportunity to have “the wedding you never had” or it could be following a challenging chapter in your marriage and you have come out the other side of it, ready to commit to each other anew. It can take place anyway you choose and you decide if you wish to write new vows or exchange new rings as we spend the time together to get to know your storey and create a bespoke and personalised ceremony with lasting memories.
Commitment Ceremonies
A ceremony that allows a couple to make a commitment to one another without legal rights or responsibilities. You can still say vows, ask guests to do readings, play music, express your love for one and another, exchange rings and kiss in front of your nearest and dearest, the only difference you would not be legally married. As well as creating a ceremony that fore fills all your wishes you would receive from me a signed keepsake confirming your commitment to one another.