A Perfect Ceremony NI - Amy Reid - Humanist Celebrant

12/02/2025

✨ MARGARET & ROBERT ✨

I will forever cherish how *𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹* family was during this ceremony! The couple had their four daughters as bridesmaids (who later took part in a unity sand ceremony with them), they had their brothers as groomsmen and the bride was es**rted down the aisle with both her father and step-father. It was beautiful 🫶⏳

Despite originally meeting in 1995, the love story of Margaret and Robert didn’t actually begin until 2021, long live Facebook eh, and my goodness was it worth the wait!! Together they’ve enjoyed “great little dates” and watching their daughters become great friends, before growing their family with their cute af golden labradoodle! A romantic proposal in the place they’d later say “I do”, a magical few years before a magical start to their future! 💫

Some of their incredible suppliers included:
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Scroll to hear Jamie’s amazing voice! --> 👌
ps, I had just taken my heels off before this pic 😅

11/02/2025

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What a very kind, five star review 🫶

Every word means the world to me, but the last line, I swear, if I wasn’t happily married, that would be my tinder bio 😂

What a wonderful couple, a wonderful wedding and some wonderful words to receive in return ✨🩷

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09/02/2025

✨ MELISSA & SCOTT ✨

Let me be frank - I loved this wedding! Everything about it! The couple, their family, their script, their ceremony, everything! 🫶

Melissa told me from the beginning that communication would likely only be with her, and yes, she was right, but oh my goodness did we become friends?! From that very first zoom call, it felt like I’d known Melissa for years! So much so, that when Melissa came off the call, Scott asked her if we were already friends. We weren’t… until then! 👭

Their ceremony was the perfect combination of the joy they share in their relationship, and the love they share as a family. We took a trip down memory lane and reminded their guests of everything they’d enjoyed so far! We started with the night they met outside City Hall at just 15 years of age, and journeyed through the chapters of their love story they’d already written. Like Melissa’s formal, trips away, baby number one (who read a beautiful poem in his mummy and daddy’s ceremony), health scares, new jobs, a proposal, a mortgage, baby number two (who ran up and down the aisle in his mummy and daddy’s ceremony lol) and defrosting the freezer three days before the wedding… goodness me! 😴😅

Some of their brilliant suppliers included:
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We had beautiful flowers, beautiful music and two beautiful readings, in a room filled with love, laughter and happily ever after! It was FAB! 💞

05/02/2025

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺?
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀?
𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 🫶

SO… one of the biggest perks of a humanist wedding ceremony, especially with myself, is the freedom you have to include lots of lovely things! Some of these things, are called “special elements” ✨

In short, they are moments or rituals you create within your ceremony, that take place at different stages. Some include you two, some include your guests, some include alcohol, and some you can take home with you 🙌

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲:

𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: Your rings are secured in a box or bag, and given to one guest before we begin. They’re passed around during your ceremony while guests make a silent wish/blessing/prayer for your marriage. When you exchange rings, you have all of this behind you and guests have played a part! 💫
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: A lovely way of involving all your guests at once, but depends on how many you’re having. If too many, some guests won’t get a turn and you’ll be the worst in the world! In this case, limit the people included or do it as they arrive!

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: An ancient celtic tradition that created the term “tying the knot”. You choose a cord/ribbon with your favourite colours, to be draped over your hands during your ceremony while a lovely little verse is read aloud, then you tie the knot in front of your loved ones!🎗️
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: Your ribbon can be passed down in generations or become a friend/family member’s something borrowed in years to come!

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁: We leave a bottle of bubbly chilling in an ice bucket during your ceremony. When you’ve signed the register, one of you pops the bottle and pours you both a glass. You toast to your wedding day, your guests, your marriage and YOU! 🥂
𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: It doesn’t have to be champagne. It can be whiskey, tequila, beer, a teapot, anything!

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘! 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻!💡

03/02/2025

✨ LAURA & NEIL ✨

I cannot believe I’m only posting about this now… What a beautiful summer ceremony this was for a couple so in love. First they were parents and then they were Mr and Mrs 🫶

We journeyed through their relationship, two adrenaline junkies, taking them and their guests, on a trip down memory lane… remembering their favourite pub back in the day, nights in the hot-tub, gigs they’ve attended, their love of rollercoasters, their fur babies and the very annoying 6am daily alarm… then we wrapped things up with a bottle of bubbly in a prosecco toast! 🍾🥂

Their list of wonderful suppliers included:
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And what a lovely day it was! 🥳

02/02/2025

26/01/2025

Attention my couples:

If you have booked me through Wedding Help, please check out this post! You can win a trip to VENICE ✈️🇮🇹

Loads of entries coming in for our Venice Competition 😍

Wow! So many good suppliers finding so many lovely couples 🙏

This years competiton is a trip for two to Venice!

