Your Guide to Wedding Magic in Florida: Inspiration, Locations & Planning Tips
Consider Having a Rain Option or Plan B for Outdoor Florida Weddings
As Tallahassee wedding officiant justice of the peace, I get to go to a lot of Florida weddings. Florida has so many amazing locations for weddings. Tallahassee is a special place because we have beautiful trees, parks, and are not too far from beaches! Many Florida...
Indian Rocks Beach Wedding Ceremony
Megan contacted me about performing her Indian Rocks Beach wedding ceremony. She and her fiancé, Michael, would be traveling to Tampa, Florida from Tennessee and wanted a Florida beach wedding. We 'saved the date' for Friday, August 15th at 6:00 PM. When their wedding...
Impromptu Honeymoon Island Wedding
Garrett looked me up on Google Saturday afternoon while he was having lunch and e-mailed me asking if I could perform a impromptu Honeymoon Island Wedding. He just wanted a simple beach wedding ceremony on Sunday at Honeymoon Island. I was available so we decided on a...
Unique Tampa Area Wedding Locations
As a Tampa wedding officiant service, we are often are asked about unique places or ideas for a Tampa area wedding. We haven’t performed weddings at all the following locations, but do have some scheduled to do in the near future. We think all of these are great ideas...
Surprise Vow Renewal Ceremony on Clearwater Beach
Jodi wanted to surprise her husband, Joe, with a vow renewal ceremony on Clearwater Beach so she contacted me and asked if I could perform a vow renewal ceremony on Clearwater Beach celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary. After talking a little bit, we came up...
Sweating for the Wedding
Sweating for the wedding! As Clearwater/Tampa/Tallahassee wedding officiants, we've heard ALL the phrases. I love for the brides I work with to look wonderful in their wedding dresses, but urge you not to go overboard and be unhealthy. I'm really into fitness and...
Simple Weekend Weddings
Summer weekend weddings are very popular in Florida...and I love being a part of them! This past weekend I had the privilege of officiating three awesome couples simple weddings. On Sunday, I met Heather & Ray at 7:00 AM and performed their morning sunrise wedding...
Clearwater area Gazebo Weddings
Your wedding doesn’t always have to be at a beach to capture a romantic setting for a wedding. How about a wedding under gazebo? I've been a part of many Clearwater area Gazebo weddings one of my favorite gazebos is Veteran’s Memorial Park in Oldsmar. It’s such a...
Changing Your Last Name After Marriage
As a Tampa and Tallahassee wedding officiant service, we marry many wonderful couples. We are asked about how the bride changes her last name. I recently changed my last name (was Amanda Doumanian now Amanda Reeves) so I totally understand that it's a confusing...
Your Florida Marriage License
To be married in Florida you must obtain a marriage license issued from a County Clerk’s Office. If you are a Florida resident you will have to wait three days after getting the marriage license to be married, unless you have completed premarital preparation course...