The couples I marry contact me with all different lead times for their wedding. Sometimes I get the inquiry for my services months in advance — in fact I have already booked a wedding for 2013! And other times I get a phone call from a couple who exclaims, “We want to get married as…
Tag Archive: Elaine Way
Food Truck For Your Wedding Caterer? You Bet!
I was strolling through the grocery store the other day when a magazine cover of Seattle Met (May issue) caught my eye. The cover’s title said in big blocky letters: FOOD TRUCKS. Being the foodie that I am (I know we are all sick of that term but I don’t know what else to call…
Ballard Locks for your Summer Wedding!
Do you want to get married in a park? Do you want it to be lovely with blooming roses and boats going by? How about the Ballard Locks and Carl S. English Botanical Gardens in Ballard, North Seattle? As you can see above, the trees start blooming in the spring and fill the rose garden…
Book Your Officiant Early!
One of the things that baffles me when talking to brides this time of year is how many of them wait to hire their officiant. The venue, DJ, caterer and even the menu has been chosen, but the last person on the list to get hired is often the officiant. I don’t understand why…
The Show Must Go On
I recently experienced the death of my mother and was inspired to write a little bit about how to “do life” when you are grieving. Picture yourself in the middle of your wedding planning. You have your heart set on that special person in your life — whether it’s your father, your mother or an…
Customs, Rituals & Traditions: Let Them Eat Cake!
The Wedding Cake History: In ancient Rome, marriages were sealed when the groom smashed a barley cake over the bride’s head. (Luckily, tiaras were not fashionable then.) In medieval England, newlyweds smooched over a pile of buns, supposedly ensuring a prosperous future. Unmarried guests sometimes took home a little piece of cake to tuck under…
Customs, Rituals & Traditions: Why do grooms carry brides over the threshold?
Each week I will examine a wedding custom, ritual or tradition that has been passed from generation to generation. We’ll look at it’s origin and how it has influenced the lives of our ancestors and hot it impacts us today. We’ll also look at how we create our own customs and how these new traditions…
Introducing Ticings: Edible Toppers for your Wedding Cake, Cupcakes or Cookies
Recently, I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mia Natsume of Sweettoof Studios. At Sweettoof, Mia creates Ticings, which are edible toppers for your wedding cake, cupcakes or cookies. Not only limited to weddings, Mia can recreate your company logo to place on a take-away corporate event cookie or a cute edible decal…
Fear and Loathing of Public Speaking (as a Wedding Officiant)
This is a story about how I learned to get over my fear of public speaking in conjunction with becoming a wedding officiant. About four years ago I became friends with a woman who suggested I become a wedding officiant. She had been an officiant for 22 years and thought I had a knack for…
Customs, Rituals & Traditions: Something Old, Something New…
Each week I will examine a wedding custom, ritual or tradition that has been passed from generation to generation. We’ll look at it’s origin and how it has influenced the lives of our ancestors and hot it impacts us today. We’ll also look at how we create our own customs and how these new traditions…
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