My Celebrant Story

Two months ago, I officiated my very first wedding as a registered marriage celebrant … and it was freaking awesome!  Since then I’ve been involved in another two very special ceremonies, and I’m looking forward to more later this year.

I’ve been in the wedding industry for almost four years now.  I started Alare in July 2012 with a focus on wedding planning.  Since then, it’s adapted and grown to meet the needs of brides in New Zealand, but for me, the purpose is still the same.

I love weddings and I love love. 

It’s always been about being involved in a couple’s special day, making it all about them and as stress free as possible.  Becoming a celebrant was yet another way for me to be involved in weddings and it’s the most personal part.

For lots of couples, the ceremony is ‘just the legal bit’, but it’s more than that.  The reception is the party, the celebration, but the ceremony is the foundation for the marriage and the future.   It’s a public declaration of your love, the telling of your story and the sharing of promises and vows that you’re making to the person you love the most. 

When it comes to the ceremony, there is very little that needs to occur to make it legal, and that is why it’s important to find a celebrant that you click with and that really understands you as a couple.  Because of the lack of rules, you want someone who is going to make your ceremony all about the two of you and who will make it personal and special. 

That, right there, is why I became a celebrant.  I want to be a part of making your ceremony all about the two of you.  Whether that’s a unique location, a special reading, someone important you want involved or a ridiculous theme.  Whether you want something traditional or modern, formal or relaxed, whether you want guests to cry or laugh (or both!), it’s about the two of you.

So bring on the weddings, I can’t wait to hear what you have in mind!

Hannah
xox 

Photo courtesy of Perspectives Photo & Cinema and Kate & Warwick