Highland Oaks Ranch Wedding | Murrieta Wedding Officiant
When Sarah and Matt were searching for a Murrieta wedding officiant, they wanted someone who could really highlight their personalities. Matt has a great sense of humor and Sarah is a romantic without being too sappy. As we talked, Sarah and I bonded over our shared Jewish heritage and hippy, flower-child ways while Matt and I […]
Los Angeles LBGTQ Wedding | Annelise + Ashley
Annelise and Ashley were concerned about finding a wedding officiant for their Los Angeles LGBTQ wedding. It’s not an uncommon worry from my LGBTQ+ couples. But Annelise told me that as soon as she checked out my Instagram filled with laughing couples of all orientations, ethnicities, and walks of life, she knew that I was the […]
Marie is on the Wedding MBA Podcast
Clint Huft of the Wedding MBA podcast asked Marie to come on to discuss Instagram marketing and connecting with your clients in an authentic way. Click on the image below to listen!
Ep 116 of the Evolve Your Wedding Business Podcast about Marketing on Instagram

This is an update to a conversation we had a year ago about Instagram marketing in the wedding industry. We had an amazing conversation, so please take a listen! Click the image below for the link.
Sarah and Tony’s Modern Galway Downs Wedding
It is such a high compliment when a wedding planner chooses me as their wedding officiant. When Sara of 9TwentyEight Events and her fiance Tony asked me to be their Temecula wedding officiant for their modern Galway Downs wedding, I was elated!
2017 Year in Review
With just one ceremony remaining on the books for 2017, I wanted to share with you all my review of the year. It was full of adventures and beauty, snafus and laughs. I managed to slow down a bit this year after performing over 130 weddings (!) in 2016. I’ll finish with just over a […]
Marriage is NOT a Piece of Paper
Marriage is NOT a Piece of Paper If I hear “I don’t believe in marriage because it’s only a piece of paper” one more time, I think I just might lose it and sling Jello water-balloon style at those saying it. MARRIAGE IS NOT A PIECE OF PAPER. I often say in my ceremonies that […]
Exciting News: I’m an Expert!

I’ve been sitting on this announcement for months! The Celebrants Collective is “the first of its kind: an online education platform focused on helping Celebrants across Europe to improve and develop their skills as professional Celebrants.” (Celebrants are what the rest of the world calls officiants. Geez, America, we’re so contrary! 😉) Why is this relevant […]
