Lakeland Officiants + Premarital Counseling

Marry You I Do

Best of Weddings (2x)

Central Florida

About this vendor

Custom Central Florida Weddings

Marry You I Do is an officiant service based in Lakeland, Florida that will make sure you have a perfect ceremony that reflects the uniqueness of your relationship. With experience performing numerous ceremonies since 2009 and a careful attention to detail, they will create a one-of-a-kind experience for you that celebrates your love. They service all of Central Florida. Services Offered Marry You I Do does everything from interfaith to non-denominational weddings, always making sure to give each couple a meaningful service no matter their ceremony style. They assist couples who need help writing custom wedding vows, closely working with them to listen to their ideas and desires. They will make your vision come to life while creating a memorable service that showcases your individual love. These are the services they provide: Personal video meetings Personalized vows or help writing your own Easy access via text, phone, email Partial draft script approval Filing of State paperwork Elopements Formal or informal ceremonies Reception meal blessing available Vow renewals

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Business Attributes

Veteran-owned Business
Woman-owned Business

Ceremony Types

Civil Union
Commitment Ceremony
Elopement
Interfaith Ceremony
Non-Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony

Religious Affiliations

Buddhist
Christian
Mormon
Orthodox
Protestant
Hindu

Wedding Activities

Wedding
Ceremony

Awards and Affiliations

Pricing

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5/07/2024 • Allison R

Sandy did a phenomenal job with our wedding ceremony. She walked us through every step of the process and made sure we were comfortable with the ceremony language. We had an initial phone call with her, to make sure she was the right fit and we really appreciated having that option, before making our final decision. Once we hired her, we had a video call to discuss what elements were important to incorporate into our ceremony and to provide details about our life and love story. We truly appreciated all the personal touches she included in the wedding. She is also very knowledgeable on interfaith weddings and can provide suggestions on how to tailor it appropriately. She has a wonderful sense of humor and the ceremony went perfectly. It was extremely memorable for both my husband and I…and we are truly grateful for Sandy’s professionalism and her passion for her work is evident. Choosing an officiant can be a daunting task, but I’m very fortunate Sandy was available for our wedding day and helped everything go so smoothly. She’s extremely communicative and personable. She made sure to be extremely mindful of our video recording and photographer and was able to move out of the way during the big ceremony moments. I would 100% recommend her to all my loved ones. Hire her, you won’t regret it!

Response from the Vendor on 05/07/2024

Allison, thank you and Erik for trusting me with your love story and ceremony. I loved your ideas - especially incorporating the same area that your first date AND your proposal took place. It's now THE area for all your milestones in the de...

cades to come.

2/13/2024 • Kendalle W

Wow! Sandy went above and beyond for my husband and I's ceremony. We video chatted with Sandy prior to the wedding and got tons of information from us to get to know us and our story. She created a personalized ceremony for us and made sure to include our two pups into it since they were not there for the wedding but mean the world to us. She was there for us every step of the way if we had questions or needed guidance for our vows. She did such a beautiful job and we're so happy we chose her to officiate our wedding ceremony.

Response from the Vendor on 02/13/2024

You are CJ are so special - I love that y'all dated as teens and came back together as adults. Such a special love story - you were destined to be together!

1/29/2024 • Donna M

Our officiant was amazing. Our guests all loved her. She made our wedding so personal and enjoyable. Loved it and would highly recommend her.

Response from the Vendor on 01/29/2024

Thank you so much, Donna & Lee! You had the perfect day, the most precious people, a gorgeous dress - and well, what's an outdoor wedding without a begging squirrel?? Wishing you decades of love, laughter, and flea markets!

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12/28/2023 • Ant G

I have worked with Sandy in several weddings and can confidentially say she is the best! She will make you and your guests laugh cry and be full of emotions during the entire ceremony while keeping it professional. Every wedding I have seen her perform at is different from one another as she makes them unique and tailored to your personality as individuals and as a couple. So yes she is the best!

Response from the Vendor on 12/28/2023

you KNOW you are part of my very favorite folks to work with. I appreciate your kind words very much!

12/28/2023 • Nancy Z

We loved Sandy! She made our ceremony funny yet very personal. We received several compliments. I would highly recommend her!

Response from the Vendor on 12/29/2023

and you KNOW I adore your families - there was soooooo much love there! You and Mike are so blessed!

