Ceremonies honouring all of life’s meaningful moments
Let’s make a ceremony of it!
I’m passionate about celebrating not just the traditional milestones, but honouring all meaningful moments. We’re all on unique life paths and we should be celebrated as such!
Ceremony gives us permission to pause, gather, tell the story, honour the feeling and give a moment the space it deserves.
Have something to celebrate, honour or mark? Let’s make a ceremony of it!
What could you make a ceremony of?
If it means something to you, someone you love or your community, let’s celebrate it!
A little inspiration:
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Finally getting the qualification you worked so hard for -
A birthday that feels particularly meaningful
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Retiring after decades of work and looking ahead to your new life chapter
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Celebrating your friends who became family
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Reuniting with your favourite people after years apart
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Moving into a new home, saying goodbye to an old one, or returning somewhere that feels like home
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Coming through a difficult chapter and acknowledging just how far you’ve come
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Taking a big leap: writing the book, starting the business or doing the thing you've always dreamed of
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Celebrating a much-loved pet and the joy they bring to your life
A Life’s a Gift ceremony can be joyful, reflective, whimsy playful, spiritual or wonderfully unconventional. There's no rule book.
Life’s a gift. Let’s celebrate it!
Everything included in your Life’s a Gift ceremony
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A relaxed first chat and simple booking process
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A thoughtful planning conversation to understand what you’re celebrating, honouring or marking
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A ceremony idea and structure created around the occasion and the people involved
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Your ceremony written especially for you
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Ideas and support for readings, music, symbolic elements and lovely ways to involve the people and things you care about
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Practical guidance around timings, flow and ceremony logistics
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Support throughout, so you always know what happens next
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Your ceremony delivered with warmth, confidence and care
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A beautiful digital copy of your ceremony to keep afterwards
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You can use anything from my celebrant toolkit. From my hand crafted reading books to my cute ceramic quaich and unity candle holder. What’s mine is yours!
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Respect for your privacy. Your story is never my content unless you actively choose to share it.
What it costs
Life’s a Gift ceremonies from £300
Every Life’s a Gift ceremony is created especially for the occasion and the people involved.
Your date is secured with a signed agreement and £100 booking deposit.
Travel within 90 minutes from Bishopton, Scotland is included. If your ceremony is further afield, we’ll chat about additional costs before you book, so there are no surprises.
Our time together
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We have a relaxed chat
Tell me what you're celebrating, honouring or marking. You might already have an idea bubbling away, or you might just know that this is a moment you don't want to let pass without doing something special.
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You book
A signed agreement and £100 booking deposit secure your date. -
I get to know your story
We'll spend time talking about the occasion, the people involved and all the stories, memories and threads we might want to bring into the ceremony.
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We plan the ceremony
Together we'll explore how you would love your ceremony to feel and any lovely ways you would like to involve your people and things you care about.
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I write
I'll bring everything we've talked about together into a ceremony written especially for you. You'll have time to read the draft, sit with it and refine it if you wish.
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We get everything ready
I'll keep you right with timely reminders and coordinate with your venue and suppliers where needed.
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We celebrate!
I'll arrive early, take care of all the practical bits behind the scenes and confidently hold the ceremony space, so you and your loved ones can be fully present to take it all in.
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You keep the words
Afterwards, you'll receive a beautiful digital copy of your ceremony to keep.
Just need help with the words?
Sometimes the perfect person to lead the ceremony is already there.
It might be a friend or family member. They may be completely happy delivering it but they just need a wee helping hand turning all the stories, memories and ideas into a ceremony that works.
That’s where I come in.
With my background in storytelling and creative writing, I work behind the scenes to bring everything together. I find the words and make sure the finished ceremony still sounds like the person delivering it.
Just The Words ceremony writing from £250
This includes:
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A relaxed first chat and simple booking process
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Full access to your exclusive ‘My Celebrant’ planning portal
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Thoughtful questionnaires to inspire
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Help deciding what to include and how everything will work together
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A personal ceremony script written especially for you
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Support with readings, promises, blessings or symbolic elements
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Time to review the script and make refinements
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Guidance and reassurance for the person delivering the ceremony
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Respect for your privacy. Your story is never my content unless you actively choose to share it.
Naming & adoption ceremonies from £300
A lovely way to welcome your child into your family and community, celebrate their name and honour the people who will be there to love, guide and support them as they grow.
The ceremony might include family promises, readings, music, stories, symbolic rituals or touches of faith, culture and tradition.
There are no rules about what a naming ceremony looks like. We can keep things beautifully simple, get everyone involved, or come up with something completely your own.
Renaming and gender-affirming ceremonies from £300
A joyful way to honour someone stepping into a name and identity that feels truly their own, surrounded by the people who see, love and celebrate them.
The ceremony might include affirmations, letters, music, promises, symbolic rituals or an acknowledgement of the journey that brought them here.
Most importantly, the person being celebrated leads the way. Their wishes and boundaries come first.
Coming to Iris & Sun Ceremonies in 2027
Funerals & celebrations of life
A life deserves to be remembered in all its colour and character.
I’ll create a ceremony with space for the stories, music, laughter, nature, faith, rituals and little details that help tell the story of the person being remembered.
It might take place in a family garden, a favourite beach, a community space, a woodland, a village hall or a beloved pub.
There is such beauty in remembering someone in a way that feels like them.
Living celebrations of life
A chance to gather while someone is still here, surrounded by the people they love and the stories they share.
A living celebration of life can be joyful, heartfelt or reflective, whatever feels like the person at the heart of it. There might be memories, gratitude, music, letters, favourite things and laughter.
It’s a chance to say the things you want someone to hear, while they’re here to hear them.
Pet memorials
Pets are family, and the unconditional love they bring to everyday life deserves to be honoured.
A pet memorial can celebrate their personality, the life you shared and all the wee routines, quirks and memories that made them so loved.
Whether you gather with others or choose something quiet and simple, we create space to remember them in a way that feels special to you.
