A Sweet Start's Blog (9)

there is something called the wedding industry experts awards. i've nominated myself (is that lame?) for best new wedding officiant, but i need your votes to win! you don't have to register for anything, you just have to vote. click here to vote. you can vote once per day up until april 23, 2013. and THANK…

the other night a bride and groom explained that they were looking for just the right song for a teenaged family member to sing during their ceremony. a challenge? i think so! my husband and i spent about four hours on youtube and itunes trying to find interesting and original songs that would work for them. i realized that they would also be great first dance songs. here they are (and a few others). let me know what you think! 

congratulations on your engagement! i'm so glad you found my website and blog. let me introduce myself and tell you a little bit about what i do and what i offer. 

i am a maine wedding officiant. i am technically a notary public and in maine notaries public are…

if you're planning to get married in 2013, you may want to heed the wisdom of the farmers' almanac. up here in the northeast the farmers' almanac is read and consulted throughout the year. we're all especially keen to see what kind of winter it says we're going to have. from the sounds of it it's going to be an unusually cold and blustery winter with "above normal" percipitation. oh no!

those of you with summer weddings* may want to refer to the following dates. according to the…

i recently saw a post on the huffington post about successful marriages and what makes them that way. while i totally agree with the author of the story, it made me start thinking about my own marriage. i've only been married for six years, so maybe i don't have the authority to tell someone else what makes a successful marriage, but in those six years…

we did it! maine voted YES to legalize gay marriage. i'm so proud to be from maine and to support equality for all. i'm looking forward to providing my services to all loving couples wanting to get married in maine! 

maine voted to approve gay marriage, so i am giving away a free* super sweet 2013 wedding to the first same-sex couple who contacts me via my website!

UPDATE: …

are you contemplating doing first look photos? you know, photos of the happy couple BEFORE the ceremony? well, here's my advice: do it!…

i was recently talking to a couple who is getting married next summer and when i asked them who was going to do the…