Voted Best Wedding Officiant in Arizona by Arizona Bride Magazine Best of 2023 List
The Full List of Arizona Bride Magazine Winners is Published!
Planning your wedding day can take a year or more and gathering the right team of vendors to pull it off for you is an amazing task. The interviews, the unknown questions to ask and listening to suggestions. One thing I pride myself of in my business is sharing ideas without overwhelming the couple.
Let me tell you how I was Voted Best Officiant in Arizona by Arizona Bride Magazine. In January 2023, the Arizona Bride Magazine sent a link out to a variety of people on their email list and then that was shared with others who had the opportunity to vote 1 time per category for the “Best of 2023” list. It was from all the different categories of a wedding and the list is a great resource for you to plan your wedding from. click here for the full list. I personally don’t remember seeing an email about this, but what an honor to be nominated first and second to actually win my category.
Why do you want to trust me as your Officiant …
I have over 450 weddings under my belt now since 2015. I didn’t start really putting myself out there until 2018. In 2021 alone I did 153 weddings. That is crazy when I think about it! I knew I was busy, but that was insane to see at the end of the year.
I listen … sometimes more than I should. LOL. But with listening I hear what some of the fears are and can provide some guidance along the way.
I am creative. I want you to step outside of what others have done and feel confident about that. We are beyond the “this is the way it should be” process of a wedding ceremony and now you can make it as special as you want.
I have planned corporate events and I have amazing resources. I love sharing the love of the vendors I know and want you to feel confident with your vendor choices.
My calm voice and attention to detail provides you the opportunity to gain more insight of being present in the moment and not “black out” at your ceremony.
A few things about weddings and some of the topics I often hear when talking with a couple … 1.) Elopements are the couple plus a handful of witnesses (usually under 6 people onsite). 2.) Weddings are 20 or more guests invited. 3.) When a couple tells me they have a small ceremony of 50, the answer is really that is a full on wedding.
Questions that I will often answer of the couple is …. do we have to have vows? This one surprises me really, vows are your promises to each other from your wedding day forward. It is not necessarily a “legal part” of your ceremony, but my question back to the couple is why don’t you want to share your promises on your wedding day?
Most of the answers I hear are I don’t want to cry. Well let me tell you, the weddings I have been to that the couple cries are the weddings that are far more memorable than the ones where they look like robots and super rigid with each other. Be vulnerable with your partner and show them that you do care and if that means to cry, then great job! Don’t worry about what others think. Be there for each other.
Do yourself a favor, at your first look do a share of what you want to promise each other and then during the ceremony I will pull something together for you that will be concise and special.
Lastly, just photographer or add in videographer? Spend the money and get the video! I have couples who share with me quick clips of their vows and ring exchanges. That is a memory they literally carry with them daily on their phones.
Take a look at the full list of Best of 2023 Winners at AZBrideMag.com
