Author: cpiwr

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Choosing a celebrant shouldn’t be hard. But somehow, it is. You scroll through websites. Everyone sounds nice. Everyone says they’re “warm, professional and personalised”. And yet . . . you’ve...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Let’s be honest. If you’ve been to a few weddings, you’ve probably sat through at least one ceremony thinking: “Is this . . . it?” Same script. Same...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the latest statistics on marriages and divorces in Australia. There are some interesting trends beginning to show up in an industry that, traditionally, has been laden...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The laws and regulations, traditions and rituals associated with marriage vary from one country to another. It’s this that gives the institution of marriage a richness and history shared by no other equivalent societal...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text](Note – The following is a broad overview of the law in relation to the topics mentioned. It is and should not be treated as a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']P[/dropcaps]roposing marriage with a ring dates back to the ancient Romans. While the material and cost of a ring have fluctuated over...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']O[/dropcaps] ften, I get asked by couples to explain exactly what wedding vows are. It’s not surprising that lots of people don’t know...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']I[/dropcaps]n these COVID times, one of the surprising things that’s happened in the wedding industry across the world is that legals-only weddings have become a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']C[/dropcaps]OVID-19 has been a game changer for the wedding industry. That’s hardly surprising, given that the wedding industry has grown up in times when there...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']I[/dropcaps]t’s important – in fact, crucial – that we all consider the health and safety of our couples and their guests at weddings we conduct,...