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  • A Blog dedicated to the Bride and Groom!

    Welcome to The Blessings Blog, which is written by us for YOU, our valued couples. We hope that the articles featured will be informative, entertain and guide you. In order to access some of the posts you will need to apply for a password.

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    Words are trains.. Read more..

    If you value the actual ceremony and hope it will live on in the hearts and minds of others too, then pay close attention to the information you provide us with. The most pleasurable and creative aspect of our service is in the transformation of your words into beautifully flowing prose, which will accurately and touchingly reflect your feelings for one another.

    We have become adept at ascertaining the style and manner in which we should formulate ceremonies to reflect your wishes. We are never sugary and over romantic but represent genuine sentiments, expressed as you would wish them to be…. and judging by recent feedback, most couples feel that this makes all the difference to the experience of being joined together symbolically forever. After all your intention to marry will affect the rest of your lives and with this in mind, we will leave you with an inspirational thought, simply but powerfully expressed by one of the wisest men ever to have lived…Mahatma Gandhi.

    Keep your thoughts positive,
    because your thoughts become your words.
    Keep your words positive,
    because your words become your behaviours.
    Keep your behaviours positive,
    because your behaviours become your habits.
    Keep your habits positive,
    because your habits become your values.
    Keep your values positive,
    because your values become your destiny.

    Diane
    International Civil Celebrants

When Love Took Flight in Tuscany…

Joyce and Ted, a pair of ‘love birds’ from New Jersey, pledged their troth last Autumn in the majestic grounds of a fairytale Tuscan Castle close to Florence. Honouring the Bride’s Filipino heritage was of central importance and core rituals were respectfully observed but also blended together with others to reflect this, making the ceremony…

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To The Lighthouse…

One of the most memorable and delightful matrimonial experiences of 2012 was undoubtedly Barbara and Wilco’s romantic Autumn ceremony in Sardinia. This handsome young Dutch couple first recognised they had fallen deeply in love during a previous visit to the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Since Barbara and Wilco are a couple of…

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Carpe Diem… Seizing The Day in Tuscany

LIFE IS NOW as we all know and allowing opportunities for happiness to pass us by makes no sense whatsoever… “Watch out, what you do with your day, cause it is the whole truth of life. Yesterday is just a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But living good today, makes every yesterday to…

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Dancing ‘I Do’ On A Roman Beach

It made perfect sense that we gathered on a beautiful Roman beach by the sea, to celebrate the culmination of events that led them to making the ultimate decision… and we believe these fantastic photos by their close friend and Photographer Robertino Zanni perfectly capture the sheer joy of the occasion.

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A Whimsical Wedding in Monteriggioni

  When I spoke to Sarah and Matthew at length via our introductory skype meeting, I soon realised that their main concern was that their ceremony should be ‘’understated, romantic but not overly so… or gushy!’ Finding out more about them and how they viewed one another was fundamental to realizing the brief I had…

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