SDCelebrations

  • Home
  • SDCelebrations

SDCelebrations Hi I’m Sam,

I’m a wedding planner and celebrant specialising in bespoke weddings, vow renewals and naming ceremonies in Berkshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire.
(1)

My mission is to make wedding ceremonies fun, personal & unique, one ceremony at a time. I’m on a mission to empower couples to create memorable wedding days by escaping the restrictions of a dull civil wedding. I want to make wedding ceremonies fun, personal and unique, one ceremony at a time. I do this by weaving your unique love story into a heartfelt, emotional ceremony filled with love and la

ughter, and injected with both your personalities. There will be no dreary, monotonous, silence filled ceremonies on my watch! I leave your guests laughing out loud, understanding you more as a couple, and asking how long we have been friends. Join me on this journey to make your unforgettable ceremony individually unique to you, and proudly stand out from the crowd. Additionally, as I am also a wedding planner it is possible for me to advise on all aspects of the wedding and order of the day. I’m able to do On the Day Coordination, conduct the ceremony and then go back to coordinating the day, which makes SDCelebrations pretty unusual. If this sounds like the sort of personalised and unique ceremony that you would be interested in having, then drop me a line as I’d love to talk through your epic celebration with you.

🥂Wowzer! What do I even say about this wedding? 🪩J & A got married yesterday at Park View Farm in Wokingham in spectacul...
21/07/2024

🥂Wowzer! What do I even say about this wedding?

🪩J & A got married yesterday at Park View Farm in Wokingham in spectacular style, and I had the pleasure of coordinating this beaut of a wedding!

🩷Highlights included:
🪩Disco ball buttonholes.
💃 🕺🏽 An epic dancing ceremony entrance by both the bride & groom.
🎤A group ceremony singalong.
🎵 Fab country music from
🍺The most organised & serious wedding beer pong tournament EVER!
🪧 A epic looking wedding directional sign.
🍕Delicious pizza from
🧊 180kg of ice.
🍾 102 bottles of champagne.
🔥 Fire-pit and marshmallows.

🙏🏻Massive shout out to Alan from who was with us for the whole day doing the sound & electricity production so I didn’t have to stress about stuff I have zero clue about!

💜Side note, wore my new jumpsuit (purple obvs! 🤣)at a wedding & I think I’m a convert!

💚Just the most wonderful day! 🥂

🧡Wonderful Suppliers
Location
Tent
Catering scoff and nosh
Catering
Music
Bar
Fridge trailer & mobile toilets
Tables & chairs
Sound equipment & production
Drinks
Wedding planner

💙




























🩷Whatever the service you book me for, I’m 100% invested in you both having the best day!🩷Love Sam x🩷                   ...
09/07/2024

🩷Whatever the service you book me for, I’m 100% invested in you both having the best day!

🩷Love Sam x

🩷




























💐What are you going to do with your wedding bouquet when you get to the top of the aisle?💐You are likely still going to ...
02/07/2024

💐What are you going to do with your wedding bouquet when you get to the top of the aisle?

💐You are likely still going to be holding on tightly to the person who walked you up the aisle with one arm and your bouquet with the other.

💐As your celebrant I am going to take your bouquet off of you as soon as you reach the top of the aisle.

💐This frees up one of your hands so that you are able to hold hands or hug the person you’re marrying.

💐Human touch is calming and this will be a highly charged moment. You will both need the support from each other.

💐I will then have made a note to hand it back to you just before the end of the ceremony for your walk back down the aisle.

💐Sometimes it’s the little things that make the difference.

💐Love Sam x

💐Photo by

💐Flowers by

💐




























💙Congratulations to M & D who got married  in front of their closest family and friends on Saturday.💙They have been enga...
25/06/2024

💙Congratulations to M & D who got married in front of their closest family and friends on Saturday.

💙They have been engaged for 27 years and we certainly made the celebration worth the wait!

💙D was walked down the aisle by his proud daughter, and M by their proud son.

💙The guests laughed along and shed happy tears, and you could feel the love in the room.

💙It certainly was a day!

💙Thank you for being a joy to work with and for taking the first snap on my phone.

💙Thank you to the very helpful team . Always lovely to see a familiar face welcome me to a new location.

