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Ceremonies in the Key of Life.
Based out of Farmington CT, FrancieBrown54.com -Wedding Celebrant/Officiant covers life's milestone occasions. I have worked as a wedding officiant for many years, helping couples to realize their dream day their way. I'm open to creating a special ceremony that reflects your love story and personality, regardless of religion, age, orientation, and race.
As well as providing officiant services, I have garnered over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist, a role that has allowed me to connect with and guide others through life's celebrations and challenges. As your officiant, I will first arrange a non-obligatory consultation to meet you both and learn about your special requests and vision for your big day. Over time we work together with phone emails and /or zoom to create your wedding Celebration! I do request at least a 3 month lead time in order to design the ceremony that feels exactly right to you both. This collaboration requires time and attention and focus so that you will feel you have the wedding of your dreams. Love is what it is all about !
FrancieBrown54.com -Wedding Celebrant/Officiant strives to bring each love story to life, with customized ceremonies that include meaningful keepsakes, personalized vows, and more. I cover weddings and life occasions throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island working with individuals to curate both large and intimate events.
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The best officiant you can ask for!
We are so truly blessed and eternally grateful to have had Francie marry us this past July in Napa! I have personally known Francie for a few years now (as we are Pilates friends and I have the great pleasure of seeing her every Thursday morning)! From the moment that my husband and I were engaged, there was no question on who we wanted to perform our ceremony- it’s always been Francie! Even with having a destination wedding so far away in California, Francie was always on board wanting to marry us, and we couldn’t be more thankful! She was an absolute delight to work with throughout the whole process- from meeting with us on a few occasions, to sending us our “getting to know you” questionnaires, to writing and rewriting our story to ensure that our ceremony was just perfect. We were so blown away the day of the wedding when all of Francie’s care and hard work came to life- our ceremony was amazing: sweet, sentimental, funny and emotional all wrapped into one to tell the perfect story of “us”. Thank you Francie for being such a special and important part of our day- we couldn’t have done it without you!
With all our love, Andrea and Joe
Response from the Vendor on 10/05/2023
thank you thank you Andrea and Joe!!
How lucky was I to marry you both and be part of such a beautiful wedding day, and the chance to know you more🙏
Francie is an absolute gem and truly, I am SO incredibly thankful and blessed I found her. How many weddings have you been to where the ceremony was not the memorable aspect and after all, that’s why we’re all there!? I planned my micro-wedding in a little under two months but, just because the planning time was shortened did not mean I wanted to skip out on amazing vendors to make for a memorable day. And let me tell you, finding an officiant that feels authentic, kind and light-hearted, is not an easy task. Not because there are not good officiants out there but, finding someone that makes you feel calm, heard, and wants to move you in the best way possible is not easy and believe me, I reached out to several officiants all lovely but, no Francie!
Francie brought into focus a moving and true-to-us ceremony. Tears, love, laughter were felt by all in the room. She wove into the ceremony our love story along with little bits and pieces of who we are both as a couple and as individuals. She took the time to meet with us, supported us at the rehearsal and submitted our marriage license in record time (we received it back from the town in less than a week from our wedding date). All to say, Francie has all the elements you need (filing of the license, rehearsal support, etc.) plus all that you want (taking time to make the ceremony everything you never knew you wanted). My husband and I cannot thank Francie enough!
Response from the Vendor on 11/16/2022
Kayla, Thank you so much. I felt so connected to you and Nate and the intimate wedding you both created. It was truly wonderful to be apart of your special day. Thank you so much for your sentiments!! So happy you felt that way! My best, Always...
to you both!
Francie
Francie is an amazing officiant! We truly don’t have enough good things to say about her. In fact, we are still getting compliments more than a month later about how special, and meaningful the ceremony was - and that is all thanks to Francie. We’re obviously a tad biased…but even our parents’ “pickier” friends said it was one of the best wedding ceremonies they’ve attended ;)
Not only was the ceremony flawless, Francie made the planning process so easy, stress-free and most importantly personal. She took into consideration every detail that was meaningful to us as well as the details we did not want incorporated. Even though we had never met in person before the big day, we felt that someone who knew us for years was beside us on our wedding day.
As one of three girls, I can guarantee our wedding is not the only in our family Francie will be part of! We couldn’t have asked for a better experience. If you’re still in need of an officiant for your wedding, don’t hesitate to reach out to Francie…you won’t be disappointed!
Response from the Vendor on 11/16/2022
Gabby! thank you !! It was wonderful to marry you and Mike and I was honored to do so. I certainly hope your two sisters will be in touch! It would be so great to see you. May thanks for such a beautiful review..and the best always..
Francie
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Francie was such a wonderful person to marry us! She really got to know us and took so much care in writing the perfect ceremony with us. Francie took many steps to ensure our ceremony was thoughtful and representative of our relationship. She is was also very capable when it came to to including both our Jewish and Catholic religions into the ceremony, which meant a lot to us and our families.
We felt incredibly comfortable throughout the entire process of working with Francie, she felt like a family member or close friend. We even had some of our attendees ask how we knew Francie, the connection we had with her clearly made an impact. My husband and I could not speak more highly of Francie, she was a wonderful part of our wedding!
