Love Celebrant — Local services in Leeds

We booked Theresa for our wedding on 30/07/25 after reading many positive reviews. While her communication was generally clear, at times it felt like she withheld important details from me, the groom, which left me feeling out of the loop.

Unfortunately, on the day of the ceremony, several major issues occurred that truly disappointed us, mistakes that can't simply be undone.

Name Misuse During Ceremony From the very beginning, I made it clear that my legal name is Kieran, and Theresa noted this down. However, my partner may have referred to me casually as Ki in emails or conversations, and over time, Theresa began addressing me this way. During the ceremony about 15 minutes in and in front of all our family and friends she referred to me as “Ki.” but she pronounced it as “Kai,” which left me feeling very frustrated. This should never have happened, especially after I had made my name clear from the start.

Missing the Bride's Entrance Theresa failed to instruct me to turn around when my bride entered the ceremony space. Neither I nor my best man were cued to turn, so I missed the moment my wife walked down the aisle a moment I’ll never get back. Even when she reached the end of the aisle, we were still not told to turn. Theresa just stood silently, seemingly disengaged.

Unapproved Ring Exchange Instructions Without consulting me, Theresa had a private conversation with my best man about how the rings should be presented. She instructed him to place both rings on his pinky and pass them directly to us something I would never have agreed to. My best man told me afterward that he felt uncomfortable with the arrangement as well and agreed it would have been better to keep the rings in the box so I could present them myself. This was another important detail that was not shared with me in advance.

Fortunately, our photographer recorded the entire ceremony, so everything mentioned is documented.

Our advice: Make sure you and your celebrant are on the same wavelength before you book. Theresa did not match our energy or the atmosphere we envisioned, and many guests picked up on this. Also, insist on reviewing the final ceremony script ahead of time. We didn’t receive ours until the day after the wedding. Some parts of the ceremony felt dragged out, as several guests pointed out.

A celebrant should reflect the couple’s energy and vision. Sadly, that wasn’t...

We found Theresa really easy to work with as our celebrant. From the first call, a year before our wedding, through to the ceremony itself, Theresa was a good listener, gave good advice and was completely flexible to our suggestions. After our first call, Theresa supplied us with loads of example of ceremony wordings and then left us to it. Closer to the time she politely chased us and we went back with our first draft. She then put a lot of effort in to review it, add suggestions and hold a call to discuss. I'm pretty sure she would have been more than fine to write it all herself too, if we had asked.

We weren't traditional at all in some aspects of our ceremony and Theresa was really accommodating of this too, even on the day when we realised we had forgotten to mention certain aspects Theresa just rolled with it. She also was on the ball with some things that between me and the venue we had forgotten on the morning (eg the table we had asked for for a "fake signing").

And, perhaps most importantly, during the ceremony Theresa spoke with clarity, warmth and happiness. We would definitely recommend her as...

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