The Country Celebrant

31/12/2025

This year has been busy. I have worked, played, cooked, eaten and walked. My family continue to be my reason for being. My friends buoy me up. My work gives me focus and immense joy.

I wish you all a very happy and full 2026. I hope that our paths will cross and that we share a laugh and a moment together.

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21/12/2025

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2026. The office is closed now until 28th December. I look forward to working with you, sharing and supporting you in 2026. xXx

21/11/2025

I derive great satisfaction from creating funerals that honour a life well lived and a return to nature. If I can help you in this regard, please let me know.

21/11/2025

I derive great satisfaction from creating funerals that honour a life well lived and a return to nature. If I can help you in this regard, please let me know.

01/11/2025

Autumnal board made with the children at the after school club. Variety is the spice of life.

07/10/2025

03/10/2025

I promised to tell you a little more about the last ceremony that I conducted in September this year.

It was part one of a celebration for a Celebrant friend and her husband. When we met to discuss the event, they had already made a few plans. They had booked a sweep to attend and bring them luck. What a lovely chap, full of charm and wit and with his cat, Snowflake perched on his shoulder; that suggested fire. They had a two friends to speak - one on the subject of committment and love and that spoke to us of words and the air - the other a mason gave us a reflection on the working tools of an apprenticed mason - rooted in the earth and finally they had bought a Sussex Pig - an ancient vessel that was used to toast a bride and groom in the 1800's - we used this to represent water although I know that they toasted each other with cider!

22/09/2025

This was the last wedding of the season for me, and what a belter!

Here is the central space, created as a hoop from hazel wands studded with flowers.

The bride and groom were the only people allowed to step into this area - I will share more in due course.

17/09/2025

It is great to receive messages from happy customers and to be told that you were an important part of their very special event.

I am looking forward to working with a variety of couples in 2026. Please drop me a note if you are looking for a Celebrant to help you.

16/09/2025

Handfasting is a great opportunity to focus on a couple during their ceremony. The act of binding them with a cord, that I have made, is very personal and intimate; there is an opportunity for a quiet word of reassurance and it allows them to look deep into each others eyes.

When the knot is tied the shout goes up and the ceremony becomes very lighthearted again.

06/09/2025

Happy anniversary to you both. This year has gone by so fast, I hope you have a lovely weekend ###

31/08/2025