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Treasured Ceremonies Welcome to Treasured Ceremonies. I am an accredited celebrant in the south of France. What is a celebrant?
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From early days of humanity, we have felt a need to celebrate life events with rituals and symbolic gestures, creating ceremonies to mark big occasions. Over time many of these have become formalised, for example into weddings, civil partnerships and christenings and naming ceremonies. Very often, at the heart of these ceremonies are the making of vows in the presence of family and friends. Having

a professional celebrant means that your ceremony will be exactly that – professional from start to finish. I have trained with Civil Ceremonies Limited to become an accredited celebrant, which means we can create a ceremony together that is meaningful and unique to you. There are any number of life events which you may want to celebrate, from the birth of a child, significant birthdays, marriage, civil partnership, anniversaries, the joining of two families through marriage…the list is endless. Your ceremony can be held wherever you want it; in the heart of the Welsh countryside, at home, in your local restaurant, in a tipi on a cliff overlooking the sea, in a woodland dell…wherever you like!

15/11/2024

New Blog Alert! https://treasuredceremonies.co.uk/a-relaxed-domaine-de-blanche-fleur-provence-wedding/

When and Dan said they wanted a relaxed ceremony in Provence, I was only to happy to help!
They said their private vows after their first look with just Thomas the photographer and me with them, what an honour!!!
Everyone there bought into their love story completely. And why wouldn't they? It was a tale of love growing under the watchful gaze of the 🗽 in New York !
Take a look at the blog for more ☺️
Big thanks to fellow suppliers
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While trying to learn French non-binary terms, I came across this article. However, I still don't know how to begin an e...
05/11/2024

While trying to learn French non-binary terms, I came across this article. However, I still don't know how to begin an email if I don't know the addressee's name. In English, I tend to start with a simple "Good morning/afternoon," but that feels more impolite in French! Does anyone have any ideas? Oh, the article may not be readable in the UK, sorry!

Comment utiliser correctement le pronom iel? Et quels sont les accords pour les pronoms neutres? On fait le point sur les pronoms non binaires.

What a wonderful testimonial 😊 It's official, I'm "elegant"!! (Well my style of delivery apparently is!). This was a gre...
29/07/2024

What a wonderful testimonial 😊
It's official, I'm "elegant"!! (Well my style of delivery apparently is!).
This was a great day with buckets of behind the scenes input from family and friends 😍
Made special, as ever also by the efforts of fellow suppliers .. I hope to visit Domain du Clos d'Hullias again next year!

20/06/2024
Happy May 1!It's a public Holiday here in France, but I've elected to stay at my desk. I've plenty of writing to do, wit...
01/05/2024

Happy May 1!

It's a public Holiday here in France, but I've elected to stay at my desk. I've plenty of writing to do, with 2024 weddings still coming in (but we're nearly full!) and room for more in 2025 I'm loving the stories lining up to be told!

Did you know that washing your face in the morning dew on May 1 is said to lead to a perfect complexion the rest of the year? I may try the rain later to see if that works! (Yes, we've some of the much - needed wet stuff falling right now 😍)

Have a good day, whether you're at work or play 🥰

💞When your bride is from Sweden and is discussing national quirks and differences with her fiancé, it would seem churlis...
28/03/2024

💞When your bride is from Sweden and is discussing national quirks and differences with her fiancé, it would seem churlish not to research what the flippin' heck she was talking about! 💞
💞So now I'd like to go to Sweden in the late Summer, don my bib and silly hat, and feast on crayfish whilst raising a glass of snaps and singing a silly Swedish Song. 💞
Skål!

