Ceremonies De Vie

Words can’t even begin to express how happy we are with Joann! She is an absolute professional and brought such life, joy, and love to our wedding. All my guests could not stop talking about how wonderful and brilliant the ceremony was. It was all thanks to Joann!!! If you want the greatest ceremony, get Joann!!

Joann was an extremely conscientious officiant who took our various expressions of affection and brought it together to form a beautiful ceremony we will remember fondly. We are shy and have trouble expressing ourselves in the open so the task to get a ceremony from us was a daunting. Fortunately we had Joann there to help us break out of our shell making the task great for us to reminesce on what we love about each other. She was extremely prompt about responding to questions and concerns we had and made sure to schedule time with us on each point to ensure everything was perfect. The ceremony was as beatuful as we envisioned and we were very happy with the results. Good communication, professionalism, and being fun to talk with us are hard traits to come by but somehow Joann embodied these aspects help bringing togther one of the best days of our lives. We highly recommend Joann if you are doing a ceremony in the San Diego area and it a pleasure working with her.

Joann was our celebrant for our wedding in September - she was amazing throughout the entire process and worked with us to create a beautiful, individualised ceremony that captured our love story perfectly. We had several Zoom and phone calls leading up to the wedding (given we were living overseas during the planning) because she wanted to make sure she got to know us and was able to create something that truly captured us - and she did an amazing job! I highly recommend Joann for a truly beautiful and personal ceremony that both the couple and guests will love.

Joann and her hubby Brian are a dream team. Joann officiated our non religious ceremony and made it very personal. Brian helped us with the chairs and sound system for our ceremony, he even played some our favorite songs before and after the ceremony that the string musicians couldn't play. We planned this wedding from across the country- Joann and Brian were part of our 'team' of helpers who made our vision come to life.

It was such a pleasure working with Joann. She was communicative and took the time to get to know us in our first meeting, leading to a beautiful ceremony draft that captured the essence of our relationship. Joann was easy to contact by email and Zoom, which made the prospect of writing personalized vows a lot less daunting! On the day of the ceremony, Joann worked with our photographer so we could get the first look captured. I was definitely stressing a bit the night before, but Joann was clear in her explanations and everything went more smoothly than I could have imagined. Thank you for making our ceremony and our big day one filled with love, joy, and precious memories!

I'm so happy that we went with Joann to officiate our wedding, everything turned out perfectly!! From the start of the planning process all the way up until our wedding day, she did an amazing job getting to know me and my now-wife and gaining a deeper understanding of who we are as people and all of the elements of our relationship that she was able to capture beautifully during our ceremony. There were many happy tears during our ceremony and a big part of that was Joann detailing the love that me and my wife share for each other and I couldn't recommend her enough for any other weddings!

We had to find someone to operate the audio for our wedding ceremony at The Wedding Bowl in San Diego. I found Brian about a month and a half before our wedding. He was quick to respond and super flexible. Our audio sounded great and the wedding was amazing. He made the entire process stress-free. We were able to select the specific songs we wanted for the ceremony. I highly recommend Brian and Ceremonies De Vie!

We would not have any other person do our wedding ceremony other than Joann! She was very professional and friendly. But most of all she made our ceremony into one of the best days of our lives. We would 100% recommend Joann to anyone who would like to get married in the San Diego area. Thank you so much Joann for making one of our most important days special and memorable!

Joann was absolutely amazing, professional, and everything a couple could ask for in an officiant. She spoke from the heart and made everyone in the audience tear up with what she had to say. When we reached out to Joann at the beginning, we had full faith and trust in her and she delivered nothing less than perfect. Everyone needs Joann in their life and especially at their wedding!

We could not have asked for a better officiant. Joann was an absolute professional from day one and truly made the ceremony perfect. Her words were beautifully written and elevated the already special moment. We placed our trust in Joann and we could not have asked for a better officiant to be there for us on the big day. Her level of care and desire to make the ceremony special sets her apart. Would recommend her a million times over.

We had an amazing experience with Joann. She truly cares about what she does and is knowledgeable of the steps we needed to take to be prepared. We had an intro meeting with her followed by two additional meetings to go over what she wrote. She payed attention to what we said about each other and that reflected so nicely in what she said about us during the ceremony. We are so grateful we chose her.

She did great job in our special day a would seriously recommend her she was an amazing.

Joann was so wonderful and thorough in getting to know myself and my now husband Shawn to be able to personalize our ceremony and make it special for all in attendance! She also made us feel comfortable and confident enough to write our own vows for the ceremony, which all our guests loved! Many of our guests also came up to us afterwards to tell us it was one of the best ceremonies they've been to! Joann also handled all the logistics of the wedding license after the ceremony so that Shawn and I wouldn't have to worry about sending it back after the wedding. We couldn't recommend Joann enough!

