NOT YOUR AVERAGE WEDDING CEREMONY

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WEDDINGS

A wedding ceremony that sounds like you, feels like you, and is every bit as memorable as the rest of your day - not something to get through before the party starts.

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Emily Ayres, South Wales wedding celebrant is smiling outdoors at the Glyn Clydach Hotel in front of green foliage. She is wearing a white dress with blue and green floral patterns and sunglasses on her head.

Your ceremony. Your rules.

A celebrant-led wedding gives you the freedom to make the ceremony fit around you - not the other way around. Choose the setting, the words, the people you involve, and the traditions you keep, change, or completely ignore.

Emily Ayres in a maroon dress stands next to a groom in a black tuxedo at a wedding. Behind them is an elegant white wall decorated with a lush green and white floral arrangement and hanging greenery.

Photography: The Guest List Content

A wedding ceremony outdoors at dusk, with a bride and groom exchanging rings beside a large tree, Emily Ayres holding a folder with their ceremony script, standing nearby, in a green park setting.

Photography: Penny Portrait Wedding

There’s no right way to do it!

Want the dog there? Bring the dog.

Want your kids involved? Absolutely.

Want to skip readings, ditch traditions or walk in together? Fine by me.

If it means something to you, we’ll make space for it. If it doesn’t, we won’t.

What’s included?

Everything you need to create a ceremony that feels personal, polished, and completely yours.

Before the wedding

  • A no pressure discovery call

  • Planning meetings, preferably in person over coffee but virtual is absolutely fine too!

  • Help with vows, readings, ceremony ideas

  • Your ceremony written completely from scratch

  • Unlimited drafts and revisions so you’re happy with every word

  • Support on the run up to the day and liaison in advance with suppliers where needed

  • I used to be a registrar so I can talk you through the legal process as well.

On the day

  • Me there early, calm, and ready

  • Liason with other suppliers, and general faffing of anything and everything (I can’t sit still!)

  • Your ceremony delivered confidently, with room for the little unscripted moments too

  • A commemorative certificate, if you want one

  • A keepsake script

How it works

1. We chat

You get in touch, we have a no pressure discovery call, and make sure we feel like a good fit.

2. You book

Contract, deposit, date secured. Nice and straightforward.

3. I get to know you

Planning meetings, questionnaires, stories, ideas - all the good stuff!

4. I write

Your ceremony is written from scratch. You see the drafts, we tweak anything that needs tweaking and get it where it needs to be.

5. You get married

I’m there early, calm, and ready. You get married. Everyone laughs and cries in roughly the right places. Job done.

Price

Wedding ceremonies - £650

A 50% deposit secures your date, with the remaining balance due 12 weeks before your wedding. I’m based in Neath Port Talbot and travel across my usual South, West, and Mid Wales area is included; if you’re further afield, we’ll agree any additional travel costs before you book.

This includes everything above: the planning, the writing, the drafts, the support, and me there on the day to deliver your ceremony.

A bride and groom exchanging vows outdoors with Emily Ayres, South Wales celebrant officiating the wedding ceremony.
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No mysterious packages, no working out which bits you actually need. Just one price for the whole thing.

Photography: Haz Goldson

A bride and groom holding hands during a wedding ceremony, with Emily Ayres standing behind them, decorated with floral arrangements and greenery.

Photography: The Guest List Content

Did you know, I’m a recommended supplier at these venues:

The Celtic Lodge

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Cefn Tilla

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Nant Y Walch Barn

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Lanelay Hall

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The Celtic Lodge 〰️ Cefn Tilla 〰️ Nant Y Walch Barn 〰️ Lanelay Hall 〰️

Got questions?

There’s a good chance I’ve answered them already - from the legal bit to vows, readings, dogs, timings, and everything in between - head over to my FAQ page.

VOW RENEWALS

STILL CHOOSING EACH OTHER? LET’S CELEBRATE THAT.

A vow renewal can be as big, small, emotional, funny, or low key as you want it to be. Maybe you want to mark a milestone, celebrate after a difficult chapter, include children who weren’t there the first time, or simply have the ceremony you wish you’d had.

There’s no legal wording, no fixed format, and no need to recreate your wedding day. We can make it completely about who you are now.

Two men standing close together outdoors among green foliage renewing their wedding vows, smiling and looking at their wedding rings.

Price

Vow renewal ceremonies - £600

This includes everything as outlined above for wedding ceremonies: the planning, the writing, the drafts, the support, and me there on the day to deliver your ceremony.

A 50% deposit secures your date, with the remaining balance due 12 weeks before your wedding. Travel across my usual South, West, and Mid Wales area is included; if you’re further afield, we’ll agree any additional travel costs before you book.

Let's celebrate your love

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Think this sounds like your kind of ceremony?

If you’re looking for something personal, relaxed, and completely yours, I’d love to hear from you!

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Emily Ayres in a burgundy dress with pink lace details stands smiling at a wedding ceremony in front of a decorative floral backdrop, with two mannequins topped with floral arrangements on either side.

Photography: Laura J Clowes Photography