💙Suppliers
Flowers by
Styling
Venue
Photographer
Celebrant

💙



























💋There are deep dip kisses, and then there is THIS deep dip kiss!!💋M & F showing just how to nail that all important fir...
05/06/2024

💋There are deep dip kisses, and then there is THIS deep dip kiss!!

💋M & F showing just how to nail that all important first kiss!

🌟Note: I am nowhere to be seen as I know how important that moment is to capture and you don’t want me in it! I will ALWAYS step to the side (or hide) before announcing the kiss!

🌺 Thanks to the gardening team for providing such a beautiful and large hanging basket for me to hide behind!

📷 Photo by
Venue
Blossom trees
Flowers

💕


















🌟Now that’s what I call successful feedback from a live first draft reading!🌟I can’t wait to conduct this long awaited c...
28/05/2024

🌟Now that’s what I call successful feedback from a live first draft reading!

🌟I can’t wait to conduct this long awaited ceremony next month!

🌟Love Sam x

🌟








💕5 reasons why I encourage my couples to face their guests during their wedding ceremony.1. You get to see your guests h...
22/05/2024

💕5 reasons why I encourage my couples to face their guests during their wedding ceremony.

1. You get to see your guests happy faces as they listen and enjoy the ceremony.

2. They get to see YOUR faces beaming with happiness and emotion as you take in the enormity of the ceremony.

3. It’s much easier for mid ceremony interaction (like in this photo).

4. The front of your outfits are usually much nicer than the back!

5. It’s a much more photogenic way to stand to make the most out of your ceremony arch.

💕Let’s together banish seeing the backs of couples during ceremony’s and start a forward facing revolution!

💕Who’s with me?

💕Love Sam x

💕Beautiful floral arch by
Photo by
Venue
Celebrant

💕























💜After your wedding I will always stay on to help the photographer get the guests into the location and position for the...
18/05/2024

💜After your wedding I will always stay on to help the photographer get the guests into the location and position for the confetti shot.

💜It can be quite hard to get 100 people to do what you want them to do, and your guests are used to listening to me by then.

💜Just another added bonus of booking me as your celebrant.

💜J & T chose to do theirs coming into the Manor House Courtyard with the Great Barn behind them at Lillibrooke Manor Weddings and Corporate Events

💜If you look closely at this epic photo by the talented Megan Daisy Photography
You will see that she captured a solid handful of confetti flying through the air just about to hit the bride in the head!

💜





























🌟Did you know that if you book me as your celebrant you can add on my on the day coordination service too?🌟It’s another ...
07/05/2024

🌟Did you know that if you book me as your celebrant you can add on my on the day coordination service too?

🌟It’s another little thing that can make a big difference to alleviating stress on your big day.

🌟Love Sam x

⭐️





🌟 Top tip for alleviating wedding ceremony anxiety🌟💕Have a rehearsal!💕Having a wedding rehearsal as close to your weddin...
06/05/2024

🌟 Top tip for alleviating wedding ceremony anxiety🌟

💕Have a rehearsal!

💕Having a wedding rehearsal as close to your wedding day as possible will help alleviate your anxiety about what is going to happen as you can practice.

💕So yes, practice that walk down the aisle to the music.

💕Practice how you are going to sit or stand during the ceremony.

💕Practice putting the ring on each others finger.

💕And the best practice of all? THE KISS! 💋

💕Having a run through of what is going to happen during the ceremony will really help ground you, and help give you the reassurance that you need.

💕As a celebrant I always offer a rehearsal the day before a couples wedding day for all of these reasons.

💕If this sounds like another reason why you would like a celebrant wedding ceremony. Then drop me a message to find out more.

💕[email protected]

💕Love Sam x

💕



























🍇 Beginning of May and it feels like Spring has properly sprung (or is it Summer now?)🍇 All this sun has got me thinking...
01/05/2024

🍇 Beginning of May and it feels like Spring has properly sprung (or is it Summer now?)

🍇 All this sun has got me thinking about outside wedding ceremonies.

🍇Fingers tightly crossed that 2024 is the year that I get to conduct a ceremony on the vineyard lawn by the grape vines 🤞🏻

🍇I love conducting ceremonies in the stunning coach house.

