About this vendor
A Beautiful Soul – is a professional wedding officiant service based in Billings, Montana, serving couples across Yellowstone Country, Red Lodge (the Beartooth Mountains), and the surrounding region. Karen “KK” Saint specializes in crafting deeply personal ceremonies that reflect each couple’s unique story, values, and vision for their wedding day.
Montana’s sweeping landscapes create an unforgettable setting for a wedding, from the big skies of Billings to the mountain beauty of Red Lodge and the wild majesty of Yellowstone. As a lifelong Montanan, Karen brings a natural warmth and grounded presence to every ceremony, weaving together your story, your intentions, and the spirit of the place where you begin your marriage.
Every ceremony is thoughtfully designed to feel authentic, meaningful, and true to the couple it celebrates. Whether you’re planning an intimate elopement or a full wedding surrounded by family and friends, Karen works closely with you to create a ceremony that feels genuine, heartfelt, and memorable.
Story-Centered Ceremony Design
Karen weaves each couple’s unique story into the ceremony, creating an experience that feels heartfelt and authentic. Her lifelong love of storytelling and writing brings depth and meaning to every ceremony she creates.
Tie-the-Knot (Billings Exclusive)
Skip the courthouse and celebrate your marriage with a charming, simple ceremony.
Your wedding ceremony is the heart of your wedding day. Karen’s goal is to create a moment that feels authentic, relaxed, and unforgettable for both you and your guests.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Pagan
- Secular
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2025.2023.
Best of Weddings
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Can you believe that we actually saw the northern lights on our wedding night! I was so excited I had to share it AND to tell everyone how fantastic Karen is. We embraced every wor...
d she said during our ceremony. She spoke with her heart and we could tell she meant what she was saying. BTW, we learned from Karen that Montana does not require witness signatures. It could be just the two of us and our dog just like we wanted.
She's a sweet lady and did a good job writing our ceremony. She did mess up a few names and things we had talked about during our ceremony though.
Karen was amazing! I would recommend her to anyone. I contacted a handful of officiants and Karen stood out above all of them. Her reviews are incredible and I was so excited to wr...
ite my own. I am from Pittsburgh and eloped to Montana with my husband to get married on a relatives ranch. Karen even wore her duster, hat and cowboy boots to match our theme. Honestly, hire her! You won't be sorry!
After reading all of KK’s amazing reviews, I felt so lucky to have her officiate our wedding! We actually reached out last minute, and she still managed to fit us in and somehow pu...
ll together all the little personal details that made our ceremony feel totally “us.” It was beautiful, and honestly way beyond what we expected for the short time she had. Our families kept saying how special and personal it felt. KK is warm, calm, and just genuinely awesome at what she does. We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant.
Karen was great to work with; professional, timely, and kind! She took her job within our wedding very seriously and supported us through the process. She was willing to help us w...
ith ever part of the ceremony, and we created the perfect ceremony together!
Karen is so helpful. She makes the process of the ceremony decisions very easy. She responds very timely. Our ceremony went great !
Karen was wonderful! She officiated our elopement and was down for all of the unknowns that came along with us telling her that we didn’t know where exactly we were going to have o...
ur ceremony until the day of but that we knew it would require a short hike and a stream crossing. She was very communicative leading up to the wedding and her guides made it very easy to customize and piece together our perfect ceremony!
Ed and I are insanely happy being married. When you met us, you could tell how in love we are, and we could not be happier that we chose you to officiate our wedding. The memory ...
of that day brings us so much joy! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, KAREN! Our ceremony actually lived up to my expectations. I am a total romantic! I have been fantasizing about it all my life! I wanted the words perfect and I wanted th...
e emotions perfect, from the moment Nate saw me walk down the aisle to when we were pronounced married. MARRIED! This was the most important part of the wedding to me. I think back on it today and could not be more grateful to Karen for making it that way.
We were referred to Karen through a family friend but I think we would have found her regardless because she was exactly what we were looking for. We were also really impressed with her reviews. She is exactly what they all say she is. We highly recommend Karen to officiate your wedding!
Our day would not have been what it was without A Beautiful Soul! They were super responsive and helped this anxious (former) bride feel at ease. We highly recommend the personaliz...
ed ceremony option - she used our words but made them sound better than we ever could have!
Karen was a lovely officiant. She made us comfortable throughout the entire process and knew what she was doing. We loved that she gave us the ability to write a script that made s...
ense for us.
Karen was absolutely wonderful to work with and was all the positive energy I needed on our big day! She created the most beautiful wedding script which made it seem like she had k...
nown us our entire lives. I highly recommend Karen as your wedding officiant!
