Author Archives: Faye Elizabeth

I usually like to write about a particular wedding, a style, or something that can be useful to you, but today just feels different. I just recorded and posted a series of instagram stories, my usual babbling nonsense about what my week is looking like and how I am feeling, but I ended up deletingContinue reading “Coming out”

We all know what we are thinking, there is a sense of expectation and trepidation. No matter if it’s the first time or the hundredth we all know we what we are talking about?  Getting naked…. Have you been to your final fitting yet? As a bride you are going to have to take theContinue reading “The Wedding Night”

I am only sharing this as I feel like we are friends, and I am hoping that you won’t judge him too harshly – but my Husband’s favourite ever wedding joke is:  We’ll guys its been an emotional day …. even the cake is in tiers…..  (this joke has NOT aged well!) Yes I amContinue reading “Best Men in Waiting”

Fall back in love with getting married

When I first spoke to Jess and Theo, I thought we would have something in common as 2020 newly weds. None of us could’ve expected that we would become part of the ‘Micro Covid wedding club’. Whether you have planned your own wedding yet or not, we are all familiar with the various elements thatContinue reading “Inside a 2020 wedding”

When I announced that I had trained to be a celebrant, the most common question was, “what does that actually mean?” (answer here!)The second was “how can we make the ceremony different?” Your ceremony can be made up of ‘symbolic rituals’, I see these as moments where you and your partner do something ritualistic toContinue reading “Handfasting”