Alice the Celebrant

22/02/2019

Hi all. Sorry to have been so quiet for so long! Allow me to compensate with a huge post...

In the last few years I began shifting my focus from weddings to funerals. It’s been incredibly rewarding and I feel honoured as a funeral celebrant to be able to provide this kind of support to family and friends during such an extremely difficult time.

Farewelling a loved one is a different and challenging experience for everyone. Your celebrant is there to help you create the best tribute possible and guide you through the funeral process. Please see the Funeral Services page of my website for information about a civil celebrant's role in creating and supporting you through a service, links and information about the funeral process, and the people and organisations that can help you understand the options that are available to you.

http://www.alicethecelebrant.com/funerals

Please feel free to contact me with any enquiries. I'm here to help in any way I can.

Alice the Celebrant x

09/07/2018

Hi everybody. I've been taking a little time off the weddings over the last year or so, but I wanted to share this one with you...

It was such a pleasure marrying Amanda and Jo at Circa 1876 in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley earlier this year. It was a total thrill to officiate my first same-sex wedding, and I’d married Amanda’s sister Mel to her husband Matt the year before, which made it all the more special. Jo and Amanda, as evidenced by these pictures, were equally delighted and delightful.

Such a great day. Congrats to Amanda and Jo. Pics taken by the very clever Candice Campbell Photography xx

25/03/2018

Hi, everyone. Alice the Celebrant has moved to Sydney! Sydney-siders, please feel free to contact me for any of your celebrancy needs.

09/12/2017

I'm so pleased for everyone in Australia after yesterday's passing of the same-sex marriage legislation, because we can all only benefit from living in societies that are more inclusive and progressive and better value social equality and human rights, even if it is a slow and ongoing process. I'm particularly happy for the people and couples who have waited so long to be included in one of our most deeply embedded and fundamental social rituals/institutions. Welcome, you guys. Love to you all ###xx

24/08/2017

Hello my lovelies. Hope you are all well.

Just popping my head up to share an article about the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey that's about to take place starting next month.

I am a firm believer in marriage equality. I've seen a lot of seriously in-love couples in my time and I'm here to tell you that sexuality/gender hasn't made one bit of difference to the quality and integrity of the love involved in these relationships. Not even a little bit. Not one jot. I'm bummed marriage equality is taking this long in Australia and that this vote isn't even officially assured to make a difference, but it is an opportunity to make our voices heard and it's important that we do. This article contains pretty much all you need to know about the vote.

Also, today is actually the last day to enrol or update your details in order to participate in the vote. You can do that here until midnight.

http://www.aec.gov.au/

Lurve,

Al xx

Starting in September, Australians will have the opportunity to vote on the issue of same-sex marriage in Australia via a postal survey. There’s a lot...

03/04/2017

Oh, hi!!! It's Alice here, Civil Celebrant Extraordinaire and Social Media Maintenance Disappointment.

Thought I'd share with you all some long-overdue shots from my last couple of years officiating the weddings of some truly beautiful couples and genuinely excellent people.

I've had such a wonderful time with all of you. Thanks for having me be part of your celebrations, and for letting me share these pics. It's been a blast xx

Alice

Little collection from some some of my last couple of years' worth of gorgeous ceremonies.

06/01/2015

'Alice, Delaney and I are so happy that you married us on Saturday in such a beautiful, intimate and loving ceremony. It was perfect in every way. I have never felt so calm, yet so full of joy like I was on my wedding day and that is partly thanks to your preparation with us and your confidence on the day. Our ceremony was so personal, down to earth and written beautifully by you and the gratitude I feel writing this brings tears to my eyes.'

06/01/2015

'Alice, thank you so much for being part of our wedding celebrations, you made a somewhat daunting process easy and stress free. You heard and understood all of our requests and made sure our ceremony was true to us. We had so many friends and family come and congratulate and compliment us on the ceremony, many of them thinking you were a long time friend because of how comfortable we were in your presence. I can't thank you enough for making our ceremony the most memorable part of our day!'

06/01/2015

Was such a pleasure to marry Ness and Nils. We held the ceremony in the stunning Otways National Park, just behind the Big 4 Holiday Park in Wye River where Ness, Nils and their guests were staying. The ceremony was intimate, relaxed, heartfelt, and fun. And have you ever been on one of those huge Big 4 bouncing pillows? I gotta get me one. Loved Ness and Nils’ life-sized picture frame idea as well!

06/01/2015

Katherine and Paul were married in the Beautiful Castlemaine Botanic Gardens. It was a great day, with friends, family, music and laughter. The groom and groomsmen strutted down the aisle to Eye of the Tiger, played on cello! It was awesome.

06/01/2015

'Alice was very understanding and committed to ensuring the ceremony was exactly what we wanted. Alice was wonderful from our very first meeting and made sure that everything went smoothly throughout the process. Everything went perfectly on the day, we'd highly recommend her to anyone looking for a celebrant.'

06/01/2015

'Alice, thank you so much for your beautiful words and calming nature throughout the ceremony and in the weeks leading up to it. You will always be a big part of our special day, and for us it was perfect.'