The 5 Ceremony Resolutions Every Couple Should Make

How do we make our wedding ceremony feel truly personal?

There’s something about the New Year that invites you to pause, dream and set intentions, especially when you’re planning a wedding. Fresh calendars bring fresh energy, and with it, the chance to shape a celebration that feels meaningful, modern and unmistakably you.

As a creative wedding celebrant based in North Yorkshire, I work with couples who want their ceremony to feel relaxed, personal and totally them! And if you’re planning your 2026 wedding, now is the perfect time to think about how you want that moment to feel.

A great place to start? Setting a few ceremony resolutions that help your day become everything you hope it will be.

1. How do we make our ceremony feel personal and unique to us?

If something doesn’t feel like you, it doesn’t need to be in your ceremony. That’s the beauty and the freedom of choosing a celebrant-led wedding.

You can choose:

• Vows written in your own voices

• Readings that genuinely mean something

• Symbolic elements that reflect your personalities

• Traditions that feel right… and skip the ones that don’t

A personal ceremony doesn’t require pressure, it simply means shaping a moment that feels familiar and grounded in who you are as a couple. It’s the first chapter of your marriage, and it deserves your story, not someone else’s script.

2. How do we choose the right wedding celebrant for our day?

Your celebrant sets the emotional tone of your entire ceremony so choosing the right person isn’t just another task on the planning list. It’s choosing the voice, energy and connection you want at the heart of your celebration.

When meeting celebrants, notice how you feel:

• Do they listen more than they talk?

• Do you feel understood, not just “processed”?

• Do they get excited about your ideas?

• Do you feel comfortable opening up to them?

A great celebrant isn’t just a presenter, they’re your storyteller, guide and calm anchor on the day. When the connection is right, everything else flows.

3. What moments should we prioritise in our wedding ceremony?

There’s a persistent myth that the ceremony is “the boring bit before the party”. Not a chance with me!

Your ceremony is where the emotion lives, the part your guests remember long after the last dance. It’s where parents reach for tissues, where friends grin from ear to ear, and where the two of you stand together and say:

This is us. This is our story. This is where our marriage begins.

So don’t rush it. Don’t hide it in the background. And don’t see it as a formality to tick off.

Give it space. Give it intention. Give it the heart it deserves.

4. How do we tell our love story during the ceremony?

One of the greatest gifts of a celebrant-led wedding is the freedom to share your story, the real one. The moments that shaped you. The funny bits. The unexpected turns. The ordinary things that somehow became extraordinary.

Your story doesn’t need to be dramatic or cinematic. It just needs to be yours.

A skilled celebrant will weave:

• Your beginnings

• Your quirks

• Your shared humour

• Your proudest moments

• Your future hopes

…into a narrative that feels warm, authentic and most definitely you!

5. How do we create a ceremony that feels relaxed, joyful and real?

Perfection isn’t the goal - connection is.

The most beautiful ceremonies are the ones where couples allow themselves to simply be in the moment. They’re warm, human and joy-filled. They include:

• A giggle when someone fluffs a line

• A wobble in the voice during vows

• A shared look that says everything without words

When you drop the pressure to perform and let yourselves experience the moment, your ceremony becomes something unforgettable, for you and for everyone watching.

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A new year brings fresh energy and a chance to shape your wedding with intentions, especially the ceremony that starts it all. You can book a no-obligation call with me here.

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