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Katelyn Peterson is the owner and creator of Wedding Words, a wedding vow and speech writing service. She helps tongue-tied couples from across the world tie the knot through her one-on-one custom vow writing service and wedding toast writing services.
With a BA in Journalism, Katelyn has always adored asking people the right questions to unearth their own vibrant story. Today, she uses that same passion to discover the details of a couple's love story and to collaborate to put their heart into words.
Katelyn has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Brides.com, The Everygirl, Bridal Musings, Wedding Chicks, and Ruffled.
Services include:
-Bride's vows
-Groom's vows
-Maid of honor toast
-Best man toast
-Parents of the bride or groom speeches
-Ceremony design
-Proposal speeches
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- Woman-owned Business
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- Wedding
- Ceremony
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I had written a speech for my son's wedding and I realized it needed HELP so I reached out to Katelyn. She asked questions and took my rough draft and made it into a speech that was well received. Many gave me complements and a couple of people said it was the best speech they had heard a father of the groom give. Katelyn is a professional and it shows in her speeches!
My wife and I had the absolute pleasure of working with Katelyn for an important milestone our life—my son’s wedding. Katelyn not only collaborated closely with my wife and I to understand the personalities of the bride, groom, and our family, but she also provided invaluable guidance in delivering a heartfelt and meaningful father of the groom speech.
Her thoughtful approach, attention to detail, and genuine care helped me deliver the speech with confidence and pride. It was a moment I will never forget, and I owe much of its success to Katelyn’s expertise.
If you’re looking for someone who goes above and beyond to ensure your moment is special, I highly recommend Katelyn. Her work is exceptional, and her dedication shines through in everything she does.
Dawn & John G
Katelyn was absolutely fantastic. I spent months waiting for inspiration to come to me, but when it didn't feel like my thoughts were translating into writing the way I wanted, she asked the right questions and was able to gauge the nature and experiences of my relationship and deliver wonderfully worded vows. Thank you so much Katelyn!!
Katelyn does a wonderful job. Very responsive and creative. I would recommend her to anyone.
I recently had the pleasure of working with Katelyn for my sister's wedding, and I cannot express enough how grateful I am for her exceptional talent in crafting my maid-of-honor speech.
From the moment I reached out to Katelyn, she was incredibly responsive and attentive to my needs. She took the time to get to know me and my relationship with my sister, ensuring that the speech would be personal and heartfelt.
The speech was beautifully written, and filled with emotion, humor, and sincerity. It was evident that she put a lot of thought and care into every word, creating a speech that was not only memorable but also deeply meaningful.
I cannot recommend Katelyn highly enough. Her professionalism, talent, and genuine passion for her work make her the perfect choice.
My wedding is in November and I thought that I had great vows to start but there was just a few things I needed help to formalize my vows in to a tear jerking experience. I reached out to Wedding Words and I’m so happy with the results of her edits and how she tied in all of my ideas and feelings as well. I cannot wait to get to the altar and read them in front of my bride.
I used Katelyn for the rehearsal dinner speech. She was able to help us a few weeks prior to the event. I was very appreciative of the helpful questions she asked which stirred my own memories of our son . She is a superb listener, thoughtful insight, and very kind constructive feedback.
We live in FL, wedding was in MA. Katelyn helped us with a last minute edit / revision during the few days prior to the bug day!
Great to work with another woman owned business!
For parents' wedding speech:
Katelyn is a deep listener. She got to know us well enough to edit our notes and write the speech in our own words! We were so relieved and happy we worked with her. So we eliminated the pressure we were feeling to "get this right". We suggested several edits and changes which she did in a timely and professional manner. And then she rehearsed with us and provided useful feedback. Our speech was terrific!
Thank you Katelyn!!