09/03/2024

🥰🥳On International Women's day I'm celebrating my celebrant sisters 🥳🥰
We look out for each other, we share each other's loads, we cheer each others' triumphs.
As a mother, I raised both of my children to have the strength to make their own decisions. Even if I find these decisions hard to understand at times, I'm proud of who they are! And my female friends and colleagues are constantly by my side with their wit and wisdom helping me find my way.
Here's to the women. All of us 🥰

Happy Valentine's Day.. Just!Well, it's been a busy one... Working this morning then swimming followed by buying new gla...
14/02/2024

Happy Valentine's Day.. Just!
Well, it's been a busy one... Working this morning then swimming followed by buying new glasses for us both this afternoon.
Oh! The glamour!
Things became even more Romantic as we headed to a bar for a beer and crisps (no lunch then swimming = v hungry!) then home for a bought ready-to-cook meal (French therefore yum!), wine and chocs (Leonidas 😜).

So, I feel spoiled! Have you been spoiled with a ring this valentine's? Let me know ! Let's see if we can make plans to put a wedding band with it!




Valentine's Day 2024Will you free my Palestine?In solidarity with Palestine and members of the community, on this day w...
14/02/2024

Valentine's Day 2024
Will you free my Palestine?

In solidarity with Palestine and members of the community, on this day which is all about love, I decided to imagine a world where we share all we have fairly and without favour.
Where love is the overriding motive between all communities.

Valentine's day is about sentimentality and clichés!
So here are a few;
Love is the answer
Love heals
Love conquers all
Love is patient
Love is kind
How about, "Love will set you free"?

Here's to a free world of love for the people of Israel, the people of Palestine - for all of us.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION; graphic of a dove holding an olive branch backed by banners of Palestinian and Israeli flags, with a red heart beneth containing the words "Will you free my Palestine"

Old dog post 🫤I've been trying to write something clever to mark the fact of Friday. Or Spring (well, it feels like it h...
02/02/2024

Old dog post 🫤
I've been trying to write something clever to mark the fact of Friday. Or Spring (well, it feels like it here in France), or my nine years (?!! yes really) as a celebrant.

But all I can do today is worry about this old boy, so here's a picture I took this morning.

Happy Friday, et bonne weekend 🍻


I've been busy writing a wedding ceremony for these two gorgeous people...Phoebe and Simon are showing two sides of them...
28/01/2024

I've been busy writing a wedding ceremony for these two gorgeous people...
Phoebe and Simon are showing two sides of themselves in these pictures, out and about in the mountains as well as glam 😜
And isn't that just what having a celebrant-led wedding is all about? Crafting a script to reflect how you are, maybe symbolism to demonstrate your coming together, maybe even something to interact with your family and friends to show just how important they are in your lives.

The venue will be perfect...a beautiful small hotel- not a wedding venue- in Provence which holds fond memories for our couple. Then the celebratory party in a tapas bar in the village.

I can't wait! 🥰


🥰Very happy memories from my first wedding in France. I'd done scores before then in Wales, and have had the pleasure of...
26/01/2024

🥰Very happy memories from my first wedding in France. I'd done scores before then in Wales, and have had the pleasure of many more since in in France!🥰
This was at in the Dordogne.
We had their family dog as ring bearer, cocktails and symbolic hand-tying! 🐶🥂
Here's what Charlotte and Mike had to say;

Thank you SO much for being our celebrant on our wedding day! (I think we were your first in France?!) Our first phone call consultation ended up being an hour and forty minutes of pure joy discussing everything from travels to bodybuilding and I knew then you were the lady for us. I had so much fun planning our ceremony with you (all virtually of course); you made everything so easy and enjoyable. You took so much time to get to know us as a couple and individually and were able to use that to craft a truly unique, bespoke wedding. I loved your creativity in pulling in things that were important to us and some traditional (and not so) symbolism from the colours of the ribbons in our hand-fasting to our signature cocktail making! Thank you for helping us to include Hector (the real star of the show) and our loved ones in such a wonderful way; you can see from the photos that everyone LOVED it and comments on it to this day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making our ceremony so "us".
🥳Now and Mike have their own little chap - yes I'm still stalking them on Insta, and am delighted to see them looking so happy!🥳😍

I have to admit Charlotte sent this review some time ago (I'm sure she'd back me in saying it was a while after the wedding though!), but I've just found it again and realised I hadn't shared it!
It's never too late to send me your review of your wedding day, I love to see it and it helps others appreciate what they get from my ceremonies!

