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Your Washington, Oregon and Idaho Officiant. Chanelle crafts deeply personal, unforgettable elopement and wedding ceremonies for adventurous, thoughtful, authentic, romantic, and connected couples.
Your Love, Your Story, Your Ceremony:
As your Wedding Officiant for Washington State, Oregon and Idaho, Chanelle works with you to craft a deeply personal, unforgettable wedding ceremony that celebrates your one-of-a-kind love story. Whether you’re dreaming of a serene Pacific Northwest setting or a romantic, adventure elopement surrounded by nature, let’s create a ceremony as unique as your relationship.
Your Wedding Day Should Feel Like Home:
You’ve built a life on your own terms—one filled with adventure, meaningful connections, and quiet moments that matter. Now, as you and your partner begin this next chapter, your wedding ceremony should reflect the story of you.
At Chanelle Carlin Weddings, I specialize in creating custom ceremonies that honor your journey, embrace your values, and set the stage for a lifetime of shared love. Whether it is an intimate elopement or a beautiful family celebration, your ceremony will be as unforgettable as your love.
Why Choose Chanelle Carlin Weddings as your Wedding Officiant?
Custom Ceremonies: Your wedding ceremony is not “one-size-fits-all.” It’s an intimate reflection of your unique story.
Personal Guidance: From your first consultation to your “I do,” I’m here to make the process seamless, meaningful, and fun.
Experienced Professional: With nearly 200 weddings officiated across the Pacific Northwest, you can trust me to deliver a ceremony that’s heartfelt, polished, and legal.
Your Celebrant for Life: Your marriage’s success matters to me. I’ll continue to support and celebrate your milestones long after your wedding day.
Let’s Begin Crafting Your Perfect Ceremony
Whether you’re planning an outdoor wedding surrounded by loved ones or an intimate elopement amid nature’s beauty, I’m here to help bring your vision to life. Contact me today to schedule a complimentary consultation. Together, we’ll create a ceremony you’ll treasure forever.
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- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Pagan
- Secular
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Newlywed Life
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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Chanelle did an outstanding job from start to finish. She kept us organized and timely, and thought of every detail. Her organization and planning is unmatched! We are so grateful to Chanelle for making our day so special and personalized.
About a month and a half before the wedding, the officiant we originally were going with messaged saying he wouldn’t be able to fulfill his role. After some extensive searching, I came across Chanelle on Facebook and contacted her. She reached back in just a couple hours! Chanelle was very friendly, polite and understanding of our situation. We exchanged numerous emails, video chats, phone calls and even met up to become acquainted with each other. We loved how defensive she was on it being “our day” and would be sure to stand up for us if we needed, which was genuinely a concern for us. She also made a point to get to know us as a couple and individuals, which with the time she had to work with was quite amazing. She offered words of wisdom and advice when we needed it.
Chanelle kept to a schedule of all that was required to do and more. She asked all the right questions, kept reminding us of all that needed done by a certain time and always gave a word of encouragement and cheer. Other times she would message to check in and see how everyone was doing and usually gave a sweet little short story (which I really loved) either talking about her day or some family history insight.
She was also very flexible. The day before the wedding, we had a surprise addition to add to the ceremony which Chanelle handled gracefully. She had a little pamphlet prepared with how get the ceremony done. She penciled in any changes and even had a copy for us!
On the day of the wedding, it was more chaotic than anticipated (shocker, right?) and Chanelle took it upon herself to establish order. We didn’t have a planner or anything, so this was a relief, although we were sorry to put her through that. She handled everything quite marvelously. She was very good at getting the ball rolling and getting everyone to keep to the schedule.
She kept to her word and anything she said she would help with or take care of, she did. She prepared, documented and recorded just about everything. She took care of all the necessary paperwork and kept us in the loop of what she did and all that was done. She also made sure to take in our input, thoughts and concerns every time.
To our surprise, she left a surprise sentimental gift to us. It was the sweetest and one of the most treasured, thoughtful gifts with a bit of history and word of encouragement and wisdom poem. It was unexpected and beautiful. We hung it in our living room where we see it every day. We cannot thank Chanelle enough for all she did, we are forever grateful for her.
We were so incredibly lucky to find Chanelle!!
