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You already know I'm a Celebrant, but I'm sure you'll want to know more about what that means. Here's a light version, but if you want a deeper dive, carry on reading.

If you're looking for a friendly, creative, and committed wedding celebrant who'll make your ceremony unique and inclusive, I'd love to hear from you. Let's chat and start planning something as unique as you are.

Independent Celebrants create and lead personal, loving and bespoke ceremonies written especially for you, whether it's a wedding, renewal of vows or loving commitment ceremony, wherever and whenever you want it.

I'm based in Shropshire and Sussex (long story!) and happy to travel wherever your ceremony is going to be. If you want to marry abroad—I love Italy, by the way—let me know!

And now, if you want the full-fat version, read on!

So how does it all work?

First, you like the sound of me and what I do and you get in touch, and if we haven't already met at a wedding fayre for example, then we meet up. It might be online in the first instance, but it depends...I like to meet face-to-face whenever possible, but you might be across the other side of the world looking for a wedding in a woodland somewhere in the beautiful Shropshire Hills, who knows!

Either way, we meet, and that's really important because we need to be right for each other. We need to connect; we need to 'get' each other. We'll form a really close bond, so it's important that we like each other and that you feel safe and secure in my ability. All of these things are so important - we'll be spending lots of time together, so let's make sure we click and have some fun!

So we've met, and you've booked me for your wedding or other ceremony, what next?

Over the months, we'll get to know each other more and chat about your love story, your hopes and dreams, and things you're nervous about. Maybe you're neuro-divergent, so we'll be sure to go about things in a way that suits you. We'll talk through everything. We'll talk about how you'd like your ceremony to be: fun and fabulous, sweet and calm, quirky or traditional, indoors or outdoors, a festival wedding weekend on your farm or your dream wedding venue; it's always up to you. To be honest, my ceremonies are mostly a combination of lots of those things, but rest assured, we can still include all the traditional elements, such as a ring exchange and vows, even a certificate if you like. Unless you'd rather not of course; I recently created a ceremony for a couple who were too emotional to read out loud and so they exchanged their vows in a letter to each other and sealed it with their favourite rum shots instead! Perfect for them, and that's the key.

Next we talk about your ceremony words and decide on any extra symbolic elements such as a hand-tying, a wedding ring warming and blessing, a bespoke sand ceremony, or maybe we can create one just for you. I recently hosted a mid-ceremony quiz based on the couple's favourite panel show - anything and everything is possible, but only with a Celebrant!

Close to the ceremony date we'll most likely visit your venue, or wherever you're holding your wedding, to have a think about the ceremony choreography. Who needs to be where and when, all that kind of thing. How best to arrive; lots of couples dread a 'walk down the aisle' scenario - you absolutely don't have to. Other things like the best way to arrange the seats, where any readers should stand, and any surprises we may have included (oh yes, surprises are so much fun!)

Come the day, I'll be with you early to settle any last-minute nerves and ensure everything is ready. Then, we hold the ceremony, and it's beautiful for both you and your guests. I believe your ceremony is the heart of your wedding day* and should be unforgettable. It shouldn't be a quick, impersonal service, the same as all the others you've been to, that everyone has to get through before they can go and get a drink!

Boring but important bit - I'm fully trained and qualified at the International College of Professional Celebrants (ICPC), with a Level 3 certificate in Celebrancy, and I'm fully insured.

This is the less boring bit, and it may make no difference to you anyway, but I'm an award-winning Celebrant! I am the English Wedding Awards Celebrant of the Year—yay!

*Important bit. We're waiting for the marriage law reform to go through, but as it stands just now, a Celebrant can't legally register a marriage in England and Wales. But that can easily be completed at any register office once you've 'given notice' of marriage. It's a simple, short ceremony, with just the two lines of consent required for legal registration being said by the couple in front of two witnesses and your signatures. Then you're free to hold your wedding ceremony anywhere because we're not bound by legal restrictions. I like to think of it as being married in law and then being truly married in love in the way that suits you with the Celebrant of your choice!

Other than the words of consent, everything else is ceremonial: the rings, the vows, everything! Get the legal 'wedmin' out of the way and entrust your ceremony with the Celebrant you've chosen, rather than the person who happens to be on duty from the registrar's office, and has another two or three weddings to perfom that day.

Phew! If you're still reading, well done, we're already a good fit!

Kisses to the Wind Ceremonies is a wedding celebrant service based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.