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!

African Wedding

I have conducted a number of African weddings over the years and they are always so much fun............usually very colourful and lively. Blanche and Eddy's wedding recently was just the same. I had conducted the wedding of their friends a few years ago and they were there with the lovely baby.

Blanche was born in Botswana and Eddy in Burundi. This photo was taken by Studio Zanetti - www.studiozanetti.com.au - have worked with them for years and it is always a joy.

Blanche was so sweet and even phoned me a couple of days after the wedding to say thank you!

Home weddings

I love the home weddings. They are usually pretty relaxed. This is a photo of the lovely Cathy and I at her wedding last Saturday. Such a beautiful person. Cathy and Paul had been together for 17 years and decided to tie the knot in front of a select group of family and friends.

The ceremony was held at Paul's sister's house and the hosts made me feel extremely welcome.

It was a lovely ceremony (and Skyped to one of Cathy's daughters who is living in the USA) and after some champagne they all went into the city for a celebratory dinner at Wildfire.

Dunbar House

I had the honour of conducting the first wedding at the newly renovated Dunbar House at Watsons Bay in February and recently received this photo and email from my couple:



We had a great night and want to thank you so much for bringing such a calm, professional and experienced manner to our celebration.
We were VERY lucky to have had you look after the most important part of our marriage and you will always be in our heart.

I'm sure we will see you again.
Sincerely

Rosco&Sara

Rosco and Sara were delightful to work with........Rosco is one of those people who is so positive and makes you feel the same and Sara as sweet as!

The Tea Room Group have done a fabulous job with the renovation. Like all their venues, extremely stylish and fabulous service. A joy to do weddings with them.