✨️You don't need much incentive to book the suppliers on our website for your wedding because they are some of the best you will find.

🙏But as a thank you for doing so, for every supplier you book from our website you will get one entry to our Venice Competition.

🤝How to enter?

When you book a supplier from our website www.weddinghelpni.com drop us an email with the following details

Supplier Booked ✅️
Date of your wedding ✅️
Your wedding venue ✅️
Date you booked your supplier ✅️

📧 [email protected]

One entry per supplier booked. So if you book 10 then that's 10 entries. (You can put it all in one email if you like).

💯 This is for everyone who books a supplier in 2025. So you can go back and include any you have booked since January 1st 2025 right up until the competition draw date which will be New Year's Eve.

Nice wee mini moon for someone.

Last years winners are off to Paris here this summer. 🙌

Happy Planning 😊

15/01/2025

✨ Deimante & Gareth ✨

Oh my goodness… I cannot tell you how much fun this was!

Firstly, how gorgeous are this couple? Secondly, they’re two of the kindest and nicest souls I’ve ever met! Honestly! 🤍

After getting legally wed in Viva Las Vegas, Deimante and Gareth wanted an intimate home ceremony that was personal, fun and a great day out for everyone… so that was what they got! 🥳

We took a trip down memory lane, to reflect upon the eleven years they’d already shared together. From drylining to bin jenga. From badly brushed floors to throwing tennis balls down the stairs for an active puppy. From a proposal in Greece to a wedding in Vegas. We had it all. And since their wonderful love story started in a bar, we concluded their ceremony with a gorgeous champagne toast… There were cheers all round! 🥂🍾

And what a lovely wee team to make it happen:
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02/01/2025

See you there! ✨🥳🥂

01/01/2025

✨Twenty-Twenty-Four✨

Oh my goodness, what a year! 🎊

This year I was blessed to:

• Legally marry 12 amazing couples ♾️
• Create non-legal ceremonies for 2 lovely couples 🥂
• Visit 13 different stunning NI venues📍
• 7 of which I’d never been to before 💫
• Attend some incredible business events and talks 📝
• Exhibit at 13 wedding fairs/showcases 🧍🏻‍♀️
• Be featured in a magazine 📰
• Win an award (still crying at this) 🏆
• Start a course in something I’ve always wanted to learn 🤟
• Get invited to join the recommended suppliers list of some outstanding NI wedding venues ⭐️
• Be the on-the-day-coordinator for 3 fabulous couples (through a perfect plan and for the last time ever) 📋
• Meet and be booked by, the best couples in the world 🌍
• Work with NI’s most wonderful suppliers 🥳
• Book Orlando for 2025 (10 years in the making)🎢
• Leave my day job to go self-employed (life long dream) 📇
• Get asked to speak at a 2025 business event 🎤
• Enjoy an array of great moments with family and friends 🥰

Goodness I’m shattered after that 😂😂😂

But in all seriousness… thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you more than words. If you asked me to be your wedding celebrant this year, you will never know how much it means to me, and how grateful I truly am. If I married you this year, please know it was one of the greatest honours of my life. To everyone I’ve met this year, worked with this year, became friends with this year, spent time with this year… thank you… for everything 🩷🧡💛

Cheers, to a mind-blowing and brilliant year!! 🥂

And cheers, to everything that 2025 has in store!! 🥳

15/11/2024

📍𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥📍

Here’s a little summary, of the process for having ‘A Perfect Ceremony’ - feel free to save it for later, send it to your other half or tag someone you think could benefit from reading it 🥰

And incase it helps, here’s a little glossary of some terms that you might not know:
• 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜 = The General Register Office of Northern Ireland 👩🏻‍💻
• 𝗩𝗜𝗣'𝘀 = The Very Important People invited to your wedding ceremony e.g. parents/guardians/grandparents - the key people you’d like to be treated *extra* special on the day and/or mentioned in your ceremony script ✨
• 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 = There are lots of these and I can go through them with you in-depth if you wish, but some examples are; warming of the wedding rings, unity candle, champagne toast, time capsule and hand fasting (tying the knot) 🥂

If I’m lucky enough to be your celebrant, I promise, I will do everything in my power to make the process as seamless and enjoyable as I possibly can for you both! I will be right by your side every step of the way, to guide you through wedding planning, remind you when it’s time for each next step, offer advice/recommendation, and support you in every way I can! 🙌🌸

If you still have questions or you’d like to enquire about your wedding date - please don’t hesitate to reach out! You can send me a message through here, email me or fill in the enquiry form on my website 💌

𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 '𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆'! 🥳

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11/11/2024

✨𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗✨

Oh my goodness me. I am absolutely 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 to say that last night at the .helpnorthernireland awards… I won the ‘supplier vote highly commended’ award for celebrant of the year🎖️

I cannot tell you what this means to me. When they read out my name and I walked up to the stage, I said ‘oh I am mortified’ and then I smiled for my picture, walked back to my seat and cried a little 🥹🥹🥹

I am so so grateful to every single supplier who voted for me. Truly. You will never know what this means to me. I am so grateful that you as a wedding professional, chose me as your celebrant of the year, and I really am grateful to have received the highly commended award! 🥳

Thank you very very much.