I searched for a vow writer to capture my voice in my vows. I wanted longer vows that conveyed our journey and my dreams for our future. My goal was to clearly articulate my love for my husband in a story that was sincere, heartfelt, and had bits of humor injected. Katelyn's background seemed like a good fit. We met over Zoom and exchanged several emails. Her draft far exceeded my expectations. I didn't need any changes. When I read the vows, it was as if I wrote it, if I was capable on my own. It was our love story. I was enthralled reading it. I laughed, cried, and felt my heart warm with profound love. It was everything I wanted to say but not more. Katelyn has an incredible ability to connect with me and our story. She was delightful and easy to work with. I highly recommend using Katelyn to help you write your vows. She's an exceptional writer that can bring your vision to life. I'm so happy I trusted her to capture my most important words.
Katelyn was awesome to work with on my best man / father of the groom speach. She clearly explained the process and timeline for having the speach completed and in my hands. I was prepared with lots of stories about my son when I had my first face to face call with Katelyn. She is a true professional. I can’t emphasize enough the importance in giving lots of material to Katelyn if you want the very best outcome. After reading her reviews and seeing articles about her work I did not want to work with anyone but her. Thank you Katelyn for taking “my words” and making them into a speach that my son, his bride, and my wife were proud of.
Lots of laughter and a few tears to make it memorable for all.
Choosing to work with Katelyn for my maid of honor was truly the best decision I could have made! As someone who struggles with public speaking, I was incredibly anxious about writing and delivering a speech at my sister's wedding. Katelyn truly listened to my concerns and crafted a speech that perfectly reflected my personality.
Her attention to detail was outstanding, and she managed to make the speech both special and specific to me and my sister. I am now feeling much more confident about delivering the speech in front of over a hundred guests, all thanks to the amazing work that Katelyn has done. Throughout the entire process, Katelyn was an excellent communicator, and her easy-going nature made it effortless for me to talk to her and relate my ideas.
I cannot recommend Katelyn enough for anyone in need of a speech writer. She is incredibly talented, thoughtful, and has exceeded all of my expectations.
Thank you Katelyn for all you help with my Vows! You made what could have been a stressful process enjoyable. My wife loves the vows.
I loved working with Katelyn. She really took my thoughts and feeling and put them into words that brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. I highly recommend her for any speech writing that you may need. Thank you Katelyn!
I really needed Katelyn to help me find the structure, and the tone, be a sounding board and trim out any unintended offense to a diverse crowd. She not only did a great job of that, but she was sensitive to the panic on my end as a father of the bride! She provided a quick turnaround that helped put me at ease. I would not have created the same finished product without her sitting on my shoulder and I'm grateful.
I was at first hesitant to hire an online writer for my best man speech but after all said and done I am so glad I did. Everything from our first contact to our follow-ups went so smoothly. She was able to make what I found to be the most stressful part of being a best man seem like a walk in the park, with a just a small conversation (I also added a few notes prior to our meeting as I am very shy in nature). Katelyn was great to deal with and super professional about the whole process.
I wanted to wait until after the wedding to write this review so I can convey some of the comments I received from the audience, the bride and the groom, because at the end of the day that is the real client. The comments were all along the lines of
"You killed it!"
"You had me tearing up, it was Sooo.. GOOD!"
"OMG! Your speech was amazing, you almost had me crying!
Even got a comment from the venue managers saying it was one of the best, best man speeches he has heard in a long time.
Both the bride and the groom loved it and immediately asked for a copy so they can keep it as a memento.
So, if you are looking for a writer to help you with finding those words in order to mix in the right amount of laughs while touching the emotional side, and simply just "Kill it." You do not need to look any further, Katelyn will definitely do that for you. I will definitely use her again for the next wedding I need to say any words.
Working with Katelyn on my wedding vows was the best decision I could make (other than getting married, ha!)! She instantly removed all stress and anxiety I had with this endeavor. I really appreciated her communication, organization and professionalism. I strongly recommend Katelyn's service to anyone who wishes to make their big day all the more special!
Heard Katelyn on a podcast while researching writing my own wedding vows. Decided it was worth the investment to hire her to help me. It decreased my anxiety about the whole thing and allowed me free time to prep other things for my big day. Worked with her to carefully craft my vows and couldn’t have been happier with the outcome. Everyone was very impressed by them that attended, most importantly my bride. Would gladly recommend her to anyone in need of her services.
