YOUR MARRIAGE CEREMONY

Inspiration and Ideas
for your Personal and Unique Ceremony

For the format and content of your ceremony you have the option of including the following:

  • music to begin and end with (you choose pre-recorded or live) - and during the legal signing or to join in with a song
  • suitable words of introduction and welcome
  • prayerful words which would include everyone regardless of faith or no faith, or words about love
  • an acknowledgement of the occasion and those present
  • an address which would be all about you and written from the personal information we gather from you
  • an exchange of personal vows by you
  • an exchange of rings or other symbolic gifts by you
  • a ritual - maybe a Celtic handfasting or candle lighting - there are many rituals we can explore to see if they are of interest
  • some words written to send you off into your future together, perhaps a final blessing of you with a pronouncement of you as 'Mr and Mr', 'Mrs and Mrs' or 'married' 
  • SAME SEX WEDDING IONA BEACH
    Have Your Wedding Ceremony Inside or Outside

    You might choose to hold your ceremony indoors - maybe you'd like to be waited on by your hotel or castle staff?  Or because Scotland offers you a huge variety of amazing outdoor options, you might choose a beauty spot, but know we cannot rely on the weather - ever!  It's always best to have a Plan A and a Plan B if having guests but if coming just the two of you, you might decide to risk it - lots of people do, and then it's the luck of the draw on the day.

    So you can have your ceremony inside or outside, with you and your family and friends standing or sitting, in the round or facing all one way, or in a horseshoe - we'll discuss how you envisage your ceremony set up and what will work practically as it will depend on your location.  

    Best made plans! Lesley and Kelagh planned an outdoor ceremony on the beach on the Isle of Iona off the West Coast.  Because we were off shore we all stayed overnight on the island - which was handy, because it rained all day on their wedding day and we ended up with Plan B in the bothy next door to the hostel and cottage where they stayed, but the next day we were able to get some lovely couple shots on the beach.

  • SCOTTISH WEDDING PICNIC
    Have Fun Getting Organised

    We are here to guide and direct you every step of the way.  We will explore all the practical set up of your ceremony to ensure everything has been thought of in advance of your day, so that everything can run smoothly.

    Whether you will come just the two of you and would like a little extra planning and organisational help from us, or you'll have family and friends present who you can delegate to, or you'll enlist the help of a wedding planner, we can share our experience and local knowledge to help you become fully prepared, so that all you then need to do is relax on the day.

    You might like to take up one of our 'Design Your Day' or 'Design Your Stay' options if you'll be just the two of you, especially if you would like things like a picnic or bonfire on the beach.  Gina and Sasha were vegan and vegetarian respectively, and enlisted our help with fizz and home made fairy cakes at the ceremony spot, then we took them to the beach for more photos and a special celebratory vegan picnic.

  • PIPER FOR SAME SEX WEDDING
    Relax and Enjoy!

    We feel that part of our role is to help you feel as calm and relaxed as possible on the day of your wedding.

    If having 100 guests it's understandable that you might feel a little nervous, especially if you don't like being the centre of attention, but equally those couples who elope or choose to marry just the two of them can still feel some nervous excitement in those final moments before being declared Mr and Mr or Mrs and Mrs!

    We are here to help your day go well, and we will not only create and hold your ceremony, but we will act as 'stage manager' and guide and direct any other suppliers who are involved in your ceremony such as musicians and singers.  We have local contacts for harpists, guitarists, pianists - and of course pipers, and here's that well known piper Spud with Jim and Andy after their ceremony at Brodie Castle.