Custom Ceremonies by Michele Zipp

er, but our guests loved her too (and some even asked for her info!). She made it magical, full of love, and was flexible with any kind of ideas. If we could do it again, we would and wed book Michele 100000x over!!

ls, and her list of ceremony rituals. We stayed in contact in the months leading up to the big day and she made planning the ceremony timeline such a breeze! On our wedding day, she was such a steady and calming presence amidst the pre-ceremony chaos. She walked us through what we’d say and where to look and at the altar, she told our love story as if she had known us forever. We chose to do warming of the rings and hand fasting as our wedding rituals and Michele made the most beautiful hand fasting rope (that we got to keep!). It’s hanging lovingly about our entrance way now - knot still tied tight. 

for us. Hearing her tell our story was so lovely and our guests thought she did a fantastic job as well. She is very professional, and you can tell she loves what she does!! Couldn’t recommend enough. 

wers and sage from her garden, and crystals. The ceremony was peaceful, present, and so beautiful. Multiple guests told us that it was the best ceremony they’d ever seen. We can’t thank Michele enough! 

was tailored to what we wanted and who we were as a couple. She made it personal to us, reminding us of the road that brought us to this moment and she talked directly to us about what we loved about one another. It made us feel like we were the only ones in the room. But at the same time, she was engaging with the audience by inviting their presence during key moments, which made them feel like they played an active role. The feedback from our guests was outstanding, with multiple people saying it was the best and most unique ceremony they had ever attended. They said they were hanging on to every word she said. Everything was intentional and very spiritually driven, which was exactly what we wanted. She started with a sage circle around us, talked about our love stories, had us perform a candle lighting ceremony, we read vows, and then tied the hand fasting knot. When the rings were presented, she took a moment to have the audience ground and send positive energy towards the rings. After the ceremony she made the actual marriage license process so easy, she handled it completely for us and we didn’t have to worry about anything. If you are looking for an officiant who will marry you in an incredibly meaningful and spiritual way, Michele is for you!!!!!

chele displayed beautiful creativity in her storytelling to create a ceremony that was so special and unique to us. She captured and created a safe, calm, warm, and loving space which allowed us to connect with nature in our environment, our loved ones, and eachother. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect ceremony. 

r ceremony for years to come. She customizes her ceremony to feel so personal and special to each couple. I love Michele’s energy so much, hire her and you won’t regret it and it will make your wedding day experience so much better. 

rately. Karina officiated the wedding. Michelle’s script was absolutely perfect. She told our story in a way that felt so genuine and made us feel like Karina was a close friend who had known us since the beginning of our relationship.  Karina’s calm energy made us feel so present and grounded.  We felt so much love and peace in the room with us because of how personal the script was and how Karina delivered it. After the ceremony, people were asking if Karina was a cousin or friend. Our ceremony was hands down the best part of our wedding and our guests couldn’t stop talking about how special it was. Michele also sent us the officiant script in a booklet and I know we will come back to it time and time again. We are so grateful we found Michele and Karina. We couldn’t recommend them enough. 

u have a gift for creating, expressing and presenting the true meaning love. The ceremony was and will be forever etched in our hearts.  Thank you!

ionnaire gave us the opportunity to gush about one another as well as give Michele the background she needed to tell our story. The day of she immediately set a tone of love that opened the hearts of our guests and the space. She crafted a ceremony that was infused with elemental energy and perfectly represented our love story. Even guests who had never met us were left in tears and our close friends and family were amazed at her ability to represent our love. No moment felt awkward or forced and even guests not aware of crystals or handfasting felt and complimented the spiritual power of the ceremony. The crystal grid and handfasting cords she created for us were beautiful and infused with love. I cannot recommend Michele enough. Book her if you want a ceremony that holds all the power and magic of your love.

ur wedding day her beautiful energy calmed our nerves. We are beyond grateful that we found her. The beautiful ceremony book, handfasting rope, and dried flowers/herbs were the icing on the cake. We will cherish them both forever and hold them close to our heart in our wedding keepsake box. You will not regret trusting her with your day. The wedding ceremony was our favorite part of the day and we owe a big part of that to Michele!

her always supporting and calm demeanor that brings such peace and groundedness to a wedding day. If you are looking for an officiant to truly connect with and to help you connect even more with your partner during your ceremony, Michele is THE choice!

nd wove it into the ceremony in such a heartfelt way. Every word felt meaningful, and it created an atmosphere that was both intimate and joyful. Our guests were so touched by how beautifully Michele captured our journey together. Thank you for making our day so special and unforgettable!

g was! We went out of our comfort zone with using reiki and the hand fasting, but I wouldn't change a thing we did! Highly recommend!