🍇 But I would love to conduct a ceremony with a vineyard backdrop.

🍇Remember with a celebrant wedding you can have your ceremony in ANY location!

🍇Which future Stanlake couple is going to make me one happy celebrant???

🍇Love Sam x

🍇
























🩷Weddings are about two people and it is important to let both sides of the couple have their moment in the spotlight. 🩷...
27/04/2024

🩷Weddings are about two people and it is important to let both sides of the couple have their moment in the spotlight.

🩷At the beginning of every ceremony I always ask the guests to give the person waiting at the top of the aisle a warm welcome with some claps and cheers!

🩷Once they have had their moment I will cue the entrance music and the focus will move.

🩷Sometimes it’s the little things that make the big difference.

🩷Love Sam x

🩷Photo by

🩷






🍇 You will find me this Sunday in the Coach House  for their Spring showcase.🍇It’s a great time to view the venue as the...
26/04/2024

🍇 You will find me this Sunday in the Coach House for their Spring showcase.

🍇It’s a great time to view the venue as there will be lots of recommended suppliers onsite ready to explain how they can help you have the wedding of your dreams.

🍇Come and ask me any questions you might have.

🍇You might be confused about how to legally register your marriage.

🍇Or about what exciting additions you can add into your ceremony script.

🍇Let me explain the magic that a celebrant wedding can bring to your wedding day.

🍇Love Sam x

🍇Moongate in this picture by the talented who will be in the Vineyard Barn on Sunday.

🍇 Link for showcase registration in stories.

🍇
















💖So many couples booking discovery calls at the moment!💖These chats can be done via zoom, or face to face over a cuppa o...
25/04/2024

💖So many couples booking discovery calls at the moment!

💖These chats can be done via zoom, or face to face over a cuppa or a glass of wine.

💖It’s our chance to get to know each other and see if we fit, so I want you to feel as relaxed as possible.

💖As a celebrant it’s so important to me that you find the right celebrant to tell your story, and that you feel a connection with the person conducting your ceremony.

💖If you are wondering how an On The Day Coordinator can help take your wedding day stress away, get ready with a list of questions for me.

💖If you are interested in seeing if we click then book an introductory chat by dropping me an email at [email protected]

💖I look forward to hearing all your wedding plans, and explaining how I can sprinkle my magic into your wedding day.

💖Drop a ❤️ in the comments if you’re excited?

💖Love Sam x

💖









🩷My goal is to set the vibe high from the very beginning of your wedding day.🩷Creating a ceremony filled with both your ...
24/04/2024

🩷My goal is to set the vibe high from the very beginning of your wedding day.

🩷Creating a ceremony filled with both your personalities, and which your family and friends talk about for a long time.

🩷If this sounds like the sort of wedding ceremony that you want then drop me a message to find out if I’m free on your date.

🩷[email protected]

🩷Love Sam x

🩷






💕During the love story part of my wedding ceremonies 98% of my couples chose to sit or stand facing their assembled gues...
14/04/2024

💕During the love story part of my wedding ceremonies 98% of my couples chose to sit or stand facing their assembled guests while I tell their story.

💕By facing their guests it means that they can interact with them during the ceremony.

💕Watching them laugh, clap and shed happy tears.

💕After all it’s the reason all of your special people are gathered together so you want them to watch them enjoy it too.

💕Check out more from this fab wedding on my blog.

💕Love Sam x

💕Photo by Megan Daisy Photography

💕







🎂 It’s my birthday today! 🥳🎂To celebrate I’m doing two of my favourite things…🎂Who can guess what I’m up to? (Clue, pict...
13/04/2024

🎂 It’s my birthday today! 🥳

🎂To celebrate I’m doing two of my favourite things…

🎂Who can guess what I’m up to? (Clue, picture doesn’t help?)

🎂





🌟 On your wedding day you need someone who is going to have your back and take stress away from you. 🌟This might mean so...
11/04/2024

🌟 On your wedding day you need someone who is going to have your back and take stress away from you. 

🌟This might mean someone that you trust to put out the placecards and dress the tables.

🌟Did you know that if you book me as your celebrant you can also hire me to arrive a couple of hours earlier to do just that? 

