Tag Archive: Hiring an officiant

Book Your Officiant Early!

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  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 Wedding Ceremony

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I blog about everything wedding: venues, style, vendors, traditions and more!  What I haven’t blogged about, however, is the actual wedding ceremony. One of the first things I always tell my couples is, “There is no right way or wrong way to craft your ceremony.  Only your way.”  Having said that, there are some basic…

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Now that 2011 is almost over, I want to take the opportunity to say, “I had the time of my life”.  I met and married over 100 couples.  I got to meet the loving families behind the lovely couples.  I learned more about how to provide the best experience possible for the bride and groom.  …

The importance of your wedding officiant

Recently I have noted a trend amongst brides: when planning their wedding, brides do not always make hiring a wedding officiant a priority.  They wait until everything else has been chosen and then start looking.  What concerns me about the lack of priority given to choosing an officiant is that the happy couple may not…

Elaine Way-International Wedding Officiant!

So I get a phone call today and when I pick up I can’t hear anything on the line except buzzing — like a bad connection.  When the connection didn’t improve I eventually hung up the phone.  Then they called again  and curiosity getting the best of me, I answered the phone in my usual…