Marigold Ceremonies

Dear Amy, It has been a few days since our wedding and we are still walking on air!  The ceremony you wrote for us was the cornerstone of the day, and it set a beautiful tone for the entire celebration. Every guest we talked to during the reception commented on how they had never witnessed such a personal event, and told us how moved they were by it. Quite a few of our friends also told us that we weren’t the only ones who cried, while others confided that it reminded them to cherish their own unions. We want to thank you for taking such care in crafting our ceremony and helping us express the depth of our love and the promises we made to one another. You have a gift for this, and we are so lucky you shared it with us. 

Warmly, Stephen & Rebecca

Thank you for the amazing ceremony that everyone cannot stop talking about! So many people have said that it was the nicest ceremony they have ever attended. We are so thankful to have worked with you and gotten your guidance through this process, and we appreciate your patience as we shifted and crafted our ceremony along with you over the past months!

Thanks for everything, Genna and Russell

We loved the whole ceremony that you created, it really captured us, and also allowed our families who hadn’t really met yet to get a sense of our relationship and how we fell in love.

Our guests all loved it too! They said it was so “unique and lovely”.  Everyone had such an amazing time, and were wondering how I found you, a beautiful person to help guide our ceremony. 

I LOVED WORKING WITH YOU! You made me feel comfortable and relaxed throughout the whole process, you took your time with us and gave us time and space to process things. I felt you heard what we wanted and really listened to how we wanted to express ourselves to each other and to our family and friends. I have and will continue to recommend you. It was such an amazing experience. 

Colleen

Hi Amy,

Thank you for a wonderful ceremony, everyone keeps saying what a great job you did with it and how it was the best wedding ceremony they have ever heard.   Thanks again for everything!  We could NOT have done it without you!

Jami

Woo hoo!!! Yay!!! Thank you so much for everything. What an amazing experience. We loved it, and we got so many compliments on the ceremony!

Love, Gessica and Alex

Dear Amy,    

Thank you so much for working with us to make our wedding day more special than we had ever imagined. We really appreciate how patient you were while we brainstormed ideas for the ceremony. We loved your creative ideas, such as using flower petals and incorporating the water ceremony into our celebration. We also loved how you told our love story during the ceremony. We are so happy to have you as our officiant and celebrant!

Pirawan and Yuan

Our ceremony was the best part of our wedding for me.  And preparing for the ceremony with Amy was one of the best parts of planning the wedding. The thoughtful and introspective surveys that Amy provided were invaluable in both preparing a ceremony that felt honest, true, tender, loving and very representative of us, and also helping me manage the emotional terrain of preparing for one of the biggest days of my life.  When we were standing in front of friends and family on the day, I felt calm and confident (not my usual state!) during this ceremony that I knew would represent us and be special. For weeks upon weeks afterwards, I had friends come and tell me that ours was the most lovely ceremony they’d seen (and at this point, my friends have been to a lot of weddings). They said they felt apart of it, pulled in by it, that they learned so much about us as a couple from it and were touched themselves. I cannot thank Amy enough for shepherding us through this solemn and joyful occasion with so much love, wisdom and care. Amy is talented and skilled at her practice, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Makeba

Hi Amy! I just wanted to thank you again for the wonderful job you did with our ceremony!  Everyone from my undecided friends, to my born again aunt, to my great aunt the nun were wowed and moved by your words. Almost all our guests have commented on how personal the ceremony was — just what we wanted.

Kelly and Mark

I wanted to let you know that I have been to a LOT of weddings, and your ceremony was my favorite ever. The way you recounted Keba and Simon’s courtship, what you chose to share that each said about the other, and generally everything you said was incredibly, lovely, touching, funny, personal, just fabulous! Thanks!

Alexia Schapira

Amy Benedict describes herself as a “celebrant,” which is an apt snapshot of her energy and an ideal to seek out for your ceremony.                                        DJ Dan Nishimoto  http://sintalentos.com/

We cannot express what a wonderful job you did at Ben and Haley’s wedding. I wanted to thank you for providing a lot of very special people an amazing experience. The wedding was superb and you did an absolutely outstanding job.  It was simply world class and I will enthusiastically recommend you to anyone who wants to have an experience that will last a lifetime. I cannot imagine a more perfect memory.

Father of the Groom, Vin McMahon

Just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you for giving us the perfect ceremony at our wedding yesterday.  Even with all the stress and emotions before the wedding, it was just as you said, as soon as I saw Ben everything  felt amazing and I really had a fun time and enjoyed the entire ceremony. Thank you for writing such a beautiful ceremony. We both really loved it. We loved the Spanish coin ceremony you came up with and the incorporation of the wine. It really encompassed our whole relationship and the love we have for one another, as well as including our loved ones. During the evening, several of  the guests came up to comment on how much they loved the ceremony because it was so unique and captured our relationship in its entirety. Thank you again, you made our day just that much more special.

Haley and Ben

Dear Amy,  We are so happy with what you wrote! So beautiful! My brother will memorize and present the wonderful passage that you have at the end. We are so excited! We love all of the elements of our lives and the stories that you wove into the ceremony!

John and Liliana

Thank you for jumping right in and keeping the bride informed and calm while I dealt with all the impending disasters!  Everything worked out and they were extremely happy when all was said and done. Only wish that I could have been at the site to see the ceremony — I’m told it was truly wonderful.

Fran Imhoff, Manager of Events and Lodging, Alyson’s Orchard

We love it! We read through the whole thing today and it’s perfect!

Sarah and Jonathan

Yes. A resounding Yes! That’s exactly what we had imagined! I love that you have broken this down (the processional)… you totally understood what we were thinking, and you obviously have a deep understanding for music. Very cool.  Wow, I teared up when I listened to this again while reading through your thoughts. We can’t wait!  

Sarah

Dear Amy, I can’t even begin to express how grateful I am that we chose you to be our celebrant for our special ceremony. You captured our story perfectly and told it in a way that will be with me always. To say that it was beautiful would be an understatement. Your ability to listen to the details of our lives then transform them into our magical day confirmed my intuition that you were the one to tell our story and bring us together as a family under my  favorite maple tree. You are a heart-centered weaver of words with an incredibly special gift.  

Your creative idea to have us braid three ribbons together during the ceremony (to represent our coming together as a family and becoming one) was not only fun and memorable, but was a testament to your ability to craft ceremony in such a way as to not be forgotten.

Doug was equally moved by your easy going nature and your enthusiasm for creating a lasting memory for us. He was so appreciative of the care you took to help him flesh out “his side” of our story he wanted you to tell. He was floating on air for days afterwards, as was I!  

Elise and Doug

Thanks so much for the beautiful bound keepsake! It was beautifully done, as beautiful as our ceremony that you created and performed. WOW! both Jimmy and I were blown away at how wonderful our wedding day was and the FABULOUS job that you did! It was more than we could have ever imagined!!! The picture that you sent of our oathing stone and the way it kind of mimicked the outline of Mt. Monadnock was so neat! Thanks for all that you did to make our wedding so special and wonderful! I sing your praises to all that I have told about our wedding!

Wendy and Jim