About this vendor
Boston Ceremonies (Elly Jackson) is a wedding officiant covering all of Massachusetts and most of New England. . Owner and officiant Elly Jackson is an ordained non-denominational Minister and Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant. She takes great pride in giving you a unique love story to provide the fun and intimacy you most want on your special day. Elly has officiated over 400 ceremonies since 2005. She delivers moments of humor, warmth, and creative storytelling which she uses to craft custom ceremonies with an authentic feel.
Elly Jackson understands that no two couples are alike; she enjoys getting to know you and your fiancé to represent the best of your devotion to each other. Your thoughts and beliefs matter to her, and she does her job collaboratively, creating personalized services that bring your vision to life. Whether planning an intimate elopement, or a lavish hotel wedding, she will do her utmost to honor your union with integrity and style.
Contact Boston Ceremonies (Elly Jackson) for a brief chat to explore your ceremony ideas. Elly welcomes couples from all backgrounds, accommodating religious and humanist ceremonies. She is respectful of all cultures and values, happily incorporating meaningful rites and rituals into your design. Passionate and dedicated, she loves what she does and she wants you to have the most meaningful ceremony she could offer.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Hindu
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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We highly recommend Elly as an officiant. It was easy to collaborate with her in creating the ceremony that we wanted and she was incredibly responsive to updates and changes, eve...
n at the last moment. The questionnaire that she gave us allowed both of us to reflect on the strength of our partnership and it was very moving to hear my husband's responses to the items. She presented our love story beautifully and the ceremony was imbued with her warmth and humor. Many of our guests commented on how great of an officiant she was and on how much they enjoyed the ceremony. A few told us that it was the best wedding ceremony they had ever attended. We are so happy that we chose her to officiate our wedding.
Elly Jackson is amazing. I can’t speak highly enough of her work. She had the bride and groom each fill out a questionnaire, separately, before the big day. Then she uses the respo...
nses along with information from our initial zoom conversation to weave together an incredible love story of the couples journey. Prior to the big day she lets you review the story. The story that she delivered on our special day was so good that our wedding guests actually thought she knew us personally. Months after the wedding our guests are still talking about how unique our wedding ceremony was. They specifically cite Elly and how great of an officiant she was… we couldn’t agree more!!! I strongly encourage you to use Elly as your wedding officiant - you will not be disappointed.
Elly is just fabulous! My husband and I found Elly on The Knot, and were thankfully able to hire her only a few months before our big day! The moment we met her on Zoom for our ini...
tial meeting/interview, we knew she was the perfect fit. Elly is kind, well-spoken, friendly, and calm. She eased any anxieties we had about our ceremony, and worked to ensure that each and every one of the personal touches we wanted to include in our wedding, were included. She made us laugh, made guests laugh, and brought a joy to the room we are so incredibly thankful for. We are so thankful we reached out to Elly for our wedding day, and highly recommend her!
Elly was the perfect celebrant for our wedding on May 21, 2022. Her bubbly spirit, eloquence, and bright personality came through loud and clear even over Zoom when we first met he...
r for a virtual consultation, and that vibrance was all the more evident in person on the Big Day. The love story she crafted for the ceremony was beautifully done; it was a lovely combination of my husband’s and my individual accounts of our life together, what we cherish about each other, and what hopes we have for the future. When building our ceremony, she provided us with so many thoughtful options of different traditions, blessings, and vows. We really felt like we were able to create a ceremony that was truly and authentically ours, which apparently translated well because so many of our guests commented on how genuine and heartfelt the ceremony was from start to finish! Elly presided over the whole thing with a joy and enthusiasm that echoed and amplified our own, and that made the day all the more special. We loved working with Elly and can’t recommend her enough!
Not going to lie, Elly had us slightly nervous going into the ceremony because our rehearsal did not feel locked in until the very last second…. But let me just tell you - it ended...
up being me because she absolutely crushed it.
We laughed, we cried, and we shared the most vulnerable moments together in front of our family and friends - elly made that happen.
Thank you so much - would definitely recommend!
Elly, thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for officiating our most special day. We picked Elly as our celebrant because she had a unique-story telling style that really...
spoke to our intimate ceremony. She had us fill out questionnaires to get to know us and delivered a beautiful speech highlighting our love for one another and our families. We loved that she had a variety of vows to choose from and provided all the necessary steps for ensuring our paperwork was in order. During the pandemic she was incredibly accommodating and helped host a virtual rehearsal dinner which was perfect with our busy schedules. Everything went off without a hitch and there wasn’t a dry eye in the host. If you’re looking for experience, personalization, and someone who knows how to put the focus on the couple - pick Elly!
Hiring Elly as our officiant was the first thing my fiancée and I agreed on when wedding-planning. We knew right away we were in good hands, and Elly certainly didn't let us down. ...
She alleviated all of our anxieties (spoken and unspoken) at the rehearsal dinner, and after our wedding many of our guests said it was the best ceremony they'd ever been to. Elly makes the day personal, fun and relaxing. We highly recommend her!
Elly Jackson is wonderful to work with. She is also a great writer, and she put together a "Love Story" to tell at our wedding ceremony recently. I knew my husband and I loved her ...
story because we got to see it and approve of it in advance, and when she recited it at our ceremony, she had our guests in tears and laughing at all the right moments. It was lovely to work with her - she is kind, sweet, patient, and easy-going. She has a very warm voice that I immediately knew was what I wanted to hear on my wedding day! I could not be happier with the way things worked out. I highly, HIGHLY recommend choosing Elly Jackson to be your wedding officiant!
