Hi, I’m Carol Smith. I’m an independent celebrant. I specialise in funeral, wedding, civil partnership, renewal of vows and naming services.
I create special,memorable and meaningful ceremonies.
30/10/2025
Some pics of Hayley and Caroline’s handfasting cord and ribbons
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The unity cord was made from narrow ribbons which matched the wider ribbons used in the binding
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Each colour symbolised important values on which they based their marriage
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Members of their families bound their hands together, as Caroline and Hayley made their heartfelt vows to one another
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Each vow was connected to the colour symbolism of the ribbon being tied
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It is believed that only lack of love, and not even Death itself, can break the bonds between a handfasted couple
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28/10/2025
Congratulations Hayley & Caroline on tying the knot on Saturday
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Hayley and Caroline completed the legal part of their marriage, with close family, at Taunton Registry Office in the morning, and, after a celebratory wedding breakfast at , exchanged vows and promises in a romantic, six-ribbon handfasting, in the evening
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This is a great way to greet the evening guests and get the party started
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Often, evening guests just turn up and join in with the celebrations that have been in full flow all day.
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An evening handfasting enables your later guests to witness an important symbolic ceremony on your wedding day, and is a fantastic way to mark the start of the evening celebrations
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25/10/2025
On my way to perform H & C’s evening handfasting ceremony at The Cosy Club, Taunton
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Although we’ve worked closely together, we haven’t met in person, so it’s really exciting
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07/10/2025
Last few days of a wonderful holiday with my sister, walking miles exploring Gozo and Malta. ( I’m half Maltese & Irish )
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The main reason for our holiday was to visit the family grave, where, five years ago, we interred our mother’s ashes, together with some of our sister and father’s ashes, to join Mum’s family
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We also wanted to clean it up and make it as beautiful as we could
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Before and after- what I thought was a block of dirty old concrete is actually beautiful handcarved marble
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01/10/2025
I was really delighted to receive these pics from Cara and Saleem, with a thank you email saying how much they and their family enjoyed their renewal of vows ceremony
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It really was a very special celebration of their love and continued commitment to their marriage and their family
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Their venue , in , was also amazing.
I fell in love with it when I led a Christmastime wedding ceremony there a few years ago
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Anyway, I’ve booked it for a special birthday for me in 2027
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27/09/2025
Very excited to be chosen by J & R to lead their wedding ceremony at the deconsecrated church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in East Lydford, next Spring
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The beautiful church, a Grade 11 listed building, was designed by Benjamin Ferrey, and built in 1864–66, to accommodate 100 people. It was made redundant in 1989
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You must agree, it’s a stunning place to hold your wedding ceremony
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25/09/2025
Congratulations Izzy and Marty on your fantastic wedding on Saturday
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Your ceremony was a wonderful celebration of your union, and your families, who you included in beautiful and meaningful ways
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It was an absolute joy to be your celebrant, thank you for choosing me
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I wish you both every happiness in the years ahead - and although there’s around 3,395 miles between us, I’m sure we’ll remain in touch
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19/09/2025
Very excited- off to - one of my favourite venues - for a wedding run through for tomorrow
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Especially excited as I’m meeting I & M for the first time
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10/09/2025
Lucinda and Phil sent me these pics a friend had taken during their ceremony
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A truly memorable ceremony to me is one that captures a mix of emotions-from tender loving moments to outbursts of joyful laughter
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During their ceremony, Lucinda and Phil, remembered a very special person who is no longer with us, and we sang his favourite hymn in memory of him.
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They focused on the importance of their wedding vows as the bedrock of their twenty-year marriage
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They celebrated their four children and the wonderful family they have created
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And they also laughed a lot and delighted their guests with their laughter
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A unique, personal and truly memorable ceremony was created
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08/09/2025
Congratulations Cara and Saleem on your beautiful renewal of vows ceremony, to celebrate 25 years of married life
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It was an absolute pleasure to be your celebrant and share in your special day
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Thank you for choosing me, and here’s to the next twenty-five
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23/04/2025
Seven Top Reasons to have a Vow Renewal Ceremony
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Reason 2
Ability to stay strong after a difficult time.
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Life is certainly like a box of chocolates. When we marry, we embark on life together, not knowing what the future holds.
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Renewal of vows ceremonies are often for couples who have experienced some difficult or tragic times during their marriage. Maybe one person has had to rely more heavily on the other. Or they have had to pull really hard together to get through some extremely challenging circumstances.
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These vow renewal ceremonies are a wonderful celebration of the strength of a couple. A reaffirming of the commitment of their marriage vows. So, they are often the most joyous, fun filled occasions, full of laughter and happiness.
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A lovely lady, Deirdre, chose to renew her vows to say a big, public thank you to her husband, Roger. A thank you for sticking around when, in her words, ‘some men would have run a mile’.
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As a couple, they also wanted to give a big thank you to all their friends and family for the time, love, kindness and support they’d received over the years.
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Their Vow Renewal Ceremony was a wonderful celebration and I was asked to stay after the ceremony and get the toasts and speeches going, which was great fun!!
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If you are thinking of renewing your vows in 2025, and would like to chat further, get in touch. 07530570943
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Hi, I’m Carol, an experienced and professional independent celebrant based in Somerset. I deliver unique, personalised and meaningful ceremonies for those special occasions in life, throughout the Southwest, the UK and abroad. And, I’m really passionate about weddings !!
Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. It should be incredibly special and memorable. As your relationship is unique, so your wedding ceremony should reflect your relationship in all its aspects.
Using a celebrant means that you are not bound by tradition and you are free to let your imagination inspire you.
It gives you the freedom to choose your own special place for your ceremony. Farms, castles, beaches, gardens, barns, meadows, stately homes, hotels, tipis, seaside piers, forests and hills - take your pick !
Your ceremony can be as secular or as spiritual as you wish. It can include family traditions and elements, for example, hand-fastings, parchment signings, sand ceremonies, unity candle ceremonies. I’ve even had a piglet ceremony, Glücksschwein, where 2 rather loud and a little smelly piglets, Fifi and Daisy, surprised and delighted the guests, and made a nod to the Bride’s Swiss heritage.
I really enjoy working together with a couple and seeing their Wedding Ceremony evolve as poems and readings are suggested, music is chosen, vows are written and gradually their dreams take shape.
A wonderful wedding ceremony is created, enjoyed by all and never forgotten !
Please feel free to call me - 07530570943 - or send me a message