12/28/2023 • Jena L

We got married on 12.9.23 we loved working with Sandy! She made everything so easy! She really takes the time to get to know the couple and their love story so she is able to write the perfect ceremony reading/vows!

Response from the Vendor on 12/28/2023

You two are sooooo perfect for one another! And I loved getting to visit with several of your friends and relatives. Y'all picked the picked location for your perfect love celebration!

5/29/2023 • Marco S

Sandy was an absolute pleasure to work with from DAY ONE. She was open to texting, calling, and email, at pretty much anytime and was very willing to help with writing our vows. She personalized our special day including all of our unique requests, and made everything feel extremely special! Sandy was even able to print out and beautifully format my vows the morning of our wedding! Super last minute due to me writing my vows literally the night before (around midnight), but she rallied and printed them out on gorgeous frame-worthy paper for our special day! She took the stress out of absolutely everything, and added a fantastic light hearted touch. Highly recommended!! Thank you Sandy!

Response from the Vendor on 05/29/2023

Thank YOU, Marco and Michelle, for everything the two of YOU do for others! You two are (now) my heroes and seriously so full of life and love. And the surprises - ohhhhhhh! the surprises! No one will EVER top the surprises Marco, you pulled of...

f. Thank you for allowing me to hear your love story and tell a "condensed version".

4/24/2023 • Stacey S

Sandy was absolutely amazing to work with. She is very professional, knowledgeable, caring, and passionate about her job and making sure the couple is happy. She took the time to talk to us in order to personalize the ceremony. Everyone at the ceremony said it was great. I can't say enough good words. Highly recommend! Sandy thank you so much for helping make our day special!

Response from the Vendor on 04/24/2023

Stacey, the two of you are such an inspiration! And what a beautiful way to celebrate a decade of marriage - your growth and strengths! and I loved how you incorporated that mini-you! So adorable!

2/22/2023 • Karen H

If you need an officiant, I strongly recommend Sandy. She spent over an hour on a zoom call with me and my husband, and asked us all kinds of questions – what we liked about each other, why we love each other, crazy things that we do (apparently I’m a bed hog), and what we wanted to do together in life. She also helped us write our vows when we got a bit of writer’s block and brought copies of the vows for us to read. Paul and I are both in our 40s with 3 teenagers between us, second marriage for each of us, and it was really important that the kids be part of this because I feel like it’s the 5 of us becoming a family – not just me and Paul. Sandy helped us to incorporate the kids into the wedding, asked if they’d take us to be their step-parents and if they’d promise to honor us as parents. It was just perfect. The entire ceremony was perfect. It was written for and tailored to us specifically, to the point that our guests thought she was a long-time family friend who had known us for years. She is amazing and so sweet, and so very good at what she does!!

Response from the Vendor on 02/22/2023

Karen, thank you so much! By the end of your wedding planning, I thought I was a long time family friend also! Your family and friends were so friendly and welcoming! And I'm still in awe of your special accessories - that veil and those shoes!

1/11/2023 • Jessica F

Sandy is an amazing officiant. She takes the time to learn about all of her couples. She asks many questions so that she is able to learn and create a custom ceremony and specific unique vows for each couple. She even takes the time after you are married to make sure you know about the processes in order to get your name changed and she is there to walk you through it all. Sandy Stringfellow is a blessing.

Response from the Vendor on 01/11/2023

Thank you, Jessica! You are Matt are so adorable (even though he IS a Marine *hahaha* veteran! As a Navy vet, I'll never stop ribbing my brothers & sisters from the other service branches!). Seriously, it was so inspiring to see how hard y'all...

have worked together to create such a great life and family.

12/05/2022 • Carla R

Sandy is a hoot! I love how personable she is and how, after 1 meeting with us, she captured who we were and put it into the most beautiful words! She made it special, and I can not recommend her enough ❤️

Response from the Vendor on 12/05/2022

Alex (I STILL struggle with calling you by your first name! LOL), I feel like I have known y'all for YEARS! Thank YOU (and Ethan) for being so open, sharing your love story and life - it made my job soooo much easier!

12/03/2022 • Jessica N

Sandy was absolutely wonderful to work with! Words simply cannot thank her enough. She was always ready to help answer questions, provide suggestions, examples, and was always looking for ways to make the ceremony ours. We had a micro wedding and wanted a non-religious ceremony with humor, rememberance, and handfasting. She didn't deliver a cookie cutter ceremony. Our ceremony was tailored to us in the most beautiful way possible. She worked well with the venue and our vendors as well. Thank you for everything!

