This has to be the best chat up ever. Phil: ‘Would you like to come to the Bruce Springsteen gig with me?’ Joanne: ‘I’d love to but you’ll never get tickets!’ Phil: ‘Don’t worry: I know someone in the band…’ You’d never guess Phil was an Irishman would you? Sure, the craic was great at […]
One of the advantages of a destination wedding is that your guests are with you for several days, so there’s a lot less pressure and everyone is really relaxed. Another is that you may have the time to do what Greg and Kirsten did, which was to shoot a lot of photos for your album before […]
I love it when a photograph just sums up a whole day. This great shot by Sean Bell does exactly that for David and Victoria’s wedding at the stunning Carlowrie Castle. As is now ‘the new normal’, David and Victoria met online – but only just. David’s initial subscription to Match.com was coming to an […]
Scene One, EXT. A formal garden in St. Andrews A group of sharp dressed men walk to camera But these dapper dudes are not Mr. Blue, Mr. Brown, Mr. Orange and Mr. Pink: they’re Lee, Sean, groom Craig, and his brother, ‘protein shake enthusiast’, Rorry. Cut to INT, where a pensive Laura awaits bridesmaids Michelle and Louise and of course, her […]
I first met Neil and Nele not long after my book was published. They were among the very first people to read it, so I was very touched to see this sign when I arrived to conduct their fun-filled, imaginative and very emotional ceremony at Carlowrie Castle. Most Scottish castles are rattling with antiques of […]
I loved how Katrina and Andrew’s ‘unplugged wedding ceremony’ began. I told the guests they wanted to see their faces not their phones, and then their friends Lizzie and Jamie gave us a lovely version of ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ for Katrina’s walk down the aisle. They both came with a big team: Katrina had Jen, Amy, Natasha, not one but […]
The whole point of working with me is that you get to have “Your Wedding Your Way™”. Joanna and Jonathan did precisely that in their really moving wedding at Ednam House in Kelso. Here’s my take on it from my Instagram feed… They got their friends Dom and Nikki to tell their story: they kept […]
Ruth and Stuart created a wonderful ceremony that really wowed their guests! Their friends David and Jennifer told their story, and here’s a précis of how it started. David It was on Tinder that Stuart stumbled across the profile of a pretty blonde girl called Ruth. A teacher and pizza lover from Lanark. She swiped right, he swiped right […]
Almost all my recent weddings at Broxmouth Park have taken place outside, under the huge cedar of Lebanon that was planted by Queen Victoria when she popped in on a Scottish trip in 1878, and it all looked very promising when I was down there for Andy and Cheryl’s rehearsal the day before their wedding: it really was absolutely […]
I’ve written before about the perils of outdoor weddings for wearers of high heels, but here’s an even better idea from Alan and Andrew, whose brilliant wedding I conducted yesterday at Archerfield’s Marine Villa.Don’t just advise your guests to get heel protectors: buy some on their behalf, and give them away on the day!