Henry and me wanted just the two of us and our dog at the wedding. We love Montana and want to move there someday so we decided to start our life there. Karen helped us early on so...
we knew how to get our license and she helped us pick out a place to get married. When we seen it we loved it and we knew our dog would be happy to. Our wedding was perfect. Karen was fun to work with and we are happy we had her perform our wedding.
As the groom, I was way more of a groomzilla than Tiffany was a bridezilla, and I was super picky about finding the right officiant. Then I found Karen, and honestly, she was a tot...
al lifesaver. From the second I reached out, she was quick to answer, so organized, and just on top of it all. Her communication was great, which really helped me relax 'cause I knew she had the ceremony handled. Of course there was everything else to stress about and I did a lot of that.
On the wedding day, Karen brought this chill vibe that totally helped us relax and just be in the moment when we got married. She was always reminding us to do that. She made the ceremony feel really personal and special for us. Honestly made the day so much better. If you need someone who's got their stuff together and can keep you from losing it, Karen’s your go-to."
Randy & Tiffany Miller
Karen, or KK as my mom calls you. She likes your nickname. This is a huge thank you! Seriously, I cannot tell you how grateful I am. You took a lot of stress away that we were ...
worried about, and I want to tell you that you helped make our wedding extra special. My mom has been planning my wedding forever, including making our backyard perfect for it. She wanted that whole garden party theme. When it came to finding a person to marry us, we let her choose you. I guess we were lucky because you were the perfect match for us. We had no idea how incredible our ceremony could be, but you found the words to make it magical and personal. I saw that word bespoke before but never knew what it meant until you found the exact words that told our story during the ceremony. You can tell you have a artistic background.
The other part I loved was getting Justins answers from all the questions you had us answer. He actually told you things I’ve wanted to hear him say. Men don’t always find the words. He was also grateful you wrote vows for him to say, and you inspired mine.
If you want something special hire Karen. She loves what she does, and you can tell she loves love. Thank you!
OMG! I am so tardy getting this review written for Karen. It still feels like we got married yesterday even though it was months ago. We eloped to Montana from Kentucky to have ...
a rustic/chic/barn wedding and it was perfect. It turns out that Karen (I was named after a Karen!) is a true Montanan and she has a lot of that rustic/chic style in her beautiful soul. Her assortment of ceremony scripts made it easy for us to find the Christian words we wanted. And I want you all to know that when Karen spoke the words we chose, she did it with Grace and emotion. My Mamaw even said, “Butter my butt and call me a biscuit!” If you are not from Kentucky that means incredible. When it comes to my Mamaw, I was most concerned about the ceremony living up to her religious expectations and it did. Karen is the best and I would recommend her to any couple getting married. Thank you, Karen. We will remember you in our hearts forever!
BTW, I love how technology and my husband Caleb helped me look like I can write this. Writing is something I have always hated to do and probably why I procrastinated doing this. So, if this review makes any sense, this is why.
My husband and I live in OK and we were looking for an officiant to marry us in MT this past month at Sage Lodge. Karen’s business profile on Wedding Wire drew me in- A Beautiful ...
Soul. Let me tell you, that is exactly what she is! I can’t describe our connection, but I am so glad our paths crossed! She is a words person, as am I, and I can’t fully express what a beautiful job she did for us on 10.11.23. She advocated for us all day, from ceremony set up, to small details like entrance and exit. She is a true professional, and an artist with her words. She was amazing to have around for the day! I loved her energy and the lightness that brought to the day. She kept everything structured and on track yet still gave us the flexibility and control within our own custom ceremony that she helped us build. We love you KK- thanks for the magic.
Every year on our anniversary Justin and I renew our wedding vows in another state. This year it was Montana, and we were fortunate enough to have found Karen to create our ceremo...
ny for us. We always love anything unique, so we chose to have our vows created in poetry. We didn’t even know this was an option!
When Karen performed our poetic ceremony standing by a stream under Montana’s huge Big Sky it brough each of us to tears. It really touched our souls. Our teenage daughter was with us, and she cried too. Honestly, I wasn’t sure I could be surprised and moved to tears by yet another wedding renewal. We have had quite a few. I highly recommend Karen and her artistry to create beautiful words!
KK did our ceremony at Artist Point in Yellowstone. She makes the process really easy, whether you have an idea of what kind of ceremony you want or not. She is very friendly and r...
eally made the experience memorable. We weren’t able to get everything ready for a sand ceremony, so KK surprised us at the ceremony with a knot tying unity instead which we absolutely loved! She has lots of unique ideas and options as well so you’re able to make the ceremony your own. She is also very knowledgeable and helped us with many different questions we had about getting our license. If we did it over again, we wouldn’t change a thing!
