So, holy cow, we met with a wedding officiant last night and while he was cool...he was waaaay more expensive than we expected. I posted about it over here. 
http://wide-eyed-bride.livejournal.com/2071.html

Then I got to thinking, maybe I'm being cheap. Tell me, what are you paying your officiant? What are they doing to justify the money?

I just got off the phone with a possible officiant. I've been having a hell of a time finding anyone who can perform a bilingual officiant. I finally found someone who is aretired revenerand and has performed over 8,000 ceremonies ( Read more... )

Lately we've been trying to figure out an overall budget for our wedding. We're thinking between $10K-$15K Does anyone have their budget's laid out in that price-range?? I'd really like to see them, I feel like random costs keep popping up x_x weddings are expensive.

Secondly, we want to ask my uncle to be the officiant at our wedding, but I'm ( Read more... )

We're really getting down to the teeny tiny details now!

Karen & Anthony
May 21, 2011
Metro Detroit, MI
125-ish guests
Colors: Brown, white/ivory, pink and green
Theme: Vintage, elegant, retro, 1950s garden party

( Male attire )

This is my intro post.

We have finally gotten so much done in so little time!! I have already gotten my dress. We got really lucky on it. I tried the dress on in the store, but it didn't fit. My FMIL found the exact same dress on the clearance rack. It was the same size, but it had been altered enough up top to where it fit me like a glove. Only ( Read more... )

We are meeting our celebrant today. We are having a non religious, non conventional ceremony ( Read more... )

For those of you who had or are planning on having a non-friend, non-family member officiant for your wedding... How did you go about finding and hiring him/her? FH and I are secular, and have no idea where to look for one. I tried the almighty internet, but I can only find results in big cities that are far away. Maybe I'm just not looking in ( Read more... )

Showed my FH my intended ceremony and reception venue, the Elm Grove Women's Club, and he hated it! :(  I didn't expect him to totally hate it...

( ... he said )

5 days to go and I have two dumb, unrelated questions ( Read more... )

Actually, nothing too bad has happened yet; I'm just seeking some advice on the least dramatic way of letting my future in-laws know that, not only are we seeking an officiant who doesn't follow their religion, but he is a priest of a religion that they probably do not agree with ( Read more... )