Spot On Ceremonies

01/02/2025

I recently wrote a newspaper column about two amazing wedding suppliers who made me look and feel a million dollars for a photo shoot. The three images tell the story…

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Three images showcasing a newspaper article, written by Vicky, about the importance of choosing hair & make-up artists and photographers who make you look and feel amazing!
📷💄📰💕 Lucy Davis Photography Toni Todd

21/01/2025

Elevating your wedding day to a whole new level, a celebrant-led ceremony is completely non-restrictive - take as long as you like and include any content you like! You can also hold your ceremony anywhere you like.
Written and delivered by someone YOU have chosen and have come to know, it’s no surprise that celebrant-led ceremonies have become increasingly popular in recent years.
Why have beige when you can have glorious Technicolor? 🌈
Book a no-obligation discovery call with me to find out more.

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A photo of Vicky, a short fair haired celebrant, standing between a beautiful bride and a gorgeous groom. A mnemonic of the word ‘celebrant’ reads: Creative, emotive, love-filled, exciting, bespoke, ruddy awesome! all about you, never boring, totally unique. A speech bubble from the groom reads: This is what a celebrant will bring to your ceremony (even the short arse ones)

06/01/2025

Did you RING in the New Year?
Did more than a cork get POPPED?
If the answer is YES, get your key suppliers booked PRONTO!
Diary open for 2026 & 2027. Only a few dates remaining for 2025.

ID a photo of Vicky, a short fair haired celebrant with a gorgeous couple. Snowflake and heart motifs decorate the image, which also features the Spot On Ceremonies logo. Accompanying text reads: NEW YEAR’S PROPOSAL? Book your celebrant now! 07771 890845 www.spotonceremonies.co.uk
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03/01/2025

Perfect favours and brilliant service. Highly recommended 😍

Wedding season 2025 activated.
Let the planning commence.

01/01/2025

Grief support for all

29/12/2024

Like the idea of tradition but want to mix ‘n’ minx things up a bit? Twisting, bending and reinventing, rituals can be beautiful, fun and truly relevant. Jump on the carousel of inspo to find out more!

ID 6 slides featuring ideas for alternative wedding rituals. Set on a pink background decorated with florals and hearts, the text is as follows:
Slide 1: a photo of Vicky, a short fair haired celebrant wearing a pink jumpsuit. Accompanying text reads TWISTING WEDDING RITUALS.
Slide 2: Rituals can add real magic to a ceremony, but if tradition doesn’t appeal, don’t be afraid mix things up…
Slide 3: Hug fasting
instead of hand fasting, if you have children this is a lovely way to involve them. GORGEOUS with bloody bells on!
Slide 4: Arm wrestling during a ceremony? Oh yes! There are times in marriage when one of you will need to be strong for the other. An arm wrestle demonstrates this perfectly - makes for a great photo op, too!
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Pom-poms are simple to make and are more sustainable than confetti. Echoing your wedding colours, or made in a riot of shades, a shower of pom-poms is a fun twist on tradition.
Slide 6: When it comes to ceremony rituals, make it authentically, gloriously and totallyYOU! This slide also shows a photo of Vicky puckering up to an alpaca!

24/12/2024

To all the amazing couples and families who have trusted me with their precious ceremonies and services, and to all the brilliant wedding suppliers and funeral directors and their teams, a very happy Christmas and a big fat thank you.

My job is a privilege and a constant source of inspiration, and I feel very lucky to have been so superbly supported - by my clients, my colleagues and industry professionals.

Wishing you all love, light, peace and hope. And perhaps just a bit of whatever tickles you fancy!
🌲❤️🎄🤶

ID a photo of Mrs Santa (Vicky), Santa, an elf and a fairy against a suitably seasonal background.

16/12/2024

Always my privilege 🤍

ID: A picture of Vicky, a short fair-haired celebrant accompanied by a testimonial that reads:
‘Thank you very much for the role you played in my father’s funeral.
Your words during the service were really rather special…
Thank you for your patience and kindness.’

05/12/2024

My column in this week’s local Observer highlights The Good Grief Trust’s Grief Awareness Week. It is also a tribute to all those who work in the funeral industry.
Full text below.
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Arriving at a Crematorium to take a funeral service recently, I overheard a lady remark that while it was a sad day for those who knew the deceased, to the funeral directors it was “just another job.”

I had to bite my tongue. Hard. Because she couldn’t have been further from the truth.

When I started working as a celebrant four years ago I quickly realised that those who work in the funeral industry are pretty special people. The compassion, kindness, respect and professionalism they demonstrate every single day, even in the face of the most tragic circumstances, is extraordinary. It is NEVER ‘just another job’.

From going all out to ensure that a final farewell is absolutely right for the deceased and their loved ones, I’ve worked with funeral directors who have gone to extreme lengths to give families whatever comfort and support that they can at this devastating time. Gently guiding people through every painful step of the process, including signposting onward to bereavement support services after a funeral, I’ll say it again: it is NEVER ‘just another job’.

Shine a Light is this year’s theme for National Grief Awareness Week. Organised by The Good Grief Trust, the aim of Grief Awareness Week 2024 is to highlight the bereavement services on offer up and down the country.

A funeral service, for many, is the start of the grieving process. And grief is definitely far healthier expressed than bottled up. But for those who work with the bereaved it can be tough too. Being surrounded by grief can be debilitating, but still these remarkable souls continue serving and supporting their families and being that vital warm and reassuring presence.