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r us and we had a wonderful day. It was perfect. Thank you so much, Michele!

g is two people coming together and celebrating their love. Michele helps you craft the perfect ceremony that is completely unique and tailored to each couple she works with. She offered many different possibilities and was even open to ideas I had. She was so helpful in talking through different ideas and how to make things happen. She also sends a questionnaire for you and your partner to complete. She uses those answers to tell your love story in the most beautiful way possible. Michele was so beyond incredible and actually did two ceremonies for us. First she did a private ceremony for us in the forest then went to my reception venue and did a second ceremony with friends & family. She even made both ceremonies feel and look different. I could truly go on forever talking about how incredible Michele is. I promise hiring Michele will be the best decision you make for your wedding!

sations we had enabled us to reflect on key moments and aspects of our love; and provided the insight she needed to craft a beautiful ceremony for us. The process was deeply enjoyable and meaningful, and the result was even more perfect than we had imagined. We discovered handfasting through Michele’s offerings and are so happy we were able to include that ritual. The ceremony book and handfasting cords she made are beautiful and sentimental pieces that we’ll always treasure. Michele had all the logistics covered and her guidance throughout the planning process and day were invaluable. Michele has a positive and calming presence, and set the perfect vibe for our day. Many of our guests shared a variety of positive feedback about Michele and her ceremony; and we feel the absolute same. Wholeheartedly recommend booking Michele for your special day.

crystal grid. She has such a positive and caring vibe, and our guests felt that during the ceremony. She gave us a copy of what she wrote for us, so we will always have that to remember that day. I can't recommend Michele enough, she was fantastic!

, we didn’t even bother looking for anyone else and we’re glad we didn’t. She did the most beautiful job you could imagine. Everyone thought she was a family member of my husband’s because she really got to know us and learn our love story and shared it as if she was family. I cannot say enough good things about her. She was so professional and I wish I could relive that day over and over again, and she was a big part of that. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts, Michele

lected who we were as a couple: who we are, how our love came to be and what kinds of traditions mattered to us. Over the course of a few calls and emails, Michele crafted a unique and truly wonderful experience that shared our special love story in a deeply moving way. She was also delightful to work with, naturally collaborative and happy to answer any questions we had along the way. Afterwards, we received a ton of compliments from friends and family who found our ceremony moving, delightful, and representative of who we are.

t like we’ve know her for so long. She has such a calm presence about her. She really made us live in the moment and fall in love all over again. The rituals she offered really completed our day and she gave us so many items to take away with as memories. I can not thank her enough for creating such a magical day and giving us a book complete with the entire ceremony so we can relive it over and over again.

t was perfect. We loved how she curated our ceremony around the questions she provided us. It was extraordinary to hear what she wrote for us. Our guests talked about how love radiated and how peaceful everything was. There was not a dry eye in sight. The rituals that she provides are also unique. Do not hesitate to book her she is wonderful.

ly she put together our answers to questions. She had such an amazing understanding of us as a couple that our guests thought she actually knew us on a personal level. Everybody said it was the best ceremony they have ever been to. If Michele is available on your wedding day, do not hesitate to hire her to make your day extra special and magical. We will never forget how special our wedding ceremony was.

our custom ceremony that she said if she were to ever be married again, she would fly Michele out to Michigan for the event. If our GUESTS were that impressed, you can imagine what an absolute dream she was for the bride and groom to work with. Through two years of postponements, Michele was consistently supportive and reassuring, sticking with us and radiating light and wellbeing every step of the way. I will treasure our custom ceremony keepsake and the hand-woven handfasting cord that she created for us. Hire Michele to craft the words that will set the tone for your special day, it's the best decision you'll ever make :)

what we were hoping for in an officiant and more. The time, love, and effort she put into our ceremony was seen by everyone. Thank you for making our ceremony so incredibly special!

