• Initial Interview 
• Complete Questionnaire
• Draft Ceremony 
• Venue Liaison / Visit 
• Draft Order of Ceremony 
• Second Interview – Agree Order of Ceremony & Modify Draft 
• Final Draft 
• Final Interview & Practice  
• Officiate Ceremony
• Keepsake copy of script
• Available for Photographs (as required)

Order of Ceremony

This keepsake document can be presented to all of your guests and will provide a lasting memory for you and all who shared the day with you. I will create it with you and the design and content will be individual to your ceremony.

Pricing varies according to the level of design and the number of copies required.

Wine Ceremony – Quaich or Loving Cup Ceremony

from £45

In this Ceremony, the couple can pour red and white wine into a two- handled loving cup to create a blush, the first drink that they will share together. The cup can be passed around enabling all the guests to drink to the couple’s future lives together. Mead and cider or Whisky and water can also be used.

Breaking of the Glass Ceremony

from £70

The Breaking of the Glass Ceremony is traditionally used at Jewish weddings but has become more popular with all couples. Two champagne flutes are safely placed within a cloth bag prior to being stamped on and smashed. This dramatically signals the end of the formal ceremony and the start of the celebrations.

I will commission a beautiful cloth bag, reflecting the style and colours of your wedding and supply the champagne flutes.

Wine Box Ceremony

from £75

The couple will write love letters to each other before the ceremony, which they will seal in an envelope. They will choose their favourite bottle of wine or drink of choice and place these and any other memorabilia in the wine box. During the ceremony, the couple will seal the box and vow not to open the box until an anniversary of their choice. The only other time that the box can be unsealed is when they are having thoughts of separating, at which time they will drink the wine and read the letters. This will hopefully remind them why they fell in love and chose to be together in the first place.

I can source a wide range of wine boxes, from basic range to handmade, engraved, solid Lake District hardwood boxes.

Hand Fasting Ceremony

from £85

A hand fasting is an old Pagan custom that dates back to the time of the ancient Celts. In this beautiful ceremony, the hands are tied together with ribbons, lace or braid, in the shape of the infinity symbol, thus symbolising the bringing together of the two hearts in a marriage of strength and unity forever.

This ritual enables family members and close friends to share in the ceremony by wrapping the ribbons or giving their good wishes to the couple as they ‘tie the knot.’

I will supply ribbons, lace and braid, a keepsake bag for the tied ribbons with a small signed and dated parchment inside, and give suggestions for readings and wishes.

Jumping The Broom Ceremony

from £75

The Broom Jumping Ceremony is based upon a tradition that symbolises the clearing away of negativity with a sweep of the broom and creating a threshold for the couple to cross over into their new life together.

I supply a hand-made besom broom which can be decorated in the colours and the flowers of the ceremony.

Terms

Miscellaneous Costs – As agreed (Reception MC / Toastmaster)

Travel expenses – All my prices include travel costs up to a 20-mile radius of Street. After that all mileage is at 45p per mile.

Accommodation – I am happy to travel throughout the UK and abroad. At cost price if flight tickets or overnight stay in hotel required.

Final agreed invoice to be paid in full not less than two weeks prior to the ceremony. Ceremony script released on receipt of final invoice.

Funeral Ceremony – for children up to 16yrs

no charge