So, more of a reason to be grateful than cheerful this week, to funeral directors and their teams, to crematorium staff and to ministers and fellow Celebrants, a big and heartfelt thank you.

And to the Good Grief Trust, thank you too for being there for those difficult post-funeral steps.

National Grief Awareness Week: https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/ngaw/

02/12/2024

Thanks to Lakeview Grange Care Home I got to experience the virtual dementia tour last week. Enlightening and genuinely helpful, find out more at Training 2 Care UK Ltd

29/11/2024

We Celebrants are a versatile and multitalented bunch. Apart from setting exactly the right vibe and tone for your ceremony, if you want someone to act as your Mistress of Ceremonies for the rest of the day, I’m at your service.
I said, I’M AT YOUR SERVICE!

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A photo of Vicky, a short fair haired celebrant wearing a pink jumpsuit. Accompanying text reads: Celebrant & More… As well as creating fabulous ceremonies (I’m not blowin’ smoke up my own bum - see testimonials!), I also give good Mistress of Ceremonies.
The Spot On Ceremonies logo also features. Decoration of yellow, pink, green and grey circles and pink and yellow sunbursts.

23/11/2024

So many questions! As a wedding celebrant I encourage questions from my couples - it helps nail what is really important to them as we put their ceremony together.
But sometimes I get asked the unexpected, keeping me on my toes and ready to improvise. That’s when the fun starts! But with a celebrant-led ceremony the answer is almost always yes, because that’s the point: your ceremony, your choices. Nothing prescriptive, nothing that isn’t authentic or relevant to you and your story.
That said, when it comes to evicting drunk sisters you might just be on your own (she was almost 6ft and clearly no stranger to weightlifting!)

ID A carousel of questions on a dark blue background asking:
Can you squish my left b**b back in?
Can we include sing-along-a Morrissey?
At the end, please will you tell people we’re pregnant?
Can you work a tug-of-war between our families into the ceremony?
Can you have my sister removed if she gets drunk and starts to strip?

17/11/2024

As WORLD CELEBRANT week concludes, a reminder about what we do. An increasingly popular choice for couples (and leading all other wedding trends this year according to Hitched), celebrant-led ceremonies really do kick-start a wedding in the most fabulous way. Want to know more? Drop me a dm. Only a few dates remaining for 2025.
Photo credit: Lucy Davis Photography Venue: Lordington Park
Planner & stylist: Keshira Creative Events
Flowers: The Flower Hut Florist
Hair & make-up: Toni Todd

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On the left: a photo of Vicky, a short fair haired celebrant in a long navy frock and silver cowboy boots with a beautiful couple reading their wedding vows to each other. On the right: a navy background featuring the following text:
CELEBRANT
/ˈSƐLꞮBR(A)NT/
NOUN: AN AWESOME HUMAN WITH BAGS OF EMPATHY, ENERGY, HUMOUR AND CREATIVITY; AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR ORIGINATING AND LEADING CEREMONIES THAT THRILL, WARM THE HEART AND MAKE EMOTIONS TAP DANCE.
The spot On Ceremonies logo appears bottom left. Decoration of art deco-style circles in yellow, silver and burgundy.

10/11/2024

Engagement on the horizon? Want to get your wedding off to the most STUPENDOUS start? Read on >>>
Diary open for 2026 & 2027; a few dates remaining for 2025.

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Page 1: Text: THE SAVVY COUPLE’S EARLY ENGAGEMENT GUIDE. Pink background featuring Vicky, a fair haired celebrant in a green dress and wearing sunglasses. The Spot On Ceremonies logo also features, along with contact details and a pink, yellow and green floral motif.
Page 2. Pink background and pink, yellow, white and green decoration. Text: Get engaged.Snog, drink fizz, spread the glad tidings & flash that ring good ‘n’ proper!
Page 3. Pink background and pink, yellow, white and green decoration. Text: Realise that without a ceremony, your wedding is just a party (the lightbulb moment)
Page 4: Pink background and pink, yellow, white and green decoration. Text: Decide to elevate said party by kicking it off with a personalised, joyous and utterly fabulous ceremony. (NOW we’re on it!)
Page 5: Pink background and pink, yellow, white and green decoration. Text: Book a ‘Spot On’ celebrant to make the magic happen. GO! This is your klaxon!

02/11/2024

One of my favourite weddings of all time, Matt & Avril’s day was so full of love and laughter. And the most magnificent naff thank you gift of all time - a toilet roll dolly of my very own!
Thanks for the awesome feedback too, you gorgeous pair. The pleasure was all mine.

27/10/2024

A rare and beautiful privilege, I recently led a vow renewal for Don and Eileen on the incredible occasion of their Platinum wedding anniversary. Read all about it in the latest Spot On blog - good feels guaranteed! https://spotonceremonies.co.uk/i-do-all-over-again/

ID: two photos: one black and white of a couple in traditional wedding clothes on their wedding day in 1954; one of the same couple, in modern dress, in 2024, with Vicky, a fair-haired celebrant. A pink background with love heart decoration features the wording DON & EILEEN. 70th anniversary vow renewal. The yellow and white Spot On Ceremonies logo also features.

26/10/2024

Celebrant-led ceremonies ROCK! Fact!

Celebrant-led weddings have boomed in popularity in recent years - but what is a celebrant and what do celebrant weddings involve?