Your wedding ceremony is personal and is as much about you as a couple as you wish it to be. If you’re a couple who feel you’re best friends, or perhaps soulmates, or if you share a passion for a particular cause or a love of nature, your ceremony can reflect that.

Some couples choose to have a light hearted, humorous feel to their marriage celebrations, others prefer a more formal or sacred feel. The content and structure and atmosphere of your ceremony can be determined by you, or we can suggest what might work well for you. You can have much input into the ceremony preparations as you choose.

Some celebrants belong to organizations that don’t allow them to include anything that could be classed as religious or spiritual, and some ministers have to stick to a certain format or wording. We give you freedom and flexibility for the wording and content of your wedding ceremony which is determined by your beliefs, not ours.

In Scotland all marriages, irrespective of your choice of celebrant or minister, must use the same legal process. Three months before the date of our wedding, you apply via the Registry Office most local to where the marriage will take place. Marriage Visas may apply to some foreign nationals, but no period of residency is required and the location of your ceremony need not be a registered premises.

For your ceremony to be legal you will need to say that you take one another as husband and wife, your celebrant must then pronounce that you’re husband and wife, and the two of you, your celebrant and your two legal witnesses need to sign the legal paperwork.

We offer you the FREEDOM to CHOOSE every aspect of your ceremony - both content and indoor or outdoor location. Your ceremony can be as personal as you wish, traditional or informal, creative or alternative, long or short, elaborate or simple, sacred or secular, formal or fun.

Your Ceremony can be ENGAGING with your children and guests taking an active part if you wish. You can include rituals such as a candle lighting, sharing food and drink, or a simple hand tying ritual.

We GUIDE and SUPPORT you, offering ideas or suggestions if and when needed; listening carefully to your vision, your ideas and your wishes. Your ceremony is always in accordance with your beliefs in whatever way feels fitting and comfortable for you.

Your ceremony is UNIQUE and INDIVIDUAL just as you are a unique and individual couple. We invite you think about what getting married means to you both as individuals and as a couple, and will write wording to reflect this so you’re not agreeing to a definition of marriage you’re not comfortable with.

We offer MEANINGFUL ceremonies all about YOU responding to YOUR ideas and wishes. You won’t be asked to include, or not allowed to include, particular wording or elements that don’t fit with your beliefs.

We can use wording to INCLUDE everyone present, so all your family and friends feel welcomed, respected and included regardless of belief – from the devoutly religious, to atheist or humanist, and everyone inbetween.