Wedding Archives - Celebrant Kiki

January 12, 2022

Q: What’s the hardest thing about being a celebrant?

A: I’m going to be super honest here: being resentful about my own marriage and then sitting in front of a computer to write a wedding ceremony, all about the love story of SOMEONE ELSE! Ohhh, I tell you, it’s the WORST!! I’ve had months upon months of ceremonial constipation in the years since I’ve become a celebrant. I’ve faffed over email and phone calls to my couples about how their ceremony is “coming along beautifully” when in reality I’ve felt revolting waves of writer’s block, unsurprisingly coinciding with particularly tough times...

May 18, 2020

in Funeral, Wedding

A celebrant for all seasons

Much to the horror of my mother and several close friends, I have taken great pleasure in broadly planning my own funeral. I’m not talking about the type of coffin I’d like to be buried in, and whether or not my plot is north facing, I’m talking about the details of the funeral itself. While it’s not yet certain as to how I’ll eventually bow out, as death’s as sure as taxes, it’s frankly nice to have a little certainty (control?) over how my last great shin-dig should play out! Picture...

April 8, 2020

in DIY, Elope, Ideas, Wedding

Love in the Time of Covid-19

What a year 2020 has been already! It seems that some people donned a facemask during the January bushfires and just left them on as the unfortunate events of the year unfolded. It’s really brought our country to its knees in many ways, but I’ve been reflecting lately on the Covid restriction silver lining, like the fact that workplaces HAVE to acknowledge that their employees have families DURING work hours, not just during drop off and pick up times, that families (for better or worse) have to spend a lot...

April 8, 2020

in Change of Name, Wedding

Thought of changing my name…Oh! What’s in a name?

And yes, I did just recently re-watch Lion King with my toddler, BUT it’s definitely a question that comes up with each of my couples when we’re planning the ceremony. I usually ask how they’d like me to announce them after signing their wedding certificates and officially becoming married. Would you like Mr/s and Mr/s…Fabulously Happy, absolutely, but anything else? Trust me, I understand the importance of names. My husband and I had a raging eight day argument following the recent birth of our daughter. There were loads of hotly discussed...