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Magical romance of a winter wedding in Yorkshire at the Cruck Barn
Winter wedding at The Craven Arms Cruck Barn, Appletreewick in Yorkshire. "Twinkling lights and the magical romance of a winter wedding in the Cruck Barn." Heather processed into this charming space, lit by candles and warmed by the roaring fire, to the...
West Yorkshire Wedding with Humour & Love
Nigel and Helen – 21st November 2021- Chevin Hotel, West Yorkshire "The perfect combination of humour and love combined to make this wedding ceremony so very special." Nigel and Helen literally did not stop smiling and laughing from the moment I...
Garden Naming Ceremony
George’s Yorkshire Garden Naming Ceremony – 25th September 2021. "Perfectly perfect in every way!" How adorable is gorgeous George?! Jonny and Sally have chosen such a strong, confident, courageous, dragon-slaying name which totally suits him! Here he is...
Can there ever be too many smiles and too much joy at a wedding…..?!
Happiness, humour and hilarity characterised the wedding of Ralph and Sophie at Oakwood at Ryther in June 2021. What a greatly-loved and hugely -popular couple Ralph and Sophie are as they celebrated "family" at the very centre of their ceremony. They are an absolute...
Fairy-Tale Wedding in a Secret Garden
"May this knot of love remain tied forever. May it be loose enough to allow you the freedom to be yourselves as individuals but tight enough to keep you strong through life's challenges." Here we are at the dreamy and romantic hand-tying element we wove into the...
Stunning and intimate Christmas Wedding
What a wonderful, magical and truly romantic wedding for Tasmin and Andrew- at Denton Hall near Ilkley in December 2020. Tasmin and Andrew had had quite a journey to arrive at their dream day. They had hoped to marry on 2nd May 2020, exactly two years after their...
Looking for Love in 2020
How is the flame of love being ignited in our current climate? Read on to find ideas about how people are looking for love in during the restrictions imposed by Covid 19. Finding and meeting your soul mate nowadays is evolving into a very different experience. And...
The new trend for a virtual wedding in 2020.
5 Top Tips for creating your “next-best thing to your original wedding” ceremony. Using the letters from COVID as an acrostic, here’s how to “up-cycle” that word to make your virtual wedding ceremony into something AMAZING ! C is for celebration / ceremony/...
Garden Wedding Vicky and Sean – October 2019
Helen wrote a truly personal service my husband and my wedding. Everyone commented on how the ceremony was truly personal to us - and it was! They said it was the best wedding they have ever been to and how much they loved it.It was perfect for us.. You captured...
Personal, beautiful and extremely elegant wedding ceremony
Wedding Ceremony August 2019 in Thorpe Park Hotel, Leeds. Distance would not separate this beautiful couple. Theirs is a courtship that lasted for 4 years whilst they lived on different continents This was a unique ceremony celebrating Uyen's Vietnamese heritage...
Renewal of Vows – Ruby Wedding Celebration
What a meaningful and moving Renewal of Vows for this beautiful couple surrounded by their extra ordinary family and friends. 40 years of marriage and J & S chose to have the ceremony and celebration which were not possible for them 40 years ago. Their vows were...
Festival Wedding like no other for Jane and Dean – now universally known as “Jean-Fest!”
What an absolute JOY it was to officiate at Jane and Dean's remarkable festival wedding. It rained, and it rained and it rained and it made not a jot of difference to the love, laughter and community celebration for this charismatic and imaginative couple. Their...
Relaxed outdoor wedding with a vintage vibe – just lovely! June 2019
Despite being born on two different continents, their love of travelling led them to find the love of their lives! After 1st meeting: We are really excited to be working with you and we are so glad that understand our vibe. After their wedding: Thank you so much for...
Elegant and intimate wedding at the family home in May 2019
Utterly beautiful wedding for these two child-hood sweethearts held in their family home surrounded by their nearest and dearest. Review from Amy Ollie – 25.05.19 – Ilkley We had Helen as our celebrant for our wedding a couple of weeks ago. She made it absolutely...
Review from first meeting …..
After our initial meeting last week in preparation for their extraordinary wed-fest celebration in July, Jane and Dean said: "Thank you for coming to meet us last night - sorry if we kept you longer than normal. (never a problem - I loved meeting you!) We think you...
My highest honour to be the celebrant for my sister’s stunning, intimate wedding , January 2019
The beautiful bride, Ali, said: We wanted to say thank you very much for conducting our wedding at the Manor House. From the moment we got engaged we knew we wanted a small personal wedding with our families. When we approached you to discuss this you...
Naming Ceremony in the family’s garden – so personal, so moving ……
Baby Welcoming Ceremony- Summer 2018 So moving! The garden was bursting with love and affection for this special family as we welcomed baby Martha Baby's Father: "Helen recently conducted a naming ceremony for our baby daughter. As non-religious parents, we wanted all...
Wonderful garden wedding – Summer 2018
Garden Wedding- Summer 2018 Bride and Groom: "We just wanted to say what an amazing job you did with our wedding ceremony. It could not have been better and we had a lot of compliments on your calm manner, the content and the whole experience". The Bride's...
