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Alternative Weddings from the Kilted Minister

iWed ... Your Way!


Specializing in Alternative Wedding Ceremonies

Tired of the traditional, stuffy wedding ceremonies? Want something different that fits your personalities and tastes? Contact me today! For one low fee, I offer a free consultation, and will be present for your rehearsal day and wedding day!

  • Non-denominational Weddings
  • Handfastings
  • Celtic Ceremonies
  • Renaissance Faire Weddings
  • Costumed or Themed Weddings
  • Same Sex Unions

Rev. Emerys is an ordained minister with the Progressive Universal Life Church. He has been performing wedding and handfasting ceremonies for over five years. I specialize in officiating weddings dressed in a traditional and non-traditional Scottish Highland attire. I have three types of Scottish attire:

  • Formal Highland attire: MacKay ancient tartan kilt and full coat and sash with dress shirt (traditional)
  • Casual Black attire: Utilikilt, with black dress shirt and/or coat (non-traditional)
  • Old Scottish: Great kilt with Renaissance Festival attire, boots and shirt (non-traditional)
Contact me today! emerys_somerled(at)yahoo.com ( replace the (at) with @ ).


Wedding Blogs - Tips and Tricks


Archive for March, 2007

Where’s the Photographer??

One of the biggest nightmares that can happen to your wedding day is for the photographer to show up late, or not at all! What to do?!

The first thing? Don’t panic! In some cases, you can call around and have a back up photographer fill in, if they are available. The best case? Have everyone participate in taking photographs!

Prepare for any mishaps. Photographers are human too, and they sometimes get hurt, sick, or worse, and cannot make a gig. Calling around to have another photographer fill in from another company can be very expensive. Instead, consider having your wedding guests be the photographer’s back up!

Before the wedding day, stock up on a lot of cheap, disposable cameras. They even have disposable digital cameras available now! Find a friend who is good with a camera or video camera and have them stand by. If the photographer does not show up, take the disposable cameras and have everyone use them! With a lot of disposable cameras around, you will have more pictures, at a lower cost, than you could get from one photographer!

Remember the friend who is in standby mode? Have them take the close ups and wedding ceremony party before and after the ceremony itself.

Finally, rest assured, if you never receive your wedding photos, or the photographer loses the photos, with all those cameras around, you will have plenty of pictures to choose from!

You can purchase cameras in three or even six packs at Walmart or other similar stores. Some are even designated as wedding cameras!


Wedding Traditions

I have had a lot of clients ask me what the traditions are for walking down the aisle, who is at the altar first, what the jobs of the Bride’s Maid and Best Man are, etc. In most cases, there are two reasons the Best Man and Bride’s Maid are present. One is for moral support, but traditionally, it is considered an honor and a duty.

Many weddings for nobles were kept within their own family, and no outsiders were allowed to stand along the wedding couple. Today, this tradition no longer applies, so the Bride and Groom may choose their own. Read the rest of this entry »