Joann was an amazing ceremony officiant. Since the first day, my husband and I met her, we knew she had a vision for us and she understood what our perfect wedding was envisioned for us. Joann communicated quickly with us and made sure we had ceremony drafts to review prior to our special day. She made all of the changes and suggestions and was quick to come up with ideas to make our wedding memorable. I would recommend Joann to anyone who wants to work with an easy-going, well-spoken, and professional officiant. Thank you Joann for making our wedding ceremony so memorable! Pam & Evan

Joann is the sweetest lady!! She did a phenomenal job and created a beautiful ceremony for us! She took the time and dedication to get to know us and capture our relationship and we truly could not have asked for more. She braved the wind and rain and truly made our day special!

Joann was kind, dedicated, and sincere about making our wedding ceremony the best that it could be for us, our friends and family. Multiple people commented that it was the most sincere ceremony they have seen!

I cannot recommend Joann enough! She is so kind, funny, and amazing to work. It's very clear that she puts a lot of love into each and every one of her ceremonies. Our biggest compliments from our friends and family were all about how beautiful and personal our ceremony was to us! We had a blast getting to know Joann and working together. Thank you for making our day truly magical!

Joann made our ceremony so sweet! We had an intimate wedding and we wanted to incorporate cultural elements, family vows, and also have the tone be loving but fun - all within 30 minutes or less. She made the ceremony feel so * us * and we’re grateful to have that beautiful memory for the rest of our lives. After our wedding, Joann even mailed us the vows she printed for us the day of - it was such a lovely and sweet surprise! Her husband also managed our sound/music for the ceremony and he was great! His whole set up was really professional and he even covered up all the wires with a sleek cover so everything looked great. They made our special day truly feel special. This was particularly important to us for our intimate ceremony. We found not everyone puts the same effort into intimate ceremonies but Joann always made us feel special throughout the entire process. I highly recommend working with Joann and her husband for your wedding!

Joann was incredibly attentive and thoughtful when she worked with us to write the perfect ceremony!

Working with Joann was truly an absolute dream. Our first sessions with her really helped us figure out what we truly wanted from our ceremony (and were great for our relationship itself, like fun couple's therapy sessions). And the day of she was calm and relaxed despite all the wedding chaos and delivered a lovely ceremony. One that was just as romantic and us as we'd hoped.

We are so happy that we found Joann to officiate our wedding. She was extremely organized and sent necessary reminders to make sure we had the most perfect personalized ceremony. We met with Joann twice via Zoom and she was always available and willing to make any changes we wanted. On the wedding day, she was punctual and prepared to deliver a memorable ceremony for us and our guests. Thank you again!!!

It was such a pleasure to have Joann be our officiant. We enjoyed every conversation we had with her and the details she learned about us were written so beautifully into our ceremony. We also had done a slightly nontraditional unity ceremony that she incorporated perfectly. We even received compliments from our guests about how wonderful the ceremony was and how much they enjoyed Joann. Overall she is extremely kind and professional and was a joy to work with. We highly recommend her and will treasure our ceremony forever because of her!

I would highly recommend Ceremonies De Vie for your upcoming wedding! Joann Lane has a wonderful process and style; she is generous with her time, and really gets to know you. She customizes a wedding ceremony to express how you met and who you are as a couple. Joann also supports you in writing individual vows which are both personalized and meaningful. Joann was incredibly supportive the day of the wedding and my guests absolutely loved her presentation and demeanor. I received several compliments from my family and friends who stated the ceremony and vows suited us perfectly. Joann's husband, Brian provided the sound and music for the wedding ceremony and reception. He was great to work with and responded to special requests throughout the evening, he even stayed a little longer than contracted when guests wanted to dance a few more songs. Joann and Brian are truly a power couple; both are professional and competent. It is great to work with kind, down to earth people that genuinely care about your special day. I would definitely give them a call to discuss their services and fees! :)

Joann was amazing! Our wedding was a destination wedding, and she was very helpful and attentive to helping us make decisions from a different state. Our wedding day was perfect thanks to her help!

Joann at Ceremonies De Vie was incredible! She made our ceremony super personal and really captured the spirit of our love. She was also very easy to communicate with. You can tell she really cares about her work and the couples she works with. 10/10 recommend Joann!🥂

Joann is the best! She took the time to get to know us, and crafted a ceremony script that truly captured our relationship. We collaborated on revising the script a bit, she was open to all our input and opinions, and we had it perfect by the third draft. The ceremony couldn't have gone better and we have gotten so many compliments on how Joann conducted our ceremony. Plus, she is just the sweetest!