When looking for an officiant, we did not know where to start or what we wanted. All we knew was that we wanted our ceremony to be a reflection of us and focused on our unique love story. Chanelle guided us seamlessly through the entire process, she was not only professional (managed and held our hand through every key piece of our ceremony AND all of the necessary paper work!) but went ABOVE and BEYOND to make us and our guests feel comfortable and special on our wedding day as well as during preparation and after our day. Additionally, the ceremony that Chanelle crafted was personal, heartfelt, and authentic.
Looking back at our wedding, our ceremony was the most memorable and special moment for us as a couple and it would not have been the same without Chanelle's care, guidance, and genuine spirit.
Chanelle is truly an amazing person and officiant and any couple would be lucky to have her lead their wedding!
Chanelle is amazing! She really tied my wedding together and made the ceremony a beautiful and easy experience. She goes above and beyond what’s expected and should definitely charge more for what she offers!! <3
My husband and I both agree that we couldn’t have found a better officiant than Chanelle for our wedding on 6/10. In our initial meeting with her we loved her professionalism and genuineness and knew we had picked a good one :) she continually checks in on you throughout the planning process and is quick to respond anytime you have a question. When creating our ceremony script she made the process very easy but also made sure that it was exactly what we wanted and allowed us to have input. She truly cares about her clients and about their ceremony being exactly what they desire. I couldn’t have dreamed of a more beautiful ceremony and we couldn’t have done it without her. She goes above and beyond and I can’t recommend her highly enough!
Chanelle was a joy to work with while preparing the details of our ceremony. She is well organized, thoughtful, professional and very communicative. Our meetings felt like chatting with a familiar friend and she put us at ease, knowing that she would be by our side making sure things ran smoothly.
She included us in the process of writing our ceremony script and we felt the ceremony really reflected who we are as a couple which made it very personal.
I would not hesitate to make her part of your wedding team- you definitely won’t regret it!
Chanelle did an amazing job officiating our wedding, and was a great partner throughout the process. From the first conversation we felt like she understood our vision for the wedding. She asked the right probing questions to create a ceremony script that was beautiful and uniquely us. Chanelle is a true professional- super responsive and proactive. We would highly recommend her!
If you are looking for an officiant for your wedding - or any event, for that matter - Look no further than Chanelle Carlin! Planning a wedding ceremony is such a daunting task, and we were absolutely blown away by the attention to detail and professionalism that Chanelle exhibited throughout the entire process. From our first introductory call, we knew that we had found the perfect person for our ceremony. She was always prompt to respond, provided very helpful information, and made time to get to know us personally to ensure our wedding day was special. Chanelle is truly a gem - Personable, funny, intelligent, and such a pro at tailoring a memorable ceremony. While we did not have many edits to the outline that Chanelle put together since it was incredible as-is, we felt like we had a partner throughout the process we could trust with our ideas and it was such a relief to have a knowledgeable guide to provide inspiration and feedback to create a beautiful wedding ceremony crafted to our needs. Our other wedding vendors and our family even commented that Chanelle felt like family, and we could not agree more. It was evident that there was so much careful thought and intention behind each interaction with Chanelle, and we even have several keepsakes from her that we will treasure forever. We could not be more grateful to have found her and would recommend her to anyone and everyone!
From the moment my now husband and I met Chanelle, we knew she was put in our path to marry us. Every conversation, whether it was over the phone, Zoom, email, or in person, leading up to our wedding was so natural and kept our minds at ease. Chanelle was there for us anytime we had a question or a change in our ceremony. She truly was there for us and wanting to make our day perfect. I don't think we could have chosen anyone better.
My husband and I asked Chanelle to be out wedding officiant in Spring 20222. Chanelle went above and beyond our expectations. We were looking for an officient for a non-denominational ceremony and Chanelle helped us build a ceremony that was meaningful, unique and reflective of us as a couple. She really took the time to get to know us and was genuinely warm and caring. She offered insights about blessings, guest involvement, unique vows, etc. We worked together over zoom on multiple drafts until we were completely satisfied. Chanelle was always prompt whenever we needed additional guidance or had questions. On the day of, Chanelle was timely and gracious. Our guests raved about how personal the ceremony felt and Chanelle played huge part in that.
