Choosing the best celebrant for you is one of the most important decisions in wedding planning.

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Your ceremony should be as weird and as wonderful, as filled with love and laughter, as your life is.

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Whether your wedding is a quiet elopement or a big party, together we will create the perfect ceremony. It will be the best Scottish wedding there has ever been. 

A Humanist wedding ceremony is very much a team effort. Traditions are lovely especially when you put your own twist on them. Handfasting could be tying the knot with tartans or with the old bicycle inner tubes that your late dad kept ‘just in case’. From vows to readings to incorporating your in-jokes, I will be by your side to keep you right (and keep you sane) as we plan your special day.

At every wedding I conduct, I hope that the guests will say afterwards “that ceremony was so them, it couldn’t have been anyone else’s wedding".

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So… how does it all work?

  • We have an initial chat. Mainly for you to suss me out and see if we’re a good fit. Usually a video call.

  • You talk about me behind my back. If you decide you want to book, a £100 deposit secures your date once you’ve joined Humanist Society Scotland with a wedding couple membership.

  • About six months before your wedding, I will send you wedding homework. This is loads of questions about your life and love, and what you want your ceremony to include. It’s how I write a super personal ceremony that’s the most ‘you two’ thing anyone has ever heard. This is also when we set up a wedmin group chat. You can message me any time.

  • Once you’ve done your homework, we have a meeting and plan your ceremony together. It’s absolutely fine to go into the meeting unsure about exactly what you want your ceremony to look like.

  • If you’re having a legal marriage ceremony, you submit your legal paperwork to the Registry Office closest to your venue three months before the wedding. You can do it 29 days before, but why give yourself that stress?

  • I write a first draft, send it to you and we knock it back and forth until it’s perfect. That becomes my script for the day. I like to have ceremonies written about a month in advance.

  • I arrive at the venue about an hour before kick-off. I chat to your other suppliers, make sure everyone has been for a pee and get ready to go.

  • You get married. It’s amazing. You get to live happily ever after and don’t have to ever plan a wedding again.

Sound good? Get in touch!