Joann was the perfect celebrant for our special day. She spent several sessions getting to know us and our story and built out a beautiful ceremony that was specific to our relationship. Not only did she make the ceremony flow smoothly, she made it extremely memorable and unique to our story. We are so happy that we got to work with Joann, both as an officiant and as a wonderful person.

Every step of the process exceeded our expectations. We only reached out to officiants about 6 weeks in advance of the wedding, but Joann was responsive and easy to work with despite the short notice. She put in a great effort to get to know us and understand our relationship and personalities. She expertly crafted this information into the perfect ceremony script in the first draft.

Joann was great. Very patient with us, flexible as we were in a different state and time zone. Very professional

Joann made our wedding day absolutely perfect! She took the time to get to know us as a couple and made sure that our ceremony was intimate and special. It was exactly how I envisioned it. She is the sweetest, kindest and most adorable wedding officiant out there! And funny too! We are so lucky to have had her marry us.

Joann was GREAT! She was early, dressed beautifully and was very accommodating to our last minute changes.

Joann was great to work with--genuine, enthusiastic, communicative, and collaborative. We were so happy with our ceremony and all the thought that Joann put into it. Highly recommend working with her!!!

Joann was an amazing officiant for our wedding this past October! She took the time to get to know us and personalized our ceremony to align with who we are individually and as a couple. She even let us review everything beforehand and make changes to anything we wanted! All of our guests were impressed with our ceremony and how well she conducted it. Definitely recommend if you are looking for an officiant!

Joann was wonderful. She took the time to get to know us and made our ceremony so personal and special. We could tell she loves doing this!

Joann was AMAZING! She really listened to what we both wanted and made it happen. She is very caring and really puts in her heart when speaking. We really appreciate her!

Joann was wonderful! She's romantic, caring and professional. She made our day so special. We highly recommend her!

Joann was an excellent officiant for our wedding. When my wife and I received her draft of our ceremony speech, we were impressed with how well Joann incorporated our comments about each other and considered our constraints & objectives. We knew then we made the right choice and would recommend Joann to officiate any of our friends’ or families’ wedding.

I cannot say enough good things about Joann! She was so accommodating with all the planning. My wife and I are actually still long distance so she was able to zoom meet with both of us prior, came to where we were staying to meet with us the day before, and the day of performed the most beautiful ceremony!! There was not a dry eye there including her own! She was so genuine and so sweet. She was so very helpful and even offered to bring some of her own things to make the ceremony perfect. 1000% recommend her for any wedding!!

Finding the right officiant for our wedding was something we were struggling with until we met Joann. From our first meeting we knew she was perfect and that instant connection was made. She really truly took the time to get to know us and get to know our relationship. On the day of the wedding she was so calm and collected which helped both me and my wife that special day. Her words during our ceremony really represented our relationship and were beautiful from beginning to end. The best part above all else was how much we could see that she cared about us and took a vested interest in both of us and that is something we will always remember and cherish. Joann, we can truly and honestly say our wedding would not have been the same without you!!! Thank you so much for everything and we will for sure stay in touch!

We are so happy that we found Joann to officiate our wedding! We originally were going to have a friend of ours perform the ceremony, but when that fell through our venue recommended Joann and from our first meeting with her I felt she was genuine and really took the time to get to know us. She gave each of us some homework to help her put together a draft of the ceremony and I was impressed with the first draft. We had very minor edits, but she really captured us in the ceremony! We live in the Bay Area and so planning a wedding in another city is challenging, but Joann was very responsive and when we did meet her in person she was such a delight. We finalized the ceremony and she even came to our rehearsal! She handled the marriage license and took care of sending it back to the county clerk in the city we live in after the wedding. It was just seamless and stress free. The wedding license is the most important document out of all the pieces of paper your gather while planning your wedding so it felt great to have a professional take care of it so we could just relax and enjoy the days after our wedding. The favorite part of our wedding day was our ceremony and we received many compliments from our guests on how beautiful the ceremony was. Joann set the stage for that and we are truly grateful.

Joann was wonderful to work with for our wedding ceremony. She took the time to get to know us and crafted a beautiful wedding ceremony. She is a very thoughtful and caring person and we are glad we found her to officiate our ceremony.

Joann was wonderful to work with and very helpful throughout the entire process. The ceremony was everything that we wanted. She helped make our day very special. It was definitely worth taking the time to write our own vows- thanks to Joann for the encouragement to do so. I highly recommend Joann.