So, We had to make a last minute change of officiants and we cannot thank Chanelle enough. She was amazing to work with. She contacted us within minutes of our initial e-mail, we talked for a bit about the ceremony and our story of how we met and got engaged. After a few phone conferences and e-mails back and forth she had the perfect ceremony laid out for my wife and I. Come the wedding day she was very helpful in making sure we knew what was in store and where to be. She also helped us stay centered during the ceremony, which we cannot thank her enough.
We were planning an intimate wedding of 13 family guests and didn't love the idea of a family member officiating, but were also nervous about hiring a stranger to officiate. We found Chanelle and she was the perfect fit for our wedding. We met over Zoom for our initial consult (30 min), and Chanelle was kind enough to schedule the consult several months out due to tough schedules on our end. After we hired Chanelle, we met for a second ~1h Zoom chat so she could get to know us more in order to create a custom ceremony script (yes, custom!). We felt supported and heard throughout the entire process. Chanelle genuinely sought feedback and revisions on her script drafts, and offered suggestions and ideas when we needed guidance. Chanelle checked in with us often leading up to the wedding day, and was incredibly helpful in orienting us to obtaining a marriage certificate. Day of, Chanelle was ready and so welcoming and warm to our family and other wedding vendors. We are immensely grateful to have found and worked with Chanelle, and recommend her to any and all!
I honestly could not say enough about how wonderful Chanelle was! From the very beginning she helped us determine the vision for our ceremony, gave us advice on what might work best for our wedding, and helped completely ease the stress of all of the legal paperwork. Chanelle really took the time to get to know us and created a ceremony that was so personal, beautiful and heartfelt. We are still getting compliments from our guests about how wonderful the ceremony was! She completely captured what we envisioned for our ceremony! She even convinced my husband to write his own vows and showed him that it wouldn’t be hard to do after all. I loved every second of working with Chanelle and I know that I will have a relationship with her for years to come! If you are looking for an officiant to create a one of a kind ceremony that you will remember forever, then Chanelle is the person for you!
Chanelle was a wonderful officiant and we’re very happy that we chose her to be a part of our wedding.
We found Chanelle online after we decided to hire an officiant rather than ask a close friend to officiate. Chanelle’s experience, attention to detail, and warm personality led to a well-crafted and perfectly executed ceremony. She went out of her way ahead of time to make sure that she got to know us. This made it so that we truly felt as though we knew each other well by the time our wedding date came around. Chanelle also did all the heavy lifting when it came to planning out the ceremony. With our input, she crafted a beautiful ceremony that fit our relationship and our personalities perfectly. She also gave us tips for helping us write our vows.
When the wedding day finally came, Chanelle did a great job officiating the ceremony. Her presence was calming for us and her pace was relaxed enough to allow us to take in the experience. We were very happy with how the ceremony went. Afterwards, we received many compliments saying how Chanelle did a wonderful job, and multiple people asked if she was related to us.
Our ceremony was non-religious and ended up lasting about 30 mins long. We would highly recommend choosing Chanelle.
Chanelle is an amazing wedding celebrant! She's extremely caring, attentive to the couple's needs and her goal is to create a special atmosphere that reflects couple's ceremony style and let couple's personalities shine through carefully selected wedding vows.
Chanelle has been absolutely amazing. We found her over 2 years ago before we had to postpone our wedding for COVID. Through that time, she remained in contact with us, sending us monthly updates and really taking the time to get to know us and our story.
We just had our wedding a couple days ago and we’re still getting comments from friends and family about how beautiful the ceremony was, with very high praise to Chanelle in particular. Will definitely be recommending her to every engaged couple we know! Thank you Chanelle!
Chanelle made our wedding ceremony so wonderful! She listened to what Chris and I felt seemed right for our ceremony and crafted a beautiful script that told our love story in a unique and beautiful way. She is very responsive, detailed, thoughtful and a great person to work with. Thank you for all your hard work to make our day so special!
Choose Chanelle! Chanelle is extremely kind-hearted and caring and will make your wedding experience a breeze. Chanelle made herself available to us at any moment, answering our questions or concerns or just to have a chat! She really cares about you as a couple, she even went as far as sending us cards on the holidays. We had our wedding postponed due to COVID-19 but Chanelle stuck it through with us until the end, and even joined us over zoom just to see how we were doing! Chanelle goes above and beyond, you should not look any further for an officiant. We will forever be thankful for Chanelle and all she did for us!
We are happy to recommend Chanelle to couples in need of an officiant.
