Onie Tibbitt

“Onie was all Adam and I could have hoped for in a celebrant. She is very responsive, knowledgeable, prepared, and thoughtful. Her calming and friendly energy is so warm and made us feel very comfortable navigating this unfamiliar process. She was so helpful through e-mail and phone calls when we were planning our ceremony with her from Thailand. The day of the ceremony Onie came early to familiarise herself with the space. She was thoughtful about so many small details. She printed and bound our ceremony beautifully for us. The wording was perfect and made us both emotional. We so appreciate all the energy and effort Onie put in to make our day perfect. I highly recommend Onie and I can only say to anyone looking for a celebrant that you won’t find a more genuine and wonderful person!”

“Onie helped us create the most beautiful, personal ceremony for our wedding. It was everything we could ever have wished for! Thank you again x”

We were guests at our friend’s spectacular beach wedding ceremony in the Outer Hebrides, beautifully led by Onie. It was such a wild and unusual location, unpredictable and open to the elements. The uniqueness of the setting could have made less capable and confident celebrants nervous, but Onie held the space with grace and warmth, which was appreciated and enjoyed by all, especially the bride and groom. And I believe it was her very first ceremony too. If she was that wonderful then, I can only imagine how special her ceremonies are now. Thanks Onie, you are one of a kind!

“Onie was the celebrant for our wedding and family ceremony. We had a rough idea of the kind of ceremony we wanted, but no idea how to make it happen or even what to include in it. We knew that we wanted to celebrate our connections to each other as a family, and Ed and I wanted to celebrate our connection to each other through marriage (we had completed the legal ceremony the day before). We also wanted to weave through the ceremony a celebration of our connection to the earth. Onie spent time with us beforehand ensuring that she was tuned into our thinking and used her intuition, gentleness and inherent kindness to help guide us and shape our ceremony into something wonderful. She was creative whilst also fully respecting our ideas and values. Her ideas were very respectful and very much in accordance with our family and what was important to us. On the day, she held space for us in the most lovely way that I could ever have imagined. She helped out with what needed to be done as well as holding our ceremony for us. It felt very much like she was the thread that was holding, and weaving all of the pieces of what we wanted together to create a magical and memorable day for us. It was a unique day and everyone who attended spoke afterwards about the peaceful energy of the ceremony and how much they enjoyed it – it was totally unique. Onie was a very important person in helping create this and holding it for us. We will remember it forever.”

“Onie was amazing as our celebrant – she guided us through the process and helped us capture some of our ideas into a very unique wedding celebration. What we appreciated most was that she helped us think through how to write our ceremony. We had a few very vague ideas of what we would like – but after a few conversations, and some useful tips that she sent our way, she helped guide us to personalise our ceremony, write our vows, and think through how to include friends and family in the process. It was also great fun using the process of writing our vows and think through our ceremony to reflect on our relationship and how we work well together. We can’t thank her enough for helping us pull together this day!”

"Onie created such a wonderful ceremony for my sister-in-law. It was a beautiful way to start the celebrations - full of stories about the couple we’d never heard before, joining in on songs they had chosen, and signing their wedding book with wishes and hopes for the future. It was a memorable, joyous ceremony because of Onie’s gentle but strong holding of the room and the uplifting ceremony she wrote. I can’t recommend her enough!"

"Onie is a wonderful celebrant, she takes a lot of time to provide a personal service that reflects the people she is working with. Her gentle, smily manner is friendly and professional. I can't recommend her highly enough."

“Onie was Celebrant at our Independent Wedding Ceremony on Inchcolm Island. At our first meeting we immediately felt comfortable with Onie. We had the feeling that she was the right person for our wedding because she would invest herself in our ceremony. And we were right! When our wedding day came, the ceremony was beyond all our expectations. Onie had set the perfect tone to make it incredibly deep and meaningful. We are so grateful for the hard work she put into our ceremony, the result was absolutely beautiful. Our families and guests all greatly appreciated Onie’s service as well and we heard compliments about her great work all day long. Her structuring, writing of the ceremony was great, each section went smoothly with the next and it created a meaningful poetic whole. Onie never pressured us to write sections of the ceremony. We were completely free to write some and let her write the rest. She also provided us with poetry and material to help us be inspired and have more ideas about what we wanted. We are absolutely delighted that she was our Independent Celebrant and that we shared our wedding day with such a friendly and open-minded person.“

“Our wedding ceremony is one we will forever treasure. We are so fortunate to have found Onie – she is truly gifted with her words and is one of the most genuine people you’ll ever encounter. You can meet her for a short period of time and feel like you’ve known her for ages. She worked diligently with us to craft a ceremony that we loved down to the last detail; she offered many reading suggestions to inspire us, and she presided over a ceremony that flowed brilliantly and touched the hearts of all our guests. We couldn’t recommend her more!”

“Onie was a wonderful and unreplaceable part of our wedding. I cannot imagine it without her. Onie was patient, thoughtful, loving and the perfect person to perform the ceremony. Onie took the time to go through my vows with me, helping me write them and construct a ceremony from scratch, to suit us as individuals. She was a calming positive influence both in the lead-up and during the day. I highly recommend Onie as a celebrant, and am so thankful to have had her with me on my wedding celebration!”