Response from the Vendor on 12/03/2022

your wedding plans went through sooooo many challenges and changes. I admire your ability to stay strong, kept focused - and it was perfect for the two of you! I'm not such my fav part - that dress or those killer boots. . . you and Johnny are...

the best!

11/10/2022 • Marissa G

Without Sandy, we wouldn’t be official! Haha From our first conversation I just knew she was who we needed to officiate our wedding. I had just gone through a cancellation of our NY wedding due to Covid and we decided to just get married in our new home state here in Florida. It was an emotional rollercoaster! There were still so many changes happening and Sandy was up for the challenge with every single one that came up, from date changes to venue location changes she was so patient. Sandy took the time to get to know us not just as a couple but on an individual personal level. When she sent her first draft for our ceremony that was it.. not one change was needed! When our big day finally came, I received nothing but compliments about her. We were told “wow, it’s like your officiant knew you guys forever!” or “Your officiants ceremony was beautiful, her words, everything” & they were absolutely right! She’s an amazing human and I’m so glad I’ll have one of the most important days of my life to look back on and know she’s the one who made it so so special.

Response from the Vendor on 11/10/2022

You are my hero! Any ONE of the changes / challenges would have made a weaker person want to run off and elope - but you met every single one head on and figured a way around / over / through. Thank you for opening up your life and your incred...

ible love story to me! You inspire me!

10/26/2022 • Samantha N

Hands down best experience. She took all our wishes and thoughts and helped up develop the most amazing ceremony celebrating our love. She made it truly the best day of our lives.

Response from the Vendor on 10/26/2022

Samantha, your wedding was so unique! You had a clear idea of what you wanted - yet were open to brainstorming! The way you whipped your sword out of its sheath was amazing! And your family - oh, your family <3 !!!

6/08/2022 • Heather H

Sandy was amazing! From the video call she had with us, she wrote a great ceremony that fit our personalities. It wasn't too sappy and had good humor. Everyone said how wonderful of a ceremony it was and thought Sandy knew us for years since it was so fitting to our style. We can't recommend her enough.

Response from the Vendor on 06/08/2022

Oh, my fabulous adventurer couple! You two are such an inspiration for living your best lives! It was such a JOY getting to know you and Andy (although you KNOW the family members I wanted to meet / steal!) - and your families! Thank you!

6/07/2022 • Katherine S

I couldn't have asked for a better officiant for our wedding. Sandy was the fastest responding vendor I've ever met, enthusiastic, kind, and put so much love and effort into our wedding vows and script of which she wrote ALL of. She met with us via video call and asked just the right questions to help us plan the ceremony (we had no idea what we were doing haha) and created such a perfectly personalized script and vows to the point that friends and family thought we wrote it all ourselves--that's just how well she captured our personalities. Our wedding wouldn't have been the same without her, as she made all the difference. I can't thank Sandy enough <3

Response from the Vendor on 06/07/2022

Oh Katie, you and Jarrod are so wonderful! And a country club / Gothic / Friday the 13th wedding was such an amazing concept and blended perfectly! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of it!

6/04/2022 • Patricia V

She did such an amazing job! Delivering a beautiful and personalized ceremony. She was so helpful and friendly. I highly recommend!

Response from the Vendor on 06/04/2022

you and Daniel are perfect for one another! I love that sooooo many people unexpectedly showed up and out for your ceremony! Y'all are so loved and I was honored to be a part!

5/21/2022 • Jessica K

I found Sandy via a Tampa Wedding Facebook group, and she was a winner from the start. She officiated our March 12th wedding and I appreciated her responsiveness (many times within minutes) and attention to detail. Would 100% recommend her - she made our ceremony one to never forget!

Response from the Vendor on 05/24/2022

Jessica, your wedding was soooo lovely - especially your sweet Gram sharing her special message for the two of you. I'm kinda glad but also sad that Barry wasn't able to attend (I seriously might have dognapped him!) Thank you for trusting me

4/21/2022 • Marjorie H

Wow! Where do I begin? Sandy was absolutely amazing! She made our ceremony one we would never forget it was beautiful! She took the time to get to know us and made the ceremony very personable. My husband and I couldn’t stop talking about what an amazing job she did. Sandy is an amazing person and we are so happy we chose her!