She was kind, spirited, and reliable as she guided us through the process of building our wedding. We appreciated the freedom to tailor the content and style of the ceremony to our taste, values, and setting.
If you are looking for an officiant for your wedding, look no further than Chanelle Carlin. Chanelle was so personable, kind and accommodating, and she genuinely made the entire wedding-planning process easy and fun. From the beginning, Chanelle took the time to get to know my husband and I as a couple, and she was truly interested in and engaged with what we had to say. She was so respectful of our wishes to have a non-religious ceremony, and she helped create the most beautiful ceremony script that we will remember forever. She was open to all editing that we asked for, and did not deviate from the script that we collaborated on. She was punctual at the wedding, and helped to keep us calm and grounded so we could appreciate the moment. She read our script from a beautiful book that she painstakingly assembled prior to the wedding (presentation of the officiant/script for the pictures was something we didn't even think of!) and we can't wait to see the end result in our photographs. Chanelle filed all of our documents in a timely manner, and took care of the legal-side of the wedding so we didn't have to worry about a thing. Chanelle even included a few special 'extras' that were truly the cherry on top of our experience. Our guests continue to tell us how special and personal our ceremony was and what a wonderful job that Chanelle did; I am SO grateful that we chose her to walk us through this new chapter of our lives. Congrats in advance on making the BEST possible choice for your wedding by hiring Chanelle! :)
Chanelle Carlin was so great to work with, professional, punctual, and best of all so sweet and loving to us. We felt so lucky to have her conduct our ceremony, which turned out beautifully due to her care and attention to details. Better grab her while you can!
Chanelle is the best! We are so glad we picked her to be our wedding officiant. She not only helped us create a beautiful ceremony script that was very personalized and explained our love story perfectly, but she was also very patient with us through the process. My husband is not a man of many words, but was able to open up with her in a way that felt natural. Chanelle texted us often, checked up on us, and when talking to her, she was able to calm our stress down. Planning a wedding is tough work, but she made the process very easy for us. She also offered to translate the ceremony script into Spanish for my few Spanish speaking guests. SHE IS AMAZING!!!
Chanelle was AMAZING! We had to change our venue three times and she was flexible each time. She was communicative but was also understanding of all that goes into wedding planning and was good at not adding to the stress We even had changes happen the day of and she just rolled with the punches. The ceremony felt very personal and intimate. When planning the ceremony she let us have a say in every single aspect. The ceremony was truly tailored to us. I could not recommend her enough!
Chanelle was absolutely amazing as the officiant for our wedding! We had to choose an officiant somewhat last minute and she worked with our timeline and created a beautiful ceremony. It was even better than we could have imagined, and we received many compliments from our wedding guests about how wonderful our ceremony was. Thank you Chanelle!
We planned our wedding in Iowa and got married in Okanogan, Washington. Chanelle came highly recommended by friends of ours who also live in Washington, and who were also married by her. My husband looked her up on Facebook and called her. From that first phone call we both really liked her, she was super friendly, charismatic, and very personable. The months leading up to the wedding she did a great job at keeping in touch and putting all my worries to rest through this pandemic. The week of the wedding we went to Washington, and mett up with Chanelle and her husband Bill. They are seriously the nicest people, we talked for hours like we all have known each other for years. The day of the wedding, we got married in her beautiful backyard with gorgeous scenery in the background. Chanelle wrote vows that were tailor made to match both our personalities to a T. I would't change anything about the ceremony she was absolutely perfect!!!
Chanelle was so sweet to work with. She stayed in contact with us as the date got closer and sent reminders for getting our marriage license. Chanelle went out of her way to meet with us about a month out. We sat and chatted over lunch. It was so comforting to know she would make sure everything went well.
She helped us with the ceremony plans and helped us make our ceremony unique to us.
Highly recommend Chanelle. .
We contacted Chanelle to perform our tiny ceremony in December. She is lovely. From planning the ceremony to saying our vows, she made it seem effortless, and always knew just the right thing to say to calm my nerves. Chanelle and Bill made their way through the snow, and we were married at our new home on winter solstice. It was such a beautiful day and we'll remember it for years to come. I recommend Chanelle for any wedding style. She is gracious, accommodating, and intuitive. Thank you so much Chanelle!
