Shubi Mutajwa and Anthony

Sneak peak on Shubi Alponce Mutajwa's send off, kitchen party and wedding

 

Kitchen Party dress 

 

Dressed by Wedding Bells  

 

 Many Congrats Shubi, you looked gorge!

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Merry Christmas

On behalf of the crew from The Wedding Gurus, we would like to wish you all a fabulously merry christmas and an inspiring, exciting and fantastic new year. We have so many great things coming up in 2013 to share with you as we continue to grow and be inspired by all of the creative, new and innovative ideas that keep us forever busy.

We look forward to your feedback, comments and suggestions and a 2013 full of wedding perfection!

The Wedding Gurus
xxx

Happy Holidays

Wedding Bells wishes you a very Merry Xmas....

See you after the holidays

Much love

Handfasting Ceremony Wording

Welcome to week 26 of 52 Wedding Traditions/Rituals in 52 Weeks.

To accompany our handfasting ceremony video we thought it would be helpful to provide you with the a couple of the more popular wording variations.

Our 'Celebrant Guru' Susan performing a handfast

Example 1:

Celebrant:‘Nicole and Gary have chosen to include a hand fasting ritual in their ceremony today as a symbol of their love Nicole and Gary please hold your hands, palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to each of you.’

(the hands are bound lightly by celebrant)

‘These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, which are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other all the days of your life.

These are the hands that will work alongside of yours, as together you build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost secrets and dreams.

These are that hands which will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes: tears of sorrow and tears of joy.

These are the hands which will comfort you in illness, and hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart.

These are the hands that will give you support and encourage you to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for can be realised.

This binding represents the love that has bound you together to this point. It will continue to bind you to one another until the binding of your rings takes it place.’

The ceremony continues with the couple’s hands bound until the ring exchange at which point the celebrant removes the binding, and the rings then take its place as their binding for life.

Example 2:

Celebrant: Please join hands. As your hands are joined, so now are your lives. (Celebrant binds the hands)

Above you are the stars
below you are the stones
as time does pass
Remember
Like a star should your love be constant
Like a stone should your love be firm
Be close, but not too close
Posses one another, but be understanding
Have patience with one another
For storms will come, but they will go quickly
Be free in the giving of affection and warmth
Make love often, and be sensuous with one another
Have no fear and let not the ways or words
of the unenlightened give you unease for the Gods are with you.

Hands remain bound until the ring exchange.

Example 3:  Handfasting with Children

Celebrant: 'When we think about marriage we immediately visualize the joining of two people. But this is not always so. Marriages unite families and as is the case in many families today, who already have children, they give us a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and embrace some of the other important relationships in our lives.

During a wedding ceremony rings are sometimes exchanged with a promise. As (Bride) and (Groom) are not exchanging rings, but instead binding their hands, they thought appropriate that their children should also take part as reminder of their promise to them on this day.
They wanted to find a way to let them know now how special and wonderful they are, and how privileged and blessed they feel to be their parents.

Children step forward and their hands are bound with the parents
 
Celebrant addresses children:

(Insert children’s names) These are the hands that will support encourage and protect you through all of life’s ups and downs, happy times, sad times, love and we hope, great joy. This binding is a reminder of the love and respect that each of you have for the others and that which will last for a lifetime.

You may also like to view our video example of a Handfasting Ritual by clicking here

The Wedding Gurus
xxx

Felister Joseph and Mathew Mwangomba

Beautiful Wedding Bells bride Felister and her groom Mathew said their I dos' last month

 

Looking beautiful with a raffled mermaid wedding gown from Wedding Bells 

 

 

 

 

Wishing you all the best on your marriage...May lord fills it with love and joy 

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Top 10 All Time 'Calssic' 1st dance songs

In keeping with our recent posts on fabulous wedding songs, here is the 'Top 10 All Time Classics' list for first dance songs. Just like the others these are our picks so we appreciate that some of you may have some all time favourites yourselves. If you have, let us know, we'd love to hear them.

We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we did putting them together!

Top 10 All Time Calssics

10. It had to be you – Harry Connick Jr

9. Unchained melody – The Righteous Brothers

8. Don’t know much – Aaron Neville & Linda Rohnstadt

7. Can’t help falling in love with you – Elvis

6. Endless Love – Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey

5. Because of you – Tony Bennett

4. Sea of love – The Honeydrippers

3. Because you loved me – Celine Dion

2. Amazed – Lonestar

1. At last – Etta James

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Victoria Nguzo and Raymond Khalifan's Wedding

Another beautiful wedding of Victoria and Raymond

 

Dressed By Wedding Bells, Victoria wore an organza raffled mermaid wedding gown

Looking stunning beautiful

 

Church time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture Moment

 

 

 

 

Many Congratulations on your wedding, May Lord the Almighty give you good health and lot of love to one another

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