Tina McKellar

Imaginative, reliable, and down to earth, I work closely with couples and families to create ceremonies that feel honest, joyful, and completely true to who you are.

Services:
Wedding Ceremonies – Funeral Ceremonies – Memorial Services – Vow Renewals – Naming Ceremonies – Creative and Alternative Ceremonies – Inclusive Ceremonies for All Backgrounds – Personalised Rituals and Symbolic Moments – Story-Led Celebrations – Support for Families with Additional Needs

Location

Glasgow

Phone

07919 416174

Social

@celebranttina

Email

tinathecelebrant@gmail.com

Hello,

My name is Tina. I am a Celebrant based in Glasgow, but I conduct ceremonies throughout Scotland. I want to help you make your ceremony truly reflective of who you are, your relationship and your interests. I am warm, down to earth and funny, and I am open minded and a good listener. This means that people soon feel comfortable with me and they quickly work out what is truly important to them. My aim is to help you move away from what ideas about what you think you ‘have to do’ and to help you to think about what you actually want, and design a ceremony that is perfect for you.

I will help you design your ceremony, whether that is a wedding, funeral, memorial, naming ceremony or any other special moment in your life. I want to perfectly capture a person or a couple’s story, and to create a ceremony that will be remembered. It is important to me that people are proud that they were involved in the creation of the words and rituals used.

My passions and interests:

I love travelling around Scotland, and my wife, daughter and I regularly have adventures together in our caravan, as well as spending time on the beach looking for sea glass, pottery, and other treasures. In my spare time I go jiving, and I am a big fan of 50’s rock and roll. I’m creative, I love house plants, robins, Frida Kahlo is my favourite artist, and my favourite tree is a Rowan.

Describe myself in three words:

Imaginative, reliable and down to earth

Memorable moments

A really special moment during a recent wedding I conducted was when a butterfly fluttered around the bride’s bouquet at her wedding. Butterflies held a special meaning to her and mother, who she lost the year before her ceremony. At the same time the sunlight was glittering down through the trees, creating a truly magical feeling during the ceremony.

I was humbled to be asked to conduct the funeral ceremony of a longstanding local councillor and hearing about his dedication, tireless and steadfast work with so many people over the decades was a true privilege.

I am helping to plan a surprise wedding for a couple who are celebrating their special birthdays. The guests don’t know that when the turn up, they will actually be attending a wedding! Helping the couple with the creative and practical elements has been really exciting.

I was asked to conduct a naming ceremony for a really lovely family whose child had additional needs. The family really valued my approach and I was able to use my considerable work experience to effectively support the family in the planning of the ceremony and the delivery.

What’s next?

Get in touch with me for an initial conversation!

Reviews

WONDERFUL WEDDING CELEBRANT - THANK YOU TINA!

Tina was able to create a ceremony for us that far exceeded all we had hoped for. Her words were meaningful, funny and heartfelt and her delivery highly professional.

Her guidance in structuring our ceremony showed us from the start that she was exactly right for us. Although we got in touch with Tina at relatively short notice, she was unfazed, flexible, and her communication was top notch at all times. She has a really lovely and positive nature, and was so easy to work with. We will always feel very privileged to have had Tina as our celebrant.

We couldn’t recommend her higher. Thank you Tina!

AN AMAZING CELEBRANT

As a guest at a recent funeral, I would just like to say what a fabulous job Tina did as the celebrant.

Her style is so warm and compassionate striking a perfect balance of storytelling and sincerity. I feel she was a real ‘natural’ and made me, as a guest want to listen to her every word.

I would thoroughly recommend her ❤️

A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED CELEBRANT

Tina worked so hard to deliver an excellent funeral, liaising well with the family, funeral directors & crematorium staff. She was empathetic, kind and spoke very well.

Thank you Tina.

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JONATHAN DALLING

Hi Tina, just a quick note to say thank you for the eulogy and everything you did for Ula and all of the family. Everyone thought your eulogy and how you managed the service was perfect and very fitting and expertly delivered.

A day we never wanted X x

THE PERFECT CELEBRANT.

Tina led the service at the memorial for my partner who tragically passed away at 30 years old.

From the moment I met her I had immediate confidence in her. She dedicated her time to listen to stories about him, and put them all together to create what was the most beautiful service.

Her tribute to my partner truly captured his personality and character. The stories that she told about him were respectfully funny at the perfect moments, and beautifully sincere at others. She made the service so deeply personal to my partner and for the people in the room. In fact, some people actually commented that they assumed Tina must have known my partner personally.

Throughout the whole process, Tina was very accessible and communicated brilliantly via text, telephone and in person. She expressed a determination to deliver the perfect tribute to my partner – which she absolutely did! I cannot recommend Tina highly enough for any occasion. She is a great public speaker, extremely professional and clearly a lovely person.

From the bottom of our hearts we thank you!

A TRUE CELEBRATION!! A TALENTED CELEBRANT!!

After my 97yr old mother passed away, I knew I did not want a traditional sad funeral but to celebrate mums happy, full, inspirational and interesting life in a caring, sensitive yet lighthearted manner.

I contacted Tina knowing her personality and professional history was the right fit to be able to communicate mums life in the best way possible and to set the tone for the event I was planning.

Tina listened wholeheartedly to my garbled ramblings and amazingly took this mass of confused information and sorted it all and reconstructed it, into an amazing chronologically yet interesting account, of my mother’s busy 97 years of life on this earth.

My guests laughed and cried at what she had to say and many were amazed at the amount of information she had encapsulated into her address. Others were surprised at what they did not know about my mum. But more importantly, she conveyed the deep love I had for my mum and the love my mum had for my dad and for my brother and I.

I cannot thank Tina enough for her sensitivity, professionalism and empathy.

I cannot recommend Tina highly enough.

Tina McKellar

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