And thank you very very much to the wonderful Chris at .helpnorthernireland for putting on such a great event! I am delighted I got to be part of it! 🥂

Here’s to A Perfect Ceremony NI 🧡💛🩷

11/10/2024

🔔 SET YOUR ALARMS🔔

I am ✨𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱✨ to be back at the 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 Orange Tree House on Sunday, for their 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🤗



𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:
✰ Orange Tree House
✰ Sunday 13th of October 2024
✰ 11.30am-4pm
✰ Parking onsite plus an overflow car park
✰ Complimentary entry

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳:
🍊a stunning venue
🍊a wonderful team
🍊gorgeous views
🍊myself, a humanist celebrant
🍊an array of amazing suppliers
🍊and the most delicious shortbread

I’ll see you there! 🥳🥰

26/09/2024

✨ THE MCALLISTERS ✨

Rebecca and Craig, where do I even start?

Together for 11 years, they dreamed of a ceremony filled with laughter, fun and the love they’d shared throughout their relationship … so that’s exactly what they got! 🩷🧡💛

There was a special mention for the bride herself, for all the wedding planning she did single-handedly! There were two gorgeous readings, one by Craig’s mum and one by Rebecca’s granda. There was a beautiful handfasting with 6 ribbons, a different colour chosen by each member of the wedding party. There was some gorgeous music by the wonderful . And there were lots of laughs and tears! 🫶

It was an absolute pleasure to write Rebecca and Craig’s ceremony script, and conduct their wedding ceremony. And I was joined, by some very wonderful suppliers, in bringing their ceremony vision to life:

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McAllister Marriage Forever … MMF 🥳

22/09/2024

✨ THE AISLE WALK ✨

As a bride, it goes without saying, this is one of the biggest “cliches” or “traditional” parts of a wedding... Your dad walks you down the aisle, to your lovely partner, then goes back to his seat, to watch his little girl get married, like the proud dad that he is…🤵🏻

Well. I’m here to tell you, this isn’t always the case. For an array of reasons!

My Uncle walked me down the aisle on my wedding day, and it was one of my favourite moments so far. I think it was one of his too. He was proud of punch to have the honour, and I was proud as punch to have him there. It was something we shared, that we can always remember and cherish. 🤜🤛

So don’t worry if you don’t fall into the typical “father-daughter” box. That doesn’t have to happen just because it’s deemed “normal”. What’s “normal” anyway? 🧐

This is me, granting you the right to have WHOEVER you choose to “give you away” or es**rt you down the aisle. You can have a parent, a step-parent, a sibling, a grandparent, an aunt, uncle, cousin, child, a boss, a work colleague, a friend, a best friend, a neighbour, a pet, a random selection from your guest list… anyone… I’ll happily es**rt you if you like too! Or you can strut down the aisle like an independent woman if you’d prefer. It’s YOUR day! 🥰

Always remember, you are marrying the person you are CHOOSING to start a family with. That’s the most important bit! What’s happened before this point doesn’t have to hurt on your wedding day. You don’t need to feel an absence or shame or guilt or anything negative about your aisle walk, I promise. It is such a precious moment that you deserve to feel all the love and support in the world, so choose wisely. And don’t feel like you have to choose a person because it’s what society has told you, have who YOU would like! 👰🏼

So… who’s joining *you* on your last unmarried walk?
Feel free to share it below… you might just help someone.

🤍 swipe for some gorgeous pics of me and my amazing uncle 👉
📸 forever grateful to the brilliant

^^ insta posts still aren’t long enough, so some slides not noted, swipe across for full post ✍️

10/09/2024

✨ GENTLE REMINDER ✨

If you are expecting an email from me, for the very first time, pleaseeee be sure to check your junk folder! 💌

Sometimes it automatically goes into your spam, so please don’t think I’m ignoring you 🙈 if you have ever sent me an enquiry, I PROMISE I have came back to you 🩷🧡🌸

Lots of love xo

📸 the lovely Caroline Smyth Photography who captured my first ever ceremony 🥰

29/08/2024

Voting is still open - so go vote for all your favourites ⭐️⚡️

I know I’m a newbie, but if you’d like to vote for me, the link is in the post below 🔗

Have a lovely evening 🩷💛🧡

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