Elly was an awesome officiant. She is willing to work with you on every detail to make your ceremony exactly how you want it. One of the cool things that she does is a love story i...
n which you and your significant other fill out a questionnaire (without peeking) and then she takes your answers and writes a 3-4 page story about the two of you. We both got several compliments about the ceremony afterwards all were glowing positive reviews. We would highly recommend Elly to anyone.
We loved Elly! She was a dream to work with! We moved to CA right after we got engaged, so had to plan our wedding remotely. Elly was super flexible and we even did a Skype date to...
meet her and get a sense of her style.
Elly had us fill out a ~20 question form so she could create our “Love Story” and it turned out to be everything we wanted in a ceremony! It was non-denominational, fun, lighthearted, silly, and very sentimental. I’m so happy we purchased videography so we could have her words captured forever!
I HIGHLY recommend Elly for your ceremony!
Elly was such a great find--we knew from our very first phone conversation that we could stop looking. She has a very kind personality, yet is clearly also very passionate about wh...
at she does, and put us at ease right away. We met with her in her home before signing a contract, and once done, she took it from there. One of her unique offerings is her Love Story, based on questions that the bride and groom answer independently. We opted for the short version, which was perfect. She also helped us select readings and other elements to be incorporated into our ceremony. Elly helped us see the ceremony as something that we could make really unique and memorable, not just something that gets the back burner when it comes to many more details involved in planning the reception. We had many guests raving about the ceremony, saying that it was so different from what they had seen before. After the wedding, Elly also sends a keepsake book that includes all of your reading and other ceremony details, a nice extra to hold on to for the future. Elly helped to make our day unique and memorable--we couldn't have been happier.
I can't say good enough things about Elly. She is such a joy to work with and she knows how to make your special day extra special. When I first met her, I knew that we were in gre...
at hands. She made our wedding ceremony romantic, fun and lively. Our guests were laughing (and crying!) the whole time, which is exactly what we wanted. So many of our friends have told us that our wedding was their favorite wedding that they've ever been to, and they just rave about Elly. We look back on the day and think the same thing. If you want a genuine and unique ceremony, look no further, Elly Jackson will deliver!
People often downplay the importance of the wedding ceremony, focusing more on the party at the reception; but early on in wedding planning, I read an article that stressed the imp...
ortance of the ceremony and how it will set the mood for your entire day. After our wedding in May 2015, I can wholeheartedly say that I 100% believe this, and I can tell you that you will not regret having Elly Jackson set the mood for your day. We opted for Elly’s Full Love Story Wedding. It was so personalized, romantic, and at times funny. Your guests will be laughing and crying throughout. Our story gave the perfect glimpse into our relationship. The guests that weren’t as familiar with our story got to learn more about us, and even the guests that were familiar told us afterwards that it was still fun to hear Elly’s spin on things. I still cannot believe all the compliments we got on our ceremony. Everyone truly loved it and it really made the rest of our day that much more meaningful for everyone. A true dream come true.
We knew that we wanted to hire Elly from our very first meeting. She was so kind and funny. Elly was a pleasure to work with throughout the planning and was willing to personalize our ceremony in any way that we asked.
I cannot recommend hiring Elly enough. She truly will make your wedding more heartfelt, fun, and romantic than you can even imagine.
Thank you so much Elly for making our day so special!
Elly Jackson was the officiant for our May 2015 wedding. From the moment we met Elly, she made us feel at ease and like we were her only clients. I have no idea how Elly created ...
"Our Love Story" from the pitiful answers we provided her, but the story was amazing! It was light and airy yet very meaningful to both my husband and myself. I would highly recommend Elly!
Elly does this amazing thing where she will write your love story and create a wedding ceremony around that story. My husband and I opted for the abbreviated love story. Elly is ...
a a very talented writer and public speaker and I loved the way she brought my husband's and my love story to life to share with our guests. She is very friendly and professional and extremely talented. My wedding ceremony was perfect thanks to Elly.
From the moment we met Elly we knew we wanted her to write and officiate our wedding ceremony! She is warm and friendly, very responsive to questions, and wonderful at her job. We ...
used the 'short love story' option, and it was perfect. She captured us, our families, and our feelings for each other in ~three pages of story. She also worked with us to put together the rest of the ceremony (vows, readings, and a beautiful ring warming). Everyone loved the ceremony, and we will treasure the memory. Thank you, Elly!
Elly wrote us a beautiful love story that she read in front of everyone. She sent both me and my husband a questionnaire of about 30 questions and we had to answer them and email t...
hem back. She also emailed 4 of our closest family members or friends. We each gave her 2 names of who we thought knew us best, and then she emailed them with a questionnaire also. Our love story d us matched perfectly! She is very creative and fun, and she is wiling to do whatever you want!
Elly's organization, sweet nature and humor won me and my husband over during our very first meeting. Elly put us at ease throughout the entire process and wrote an incredibly touc...
hing love story that brought the entire church to tears. Her experience is obvious and her way with words is amazing!
Elly was great to work with. If you want a ceremony that is personal and intimate, Elly is definitely the person. We got many compliments about how romantic our ceremony was.
Elly is amazing and I highly recommend her for your ceremony. She works with the couple to create a beautiful "Love Story" that is read at the ceremony. Everyone at our wedding com...
mented on how beautiful and unique our ceremony was.
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