Personalising your wedding ceremony

Marital website the Wedding Channel has published seven top tips for personalising your big day.

The nuptials advice service recommends getting creative for your marriage ceremony in order to make the occasion truly meaningful and memorable.

Penning your own wedding vows is the first pearl of wisdom from the site's experts, who advise a short and concise message that steers clear of cliches, but expresses future dreams.

Getting a close friend or relative to officiate the ceremony is another way of making the event even more special. Anyone can be ordained via the internet these days.

Adopting or combining traditions used by previous family members can be another personal touch.

Those looking to divert from the traditional can also embrace rituals used in foreign cultures and religions. Asian weddings, for example, are increasing in popularity.

Ultimately, the day should be about the couple. Friends and family will appreciate tasteful personal touches, notes or anecdotes included in the ceremony, invitations or programmes.

Relatives and close friends should not be neglected, however, and the Wedding Channel recommends involving them in the ceremony, whether by saying a few words, or having them walk down the aisle before the wedding party.

Finally, the marital advice service insists that couples should "stick to their guns" and not try to appease everyone when it comes to planning for the big day.ADNFCR-1121-ID-18573866-ADNFCR

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