Your wedding ceremony…
~Creating your perfect wedding ceremony~
It is an honor to bring to life a vision of each couple. I work exclusively with the wedding ceremony, pulling from 25 years of experience to incorporate your individual qualities and create your perfect Sedona wedding. I weave ‘Your Story’ into your customized wedding ceremony, from your first meeting, your first date to your sacred day of marriage. I ribbon and dance your two souls until all aspects of your ceremony has your unique signature upon it.
Your story is unique and I never tire of hearing, “The first time we met…” I am still awed, to this day, on how many ways two people can meet and the magic that steps in to bring two souls to share a sacred dance together; the dance of marriage. I make sure the revisions of each ceremony has your final approval before being printed into a keepsake vow booklet to be looked at for years to come.
Below are some ceremony ideas to explore…
- Authentic Native American: I am part Cherokee and Iroquois and learned the sacredness of ceremony at an early age. If an authentic Native American wedding ceremony is what you are looking for I am honored to share my culture with you.
- Celtic ~ Scottish: Bringing forth your Clan colors by adding the Tartan plaid to your wedding ceremony.
- Elopements: An intimate wedding ceremony for just the two of you or a few loved ones gathered around.
- Engagement: Celebrate your engagement! Often brides and grooms rush into the planning and forget to enjoy and celebrate the engagement.
- Family Bouquet: Perfect for including children into the ceremony.
- Hand Fasting: Before there was marriage license people would hand fast as a way of ceremony and commitment to one another in marriage.
- Multi-Faith: With our world at our fingertips multi-cultural loves springs to life and this ceremony chooses to honor both of your beliefs.
- Native American Blanket Wrapping: This is a lovely addition to any ceremony.
- Non-Denominational: I hear time and time again, “I’m more spiritual than religious.” If this is your path then this wedding ceremony is perfect for you.
- Ring Blessing: Many hands have touched your wedding rings before you obtain them, this ring blessing is a great way of clearing away all energy possibly attached to the rings, before your wedding rings come to rest upon your fingers.
- Rose Exchange: Your first gifts exchanged as Husband and Wife!
- Sage Blessing: Native American clearing.
- Sand Vessel: Whether it is just your two colors of sand mixing or you want to include the children, this vessel of different sand will remind you of your beautiful ceremony for years to come.
- Traditional: Do you love the traditional saying, “Will you promise, in the presence of God and before these witnesses, to love and comfort, honor and cherish, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and in adversity, forsaking all others throughout your life together?” Then this ceremony is for you.
- Unity Candle: This symbolic ceremony represents the bride, groom and marriage: The taking of two candles to light one candle in the middle is a beautiful addition to any wedding ceremony or reception.
- And many more…
“Shanandoah is not only an amazing officiant; she is an amazing person. She has a true gift. She can weave the bride and groom’s ideas from a rough draft to a final masterpiece. With a varied cultural background, she has the knowledge to make your ceremony as basic or as creative as you dare to dream. You will never be able to find another officiant as affordable, professional, knowledgeable, loving and helpful as Shanandoah. She will make your BIG DAY as perfect as you imagined!”
~Heather & Brandon
