Alternative Ceremonies UK

Dark Wedding DirectoryCelebrant
Written By Charlotte Yates

Alternative wedding and handfasting celebrant for alternative people

Alternative Ceremonies UK was born over 11 years ago to help goth and alternative people have a ceremony which is reflective and inclusive of their lifestyles and scenes.

Designing, crafting and leading true alternative ceremonies for all alternative people, your lifestyle, individuality, and relationship are always at the heart of every ceremony.

A Pagan Priestess specialising in Pagan ceremonies and handfasting, celebrating diversity, and a ceremonialist who will work with you to create a non-Pagan purposeful wedding, vow renewal. commitment or handfasting ceremony, for you, about you, because of you.

Articles featuring Alternative Ceremonies UK

Featured
The Gothic Luxe Wedding Fair; your gateway to creating the ultimate dark wedding
The Gothic Luxe Wedding Fair; your gateway to creating the ultimate dark wedding

As we reflect on the incredible turnout and the overwhelming positive feedback from both suppliers and visitors, we are filled with a sense of pride and gratitude. The Gothic Luxe wedding fair was not just a showcase of products; it was a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and the beauty of ALL love stories.

All black elegant spiderweb Gothic Glam styled wedding
All black elegant spiderweb Gothic Glam styled wedding

For many, black is not a wedding colour. Of course they are wrong. For me it’s the natural choice for well, everything… and I know I’m not alone!

We knew we wanted to show that black and all things dark and typically considered spooky, are actually incredibly beautiful, meaningful and really bloody glamourous. Here it’s not just a key colour, but the ONLY colour. Where spiders, webs and bones are non longer simply Halloween motifs, but wonderfully symbolic emblems of love and commitment and also insanely elegant.

It’s not a phase…
It’s not a phase…

And here we are to show that ‘dark weddings’ are more than a fashion trend and they’re here to stay.

The idea of TilDeath has been bubbling in the background for years, but it has taken all those years to get to this point. TilDeath is a collaboration of Legend Bridal, Vicky Dubois Photography and Maddison Rocks Floral. It is very much a collaboration, BUT I’m going to chat about the whole creation and ethos from my, Charlotte (Legend Bridal’s) point of view…

The Dark fairy-tale of York Cemetery.
The Dark fairy-tale of York Cemetery.

What started out as a group of TilDeath suppliers taking advantage of being in the same place at the same time, turned into an incredibly meaningful and teary day.

It’s no surprise that several of the TilDeath tribe would be in Whitby for Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival; either vending or simply enjoying the weekend. So we decided to try and take advantage of the opportunity…

A Dead Festive Season and a Bloody Good New Year
A Dead Festive Season and a Bloody Good New Year
Charlotte Yates
Previous

Caroline Versallion Bridal Couture
Next

Aelvenharp Weddings