Even if you already have a rough framework for your speech, I highly recommend using Katelyn. She is a joy to collaborate with and she works tirelessly until every word in the speech is perfect. I will 100% be using her services again.
Katelyn did a great job. Clear communication and helped me develop the perfect rehearsal dinner speech that captured the unique and special aspects of the marriage.
Working with Katelyn was seamless. She makes the process comfortable and enjoyable.
We were gifted her services by a family member as a wedding present. As someone who hates speaking in front of others, I feel so much more comfortable reciting my vows after seeing the final product that she created. Katelyn was able to eloquently articulate exactly what I wanted to say to my future husband and I'm so excited to hear his vows on our wedding. I would definitely consider using Katelyn in the future for any wedding related speech.
Katelyn was great to work with. She was very proactive throughout the entire process and made sure I was 100% happy with the final product. Could not recommend enough.
Katelyn was amazing! Truly a professional and helps you every step of the way. Oh and her writing is the best
Katelyn, you truly are God send! Thank you for helping me organize my thoughts and put them down on paper. Your expertise in expressing my ideas truly saved the day and everyone especially the bride and groom were entertained and deeply touched by my Best Woman speech.
So I can tell anyone that is considering using katelyn/ wedding words that I just had the most incredible experience/successful results a father of the bride could ask for. My daughters wedding was yesterday and I have everyone calling me up raving about my speech and although it wasn’t even my intent it brought the majority to shed happy tears. Even the vendors who work many many weddings were coming up afterwards. A couple weeks ago I was having panic attacks over what and how I was going to compose and deliver this father of the speech and I stumbled across wedding words feverishly researching tips.
Katelyn was unbelievable starting we’re her lightning responses and the ease of the process of just talking through some background on my daughter.
This type of public speaking is not my forte and I really would never been able to do something so special for my daughter who so much deserved it
The wedding was pretty extravagant and costly but I can say this was the best value of all.
😂 don’t make a mistake and not use wedding words to help you like they did for me. You have enough to be concerned with.
Working with Katelyn was the best! Super easy and comfortable process. I was also amazed at how quickly she responded to every email. Highly recommend.
I received so many compliments after delivering my brother of the bride wedding speech. It couldn’t have gone better. I feel like I’m not afraid of public speaking now lol. I definitely will be contacting Katelyn in the future and will recommend her to anyone I know that ever needs help with a wedding speech.
I had people laughing and crying at my nail salon when I read my speech. Even though I’m confident that I could have written my own speech, I’m not sure it would have been as interesting to others. Katelyn helped me weed through the stories and highlight aspects of the bridal couple in a way that exceeded my expectations.
Katelyn was great and helped me feel more confident with my MOH speech. I had so many compliments and having the Zoom call with her really made the difference. Highly recommend.
Katelyn is awesome! I enjoyed the process from start to finish. She is an amazing writer and I am so glad I found her. I will be reaching out to her again as I have a couple more speeches I need to prepare. I highly recommend working with her!
I was so nervous about the thought of giving a speech and wasn’t satisfied with what I had written. I did a google search and came across Katelyn. She took all my thoughts and created everything I wanted to get across but hadn’t been able to put into words myself. The speech went AMAZING!! People were laughing and crying and I was actually able to deliver it with confidence! But most importantly the bride and groom absolutely LOVED it. It could not have gone better! Thank you so much Katelyn for all your help!
I had an excellent experience working with Katelyn. She is professional, prompt, fun to talk to, and put me at ease. What put Katelyn on a whole other level was that she was able to pick up on my speech patterns to craft something that felt like an authentic, more polished version of me.
This was my first time working with a professional and I could not have asked for a better experience and speech. Katelyn truly translated my personality and thoughts into a beautiful speech. I will definitely contact Katelyn again and recommend her to anyone in need of speech writing assistance.
Giving a speech at your son’s wedding is a rare opportunity (many would say terrifying opportunity) to say something memorable to a large group of family and friends. It is so difficult to distill everything you know about your son into just a few minutes and deliver these remarks in a way that will allow everyone to see your true feelings for the young couple.
Katelyn has a rare gift of getting information from you easily and comfortably. She then connects your stories and memories together in a meaningful way that sounds natural so when you speak it will truly touch the heart of your audience.
