Question 1

Making the Decision

Accepted Answer

• Contact me (javascript:void(0))to let me know the date of your wedding and your interest in knowing more.
 • I’ll respond within 24 hours with my availability, guidelines, and fees.
 • If you’re interested in meeting with me, we’ll schedule time after work or on a weekend to meet. This meeting with both the bride and the groom will be no-obligation. I’ll ask you some get-to-know-you questions, and you can ask me the same. I’ll bring a contract to this meeting.
 • You can take my contract home and think it over. If you decide you want me to conduct your ceremony, sign the contact and return it to me with a deposit. This holds your date.

Question 2

Crafting Your Ceremony

Accepted Answer

• After you reserve your date, we will schedule a more in-depth meeting in which I will ask you about your life, your relationship, how you met, how you proposed, what your goals and dreams are, and more.
 • Then, I go back and start writing your ceremony. This takes a couple of weeks.
 • I’ll send you the first draft for your review and input.
 • You’ll return any edits or changes to me no later than two weeks prior to the wedding.

Question 3

The Wedding

Accepted Answer

• While the ceremony is being crafted, you need to obtain your Marriage License from the Register of Deeds in your county.
 • I’ll conduct the rehearsal, the wedding ceremony, work with the musicians to set our cues, and any other details you may need my help with.
 • I’ll sign the license and get the necessary signatures of your witnesses, then mail it to the Register of Deeds in the county in which you obtained it. I confirm they have received it, and it will be permanently filed in your county records office. You will then be able to get a certified copy for name changes and other needs.

Holly Marion

Certified Celebrant & Wedding Officiant

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