Chanelle was wonderful. She took the time to get to know my husband and I prior to our wedding day, which was especially important since we were planning from a distance. She kept in touch throughout our planning process, with reminders about local wedding licensing requirements, which again was helpful since we aren’t local to Washington, and made sure we were ready to go on our wedding day. Her ceremony and the vows she wrote for us blew us both away... they were incredibly eloquent and conveyed just the right amount of emotion. She was just what we were looking for in an officiant. I would recommend her one hundred times over!!
Chanelle was a Very friendly and fun wedding Officant. She was very kind and very personal on what we wanted for our wedding ceremony and our vision. I would highly recommend her to anyone getting married.
Chanelle is so sweet! She is professional her work and dedication is outstanding. She was so nice to work with and always attentive to our questions and concerns super reassuring that our day would be perfect and she was right she made sure it was beyond perfect! Thank you for everything chanelle. We couldn’t have found a better fit to marry us.
Chanelle Carlin played a phenomenal role in creating and executing our vision for our wedding day. We are so grateful for the personalization and energy Chanelle put forth to ensure our ceremony reflected everything we wanted -while also providing her professional and expert advise on structure and time management. She had authentic enthusiasm to understanding us as individuals and as a couple. She took the time to speak with us prior and communicated regularly throughout the planning stage to perfect one of the most important experiences of our life. Her patience with us as we made changes was so appreciated and she never made us feel like a burden. I highly HIGHLY recommend Chanelle to help bring magic to your day!
Chanelle was able a willing to perform our elopement ceremony on about a 6-week notice, and she traveled hours to accommodate our location in Snoqualmie Pass! During the weeks leading up to the event, Chanelle was available anytime we needed to confirm something, run an idea by her, or simply say “hi” and check-in. She was open, honest, collaborative, and extremely easy to work with, which allowed her to connect with us in a short amount of time and include important parts of our lives into the ceremony. She provided ideas for thing we hadn’t considered like seating or a rain canopy, and she offered and brought her personal canopy just in case! She arrived early to the event and was extremely patient when we had to push back our start-time to accommodate forgetting our bouquet of flowers and had to pause the ceremony to get our rings, which created great moment that we’ll remember forever. Lastly, she surprised us with a special gift that was so thoughtful and wonderful. Thank you! We are so grateful you took a chance on us!
She was fantastic, having a conversation with us before writing up were ceremony "speech," which represented us very well, had humor that directly reflected us, and asked is questions we hadn't had to give answers to before. She helped make suggestions as to what quotes might fit and got what we value about rings and being married and blended it right in. She was wonderful in person, goes with the flow and helped us focus on each other and was like an extra family member. We invited her and her husband to stay and they were gracious guests and a pleasure to be with.
Chanelle officiated our wedding last May in Lake Chelan. She was wonderful!
She took the time to really get to know us as a couple, and worked with us to make sure our ceremony reflected our personalities and story.
She’s very sweet, professional, and extremely responsive. She communicated well with the venue and wedding coordinator to ensure everything went smoothly, down to the smallest details.
If you are looking for someone who genuinely cares, and who can craft and deliver a heartfelt ceremony tailored to your wishes, I highly recommend Chanelle!
Chanelle was so fun to work with! She is sooo charismatic and very professional. She took the time to get to know our personalities as individuals and as a couple. That allowed her to create a very personalized and unique ceremony for us.
Chanelle was absolutely fabulous ! she went above and beyond our expectations , highly recommend !
I felt the ceremony and vows were beautiful. We had a very small wedding in our home with very little notice and Chanelle was very accommodating. I would recommend her as an officiant to anybody.
5 stars! The best ever!
While I’ve not tied the knot before I couldn’t have imagined our special day any other way!
Chanelle is personable, confident, respectful and caring, we are so happy we found her to officiate our wedding.
She listened closely to what we wanted, and welcomed feedback, the ceremony was absolutely perfect! If I had to do it over again I would call her! Thank you! Yip!
I absolutely love Chanelle! She is so loving , caring and her words wise and sincere! I am so thankful that she was my Officant for our wedding ! I highly recommend her . She was the best ! Thank you so much ,
The Hoopers ❤️
Chanelle was so helpful! She listened to everything we said and created a ceremony that was beautiful and fit our personalities completely!
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PO Box 526, Okanogan, WA | Chelan, Leavenworth, Omak, all WA/OR/ID
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