From the very beginning, Katelyn has communicated frequently as she crafted my speech and kept me updated at every step until we arrived at the finished product. Whereas before I was apprehensive about taking the mike at the reception, I now am eager to step forward and help the young couple off to a great start together!
Katelyn is fantastic! The whole process from start to finish was seamless, and more importantly, fun! I couldn't be happier with how my vows turned out and I can't wait to share them with my future husband, family and friends! If you're looking for someone who is thoughtful and puts time and energy into making your vows / vision come to life, Katelyn is your girl!!
This was my third wedding speech but the first time I worked with a professional and it made a huge difference. Katelyn was a pleasure to work with and was able to take my thoughts and create a beautifully structured speech. She also helped me with the delivery of some lines to create more of an impact. I will definitely contact Katelyn again if in need of another speech.
Katelyn was the best to work with! You never really know what you're getting when you use a vendor you find online but she was very responsive, easy to work with, and thoughtful in editing to suit the situation.
I hired Katelyn to help me edit my father of the bride speech and she transformed it from my 12-minute speech (way too long I learned!) into a 6-minute speech (which includes me choking up and trying to compose myself!) that really captured my daughter and new son-in-law. I only hope it delivers as good as it reads! I can't thank Katelyn enough for giving me the confidence and comfort to deliver my wedding speech to our guests.
Katelyn was great helping me with my "father of the groom" reception speech. I first contacted her in late March.. we had a video call a few weeks later and my speech was written and went a couple of edits a week after. The hard part is over - now I just need to practice. Thanks Katelyn!
Where do we begin? Just wow! Katelynn helped my now wife and I create and craft the most perfect “us” vows. She made sure to create even flow, tone, and lengths.
We tried another vow writer before and we ended up leaving her due to our needs not being met.
Katelynn stepped in a exceeded any of our expectations.
Can’t recommend her and her services enough.
I had such a lovely time working with Katelyn! Her attention to detail, her curiosity for your relationship with the bride/groom, etc. and her expertise are deeply felt and appreciated. Cannot recommend enough!
Working with Katelyn was a great decision. She was very thorough and hit upon a great theme for my father of the bride speech right away that has made it perfect.
I had a fantastic experience with Katelyn - she was willing to go back and forth a bunch of times as I made edits and had a great attention to what I wanted to say in my vows. Thank you!
Katelyn was GREAT!!! She and her company are REAL. I found her very interested in the details of the bride and groom and she was able to incorporate these into a great father of the groom speech that I was proud to deliver and one that I received great compliments on
Katelyn was AMAZING! Found her last minute, and was able to create an AMAZING speech that everyone loved! And best part, she wrote it in my words, without her, I couldn’t have put it all in writing and make sense of it. Can’t wait for the next chance I will have to work with her again! Definitely recommend her work!
Katelyn Stanis helped me write a winning mother of the bridge speech that immediately relieved the stress of that part of the wedding weekend. She and I spoke on a Zoom call for 45 minutes which allowed her to really capture the essence of me and my relationship with my daughter in the speech. I will use her again and will recommend her to everyone struggling with the anxiety of a speech! Thanks again, Katelyn
I used the vow editing service and I could not be happier with the result! My husband is a seasoned public speaker so the pressure was on to match what I was sure would be spectacular vows. Well my vows were amazing! It really captured my voice, our unique love story and the overall tone I envisioned. In my guests on words “I went toe to toe with the speech master, that is going to be hard to beat.” When my husband read his vows after me he actually had a lot of the same sentiments and it was truly amazing how we intertwined themes. I think that is a testament to this service. It didn’t change my voice it amplified it. And because of that our vows allowed others to see the unity we have in our shared vision of our love story and vision of our future.
Without Kaitlyn my whole speech wouldn’t have been possible. She helped me create a unique one of a kind speech. When I was finished the DJ stayed that he had never heard a maid of honour speech like mine. All I did was a quick video chat with Kaitlyn and we were able to just keep sending different edits back and forth. But the main premise was one that I was getting compliments on the whole night. I had people coming up to me that I’d never met telling me how much my speech resonated with them. Hands down worth every cent!!
