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    Creating Ceremony

    Author: Claire Bradford

    On restrictions, resilience and the rise of the micro wedding
    weddings
    ‘Shoulds’ and the F*ck-it Bucket
    funerals | vow renewals | weddings
    Your hot weather wedding: six ways to keep your cool
    love | weddings
    What’s the difference between a humanist celebrant and an independent celebrant?
    celebrant life
    Postponing your wedding – the upsides
    love | weddings
    How to include your dad in your wedding
    love | weddings
    Some thoughts on equality in a troubling time
    life
    20 ways to mark a loved one’s death when you can’t attend a funeral
    funerals | loss
    Coronavirus and your ceremony
    life
    Pick my brains!
    For Celebrants
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    Our ceremony was perfect! Everyone commented how wonderful, personal and unique it was and that they had never been to a wedding like it. It really was the most romantic amazing day of our lives. Thank you for all the … Read More

    Charlotte and Jamie

    Sincere thanks, you helped make what could have beenone of the worst days of my life something to cherish.

    David

    We could not praise Claire more highly. The time and detail she put into our service was amazing. She has such a natural ability with words that she created a completely personal and unique service, offering us suggestions but also … Read More

    Lizzie and Ben

    Our guests commented it was the best ceremony they’d ever been to.

    Kerry and Ben

    Before dad’s funeral my husband wasn’t convinced by my choice of a non religious ceremony, he felt it was disrespectful or lacking somehow. As it is he was so moved he has decided that he wants a celebrant rather than … Read More

    Julie

    Claire made our wedding vows beautiful. Her personality shone through like the smiley lovely lady she is. Felt like we knew her well. Added lots of magic and sparkle to our day! Thanks Claire. Xxx

    Sephra and Carl

    Claire is fun, passionate and reliable.

    Max and Steph

    We couldn’t have asked for a better person to marry us. She always got exactly where we were coming from and we really felt as though she took the time to get to know us because she wanted to. She … Read More

    Tony and Debbie

    I decided today was the day to open the envelope and re-read the beautiful words you wrote for Dad’s funeral and I just wanted to say thank you once again for doing such a good job of capturing the very … Read More

    Michelle

    Claire made our ceremony relaxed, personal, funny, touching and just perfect.

    Rachel and James

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    I was kindly gifted these plants after a funeral I I was kindly gifted these plants after a funeral I conducted yesterday. The family had the great idea of making a coffin-top arrangement full of individual plants like these, which they curated beautifully onto a board they’d made to fit with a pretty border around it to keep all the plants in. After the ceremony, they gave out plants to everyone there to put into their gardens and remember M ❤️ 
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[Image description: Testimonial from MB - Claire Bradford of Creating Ceremony was the Celebrant who conducted “A Service of Celebration” to honour the love of my life my beloved wife S. Claire assisted my daughters and I in designing the ceremony and, of course, conducted the proceedings. She was absolutely terrific in every respect. Claire was kind, understanding, sensitive, thoughtful, compassionate, sympathetic and supportive. She very quickly fully appreciated what we wanted and she delivered a wonderful service of celebration.
Claire took time with us as a family, asking many questions about my wife, to really understand what a special person she was. She also fully encouraged and supported our daughter to have the confidence to read the Eulogy, being by her side and ready to support her should she have needed it.
Many members of our family and numerous friends have been very complimentary about the proceedings and clearly thought that the whole ceremony was very fitting and appropriate.
We are extremely grateful to Claire for what she did for us to ensure S had a memorable send off and we have no hesitation in strongly recommending Claire’s professional support to anyone.]
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    My awesome daughter is studying to be a nurse and My awesome daughter is studying to be a nurse and she told me recently about the ‘6 Cs’ of the NHS, which are a set of values for all health and social care staff, which underpins all that they do.
This reminded me of when I’d been asked to describe my company’s ethos when I entered The Wedding Industry Awards in 2018. Without knowing at all about the NHS’s 6 Cs, I had described 6 Cs of my very own! Although this was the first time I’d written them down in this way, I realised that these were the values that run through everything I do as a celebrant, like words through a stick of rock.
Here are my own 6 Cs (link in bio ☝).
[Image description - Text reading 'The Six Cs of Creating Ceremony' above a photo of red-haired celebrant Claire as she conducts a wedding ceremony]
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    Here’s the fabulous Damian doing his thang at th Here’s the fabulous Damian doing his thang at this year’s national finals of The Wedding Industry Awards. I’ve been geeking out about #twia for years now. Ever since my lovely friend @jennyrutterfordphotography told me about the awards when I was training to be a celebrant - how they were the best in the business with integrity and a level playing field for all entrants. Then when I entered for the first time in 2017 - there wasn’t even a celebrant category then but I loved every second of it and met @knightceremonies_celebrant @chloerosefilms @upwalthambarns and @djbrianmole (amongst others) at the awards night, who have been cherished colleagues ever since. Then 2018 - the first year there was a celebrant category - and the utter mindblowing moment of winning the regional and national titles… Fast forward to this week when I attended as a judge for the second year running, accompanied by my gorgeous daughter, and laughed, cheered, hugged and danced* all night with my wedding industry friends including the celebrant contingent @truetoyoucelebrancy @bohoceremonies @mirandathecelebrant @hazeltherainbowcelebrant @myperfectceremony and watched Miranda take the crown and carry the torch for our profession this year. 
What a night! Thank you so much, Damian and Anna, for all you do for the wedding industry. You put your heart and soul into these awards and it bloody well shows! You rock!!
*some of the time on stage with drag queens @theofficialglobegirls 😂 
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    🔊 Sound on to hear today's wedding reading of F 🔊 Sound on to hear today's wedding reading of From 'Beyond Words' by Frederick Buechner.
Could this be the perfect reading for your ceremony? 🧡
Claire x
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    My heart is full having spent the last few days in My heart is full having spent the last few days in sunny Spain with this gorgeous human 🥰 Although Natasha and I are ‘business wives’, running @celebrantscollective together for years, this was the first time we’d seen each other in real life since 2019! Missing her so badly already - Zoom’s great but not quite the same😂 
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[Image description: Testimonial from DWF - My stepfather, sister and I chose Claire to be the celebrant at my mother's funeral and she did an amazing job. She was so warm and compassionate with us as a family and we knew we were in safe hands. Claire was remarkably generous with her time; it was clearly important to her to get a deep sense of Mum. This paid dividends as relatives commented that it felt like Claire genuinely knew her. Claire couldn't have done more.]
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    If you are struggling to feel the right energy for If you are struggling to feel the right energy for getting started on your ceremony plans, it could be time to listen to your mammalian instincts. I’m not suggesting that you just go back to bed and eat chocolate until Spring – however attractive a prospect that may seem – but I've shared a few ideas to make nature and nurture work together for you in my latest blog post. 
8 Ways to Embrace Your Inner Caveperson, Beat the January Blues and Plan your Wedding without stress (link in bio☝).
[Image description - Text reading 'January blues and wedding planning' above a photo of a red-haired woman, snuggled under a soft fleecy blanket, holding a mug of tea]
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    🔊 Sound on to hear today's funeral reading of I 🔊 Sound on to hear today's funeral reading of In Time The Sun Does Rise Again by Beau Taplin.
Could this be the perfect reading for your ceremony? 🧡
Claire x
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