The Wedding Journal
Notes from the magical
Wedding Host
My own personal notebook collated over time
Well isn’t this delightful?
Here you will find my thoughts, musings, and chronicles of Love. Over decades of work as a professional Magician and Magical Wedding host, I have seen (almost) everything.
Here you can read hints and tips to enhance your day, ideas that I have seen and loved, and read about weddings that I have hosted, and why (in my opinion) they were excellent.
So whether you want to read, watch, or listen, sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Modern Wedding Etiquette: What’s Changed and What Still Matters
Weddings may be steeped in tradition, but they are no longer bound by it. Modern couples — particularly here in the UK — are discovering that wedding etiquette is not a rigid set of rules, but a set of principles that can be adapted with taste and care. Yet with so...
Unexpected Moments That Delight Wedding Guests
There’s an old saying in theatre: the audience may forget what was said, but they will never forget how they felt. I find this applies to weddings just as well. Guests may not recall which flowers adorned the tables or precisely what was served for the starter — but...
How to Add Personal Touches to Your Wedding That Guests Will Remember
It’s said that no two love stories are alike — and the same should be (and mostly is) true of weddings. Yet in this age of Pinterest boards and Instagram trends, it’s all too easy for celebrations to start looking… well, rather familiar. The key to a truly...
The Hidden Timeline
What Most Couples Forget to Plan on Their Wedding Day There’s the schedule… and then there’s the real schedule. Most couples plan their wedding day with military precision — ceremony at 2pm, drinks at 3, dinner by 5:30, speeches somewhere in between. And yet, when the...
The Wedding Day as Theatre
Why every celebration needs a director Imagine this: The big day has arrived. Your guests take their seats. The music begins. There’s a hush across the room as someone walks down the aisle, and for a moment — however brief — time stands still. That, my dear reader, is...
Creative Guestbook Alternatives That Reflect You
The humble wedding guestbook is often treated as a token gesture — a blank book at the edge of a table, half-filled with “Congrats!” before disappearing into a drawer, forgotten for all eternity. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A guestbook can be so much more than...