Keren and Stephen’s friends Paul and Fiona set them up on a blind date not once, but twice!
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Fiona and Tom’s Humanist wedding at Kirknewton Stables
My thanks to Offbeat Bride, photographer Ingrid Murs and of course to Fiona & Tom for making this post very easy… Tom and Fiona chose to marry at Kirknewton Stables, a popular venue for people who like to do things their own way: and they really did, in every sense. The bridesmaids helped make all the pom-poms, … Continue Reading
Donna & Jonas’s Humanist Wedding at Kirknewton Stables
Some days go perfectly and Jonas and Donna’s was one. We had ideal weather, and they created a textbook example of how informal yet moving a humanist wedding can be. Donna and Jonas wanted to start the ceremony by spending time with their friends, and they were waiting for me at the door when I … Continue Reading
Fiona and Steve’s Humanist Wedding at Jupiter Artland
I remember the day I first met Fiona. It was about four or five years ago, cold, wet, and windy. My mate Bill and I were just coming down the ridge line of Scald Law in the Pentland Hills, when we met Fiona on the way up. The reason I remember it so well is … Continue Reading
Ian & Gill’s Humanist Wedding at Kaim Park Hotel
When Ian and Gill finally got back to the “real world” after their wonderful honeymoon in St Lucia they sent me this message to say thanks… We had the most amazing day, our ceremony was just as we had wanted it to be, personal to us, very moving and also at times very entertaining! Never before … Continue Reading
Jennifer & Mo’s Humanist Wedding at The Vu
I was really pleased that Jennifer & Mo sent me a link to this video of their wedding this morning. Not because it shows my best feature – the back of my head – but because it reminded me how moving it was to see and hear them speaking their vows to one another. The short … Continue Reading
Iona & Nigel’s Humanist Wedding at Harburn House
Iona and Nigel hardly used any of the material they’d shared in their homework at all. Instead, they wrote something entirely new, that was just as honest, open, funny and moving, but in a very different way.
Thursday is the new Saturday – Official!
I was waiting to celebrate Lee & Kelly’s wedding at the Vu, the stunning hilltop venue just outside Bathgate, when I got talking to the very helpful young assistant, Mhairi Donald. It turned out that she’s a Business Studies student at Glasgow Caledonian University, and is working as a waitress at The Vu not just … Continue Reading
Keri & Erik’s Humanist Wedding at Harburn House
We had the most wonderful, wonderful day and without doubt the most special part was our ceremony, which we will never forget. Thank you so much for encouraging us to be original, thoughtful and most of all honest in writing our ceremony.
Keri & Erik’s Humanist Wedding at Harburn House
People are coming from all over the world to have a humanist wedding in Scotland and I’ve married Australians and Americans and Danes and Germans but Keri and Erik’s Mexican wedding was a first. They had to change their plans at the last minute so it was all done in a bit of a rush, … Continue Reading