Amanda Slader, celebrant

My journal

Notes from all the ceremonies I'm part of, alongside insights, ideas and practical guidance for making life's moments your own.

  • Pastel cloths and colourful flowers arranged on a table

    Ideas & guidance

    Choosing a colour palette for your ceremony

    A few thoughtful choices can connect your ceremony setting, printed words and personal details, without chasing a trend.

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  • A graduate in cap and gown laughing with her mother

    Ideas & guidance

    Ways to involve family and friends in a ceremony

    Readings, memories and small shared roles can bring people into the moment, without putting anyone on the spot.

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  • Guests seated at a wedding reception in a marquee hung with greenery and lights

    Weddings

    The marquee where nobody wanted to go home

    Long tables, garden flowers and a room full of people who had known the couple for years.

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  • Four women dressed for a wedding, smiling together in a garden

    Weddings

    The reading that made everyone laugh

    Their best friend stood up with a poem she'd written herself. Halfway through, the whole room went.

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  • A garden bench with keepsakes and flowers

    Namings

    A naming under the apple tree

    Grandparents, guideparents and one very calm baby, gathered in a garden that means the world to them.

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