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Congratulations to Claire and James on their anniversary! It's hard to believe it was a whole year ago that I presented their bilingual ceremony. All the guests contributed to the handfasting after they made their legal vows at Claire's family's local mairie. Happy Days! #weddinginfrance #happyanniversaryfrance #celebrantinfrance #bilingualceremonyinfrance

Having a funeral is part of the grieving process. So it's important that it's the right ceremony for you. We can create a meaningful ceremony within the six days required in France. It's better if you have time to think, and to plan. It could be writing down your own ideas for your loved ones in the future. It could be quietly getting your self ready to say farewell within a few weeks to someone you love. This was the case for Sarah and her family last year. Feel free to contact me to talk over your ideas. #englishcelebrantinfrance #celebrantinfrance #funeralcelebrantfrance

Happy Easter!🐥 Although I'm not involved in any formal religion, this is one tradition I try to follow, baking the annual simnel cake 🐥 I love tradition, and ceremony... No great surprise there! Having said that, within my wedding ceremonies we could have nothing traditional (unusual not to exchange wedding rings, however!) or everything we can think of including some we've invented for ourselves! As for a funeral, it's important to me to have some sort of "committal", a final goodbye. But that doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. What ceremony tradition is a "must" for you? #eastertradition #weddingtraditionsinfrance #celebrantinfrance #simnelcake #YourWeddingYourWay

🥰🥳On International Women's day I'm celebrating my celebrant sisters 🥳🥰 We look out for each other, we share each other's loads, we cheer each others' triumphs. As a mother, I raised both of my children to have the strength to make their own decisions. Even if I find these decisions hard to understand at times, I'm proud of who they are! And my female friends and colleagues are constantly by my side with their wit and wisdom helping me find my way. Here's to the women. All of us 🥰 . @independent_celebrant_retreats #IWD24 #internationalwomensday24 #celebrantretreat2024 #cpd

My "Celebrant Led" ceremonies can mean so many different things to different people - that's rather the point, it's personal to you! Some are rich with symbolism, others less so, all weave a tapestry with words to reflect the couples whose love we're celebrating at that moment. Or they reflect the person whose life we're commemorating and celebrating. These pictures are taken from Louise and Chris's wedding earlier this year, the words are from the wonderful thank you messages they sent to me. You can read more about the ceremony on my website; https://treasuredceremonies.co.uk/reflecting-on-a-2023-wedding-in-provence/

Today's wedding was at Dyffryn Fernant Gardens. It was the first they've held here (other than a family one). The guests were all brought by minibus from the reception venue, the rest of the day was at Llys Meddyg restaurant with rooms They did a great job after the ceremony serving canapés and bubbly from the garden library. I don't think I've ever had quite so much positive feedback from the guests! They all appreciated being brought "into the moment". My script described wind in the trees and birdsong. It wasn't hard to change this to soft rain and breeze on the grasses. Nikki and Sam weren't into symbolism, no handfasting or cocktail making for them. This ceremony was simply a celebration of love, family and friendship. And it was held in a place I love, one of the last places I took my mum before she went into decline. A place I will think about often when I'm in my new home. Perhaps I'll go back for one last visit.

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“Not only is Helen kind, patient, and warm, but also funny, creative, and full of joy – all of which came through during our ceremony”

Congratulations! (Or, as we say in Wales, Llongyfarchiardau!) You’re getting married!

I’m Helen. I’m in my fifties, I still aspire to be some sort of athlete, good dog owner and get my “children” to speak to me rather than message. I drink less wine than I did (but of a better quality dahlink) and I’ve discovered something I want to share with you…….. Life’s too short for dull ceremonies! Life is great, let’s celebrate it whether you’re at the beginning, the middle or nearer the end of yours!