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August 6, 2025 by Glenda Ashleigh

Choosing the Wedding Party can be a disaster if you do not choose wisely

Who wants to be in the Wedding Party?

Every doll wants to be in the wedding party!

Peg & Pog Wedding Party

Peg & Pog review the nominees for the traditional ‘roles’ in their wedding party – best man/woman/doll; page boy dolls, flower girl dolls? Of course, they don’t want to disappoint anyone, or in their case, any dolls. Feelings need careful handling!

Peg & Pog know what they want, and what they don’t want for their big day. However, family and friends have their ideas about Peg & Pog’s wedding!

Peg & Pog, start looking for a very good Celebrant. Hooray! Peg & Pog find Glenda, the Best Brisbane Celebrant. With Glenda’s expert guidance, Peg & Pog and get the wedding they want and family and friends express their great delight!

Choosing the Wedding Party

This is the tricky part. Members of the wedding, or bridal party, are usually those who are important to you such as family and friends. For those of you who are blessed with large, extended families and a lot of great friends, this can become a nightmare! Whatever you do, choose very carefully. Your wedding attendants can make or break the best of well-laid plans.

Adults in the Wedding Party

Adult attendants need to be reliable and trustworthy. Ask yourself the question, “How can this person support our needs leading up to and on our wedding day?” After all, that is what attendants do – support the Bride and Groom in the planning and organisation of the big day, both before and on your wedding day.

Milo, Pog’s brother, support Peg & Pog in organising people on the wedding day and introducing Celebrant Glenda, to the parents and the witnesses. Peg & Pog have asked two adult family members to be their witnesses – Peg’s Ma and Pog’s Ma! Both mothers want to be front and centre during the ceremony, so that they get the full experience of watching and hearing their children say their marriage vows.

Children in the Wedding Party

Be prepared for the unexpected when choosing children as attendants! Little ones may look ‘cute’ on the day, however their welfare is the most important consideration. Expecting young children to walk down paths on their own is daunting enough. Asking them to carry precious items such as ring cushions etc. only adds to their stress. Pog’s two-year-old twin nieces, Pip & Pepper, are fine as they accompany Peg on the flower boat. However, as soon as they hit land, they take off! They take their own shortcut to the Rose Garden, and thankfully, they arrive just as Peg & Pog are coming up the path.

How Many in a Wedding Party?

As many as you like! Only the Bride and Groom, Bride and Bride, or Groom and Groom if you prefer. The two witnesses don’t have to stand or sit next to you, unless you think you might be given to an attack of the vapours and faint! Oh, and it’s not an equal sharing competition either! Just because one party has three attendants, it doesn’t mean that the other party has to have three attendants. Gender is not important. A ‘Matron, or Maid of Honour, or Woman of Honour’ can easily be a ‘Man or Mate of Honour’ – the choice is yours.

More wedding party news later. In the meantime, check out some things you may or may not know about Glenda, the Very Good Celebrant!

October 9, 2023 by Glenda Ashleigh

Bridal Party Attendants the Best Man

Bridal Party Attendants

The Doll families are eager to help Peg and Pog in planning for the wedding in the Rose Garden. Apparently, it is ‘traditional’ to have attendants in the bridal party! Peg and Pog don’t even know if they want any bridal party attendants at their wedding.

Glenda, Brisbane’s Very Good Celebrant, asks Peg and Pog why they want to have bridal party attendants. Peg and Pog haven’t actually thought about the why, or if they want any, they just think they should!

Checkout the various roles that traditionally, are included in the bridal party.

Peg and Pog learn that the bridal party can consist of just the Bride and Groom! The two witnesses can be guests, and do not need to be in the Bridal Party. Peg and Pog can choose whether or not to have bridal party attendants. Bridal party attendants are optional!

Peg states that she definitely wants flower girls as her bridal party attendants on her wedding day. Pog suggests that his nieces, Pip and Pepper are just right as flower girls.

The Role of the Best Man in the Bridal Party

Best Man

Pog chooses his brother, Milo, to be his ‘Best Man’ at the wedding of Peg and Pog. Milo feels very honoured to be Pog’s ‘Best Man,’ and wants to be the best, ‘Best Man’ he can be!

However, Pog is not too sure about the responsibilities of a ‘Best Man’, so he asks Peg, the blushing bride-to-be, if she knows. Peg says that Milo’s role, as ‘Best Man,’ is to assist Pog, the Groom, get ready for the wedding.

Although Pog thinks this is a great idea, he is still unclear about what exactly the ‘Best Man’ does. Pog asks Glenda, Best Brisbane Celebrant, for help.

Responsibilities of the Role of Best Man

The responsibilities of the role of ‘Best Man’ vary, and depend on what the rest of the bridal party expect. Glenda, Best Brisbane Celebrant, answers the many questions that Peg & Pog ask.

Pog learns that the wedding party is really a team and that he is not on his own on his wedding day! Peg is happy that Pog’s confidence is lifting, and Milo is happy that his role as ‘Best Man’ really means a lot to Pog. Milo tells Pog that he is thrilled about his ‘active’ role in the wedding.

Milo aims to be the best, ‘Best Man’ for Pog. Being ‘Best Man’ comes with very important responsibilities, and Milo wants to do a great job! Pog needs all the help he can get on his wedding day, and he knows that Milo is just the best ‘Best Man’ for a successful day.

April 9, 2023 by Glenda Ashleigh

Flower Girl Attendants in Bridal Party

Flower Girl Attendants in the Bridal Party

Bridal Party Attendants the Flower Girl

Flower Girls are delightful! What is the role of a Flower Girl? Flower Girl attendants in the Bridal Party assist the entrance of the Bride. A Flower Girl is a great addition to the Bridal Party, and the delight is doubled when there are two of them!

Here are Pip and Pepper, those two-and-a-half-year-old twin nieces of the Bridegroom, Pog at Peg & Pog’s wedding.

Peg and Pog hope that Pip and Pepper will skip along happily in front of them as they enter the Rose Garden for their wedding ceremony. However, Pip and Pepper have other ideas!!

The little Flower Girls take a shortcut to the Rose Garden. After all, weddings are exciting and little girls like excitement! Pip and Pepper race ahead and alert everyone that Peg and Pog are on the path! Pip and Pepper stand in front of the wedding arch, clapping and squealing with delight as Peg and Pog enter the Rose Garden. Family and friends join in the clapping, and there are smiles all round. This lovely touch sets the warm and happy tone for the wedding, and everyone feels the love.

Flower Girls as Bridal Attendants

Are Flower Girls in the Bridal Party a good idea? What do you really expect of Flower Girls? Choosing Flower Girls can be a way to include young girl relatives and friends in the wedding. The big questions are, “Do they want to be a Flower Girl?” “Are they old enough to understand what is expected?” and “Are they reliable?”

Pip and Pepper are two-and-a-half-year-old girls who do exactly what they want to do!

As long as the Bride and Groom and all other Bridal Party attendants prepare for anything, then it is a good idea. Children are unpredictable however, and the chance of different behaviour is very high.

Girls who consider themselves to be too old to be a Flower Girl have the role of Junior Bridesmaid. The Junior Bridesmaid’s role is actually less complicated that that of a Flower Girl. Junior Bridesmaids have a more relaxed time and do not have any specific tasks on the wedding day.

Will you include Flower Girls or Junior Bridesmaids in your Bridal Party? How will you prepare for different behaviour on the day? How will you cope with unplanned events on the day? What will you say or do when such unplanned events occur? Of course there is only one thing to do! Keep smiling, treasure the precious moments on your big day, and spread the love. Contact Glenda, Brisbane’s Best Celebrant for your wedding.