Response from the Vendor on 11/16/2022
Thank you very much for your kind words! I am so happy you and Jason felt that way. It was purely delightful to get to know you and your families/ I certainly hope we meet again!!
Numerous guests from our wedding told us that we had one of, if not the most intimate, romantic, and spiritual ceremonies they had ever witnessed. Francie was instrumental in helping us achieve that most honored praise. As an officiant, Francie delivered top notch service on multiple fronts. Leading up to the ceremony, she maintained a perfect balance of following up with us to ensure that she could do her job of crafting a beautiful, personalized service while not applying too much pressure, ever aware of the overall effort that goes into planning an entire wedding. Her questionnaire was a perfect tool to help script a lovely, personal preamble to our vows which gave our entire audience a brief but thorough recount of our love story. We highly recommend every couple take those questions seriously and make the time to answer them to the best of their ability because she uses those answers well.
Ever communicative, Francie shared her script with us with plenty of time for us to review it and edit. She was humble and permissive, encouraging us to tailor it to us. Truth is, it didn’t require any major overhauls!
Finally, at the rehearsal and ceremony, Francie was a professional, calming presence. She allowed us to have some fun and figure things out, all the while patiently guiding us to our goal of a romantic and personal ceremony. Our only regret is that things we went so fast after the ceremony and we didn’t get a chance to offer her to stay for our reception!
We genuinely loved Francie and could not have achieved our dream ceremony without her spectacular efforts.
Heather and Jared
Response from the Vendor on 11/08/2022
Jared and Heather, what a beautiful tribute. I am so happy you felt this way. It was absolutely delightful to get to know you both and to marry You !!
Francie
Thanks to Francie, we had an absolutely beautiful ceremony! When we first met with Francie, she had such a welcoming presence and made it clear she was going to create a personalized ceremony for us. Francie did an amazing job incorporating our story into our ceremony to make it special. She communicated with us often to make sure she was on the same page for what we were envisioning. With all of Francie’s effort, we knew our day would be wonderful and special, and it certainly was! We recommend Francie for anyone’s wedding.
Response from the Vendor on 11/08/2022
Thank you Megan and Mike, for your kind words and sentients. It was an honor to work together and to marry you !! It was a beautiful July day, too!
Francie
It was such a pleasure to have Francie marry my husband and me. She was so informative from the start and made sure that Amir and I felt completely comfortable with what she had written. She made it clear from the start that if we had any issues we should let her know, but of course, the first draft she delivered was absolutely perfect! Francie was also an incredible resource as we wrote our vows and was happy to help us get those finalized. We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant and highly recommend working with Francie for your wedding!
Response from the Vendor on 11/08/2022
Karisa and Amir!! The pleasure was mine !!! So wonderful to be the one to marry you both. Love was surely there on your wedding day.! Love abounds ..Love to you both, and thank you for your kind words!
Francie
Having Francie marry us was the best decision we made for our wedding. We got married in Turks and Caicos and originally planned to have the local officiant marry us. We felt like the ceremony was not personalized to us and it didn't feel like us, we were panicked and started looking into other options. We then found Francie and we are SO thankful we did. Francie met with us and asked us very thoughtful questions to get to know us and our relationship. Not only did the questions help Francie put together the perfect ceremony they also helped us reflect on our relationship as a couple. we enjoyed the time we spent preparing with Francie. Francie helped us find the perfect balance between customizing our vows and keeping the traditional vows we originally planned on using. We felt as if Francie was just as invested in helping us put together the wedding ceremony as we were. and after meeting with other people to marry us we realize just how rare and special that is to find in an officiant. Another example of Francie going above and beyond is helping us include a Ukrainian tradition. We wanted to include a Ukrainian tradition in the ceremony but were not really sure which one. Francie did a ton of research and talked to our Ukrainian family to help better understand the traditions. This meant the world to us and our families. We will forever be grateful to Francie for the time and effort she put in to make sure our ceremony was everything we wanted and honestly it exceeded all our expectations. I cannot recommend Francie enough if you are looking for someone to marry you who will take the time to know you and your relationship then Francie is the person. We had quite a few "special" requests of wanting a mix between traditional and writing our own vows, along with a destination wedding and our parents wanting to include certain things in the ceremony, Francie incorporated all our requests and more to effortlessly make the perfect ceremony. Thank you Francie for everything we will forever be grateful to you for making our dream wedding a reality!
Response from the Vendor on 11/08/2022
Elli and Jon!! What a wedding right on the beach! What an honor that you asked me to marry you! Really loved getting to know you both and working together to make your wedding be as you hoped, and thank you so much for your wonderful review and...
feelings about your wedding !!
Francie
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126 Main Street, Farmington, CT. 06032, Hartford, CT | Ct, Rhode island, Mass.
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Working as a psychotherapist in private practice for more than 30 years, I have had the honor and privilege to listen and be present with many people.
These experiences give me the distinct ability to hear you and help you work your words into your ceremony. I am professionally trained in the art of ceremony and celebration, and I’d love the opportunity to meet with you both.
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