🌟On the day coordination doesn’t have to mean for the whole day if this isn’t something that you need.

🌟 Some of the things that I can do for you outside of my celebrant role on your wedding day are:

💕Style the ceremony room.
💕Put out place cards, favours and dress the banqueting tables.
💕Set up the guest book table.
💕Put out the tableplan.
💕Hang up decorations.
💕Put out the sweetie table.
💕Pop buttonholes on the groomsmen.
💕Coordinate the confetti shot.
💕Repurpose the ceremony decorations into the wedding breakfast room.
💕Help find guests for important photos.
💕Assemble your cheesecake tower.

🌟This leaves you both to enjoy the day safe in the knowledge that you haven’t had to ask family and friends to take time out of celebrating to work for you!

🌟You may have originally hired me as your celebrant, but there is nothing stopping you hiring me for an additional couple of hours as your on the day coordinator if that is the extra support that you need.

🌟Let me help take stress away from you before, after, and during your wedding ceremony.

🌟If you would like to find out more book a discovery call by clicking the contact link in bio 👆🏻

🌟 Love Sam x

🌟







⚡️Taking wedding day stress away from couples since 2004.⚡️Love Sam x⚡️
09/04/2024

⚡️Taking wedding day stress away from couples since 2004.

⚡️Love Sam x

⚡️






🎥 Massive congratulations to B & S who got married yesterday  🎥 As their wedding was movie themed it was a no brainier t...
04/04/2024

🎥 Massive congratulations to B & S who got married yesterday

🎥 As their wedding was movie themed it was a no brainier to have a red carpet aisle. This meant that B could walk up her own red carpet to marry the leading man in her very own romantic drama.❤️

🎥Their wedding was filled with personal touches including clapper board signage, a fingerprint tree, and a spectacular movie themed cake.

🎥Each table was a talking point and named after a different film complete with memorabilia.

🎥Can’t wait to see all the professional photos by

🎥Venue
Venue styling
Aisle runner, lighting drapes & uplighting
Cakes
Ice cream
DJ

💕A great way of including your guests within your wedding ceremony is to leave your witnesses up to chance and fate with...
02/04/2024

💕A great way of including your guests within your wedding ceremony is to leave your witnesses up to chance and fate with a surprise witness lottery.

💕Prior to the ceremony I will attach two cards telling the person who is sitting on those chairs that they are the surprise witnesses!

💕They will find these later when I ask the guests to check under their chairs just as the couple are about to sign the certificate.

💕You can feel the joy in the room when the lucky winners make their way up after finding the winning witness cards!

💕What a fun and memorable addition to include your guests within your wedding ceremony!

💕If you are looking for other creative and interactive ways to include your guests in your wedding ceremony click on the contact link in bio to find out more. 👆🏻

💕I can’t wait to inspire you.

💕Love Sam x

💕Ceremony room styling by

💕






🌟Wedding day top tip🌟🌟Print both your vows and your speech out.🌟Please, please, please do not read your vows or your spe...
28/03/2024

🌟Wedding day top tip🌟

🌟Print both your vows and your speech out.

🌟Please, please, please do not read your vows or your speech off your mobile phone as it looks dreadful in photos!

🌟As your celebrant I will offer to create vow booklets for you, so check with the person that you are marrying if they have any booklets coming as part of your stationery.

🌟Love Sam x

🌟




💕There is no bigger compliment than inspiring a couple to book a celebrant wedding ceremony after witnessing one of my c...
26/03/2024

💕There is no bigger compliment than inspiring a couple to book a celebrant wedding ceremony after witnessing one of my ceremonies.

💕Love Sam x

💕








🩷Check out this blog of a real March wedding at Lillibrooke Manor for Spring inspiration.🩷Love Sam x🩷Venue  Event manage...
24/03/2024

🩷Check out this blog of a real March wedding at Lillibrooke Manor for Spring inspiration.

🩷Love Sam x

🩷Venue
Event management
Photographer
Wedding Celebrant
Wedding decor
Brides dress
Hair
Makeup
Flowers
Suits
DJ

Read all about a real March wedding at Lillibrooke Manor in Berkshire. All the suppliers used are tagged at the end for further wedding inspiration.

