FAQs

Can I preview any of the products before I buy them?

Yes!  You can actually receive some of them for free.  Get yourself added to the mailing list and a free video will be sent directly to your inbox today.

Also, if you click on a package you are interested in and keep scrolling down, some of the products have a preview sign on them.  Click on those and you get them for free.

What if I don't like the resources after I buy them?

We are serious about you being happy and even more serious about you  NOT WASTING YOUR MONEY!  If after 7 days you don't see value, we will refund you, no questions asked!

How long do I have access to the resources I buy?

You get lifetime access.  You just use your email and password (that you create) and you log-in, whenever you want, for as long as you like to get access to the products.

Can I download the products that I buy?

Yes!  You can download the digital products so you can tweak them to sound more like you, or copy and paste them, and use them exactly as they are.

What happens when you make changes or updates to the resources.

You will automatically get access to any updates as they are completed.

Will you give me lots of ceremony ideas?

Yes, you will receive the FULL first draft ceremony that I use when starting to draft a ceremony for clients.   You will receive:

  • Different options for what to tell guests about photography.
  • Options for wording ideas for the ‘giving away'.
  • Five different ideas for the ‘asking’ questions.
  • Ten different ideas and examples for wedding vows.
  • Ideas for what to say to announce the 'kiss the bride' - And....  alternatives to this.
  • Examples of how to tell guests how to throw rose petals (because there is a trick to this).

Of course, there are so many ideas out there that I could not possibly include them all in my draft.  But trust me, there are ALOT!  This ceremony draft will change your life!!

Is the Wedding Ceremony Store a registered training organisation or an association for Celebrants and Officiants?


NOPE! I don’t want to be! I’m not trying to be! I never will be!  Please don’t make me!

There are some AMAZING training organisations and associations doing fantastic things to train and support Celebrants and Officiants. I’m a member of some of them. I love them! BUT, I am NOT one of them.

I just wanted to create the product that I desperately needed when I started officiating weddings. My hope is that by seeing a real life Celebrant/Officiant at work and getting a detailed look at how I move and what I say to couples during a ceremony, it will help you decide what will work for you without having to feel stressed and worried about where to start.

Why don’t you have a package that relates specifically to me officiating weddings in my country?

These resources aren’t supposed to teach you the legalities of officiating wedding ceremonies in your country. This is simply the opportunity for you to watch how I officiate a wedding and have all my templates, workflows, questionnaires and checklists. I hope that by seeing how I work it will help you decide how you want to officiate a wedding.

You need to get your legal ‘stuff’ sorted yourself.

Are you the best Celebrant/Officiant that ever lived, the oracle Celebrant/Officiant, the knower of everything to do with wedding ceremonies?

No way! I’m just me.  

I’m a Celebrant/Officiant of over seven years based in Tasmania, Australia. I’ve officiated over 200 weddings and now feel comfortable with my writing and delivering of wedding ceremonies.
I have my own style that I’m comfortable with, you may already have your own style and if you don’t then you will develop it along the way.

I just know that when I first started officiating weddings, I really wanted to be a spectator to watch a wedding being officiated. Not to copy the Officiant (well, actually, maybe to copy them when I first started), but also so I could see what it actually looked like in real life, where to stand, move to, what to whisper to couples to make them feel okay.  

Therefore, I had a videographer film me at a real-life wedding rehearsal and a real-life wedding ceremony.  I edited the videos into all the information components I would have wanted to see when I started officiating weddings.

I collated all my resources and have put everything into one place for you. I hope you like it.

Must I officiate weddings the way you do in your videos.

NO! Gosh no! Heck no! – But you can if you want to.

These videos and resources are just me being me! You do you and the world will live as one…. (sorry, I starting singing in my head).

In all honesty, there will be parts of these videos and templates that you won’t like, things I say, where I move, how I structure things… That’s okay – they are NOT meant to be instructional videos or copy and paste templates to show you what you MUST do!
However, you can use them as is. If they work for you, then I am more than happy to save you hundreds of hours of time and you can happily copy my stuff!!

In essence the motivation behind this idea was to give you what I needed, which was opportunity to peer over the shoulder of a real-life Officiant/Celebrant at a real-life wedding ceremony.

I break down each component of the wedding ceremony to explain why and how I do what I do. Again, that isn’t to show you how you SHOULD officiate a wedding, it is to give you the opportunity to see it done FOR REAL! 

This unique opportunity will help you decide what you like and don’t like and you can then progress to how you want to officiate weddings.

A little about Maria

The Wedding Ceremony Store was founded by me, Maria Bond.  Formally an overwhelmed Celebrant.

I flung my business doors wide open and, in an industry first, is showing marriage Celebrants and Officiants across the world behind the scenes footage of real wedding ceremonies.  AND - EVERYTHING I use to run my Celebrant business.

"I hope that by watching me be me, it helps you to be you".