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A WONDERFUL WEDDING

9/30/2013

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It's such an honour to be part of a couple's big day and to make a significant contribution to the success of their wedding. Withoiut a ceremony there is no marriage, so it really is the central and most important part of the day. And it is wonderful when you know how happy you have made people by the suggestions you've made. This bride sms'd me after reading the ceremony I wrote, "I love all of it I really do. It's beautiful!  I'm so glad I found u!" And after the wedding she said, "Thank u so much u did an amazing job we loved every minute of it."

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PLANNING A THAI/AUSTRALIAN WEDDING

9/25/2013

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I am planning an upcoming wedding ceremony next month between an Australian man and his Thai bride and although they want something very simple, I want to incorporate what I can in the way of traditional Thai rituals. One that I've found is called the White Thread Ceremony – ‘Phiti Bai Sri Su Kwan. White threads are linked to the wrists of the bride and groom and the thread is torn on the side until it breaks. Whoever has the longest piece is supposed to be the one whose love is deepest!There is also Sai Sin - where relatives and friends tie pieces of white string, ‘sai sin’, around the wrist of the couple to wish them good luck. These string bracelets are meant to be kept on for at least 3 days to benefit from the good luck bestowed.



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SNAKE INVADES WEDDING CEREMONY!

9/21/2013

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Little did I know as I conducted a wedding ceremony on a common near Maitland on Saturday that a red belly black snake was slithering round the proceedings! Luckily no one had a too-close encounter - despite the host of beautiful little flower girls and tiny page boys skipping along the grass and red carpet. The sun shone, the trees offered some welcome shade and the ceremony was just perfect... 

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TEN PAGEBOYS AND FLOWERGIRLS... 

9/15/2013

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I'm hoping we get plenty of rain this week so Saturday is dry and sunny for an outdoor wedding I am conducting. What makes it even more special is that there will be with five pageboys and five flowergirls ranging in age from three to ten. A young son is to give the bride away and the bride is wearing black, the bridesmaids white...

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Picking little flowergirls is a royal tradition!

9/9/2013

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I have some upcoming weddings where the attendants are very young - aged two and upwards. I think it's essential we do a rehearsal so the little ones can practice what they are going to do. But did you know using young attendants is quite traditional in the British royal family? At Queen Elizabeth II's wedding in 1947, there were eight bridesmaids, most younger than the 21-year-old bride. Diana had five bridesmaids, the youngest was 5. Kate Middleton took it even younger in her 2011 wedding, inviting her husband-to-be's goddaughter and Camilla Parker Bowles' granddaughter, both 3, down the aisle. At my daughter's wedding we gave the little flowergirls a toy bag each to keep them amused but  they ended up having more fun filling their skirtsdresses with stones - and eating them!


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    Rebecca Skinner is a journalist, editor and writer who is also  a civil celebrant, committed to helping people cherish special moments in their lives. From ceremonies with a difference together with books of living memories as a unique memento - to writing life stories - she is the specialist in celebrating life's many chapters.

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