Weddings
A fully personal ceremony with your story, vows, rings and any readings, rituals or people you would love to include.
Read more >>>Ceremony services
Meaningful ceremonies, created for real people.
No two families, couples or lives are the same. I begin by listening to what matters to you, then create a ceremony shaped by your values, personality and chosen traditions.
Every ceremony
For commitments, beginnings, milestones and goodbyes.
Funerals and celebrations of life
Say goodbye with honesty and care through a ceremony that reflects the person, their life and the people who loved them.
Read more >>>Memorial services
Gather at a later time to share memories, honour a life and create a meaningful tribute.
Read more >>>Renewal of vows
Celebrate the love, wisdom, adventures and shared history that have grown through the years.
Read more >>>Baby naming
Welcome a baby, adopted child or stepchild and celebrate the people who will support them as they grow.
Read more >>>Commitments and engagements
Mark a proposal, engagement or promise to one another without following a conventional wedding format.
Read more >>>Elopements
An intimate ceremony with little fuss but every bit of the meaning, personality and joy.
Read more >>>Pet funerals and memorials
Acknowledge a much-loved companion and make space for the significance of that relationship and loss.
Read more >>>Divorce and New Beginnings Ceremony
Acknowledge what has ended, what has changed and what you are carrying forward, in a way that leaves room for grief, reflection and hope.
Read more >>>English, Spanish and other languages
One language or two, with a natural flow.
I was born in Australia, lived and worked in the United Kingdom, and have lived in Spain since 2004. I'm married to a Spaniard and fluent in Spanish, so I can write and lead your ceremony in English, Spanish or both. I once officiated a ceremony in Spanish and Swiss German with the help of a close friend of the couple. If you'd like to include another language, please ask and we can work out the details. A bilingual ceremony is carefully worded so that everyone can follow and feel included. It should never sound like the same speech being repeated twice.
Planning can take place by email, phone or video call, so we can prepare everything even if you live abroad or can't visit Spain before the event.
What is included
Everything here comes with your ceremony.
Your ceremony, written for you
Not a template with your names dropped into it.
The full choreography
Who stands where, who moves when, and what happens next, so that nobody is guessing on the day.
A commemorative certificate
Signed during the ceremony.
Me, at the end of a telephone
WhatsApp or email if you would rather, from the day you book to the day itself.
Officiating the ceremony
Of course.
Travel
Included up to an hour from Moraira, and quoted beyond that depending on the distance.
As long as you want it to be
How long should your ceremony be?
That is yours to decide, and I will help you decide it. Some people want a simple fifteen minutes. Most land somewhere between twenty and thirty. Others want the best part of an hour, and that can be lovely.
There are one or two practical things I will ask you to think about. Will your guests be standing in the hot sun? A bilingual ceremony takes longer than the same ceremony in one language, because it is not simply the same words said twice. And an hour is a long time to sit still. By then people are twitching and eyeing the bar.
Pricing
From €675, including 21% Spanish IVA (VAT).
Every ceremony I write is bespoke, so there is one price to start from rather than a set of packages to decode.
A second language, travel beyond an hour from Moraira, and a printed order of service are quoted on top, and I will tell you exactly what yours comes to before you commit to anything. A deposit of €200 reserves your date.
Contact me to ask any questions you like.
Your ideas are welcome
Your ceremony doesn't need to fit a template.
Tell me what matters to you, along with any unusual ideas you would love to include. Ask any questions you like.