No need to marry at the Registry Office!

So many couples get married in the Registry Office, but you should really think about using a celebrant! With a good celebrant the choice is so much broarder. You can get married in a great location, have as many guests as you wish (limited to 12 at the Registry Office) and celebrate with a glass of champagne after the ceremony - no alcohol permitted at the Registry Office.

You may want a very simple ceremony with only two witnesses or perhaps you want 20 or 80......the choice is yours.

A good celebrant will tailor a ceremony to suit you and take the time to learn a little about you as a couple......if you wish. Alternately you can say to your celebrant that you simply want to say the legal words required and that is what you should get.

Celebrant marries celebrant

Actually, I am married to a Clinical Psychologist! But recently I had the priviledge of conducting the wedding of another celebrant. Such an honour. Gerald and Kathleen came to Sydney to have their ceremony with family and friends. It was a lovely ceremony on the harbour foreshore at McMahon's Point.

Wedding photographers

It is a great honour to conduct any couple's wedding, but when they are your colleagues in the wedding industry it is a great compliment. I recently had the pleasure of conducting the marriage ceremony of a couple of wedding photographers. Natalia and Morris were a delight to work with and together we created a truly wonderful ceremony that was so warm and inclusive. Look at their website: www.morrisimages.com.au

Renewal of Vows

I am often asked to perform Renewal of Vows ceremonies. Sometimes these are couples I married 10 years ago, and sometimes they just find me on the internet.

Recently I have conducted two such ceremonies and the couples were both celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

This is a photo of Pina & Nicolo. It was such a wonderful ceremony as they were joined by their family and friends. I had the honour of conducting the wedding ceremony of their son Alberto and his beautiful bride Katie last year. It was lovely to catch up with them. They are now expecting their first child in November.

The Renewal was arranged by Pina and Nicolo's daughter, Isabella. What a woman! She has three very young children, yet managed to organize the day with apparent ease.

Delightful couple from the USA

The weather last weekend was of course glorious for my weddings, but the previous week was another story.

I conducted a truly beautiful wedding for Al and Linda who come from Indiana in the USA. The wedding was to be on the harbour foreshore looking across to the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Thursday the 21st July was one of the most miserable days weatherwise for sometime. This did not dampen the spirit of this couple.....just look at the photo taken by Raoul Tackelburg - www.raoul.com.au

We did the ceremony in the Sheraton on the Park and then Raoul and Colin - www.cheersvideo.com.au took Al and Linda to The Rocks area and they were so pleased with the results.

Glorious weather for weddings

The last two weekends have been sensational for my weddings - beautiful, clear, sunny Sydney winter weather. Some couples are very lucky, but of course the only thing you have no control of on your wedding day is the weather, so if planning a ceremony outdoors a wet weather plan is essential.

Weddings in France & Italy

Have not blogged for a few weeks as I have been lucky enough to have spent 3 weeks in France and Italy.

Could not escape the weddings though! We saw weddings everywhere we went from Arles in France to the Cinque Terre in Italy.

The one in France was a lovely small wedding in the Town Hall - the bride looking ever so chic in a very pale pink dress (not a wedding dress) and about 20 guests.

The other memorable one was in Venazza in the Cinque Terre where we were staying. It is a gorgeous little village and one Saturday afternoon the bridal party and guests (around 40 - 50) gathered in the beautiful little square on the water and then climbed the steps to one of the hillside restaurants for the celebration. They were all Australian!