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Your Personal Ceremony

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About
We truly listen to who you are as a couple and help you personalize your ceremony, including the tone of the language. We co-create the ceremony with you - so people think that we have known you as a friend rather than someone you hired through the internet. And we really are available to help out day of - with details at both the ceremony and the reception. We go the extra mile for you as a couple. Plus we are both very personable and creative - and really care about people. We don't charge you extra if there's a time glitch or the bride's brother from Israel is lost in the city and get there half hour late. We really do care about the quality of the experience for everyone present. We just love meeting with couples. This is such an important day in your lives that we are planning together, a joyous occasion. We are good at helping couples feel grounded and together day of, so they really DO have a memorable wedding day.
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Hired 13 times

3 employees

31 years in business

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Services offered
Dance style

Hip hop

Country

Salsa

Ballroom

Work location

My customers travel to me

I travel to my customers

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Laura R.

Feb 24, 2015

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Joanie did our ceremony on 2/21/15. There was a few things here and there that backed up our time, our ceremony was supposed to start at 1pm but our dj never showed to play our music so we had to improvise. My daughter and mom were a little late too. Of course this was more technical, because other than that everything Joanie did was exactly what we wanted. She did our ceremony in both English and Spanish since we are Hispanic. She incorporated our six year old daughter in a sand ceremony that was so beautiful. Everything she did was perfect, she was great at communicating with us to make sure we had everything she was going to need us to bring that day. I definitely recommend her if you are planning your wedding ceremony. Joanie is a very loving and caring person, she will make your day very special. Thank you Joanie from the bottom of my heart for your beautiful work.

Love,

Laura, Luis and Mercedez Solis
Wedding Officiant
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Erin E.

Jul 21, 2015

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Joanie was a pleasure to work with. She helped craft our Ceremony, took the lead when needed and even used her native drumming skills. She was prompt, friendly and professional. Highly recommended!
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Kayla K.

Nov 15, 2011

My husband Corey and I had a wonderful experience with Your Personal Ceremony’s. When we first started looking for Officiant’s, we we’re both on the same page that we needed to find one that understood both of us. We are not religious and NOT anywhere close to traditional. We were planning to have a 1920’s Themed Wedding and wanted to dance down the aisle. When we first met with Joanie, we knew she was the one!! She was sooo excited to help plan our Ceremony, she was even excited to dress in her 1920’s attire. We met with Joanie about 2 months before Our Wedding to finalize all the details when we found out that she loved to swing dance, which was PERFECT because we needed help with our FIRST DANCE!! Not only did she help out but she Choreographed our entire dance. If you knew my husband you would think 2 months to perfect our first dance would be impossible!! But Joanie was such a big help and because of her our FIRST DANCE was sooo AMAZING!! It was the talk of the Wedding!! I would recommend Your Personal Ceremony to anyone looking forward to having a wonderful wedding ceremony.
Joanie was such a joy to work with….
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Kayla Kohler

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Jake R.

Sep 29, 2014

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Hired on Thumbtack

Joanie from Your Personal Ceremony was the best! We were able to customize our wedding to really make it special for us.

Everything went beautifully, and we would highly recommend Joanie to anyone looking to create the perfect ceremony!

~Jake and Skyler
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Thanks, Jake and Skyler!
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Marielle M.

Dec 31, 2012

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Hired on Thumbtack

We wanted a simple elopement and Joan officiated beautifully. We felt so welcome in her home even with our toddler running around like mad. It was a lovely ceremony that exceeded our expectations. We are so happy that we chose Joan and Your Personal Ceremony. It was perfect, they even took photos for us.
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FAQs

  • What types of customers have you worked with?

    Our niche is personalized wedding ceremonies, especially interfaith weddings. We also do elopements in our living room or backyard. Ana Villarqui is our Spanish, Bi-lingual Wedding Officiant available for Hispanic wedding ceremonies. We have married couples in prison, jail and even one death-bed wedding. Mostly we create non-denominational personalized wedding ceremonies and help each couple create a very special wedding ceremony unique to them. We provide rehearsal guidance, file the legal papers, and send each couple a final copy of their ceremony on parchment paper. Our couples become our very dear friends through the process of creating their wedding ceremony, one that they and their guests will remember for years to come.

  • What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

    Really think about the kind of ceremony you want rather than the cost of the officiant. We are among the best in Portland - and so you might need to pay a bit more for a quality wedding ceremony.

  • What questions should customers think through before talking to professionals about their project?

    There are many people who put out that they do wedding ceremonies, but not many that truly do a good job. We have heard nightmare stories from people whose relative hired someone cheap who was just that - cheap. Its important to be discerning about who you hire.