🕶️ Sunglasses or no sunglasses for an outside wedding ceremony?🕶️At this wedding just before the ceremony was due to sta...
21/03/2024

🕶️ Sunglasses or no sunglasses for an outside wedding ceremony?

🕶️At this wedding just before the ceremony was due to start and all the groomsmen were in position, I asked them all to take their sunglasses off.

🕶️Why?

🕶️The groomsmen were due to stand up at the top of the aisle for the duration of the ceremony and were going to be in a lot of photos.

🕶️I knew that the bride would not have been happy on them being captured in the ceremony photos like that.

🕶️To say that they were not keen to take them off would be an understatement…but they did do as I asked, and post ceremony the bride was very thankful.

🕶️ As your celebrant I’ve ALWAYS got your back, even if it doesn’t make me popular with some of your guests!

🕶️What do you think looks better?

🕶️Would you ask your attendants not to wear sunglasses if they were going to be in your ceremony photos?

🕶️Let me know in the comments 👇🏻

🕶️Photos by

🕶️









🌟Grooms on your wedding day be ready to help your bride with her dress and her bouquet as she walks around.🌟Sometimes it...
14/03/2024

🌟Grooms on your wedding day be ready to help your bride with her dress and her bouquet as she walks around.

🌟Sometimes it can be quite tricky to negotiate both and she might need both of her hands to pick up the bottom of her dress to walk.

🌟Brides if you think your grooms might need a reminder tag them below 👇🏻

🌟Photo by

🌟




💕I love it when after a discovery call it all slots into place about how I can help take stress away on your wedding day...
12/03/2024

💕I love it when after a discovery call it all slots into place about how I can help take stress away on your wedding day!

💕If you too want this feeling then book a discovery call and let’s chat.

💕[email protected]

💕Love Sam x

💕















⭐️Wedding day top tip for anyone wearing a suit.⭐️ When you collect your new suit, the pockets will all be sown closed. ...
04/03/2024

⭐️Wedding day top tip for anyone wearing a suit.

⭐️ When you collect your new suit, the pockets will all be sown closed.

⭐️You will need to loosen and cut the thread keeping them closed so that you can use the pockets.

⭐️Additionally, the bottom of the back of the jackets will also be sewn closed and will also need to be opened.

⭐️This is something that as your celebrant or on the day coordinator I will help you with if you have forgotten, and is yet another added bonus of booking me.

⭐️I had one past wedding where a few of the groomsmen insisted that I opened the pockets on their bum too whilst they were wearing the trousers. Although I’m not sure they were planning on using them… 🫣Pretty standard pre ceremony groomsmen banter! 🤦🏼‍♀️

⭐️To find out more top tips for grooms to have a stressfree wedding day check out this months blog on my website.

⭐️Photo of me in action by Damion Mower Photography

⭐️
























🕯️ A great way of highlighting the joining of a blended family is a unity candle ceremony.🕯️ Each family member takes a ...
03/03/2024

🕯️ A great way of highlighting the joining of a blended family is a unity candle ceremony.

🕯️ Each family member takes a candle and lights it, and then together they light the main pillar candle.

🕯️Symbolising the single entities becoming joined.

🕯️If you are looking for different symbolic ceremonies to add personalisation and meaning into your wedding ceremony. Follow along for more.

🕯️ Love Sam x

🕯️




























💜This Sunday 3rd March come and join me and lots of fab local suppliers  in Hurley, just outside of Maidenhead for their...
02/03/2024

💜This Sunday 3rd March come and join me and lots of fab local suppliers in Hurley, just outside of Maidenhead for their wedding open day between 11am-3pm.

💜You can find me in the beautiful Tithe Barn at the top of the aisle where I will be ready to answer all of your questions.

💜Feel free to wander throughout the site and check out the fab accommodation, stunning gardens and maybe even stop for a drink in the bar.

💜No prior booking needed.

💜See you there!

💜Love Sam x

💜



























Address


Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when SDCelebrations posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to SDCelebrations:

Videos

Shortcuts

  • Address
  • Telephone
  • Alerts
  • Contact The Business
  • Videos
  • Claim ownership or report listing
  • Want your business to be the top-listed Event Planning Service?

Share