EXPERIENCE

On the surface, I offer bespoke ceremonies for all of life's milestones. But then that's what every celebrant on here offers too!

So what else comes with the package? Well, you get a friendly, approachable celebrant who's fun to work with and delivers ceremonies that your guests will be talking about for a long time to come (in a good way!). But again, there are lots of us like that...

Here are some of the reassuring, professional things you might want to know about me:

- I've been a full time celebrant for over three years, conducting weddings, vow renewals, namings and funerals.
- I trained with the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants, and now train other celebrants through that organisation.
- Before I became a celebrant, I was a life coach for many years, which means I'm really good at listening hard to your story (or that of your loved one) and finding out what's REALLY important to you about your ceremony.
- I've also got oodles of experience of writing and public speaking, which means I can take that story and make it zing.
- I am very open to all sorts of beliefs and faiths, and completely happy to include religious or spiritual aspects into any ceremony, if desired.
- The ceremonies I create are full of personality BUT your ceremony is about YOU - it's not my show it's yours.
- Lots of people I've worked with have been kind enough to say really lovely things about the experience, so you don't have to just take my word for it (see reviews on here, on my website and on my Facebook and Instagram pages).

...and here are some of the silly things you might want to know about me:

- I love animals (I've got a very stinky dog called Stanley) and I get very excited when people tell me they want their pet involved in a ceremony.
- I'm a Gemini (but I choose to either believe in all that stuff or think it's all rubbish according to what my horoscope says...)
- I'm as mushy as they come and a sucker for a good love story.
- The Geek Force is strong with this one - GoT wedding you say? Star Wars, Doctor Who or Marvel superheroes theme to your ceremony? I'm all over it. I have actually spoken Klingon at a Trekkie funeral once.
- I truly believe that tea and cake makes everything better.

CEREMONY STYLE

All the different types of ceremony I create are tailored to the person or people they are for, so they are all different. So I don't have a favourite sort of ceremony. However, all my ceremonies are personal, friendly, story-led and there's usually a good sprinkling of laughter (even at a funeral).

This approach has seen me conducting festival weddings, beach picnic namings and Pagan-style handfastings in a field, as well as more outwardly traditional (but still super personal) ceremonies in barns, houses and chapels.

I suppose I could say my favourites are more about the people I've worked with - when people open up and share their story and feelings, and are open to having their ceremony really express who they are rather than 'conform to the norm', that's when the magic happens.