We hired Joann for our wedding ceremony and couldn’t possibly be happier that we did. Joann was incredible for so many reasons, but I’ll start by mentioning what I think truly makes her stand out the most - she has a rare and unique talent for really being able to listen and understand people, who they are and what they want deep down. Because of this, she made our ceremony so personal and special. We planned our wedding virtually - living in Arizona during COVID lockdowns and worked with Joann over the phone and email. After a phone call and an email questionnaire - she was somehow able to understand us, our love, and what we wanted better than we could have explained ourselves. We could tell she really put a lot of research, thought, and time into creating our ceremony. Afterwards, all our guests kept commenting it was one of the most special ceremonies they’d ever seen, and we felt the same. It was our favorite part of the wedding. Joann had such a sweet, calming presence and the way she spoke was so sincere, beautiful, and moving. She also goes above and beyond in her services, offering so much more than officiating the ceremony. Joann will work with you on multiple drafts of a ceremony (though we felt ours was perfect off the bat) help you with your own personal vows if you want, provide valuable insight throughout the planning process and rehearsal, help with the certificate and license, and much more. She is so experienced, professional, and really knows what she’s doing in a multitude of ways. We will be forever grateful to Joann for being such a huge part of what made our big day perfect.

After having our wedding rescheduled, Joann was able to be our officiant. She was on time and had great communication throughout the planning process. She was able to capture our relationship and say the kindest and sweetest words for our ceremony. I would highly recommend Joann!

My husband and I decided to elope for our Anniversary and Joann very kindly accommodated us during a holiday weekend! We are so grateful for her attention to detail and the time she took to get to know us, even in such short notice! We didn't have any guests - we had a tripod to record the ceremony and her husband brought his camera and took amazing photos for us! We couldn't be happier!

From the first time we met with Joann over zoom, we knew she was going to be our officiant. She zoomed with us several times to get to know us prior to our wedding day, and then we met her in person when we got to San Diego. She was attentive to detail, and we both felt as if she did a great job of putting our thoughts and feelings into the ceremony that she wrote for us. It was absolutely beautiful. She even took our written vows and put them onto notecards for us! Thank you so much for everything, Joann, we couldn’t have imagined a better wedding day and ceremony and couldn’t have done it without you! The Zippers

Top Notch Officiant!! Joann made sure my day was flawless! Her words really made the ceremony, so special and intimate. She narrated everything and that was a huge help and so beautifully done! I loved how she narrated, as my Father was giving me away to my Husband. They even helped with my music and a zoom meeting, so family could watch from home! Top notch! Joann and Brian’s work is exceptional and I couldn’t have been more happy with how she put together our ceremony so flawlessly. Good thing she came prepared with our vows because we forgot them inside. I feel like a marriage should be a special celebration and her experience and thoughtfulness, really helped make the day magical. I would highly recommend her, if you want a stress free wedding that’s intimate and really personably thought out and special for each individual couples vision. Go with Joann, you won’t be disappointed! So thankful to have her and Brian be apart of our big day! They really made it special for us. Very professional too!!

Many guests commented on how personal our ceremony was; that it was very "us." Joann helped us script our ceremony exactly how we wanted it. Meetings via Zoom were easy since all planning occurred during COVID lockdowns. There were some non-traditional aspects of our ceremony and I think Joann's professional presence helped to reassured the parents in the audience that this was no farce! She and her husband are very nice and would be a welcome addition to anyone's wedding planning.

Highly recommend. We love our beautiful, romantic ceremony. Joann is a great lady, she took time to get to know us and perform the ceremony our style. She is very sweet and helpful too. I’m so glad I found her.

My husband and I had a wonderful experience with Joann. From the very beginning at our first Zoom meeting, she ensured we were comfortable and our ceremony reflected our relationship and personalities. She went above and beyond to create what we wanted for the day and to understand our relationship. She provided us with a draft a few weeks before the wedding that brought tears to my eyes reading it at home, so I knew I was in trouble the day of our wedding! Our ceremony was even more special than I could have ever imagined, so intimate and reflective of my husband and I. I can't thank Joann enough for creating such a special moment for us that we will remember for a lifetime! Allison&Parker

During these circumstances of lockdown, we did not know how to organize our wedding so our family can meet, feel the emotion and realize the importance of them being part of the ceremony. From the beginning, Joann guided us and helped us prepare the event. We had a Zoom event and everything was perfect. Her husband Brian helped with the technical set up so that our guests could participate and feel connected virtually. The overall organization was outstanding! I can't thank both Joann and Brian enough and definitely recommend her for your wedding.

Very accommodating and is understanding! Outstanding customer service and courteous while coordinating all aspects of the event!

Joann was a pleasure to work with from start to finish. She was thoughtful and cared about our story. She made our big day so special! We loved her!!!

Joann Lane was our officiant for my daughter's wedding. She was on time, dressed appropriately and conducted the ceremony in a professional and reverent manor.

Ceremonies De Vie was amazing to work with! I (the bride) was struggling to formulate my vows and Joann working with me to help break through my writers block and create a memorable vow for our wedding! The focus is always on the couple and making sure that the feel of the ceremony matches the experience we want to emulate to our guests.