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Coronavirus and your ceremony
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How to beat wedding anxiety
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Vote Creating Ceremony: for the sparkle, not the dull
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Eastern European vodka ceremony
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It’s June!
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wine box ceremony
What is a wine box ceremony?
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Thursday Thoughts… on weddings
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Quaich or loving cup ceremony
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2018, you’ve been a blast!
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Christmas traditions and overwhelm Creating Ceremony
A Christmas reminder, for when it all feels too much
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Cocktail ceremony by Sussex celebrant Claire Bradford of Creating Ceremony
Cocktail ceremony
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I’m a Celebrant – Get Me Out of Here!
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Thanks so much to Claire Bradford for helping us to create a fitting memorial service for my dad. Claire, we greatly appreciated your advice and guidance. It made the occasion just what we wanted.

Maria

Thank you so much for leading  such a wonderful service and for all your kindness and support. We couldn’t have wished for it to go any better and I’m sure B would have been very happy and proud. You certainly … Read More

Marion

Thank you so much for the wonderful funeral you gave for my lovely D. It was beautifully done and everyone I spoke to (and there were quite a lot) commented on how well chosen and delivered it was. I think … Read More

Audrey

Claire has a brilliant way with both people and words, she found just the right balance of poignancy and wit with which to conduct our ceremony. She was sensitive, fun, and easy to work with, and fully understood what we … Read More

Christine and Iain

My husband had terminal cancer and we were both struggling to find the words of how much we meant to each other. Claire made that happen for us. I will be eternally grateful to her, sadly my husband is no … Read More

Sue and Okkie

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

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

Rachel and James

We both wanted to thank you for making our day extra special. The preparation and attention to detail particularly pleased us. Though this was a serious occasion you managed to make it not only joyous but also fun. The rehearsals … Read More

Tracy and Martin

Claire was brilliant! We were amazed by how much time she spent with us and how she tailored our ceremony into something special and unique. The reason we wanted a celebrant and not a registrar was for exactly this reason, … Read More

Alex and Sam

Thank you once again for being an amazing celebrant. Everyone commented on how wonderful and personal our wedding celebration was. It was made so special by you.

Pat and Sarah

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Claire Bradford
I've been rather quiet on here of late as I have, I've been rather quiet on here of late as I have, like so many others, been processing the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak. I didn't feel ready to offer any sage advice to add to the 'noise' as I was dealing with so many distressed wedding couples, sorting out working arrangements now there are four of us all at home, and obsessively scrolling through my newsfeed and social media trying to make sense of it all.⁠ But, somewhat belatedly, I have written a blog post today (link in bio) and I intend to now post regularly throughout this whole 'adventure'. Look out - Thursday Thoughts are about to make a return!⁠ Hope you gorgeous ones are all OK. Sending big love to you all xx⁠ ⁠ #coronavirus #covid19 #wedding #funeral #vowrenewal #covidcancellation #coronacancellation #postponedwedding #sussexcelebrant #creatingceremony
I was supposed to be in Spain by now, meeting up w I was supposed to be in Spain by now, meeting up with my fabulous #businessbestie @natasha.c.johnson in preparation for the @celebrantscollective 2020 retreat starting tomorrow. Instead, the dreaded virus has put a stop to all of that and Spain has gone into a state of emergency so we had to make the really tough decision to call it off or risk being stranded over there or having to go into self isolation when we got back. We were supposed to be staying in the very gorgeous @lafuenteoase but sadly now we’re neither there nor were they prepared to postpone our booking, so as well as being very disappointed we are significantly out of pocket at a time of great uncertainty for everyone. Sigh. Anyway, I was feeling glum this morning and my fabulous husband cleared out, debugged and made over the greenhouse in our garden for it to be my personal retreat for the next few days. Love that man @richardjbradford ❤️ Spent today sorting out postponements for my wedding couples over the next couple of months as per my Ts and Cs. If you are having a ceremony with me later in the year and you’re worried, please get in touch and we’ll pencil in an alternative date whilst we watch what’s happening carefully. It’s important for all of us at the moment to try to be a bit flexible with each other. We’re all worried about our health, our income and what’s going to happen. Let’s not forget to #bekind amongst the panic. Leave some toilet rolls for others to buy. Work alongside other small businesses who are trying to keep afloat. Love to all of you xxx #coronavirus #covid19 #weddingcelebrant #coronawedding #mayyouliveininterestingtimes #whattheheckisgoingtohappen #sussexcelebrant #creatingceremony
In my work as a celebrant, I have had the immense In my work as a celebrant, I have had the immense privilege of conducting funerals for many elderly women, whose stories of living through decades of inequality have often been inspiring. Some have defiantly challenged the ‘norms’ and have gone on to travel the world during war time, set up their own businesses, been sexually free or other snubs to the patriarchy. Others have been more subversive in their rebellion - doing the domestic bit but bringing up their children with fiercely equal values. 
Whilst we have many more freedoms as women these days, we are still a long way from equality. One of the ways we can keep pushing is to question so many ‘traditions’ that are actually more like rules. These are seen especially strongly in another part of my work - weddings. So I encourage all couples - of whatever gender - to really think about the traditions they want to include in their wedding: 🌟 Want to walk in with your dad? Great! But let’s not talk about ‘giving away’ - you’re nobody’s possession. 🌟 Have a kiss - but I’m not giving consent for anyone else with a ‘you may now kiss the bride’ (or groom, or anyone else)! 🌟 Change your surnames if you want, but think about it carefully first - consider double-barrelling or even make up a new name and both change. This has been your tribe marker your whole life so far.
There’s nothing wrong with tradition, but remember that’s where a lot of inequality still lingers, so change it up to rise you both up, not drag either or both of you down. Happy International Women’s Day 2020! Thanks to @the_female_lead for the awesome pic. #werisebyliftingothers #iwd2020 #internationalwomensday #thefutureisequal #celebrant #sussexcelebrant #creatingceremony
Back to the Beeb today for another fab chat with t Back to the Beeb today for another fab chat with the lovely @allison.ferns on #BBCSussex. We talked about all sorts from trips to Harrods to leap year proposals and, as always, there was a lot of laughter. Want to listen? The link is in the bio. 📻 🎧 🎙
Tea, beautiful flowers and a roaring fire in a pro Tea, beautiful flowers and a roaring fire in a proper castle - all made ‘working’ on a Sunday a very pleasant thing indeedy 😍 Fab as ever to be chatting to gorgeous couples at the #AmberleyCastle open day - and proud as punch to be their recommended celebrant. Always great to see the lovely Dean, Rowan and the rest of the Amberley gang, plus supplier chums including @tentsnevents @evarosebridal @henrywellsphoto and @henryskitchencakes (thanks for the yummy cake!) Oh and the flowers were by Claire at @theflowershop_pulborough who I’ve never actually met but always comes up with stonkingly beautiful arrangements. Thanks Claire! Xx . #castlewedding #weddingcelebrant #sussexcelebrant #creatingceremony @brownswordhotels
Awesome, awesome picture by the very lovely and su Awesome, awesome picture by the very lovely and super talented artist Meredith Jensen (@merjensenarts) to illustrate my latest blog on beating wedding anxiety (link in bio). Thank you SO much Meredith 😍 . #illustration #weddingillustration #illustrator #weddinganxiety #weddingnerves #bridechilla #weddingcelebrant #sussexcelebrant #creatingceremony
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