Celebrate Partnership
A ceremony that authentically represents you and your partner can be moving, delightful, and feel fantastic for all involved. It can be engaging and relaxed, super personal because it's filled with your stories, and be a celebration of both your partnership and your community.
When you work with me as your celebrant, every element of your celebration is written from scratch. We’ll weave your stories, personalities, spiritual beliefs or non-beliefs, ethnic or cultural backgrounds, personal politics, and values into an exquisite and unique ceremonial tapestry.
Conventional Western non-religious wedding ceremonies can be laden with institutional baggage and expectations of tradition that can feel overwhelming. Yet tradition and convention can be entered into mindfully and consciously—or they can be reframed, subverted or torn to beautiful shreds. There are as many ways to create a wedding ceremony as there are people choosing to get married, limited only by your imagination and the laws of physics. Celebrations can be formal, serene, humorous, quirky, carnivalesque … really, any tone that suits you and your partner. They can take place in your backyard, a barn, a garden or park, your favourite restaurant or pub, an art gallery or museum, or a historic mill. I aim to facilitate a co-creation process that feels spacious and relaxed.
Zombies and Fairies and Trekkies, Oh My!
As a trained theatre artist and actor, I would be thrilled to lend my talent and experience to help you bring your non-traditional theme wedding to walking and breathing life (or to stumbling undead, in the case of a zombie wedding!). I did a Halloween wedding where the couple asked me to dress up as a creepy clown, which I did with great delight. I would put up a photo but that would freak some people out (the photos are on my Instagram however!).
Legal or Ceremonial, it's all Love
You don't need to get legally married to celebrate your love. I get it, marriage might be an institution you want nothing to do with. That's why when my partner and I celebrated our love it was only after years of discussion and we called it our Big Special I Love You Party, because calling it a wedding was not true to us. I treat commitment ceremonies with the same significance and respect and would be thrilled to help you honour your love.
Inclusivity
I always seek to be an inclusive and welcoming celebrant, sensitive to people’s needs and experiences based on age, race, ethnicity, ability, religious or spiritual beliefs, sexuality, gender identity/expression, socio-economic status or political beliefs. As a queer and polyamorous person, I’m an active ally to folks who identify as queer, gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, kinky, and polyamorous. Who you are is welcome here.
When you work with me as your celebrant, every element of your celebration is written from scratch. We’ll weave your stories, personalities, spiritual beliefs or non-beliefs, ethnic or cultural backgrounds, personal politics, and values into an exquisite and unique ceremonial tapestry.
Conventional Western non-religious wedding ceremonies can be laden with institutional baggage and expectations of tradition that can feel overwhelming. Yet tradition and convention can be entered into mindfully and consciously—or they can be reframed, subverted or torn to beautiful shreds. There are as many ways to create a wedding ceremony as there are people choosing to get married, limited only by your imagination and the laws of physics. Celebrations can be formal, serene, humorous, quirky, carnivalesque … really, any tone that suits you and your partner. They can take place in your backyard, a barn, a garden or park, your favourite restaurant or pub, an art gallery or museum, or a historic mill. I aim to facilitate a co-creation process that feels spacious and relaxed.
Zombies and Fairies and Trekkies, Oh My!
As a trained theatre artist and actor, I would be thrilled to lend my talent and experience to help you bring your non-traditional theme wedding to walking and breathing life (or to stumbling undead, in the case of a zombie wedding!). I did a Halloween wedding where the couple asked me to dress up as a creepy clown, which I did with great delight. I would put up a photo but that would freak some people out (the photos are on my Instagram however!).
Legal or Ceremonial, it's all Love
You don't need to get legally married to celebrate your love. I get it, marriage might be an institution you want nothing to do with. That's why when my partner and I celebrated our love it was only after years of discussion and we called it our Big Special I Love You Party, because calling it a wedding was not true to us. I treat commitment ceremonies with the same significance and respect and would be thrilled to help you honour your love.
Inclusivity
I always seek to be an inclusive and welcoming celebrant, sensitive to people’s needs and experiences based on age, race, ethnicity, ability, religious or spiritual beliefs, sexuality, gender identity/expression, socio-economic status or political beliefs. As a queer and polyamorous person, I’m an active ally to folks who identify as queer, gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, kinky, and polyamorous. Who you are is welcome here.
