Writing your own wedding vows is becoming very popular and can be a very personal and special way of expressing your commitment and love to the one you are about to marry. You can either read them out yourself or ask the celebrant to read them for you.

Writing from the heart is the first step and it can be nice to focus on a few things that will express to your partner how you feel. A few ideas of that could be :

- When you first fell in love and how that made you feel.

- What you most admire about your partner.

- Why you have chosen them to spend your life with.

- What marriage means to you.

Once you have spent some time writing down your thoughts you could also include some beautiful poems in your vows which adds a special heart warming touch.

It is important that you spend some time rehearsing what you have written as this will allow you to feel more at ease on your wedding day. You may even wish to have a small copy of your vows with you at the ceremony to read from instead as this could help settle your nerves.

A wedding journal will help you to record your hand written wedding vows. This can be a keepsake filled with cherished memories cover to cover.