I have no idea what I would have done without Katelyn's help!! She helped me write the perfect maid of honor's speech for my best friend's wedding.
It's really hard for me to explain my thoughts and emotions on paper and she was able to write them out beautifully. If you have public speaking anxiety like I do, I highly recommend working with Katelyn.
Katelyn, was incredible to work with! I reached out a few weeks before my wedding requesting help with my vows. Katelyn, took my thoughts and notes and made them an incredible story! Highly recommended her services!
Thank you, Katelyn for being my fairy god-mother and working your magic with my speeches and cards. It has been a wonderful experience collaborating with you. You approach and transform what I want to say into the perfect words and have them returned in such a timely manner. I would recommend your services to all my friends.
My wedding day is quickly approaching and I needed my wedding vows to be special. Katelyn worked with me and took what I wanted in my vows and made it 10 times better. Guys, if you want to make your vows awesome, Katelyn is here to help you. Thank you Katelyn for helping me.
Katelyn helped me on my mother-of-the-bride speech. The wedding date was abruptly changed and she graciously accommodated the shortened deadline. Yet, I never felt rushed. In our discussions she was able to draw from me memories, wishes, and hopes for the bridal couple. It was a fun, collaborative effort. I am excited to give the speech. Katelyn helped me with not only what to say but how to say it.
I love the maid of honor speech! You were able to articulate things I had been stuck on and it's such a relief to see the speech come together. The process was super easy and I can't believe how quickly you turned around each draft (and agreed to do so at the last minute). The wedding went so well, thanks to you. I, miraculously, was not at all nervous and was able to deliver the speech well. It was a hit. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Katelyn excelled at translating my feelings to words for my vows. From the start, she was responsive and communicative, signaling you're in capable, competent hands. After the initial kick off, she remained organized, thoughtful and deliberate throughout revisions. The whole process was seamless as we worked together on Google docs to craft my vows. I had high expectations coming in and she surpassed them at every step of the way.
I cannot express how easily, simple and amazing Katelyn is. I was so nervous even thinking about my vows and now after working with her I’m truly excited!!! It was such a pleasure. She used my story and my words and simply put it into sentences that made sense. I highly recommend and can’t thank her enough!!!
Katelyn was incredible to work with. She listened to me, and helped me write a Best Man speech that I could be proud of.
I could not have been as confident without her help.
We’re not all blessed with the talent to share our feelings in an eloquent, beautiful way. Wedding Words took the stress out of that part while still allowing the personal touches to shine through! I was impressed and grateful, and couldn’t believe all the compliments we received after the ceremony on how lovely and emotional the vows were. Thanks so much Wedding Words!
I was searching on the internet looking for suggestions on how to give the Father of the Groom Speech for some tips and tricks. I came across her site and decided that while I had some of my thoughts organized I could really used help in writing my speech. There was so much other stuff going on that I really need wanted to focus on more on my delivery. After all, I only have one shot at it. Katelyn was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING in helping me get prepared and I would highly recommend her services!
I am absolutely thrilled to have used Katelyn's services for writing my vows. She explained the plan on our first video chat and had a timeline on how the process should go. She had excellent writing skills, she was able to elicit tons of information from our video chat for my vows. I really appreciated her patience in the editing processing and her explanations on how to improve my vows. I would HIGHLY recommend her services to anyone in need of some assistance with their vow/speech writing.
Katelyn was so incredibly helpful with the entire vow writing process! I didn't know where to start, and she offered some prompts that really got me digging and thinking about what I wanted to say and how. It can be so intimidating to not only put your love and relationship into words, but to do so in front of all of your family and friends. I felt so much more prepared, confident and comfortable because I had Katelyn on my side through the process!
Hands down the absolute best decision of my wedding planning process was choosing to work with Katelyn! She crafted a beautiful first draft and took only a few days to get the final draft completed. By the end it felt like it was crafted specifically for me. I was also amazed by how much information she was able to capture in just an hour of chatting. Can't recommend Katelyn enough. A++
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