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3 Simple Wedding Tips To Supercharge Your Wedding Planning By Wedding Officiant Sarah Sullivan

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Of COURSE you don't want to "go cheap on" your Wedding Day!!  This is a day to remember forever!!  Gotta make it special!!

..... But you don't want to spend money that you'll later regret, right?!

I encourage Brides and Grooms to sit down and think about what MOST matters to them, and what WILL matter in 10 years!...

 - You're Foodies?!  Well, a great catered meal will mean a lot to you, unlike...

   - Food not as important as maybe the music or…

Country Chic Reception with burlap accents, crocks and a beautiful organza/frame backdrop.

Julio with Flor…

Donna and Matt came to New York City this February to get married in Central Park. It was an elopement. They did not tell people they were coming over here to get married, they just surprised them with the news when they got home.

They are both from Derby in the UK. They have had the same group of friends for a long time and met around thirteen years ago, had a…

Katie and Reece brought their closest friends and family from Birmingham, England over to New York City for their wedding. They braved the New York City Winter temperatures and theirs was our final wedding of 2013, held on 30^th…

Lauren and Andrew came over from Middlesborough in the UK along with their family to get married in Central Park this November. They have been together for seven years, they met in a pub and became friends from there and slowly become more. Andrew asked Lauren to marry him in Central Park whilst they were staying in New York in November 2009.

Marriage is…

Tammy and John travelled from their home town of Cleveland, Ohio this September to get married in Central Park. They met in 2005 at work and were friends for many years. In 2010, they began spending a lot more time together and realized very quickly that they wanted to be together. Since they had both been married before and have five children between them, they took…

Lewis and Sylvia came to New York City to get married this August. Sylvia is French and Lewis is British and they live together in the UK. They met in June 2009, at Lewis' work in the UK where Sylvia had an internship at the time. Lewis proposed to Sylvia on her 21st birthday, “it was simply magical,” said Sylvia, “that night it was quite chilly outside and he forced…

Jenny and Simon brought their friends and family over from the UK at the beginning of August to get married in Central Park. They had got engaged when Simon proposed over breakfast in bed in a hotel in Edinburgh. Getting married was important to them because they see is as the biggest commitment that two people can make to each other.

They love to travel…

A Bride in her early thirties asked me if she had to carry a bouquet. She and her Groom had planned a small ceremony in the home of his parents. Fewer than ten people would attend. With international travel scheduled for the following week, the important item on their agenda was having a legal ceremony. They would have a big, traditional wedding next year, after the baby was born. Rather than hold flowers for this small ceremony, she would hold the Groom’s hands. I assured her there was no…

Try not to worry about the weather. If you have chosen to have an outdoor wedding then you are at the mercy of the weather. There are a few sheltered spots in Central Park where you can hold a wedding, under Bethesda Terrace being the one I would suggest, but if it rains you will still get wet on the way. If you are getting married in the Winter, it will be cold, dress accordingly. If you are a small group, the…

This is an excerpt from a ceremony I created for a Buddhist couple. They wanted their wedding to acknowledge and celebrate the spiritual path they had chosen. I've included some of the stage direction in case you'd like to use the ritual yourself.

From the Ritual: Wind Horse --

If you’ve seen documentaries about climbers scaling Mount Everest, you’ve no doubt seen…

What follows is an excerpt from a wedding ceremony I wrote for Bill and Chelsea who were being married at the historic Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut. I've included some of the stage direction in case you'd like to use the ritual for your own wedding.

Excerpt from LOVE KNOTS:

Here in Mystic Seaport, the history and lore of sailing surrounds us. Knots are a…

One of my couples wanted their moms to have meaningful roles in the wedding ceremony. The groom's mom was Polish so I incorporated a traditional ritual of dark bread and salt and used authentic Polish plate. My problem was how to involve the bride's mom. She didn't speak English; I don't speak Chinese. I came up with a simple ritual based on a Chinese legend about love. At the…

Katherine and Richard brought their family and friends from Burton upon Trent in Derbyshire to get married in Central Park this June. They have two children together; Sam (four years old) and Max…

He calls her his “Moon.” She calls him her “Sun and Stars.”

He is Khal Drogo, the testosterone heavy, alpha male leader of the Dothraki warrior tribe – proud, fearless, and ruthless, at least in the beginning. Very Mars. She is Daenerys Targaryen, his wife – estrogen aplenty, beautiful, compassionate, and submissive, at least in the beginning. Very Venus. Theirs is an…

Even the shortest, simplest wedding ceremony deserves to be special. It is, after all, a celebration of love and a commitment intended to last for life. It was for these simple ceremonies that I created a ritual I call “The Wedding Jar.”

I initially designed this ritual for same-sex couples who came to Connecticut where marriage equality is honored, where residency is not a requirement, and where there is no waiting period. I quickly discovered how easily the ritual can be adapted for…

Helen and Owen started dating when they were seventeen and have been together ever since. This June, they brought their close family and friends all the way from their hometown of Liverpool to New York City in order to get married in Central Park.

Owen and Helen had talked about getting married to they went to the…

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