Ryan and Christina's Wedding Ceremony at The Amazing St. Paul's Church, Port Gamble...

Ryan and Christina Hutto

St. Paul's Church, Port Gamble, WA

Ryan and Christina were married on April 18th at the marvelous and historic St. Paul's Church in Port Gamble. From California, I worked with Ryan and Christina via email and phone on their wedding ceremony and finally had the pleasure of meeting them at rehearsal.

Ryan and Christina's wedding was a perfect mix of the sacred, the contemporary and a little fun, too. Ryan and Christina had quite the enthusiastic wedding party that made the ceremony that much more memorable!

If you'd like to take a peak at St. Paul's Church, go to: www.portgambleweddings.com

Kacy and Cindy's Wedding Rings - Simple, Very Unique and Precious...

Kacy and Cindy

April, 2009 - The Space Needle

Kacy and Cindy were married high in the sky on April 4th and Sean Werner of www.weddingphotog.com captured this wonderful shot. During the ceremony, Kacy showed me his very unique ring.

You see, Kacy and Cindy love the Grand Tetons mountains and this place has a lot of significance for them as a couple. So, Kacy had his ring custom made with the image of the Grand Tetons surrounding his wedding band. Very fun. Very beautiful.

3 Things You Might Not Know About Me, Your Wedding Officiant...

Congratulations to Brian & Suzanne!

Kiana Lodge, Poulsbo, WA

In this work that I do, I have laughed, cried, worried, obsessed and had some of the most marvelous moments of my life. Creating and delivering a personalized wedding ceremony - no matter how many people, no matter the location or how simple or complex a ceremony - is a delicate art. It involves the creative process, grand and complex emotion, a couple's unique story and a couple's "tribe/family."

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And so, over the years, here is what is true about me that you may not know:

1) On occasion (once or twice a year), I mess things up within a ceremony. I fall back on the "nobody's perfect" medicine to help me feel better and a mistake still hurts.

2) I often worry about traffic snafus in the Summer season and arrive on-site often way too early. Truth? I wish I could relax around traffic. Probably not happening in this lifetime. So, I drink alot of tea or diet Snapple (peach tea!) while waiting...

3) And several times during the year because I work heavy weekends, I miss wonderful weekend events with family and friends. I'll confide to my husband, "this working weekend thing is really hard sometimes," and feel melancholy that I'm missing some personal fun. Yes, it's true. I love to play AND I wouldn't give up this work right now for anything.

Including Your Beloved Fido In Your Wedding Ceremony...and Day!

Wedding Dogs Everywhere!

Because I am devoted to animals and spend alot of my free time working in dog rescue and rehabilitation, I absolutely love it when a couple includes their pooch(es) in their wedding ceremony.

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Over the weekend, I met with Graham and Chrystal, whose wedding I will now be happily officiating on August 7th, and had the marvelous opportunity to meet their canine kids who were in their truck.

Truth? At a wedding ceremony kids and dogs bring such joy. They can't do anything wrong. Include your beloved companion animal in your ceremony and watch smiles light up a room!

Pondering What Really Matters In A Wedding Ceremony...

Wendy and Eric's Intimate Wedding Ceremony

Bainbridge Island, WA

I find that a paradox offered by author Carolyn Myss offers truth:

"what appears to be big, is really small."

"what appears to be small, is really big."

Sometimes, I think this truly applies to a wedding ceremony.