Response from the Vendor on 04/21/2022

You and Jamal have been the perfect clients - and now friends! Your entire TWENTY person wedding party is an amazing tribe and I'm adopting your parents! Thank you for allowing me to craft your ceremony! Keep loving and laughing (and i hate t...

hat y'all are moving out of state - buit also soooo happy for you!)

10/30/2019 • Alex T

Our venue referred Sandy to us. She is the only officiant that responded to us quickly. We met with her once before our wedding and she wrote a beautiful script for us. She asked us tons of questions to get an idea about what kind of ceremony we wanted (religious, fun, short, romantic, etc.) and included special details about our love story that even some of our guests didn't know. The ceremony is really what the whole day is about, and it you want it to be perfect- choose Marry You I Do.

Response from the Vendor on 10/30/2019

I loved working with you and Vince! It was an honor telling your love story!

6/01/2019 • Jennifer M

I cannot recommend Sandy enough. From our initial phone call to after the wedding assisting me with wedding certificate issues - Sandy was amazing and so sweet. If you are looking for a one of a kind officiant for your wedding then she is your gal! We had so many compliments on the ceremony that she performed. She also made the entire wedding planning process a bit less traumatic offering her help wherever she could and lending a ear.

5/28/2019 • Meghan C

Sandy officiated our wedding at the end of April, but she was there for us from the first email I sent her. She is so knowledgeable, kind, and generally an all-around great person. She made us feel very at ease on our wedding day and the days leading up to it, and we are so grateful for her. She even allowed us (mostly me, the control freak) to read over our ceremony before the big day, and worked with us to ensure that it was everything we wanted it to be and then some. And it was a beautiful ceremony, to boot. She helped us write our vows, and made sure they matched in tone and in length, which really put my (new!!!) husband at ease. In the few meetings we had to together and the messages we would pass back and forth over Facebook or email, she got the perfect read on the two of us. She definitely has a talent for what she does, and her presence was a gift to us. She is truly a gem and I think anyone would be lucky to have her at their wedding.

5/23/2019 • Roseanne J

I'm so glad we chose Sandy for our wedding officiant! She was professional, reasonably priced and made our ceremony so personal. She perfectly voiced just what we wanted to say after meeting with us and wrote out a rough draft that we could edit as necessary. Our wedding was just as we hoped and Sandy played a big part in that...Thank you!!

4/24/2019 • Kathryn D

Sandy was the first person that we hired when we started on our wedding planning, and we could not have been more pleased. She is SO friendly and kind and truly does an amazing job for the couples she works with. We met with her for lunch and got to know her, and instantly loved her. She took the time to get to know us personally, and wrote a BEAUTIFUL custom ceremony for us. She went above and beyond and helped me with recommendations, planning, and even listened to personal meltdowns. On the day of the wedding she even helped me set things up when I was running behind. We could not have pictured our day without her, and we feel so lucky to have had her with us and along the way. Everybody says she is the best, and it's for a reason!

4/03/2019 • Olivia W

We are so happy that we found Sandy! She’s so sweet and very helpful and was there at all hours of the day and night when I would frantically text/message/email her. From our initial meeting, she got to know us as a couple and wrote a ceremony that fit us perfectly, she listed our story, what we wanted from the ceremony and what we wanted to include in the ceremony and worked with us to make it perfect. She’s open to everything and love that she accepts all couples. The ceremony at the wedding was perfectly timed, perfectly spoken, and made me cry the entire time and everyone talked about how great she performed it during and after the wedding! I was worried about finding someone that would be in charge of the most important part of the wedding, the marriage ceremony, but I felt so comfortable with Sandy and trusted her all the way. I highly recommend her to future couples!

Response from the Vendor on 04/03/2019

Olivia, I was so honored and had so much fun! Your wedding party was the best - and I'm STILL in awe of your fabulous dress! Thank YOU!

3/25/2019 • Jennifer D

Dependable and so sweet! Very professional and punctional.

Response from the Vendor on 03/25/2019

You and Frankie are soooo precious! It was an honor to get to know the two of you

5/20/2018 • Ashley D

Sandy is such a sweetheart! She communicated well and promptly with us, never leaving us in the dark! From our very first meeting, she seemed the just “get” us and the dynamics of our relationship, which she eventually highlighted so so well when the big day came around. She was very well spoken and a complete natural during the ceremony, bringing enough humor to keep things light, but also communicated the serious nature of taking vows without the ceremony feeling dry. We got so many compliments on the ceremony, with multiple people commenting on how beautifully she united us. Thank you Sandy <3 you will forever hold a place near to our hearts.