Handcrafted Ceremony
As your celebrant, I would be honoured to gather your stories and share them with your community. I will guide you through a relaxed, easy and fun ceremony creation process. I will ask you to tell me about your relationship journey and aspirations for the ceremony through an initial Zoom online conversation, face-to face meetings and a reflection exercise. Based on the information you provide about your stories, personalities, values, interests, politics, ethnic or cultural heritages and identities, spiritual or religious beliefs or non-beliefs, I will research and suggest possible one-of-a-kind celebration options that embrace and reflect your love story, and together we’ll decide on a ceremony structure and elements or rituals that speak to you. We will work together to edit each part until you feel: “Yes! This is awesome!”
I'm excited to offer you:
A free 30 minute video consultation to start in order to meet each other and let you ask any questions
Handcrafted Ceremony investment: $725 +HST
Rehearsal: $100
Because I always arrive to the ceremony 1 hour ahead of time and check-in with everyone participating in the ceremony, rehearsals are often not needed. Rehearsals can be helpful in cases where a more complex ritual action needs planned out, or where you really want the peace of mind of running through things. If you prefer to run the rehearsal yourself, I can provide you with some rehearsal notes to help you out, at no additional cost.
Travel
Local ceremonies have no additional travel fees. From my home in Guelph, local includes ceremonies in Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Puslinch, Arkell, Elora, Fergus, Rockwood and area. Small travel fees may apply for ceremony locations over 30km from my home in Guelph--typically between $25 and $50. In our free, 30 min consult I can quote fees for your location.
Accessibile Pricing
If you're excited to work together, yet my fees are a barrier, please contact me and I can offer discounts of up to 50%. Everyone deserves to have access to meaningful ceremony.
- Convenient digital forms and online payment
- I take the time to get to know you and your stories and what is important to you
- A 2 hour, relaxed, brainstorming meeting where I offer you lots of ceremony options
- Working with a ceremony professional who is dedicated full-time to this work, and has the experience of creating over 200 ceremonies
- Resources to help you write vows
- Access to my curated list of non-barfy ceremony readings
- Unlimited correspondence and revisions as we finalize the ceremony
- A totally custom, beautifully written, personal ceremony you will love
- Day-of I work with anyone involved in the ceremony--venue staff, musicians, photographers--to ensure everything unfolds smoothly
- My signature friendly, welcoming, professional officiating skill and style
- Processing and submitting all the legal paperwork (in the case of a legal wedding)
Handcrafted Ceremony investment: $725 +HST
Rehearsal: $100
Because I always arrive to the ceremony 1 hour ahead of time and check-in with everyone participating in the ceremony, rehearsals are often not needed. Rehearsals can be helpful in cases where a more complex ritual action needs planned out, or where you really want the peace of mind of running through things. If you prefer to run the rehearsal yourself, I can provide you with some rehearsal notes to help you out, at no additional cost.
Travel
Local ceremonies have no additional travel fees. From my home in Guelph, local includes ceremonies in Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Puslinch, Arkell, Elora, Fergus, Rockwood and area. Small travel fees may apply for ceremony locations over 30km from my home in Guelph--typically between $25 and $50. In our free, 30 min consult I can quote fees for your location.
Accessibile Pricing
If you're excited to work together, yet my fees are a barrier, please contact me and I can offer discounts of up to 50%. Everyone deserves to have access to meaningful ceremony.
Meaningful Moment
In the Meaningful Moment option I offer a simple, light-hearted, non-religious ceremony as our starting point. We'll meet for about one hour and I'll learn some of your stories so I can add some to the ceremony, and I'll also walk you through a few options to personalize the ceremony (such as your entrance, acknowledging your loved ones, vows and rings, readings). I offer resources to write vows and choose readings if you wish. The ceremony ends up being about 15 minutes long.
Meaningful Moment investment: $450 +HST
This option may not available on Fridays or Saturdays, or over 45 min drive from my home in Guelph, so please contact me to check availability.
Meaningful Moment investment: $450 +HST
This option may not available on Fridays or Saturdays, or over 45 min drive from my home in Guelph, so please contact me to check availability.
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Christine, it was a pleasure working with you. Your warmth and laughter made us feel so comfortable. Your enthusiasm for the ceremony was contagious. We especially appreciated your openness to sharing your creativity with us, as well as your flexibility in collaborating with us to create a ceremony that was perfect for Joss and I. -Joss and Liz
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The ability to listen and reflect without influencing is a rare gift indeed. Christine listened to us, understood our desire for a ceremony that blended the traditional with the modern, and then she crafted a very personal and meaningful ceremony. It was also a very enjoyable process! We think Christine is a natural and we thank her for telling our story. Thank you Christine - Joyce and Jeremy