We had the pleasure of having Karen officiate our wedding. She went above and beyond our expectations. She listened to who we are and what we wanted in our vows. She came to our...
home and was so professional and made our day so special. We highly recommend Karen and A Beautiful Soul.
We are so happy that we are finally married! We put it off like so many during covid. But while we were visiting family in Montana for Thanksgiving, we decided last minute to get...
it done. We found Karen online, read her reviews, and hoped she was available to help us. Fortunate for us, she was. She actually put together a wedding for us, last minute, at her home. All we had to do was get our license and show up. It was just us and a few family members. We are so glad they could be with us. And we loved our vows and unity ceremony. We chose the rose ceremony because I gave Shelly roses on our first date. And now that I am writing one of these reviews I get to say Karen is awesome! She helped make our unexpected wedding really special. Jason and Shelly, Married Nov 26, 2022
Alexandria & Travis K.
Karen was amazing, super helpful. She was willing to explain things we were confused about. Karen Saint went so far as to dress up for our theme of our weddi...
ng. And found a very unique to help us incorporate our daughter into our special day. Loved the experience and will definitely be suggesting Karen for others. She made the day just that much extra and enjoyable.
We can't express how pleased we are with every aspect of Karen's Officiant service! She surpassed our expectations, delivering a perfectly customized ceremony (hand fasting) and ex...
ecuting it flawlessly in the snow! Karen was warm (in her lovely Beaver shall), funny, professional, prompt, and a good-natured spirit. Karen is also very affordable, and she is LOCAL! She was able to guide us through the paperwork and delivered it to the courthouse as well!
Many thanks!
Aaron and Dara Nelson
Karen Saint is amazing! Karen made our entire experience stress free, affordable, fun, and memorable! She helped us find the perfect location for our vows. Karen gave us plenty of ...
options and ideas for every aspect of our special day, from the location to the ceremony and even the vows.
It was a beautiful and wonderful day!
We highly recommend Karen, she will help make your wedding day everything you want it to be!
We are going to get our dream wedding! Pinch me!!!
My fiancé used to work in Yellowstone Park and his dream is to get married there. My dream is to have our vows be magical and r...
eflect how unique our love is.
I know our wedding isn't until next year but after talking to KK, this officiant, I just had to tell everyone what a treasure she is. It turns out she knows a lot about Yellowstone Park which thrilled Keith. Everywhere he talked about, she knew where it was and if it would be good for our wedding. We have narrowed the location down and can apply for our permit now.
And I read a couple sets of vows she wrote. Mine will be just as amazing! SOOO EXCITED!
I contacted A Beautiful Soul because I am the mother of the bride, and I decided a professional would be a better choice than the kids having a friend perform their ceremony. This...
is a thing these days. But I have been to weddings recently where the ceremony could have been so much better. They were disorganized, and it took away from the most important part of the wedding, the actual wedding! My daughter’s wedding is too big and too expensive to just wing it.
I’m sharing this now because KK just met with the kids. She went over everything and boy did it change their minds. I’m grateful because I was worried that I overstepped my authority with their wedding. But after meeting her she proved me right. Now I can relax a little bit, at least about this part of their wedding.
I seen the page where we could get our vows personalized and that is what I was looking for. We are not traditional and wanted a unique ceremony. KK helped to create that and our...
friends that came loved it. We included a ceremony called HANDFASTING where we had our hands tied together. This was the bomb.
Our backyard wedding turned out to be super special, way more special than I thought it would be. I know this is because KK helped us so much with our vows. I have a copy of them and read them over and over all the time.
If this kind of stuff is important to you, hire KK. She will make is extra special!
Last Minute Elopement
Brian and I are in the military and while we were both in the states, we decided to get married. We thought about a proxy wedding but that felt so impersonal...
. I’m from Montana and wanted to show Brian my home so we flew into Billings and got our license. Once we had the license we didn’t want to wait! A random lady that knows Ms. Saint suggested we see if she was available to marry us, so we called her. Not only was she available later that day, but I could also tell she would make the ceremony special for us.
Country with Soul!
Our theme was country and because we know KK as an artist, and her art, we know she has a bit of "Country in her Soul". We could not think of a more perfect pers...
on to officiate our wedding, plus match our theme. It was all cowboy hats and boots and she matched.
KK's style brought some swagger to our ceremony, a lot of humor, plus we loved the words she helped us write. It was a blending of our souls.
I'd recommend her to any couple wanting a soulful ceremony.
We renewed our vows and we hired KK to do our ceremony for us. Because we were already married, we had KK help us write our vows so they would tell what happened in the past 25 ye...
ars. She is good with words. I didn’t get a big wedding the first time, so this meant so much to me! Having KK lead the ceremony was a great decision. She made it really special.
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