lly side. Michele instantly makes you feel like a friend. Her process of writing ceremonies is very personal, and a great way to reflect on why you are choosing your spouse amid the chaos of wedding planning. Michele is a story teller; she made our very average story seem like the most magical love story ever seen. And to us, it is the most magical story, so to have our feelings being portrayed so beautifully to our family and friends made our ceremony beyond meaningful. Michele also performed multiple rituals for us, including a smudging, a crystal grid for our rings, and a handfasting. All of our guests came up to us at the reception and were blown away by how beautiful and unique the ceremony was. Michele also makes a little booklet of the ceremony and gifted it to us along with the crystals from our grid and sage (that she grows herself). Michele is so amazing, and I cannot recommend her enough if you are looking for a meaningful ceremony.

every second. My guests were blown away.

vorite part of the whole day too. A thousand times recommend!!!

gely because of Michele. Throughout the processes, she has been kind, professional and responsive. She has such a warm energy and is a beautiful writer. She crafted the most intimate and unique ceremony with custom rituals that felt right to us as a couple. She was able to weave in our personal stories and readings to make a ceremony that felt tailored perfectly to us. Everyone came up to us after to say how wonderful and personal it was. We will cherish the memory forever and we HIGHLY recommend Michele to anyone looking for an officiant!

beautiful script for us and really captured our love story perfectly. Plus, she put together the burned sage bundle, gorgeous ceremony book, ribbons from the handfasting ceremony, and the candles we used to have as keepsakes forever. She truly exceeded all of our expectations. Working with her was such a breeze, and I would highly recommend her to anyone!

tional ceremony for our wedding. We came across Michele while searching online and met with her shortly after. Michele is warm, loving, and so happy to be doing what she is doing. She really listened to us and wrote such a beautiful ceremony for our wedding. We were so touched by the way she chose to tell our love story - it really felt so personal to us and it was just perfect! All of our guests were so impressed with her and really felt that the ceremony was so special. We loved working with Michele, she was so wonderful and is so talented in the job that she does.

at our wedding. The unique rituals including the handfasting made the day so special. Our families were deeply moved. Michele is incredible to work with - we cannot recommend her highly enough!

ed with us as we changed locations last minute. We feel so lucky to not have had to worry at all about knowing the ceremony would be great, as Michele was so professional. Our guests are still talking about how wonderful our ceremony was, and how personal it was to us as a couple! Many shared that it was their favorite wedding ceremony they had ever been to. We wish we could get married again to have another opportunity to work with Michele.

well! I couldn’t imagine a more custom, more unique, and special way to tie the knot. Michele spoke to us every step of the way, creating custom vows and incorporating beautiful non-traditional customs into the ceremony. At the end she presented us with our vows in a book she made, and sent us dried flowers used in the ceremony grown from her own garden. Everyone was blown away by her professionalism and her personalized approach to weddings that we have even family members who want her to officiate their wedding! Couldn’t recommend more.

officiant, not knowing that we only met once and enhanced a few emails. Michele is able to flesh out an entire love story of your relationship by a short questionnaire, and even my husband and I were amazed at how well she got us down! Michele was beyond easy to work with, and was nothing but kind and thoughtful through the entire progress, helping us from the rehearsal to the wedding. Our ceremony was behind beautiful, and everybody raved about the uniqueness behind the ceremony and rituals that encompassed it. If you’re considering using Michele as your officiant, say yes ASAP!

t in making the wedding special. She is well organized and attentive. Our wedding was small and intimate. We connected with Michele by phone and email. We never met her until the day of the ceremony! (That was just the way it worked for us). But we connected with her along the way and were confident she was the right choice from the questions she asked, her sincere interest, and obvious experience. She took our suggestions and incorporated them beautifully into a very meaningful ceremony. At our ceremony, we did an herbal handwashing, a crystal grid for our rings, read our vows, did a Ketubah signing, and had a breaking of the glass. Everything was very well prepared and flowed smoothly. It was a brilliant day and Michele was the perfect person to officiate. It is a pleasure to write this review for her!

dding ceremony. An absolute pleasure to have met her!

From the very first phone call there was a sense of warmth and connection with her and we knew immediately she would be perfect to officiate our wedding. The ceremony is one of my fav memories of our wedding it was made just for us and Michele was there to help us mold and make it better than we could’ve imagined! Thank you!

story along with fun rituals we picked together like singing bowls and reiki. She also has the best speaking voice and goes with the flow (like winging it when the mic died). Couldn’t recommend her more highly!

cannot thank them enough.