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Officiant in Washington, District Of Columbia,
(703) 626-3331
(703) 626-3331

Custom Ceremonies

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    Natalia K.

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    • We had a wonderful ceremony performed by Cheryl! We are so thankful to Cheryl for making our special day amazing! She is warm, authentic, passionate, with good sense of humor and with unique approach. We really wished for not too formal, more personal ceremony, and Cheryl was excellent to create that special, warm and fun environment. Prior the wedding she took very serious preparation and tried to learn as much facts as possible about us and to understand what kind of ceremony we want. Very professional! We absolutely loved the entire experience! Couldn't be happier!

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    Natasha and Andrey, thank you so much for your kind sentiments and for so much friendship and fun celebrating your marriage! You are a very special couple and your friends are a wonderful support to honor your fŕiendship! Thank you for sharing! Cheryl

    Thanh K.

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    • Cheryl is so comforting and allowed us to customize our ceremony to work with my Vietnamese Tea Ceremony traditions. Her experience ensures that she will have the resources and advice for a young, soon-to-be-married couple. Even in the face of a global pandemic, she helped us say I do with ease. Thank you so much for marrying us!!

    April

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    • Cheryl wrote a very beautiful ceremony from everything I picked out.

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    Thank you for your kind review - I love the pictures that April shared - Congratulations! Have a fruitful and Joyous New Year as a New Family!

    Whitney F.

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    • Cheryl is absolutely amazing and helped our ceremony dreams come to life. She was patient, organized, and a great communicator and everyone complimented us on how touching the ceremony was. Highly recommend!

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    Thank you Whitney and Michael. I Had a wonderful weekend and am so honored to Celebrate your Marriage! What great Friends and Families!

    Rachael

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    • Loved Cheryl’s ceremony. It was beautiful and funny and she made it perfect for us. The process was easy and smooth. Couldn’t be happier.

    Ana B.

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    • Cheryl was outstanding for our small, custom, semi-popup wedding ceremony in Washington DC. Her fun personality also contributed to the fun but intimate ambience we were aiming for. Despite it being nearly the hottest day of the year, she delivered on the custom ceremony we designed with her and kept the situation lively and fun. We recommend Cheryl to just about anyone wanting a full spectrum of flexibility on their wedding plans. She does this for fun because it is her passion, rather than being her primary means of making a living, so we enjoyed the fact that our wedding also meant something to her.

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    Oh WOW Ana and Marc! Thank you for your special review and for sharing your Special Day with me. How wonderful to find from your Families there is a Colorado and Montana link! Yes, though hot and humid just lived the venue. Bluejacket was so fun.

    Riho

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    • Officiants in DC area were more expensive than we expected... but Cheryl provided an exceptional service for the lowest price in the area! We had NO idea how to plan/build our own ceremony, but Cheryl made sure we understood everything, she answered all the questions, and provided suggestions based on her experience. From our initial consultation, Cheryl was very welcoming, kind, and professional. She also tried to get to know us as a person, which was nice and comforting. With Cheryl's help, we are able to have an intimate & customized ceremony that was filled with lots of love. We & our guests absolutely loved it!!

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    Thank you for honoring me to share your Wedding and Ceremony! Your personal Ringbearer was perfect! Thank you for your kind review and thoughts! Cheryl

    Ana M.

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    • Cheryl was professional, warm and excited for our wedding. She gave us valuable documents that newlyweds should consider. My wife and I are Latinos and I was really impressed with how well she connected with us. We wanted our ceremony to be in Spanish and Cheryl impressed us with her Spanish skills. I know its not easy to speak another language so she went above and beyond. Also when the clercks office could not find our marriage certificate she went the next monday got two certificates for us and delivered it to us. Wow! Muchas gracias Cheryl por ser tan duce y profesional con nuestra boda. Eres una gran oficiante con mucho corazon. Eres la mejor! Gustavo y Ana

    Jordan W.

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    • Cheryl did a fantastic job helping us navigate our options and guiding us through the hectic process of getting married! Not only was she exceptionally informative, but she also was patient, warm, and helped us have a truly authentic, joyous wedding. Our ceremony was genuine, full of love and happiness, and everything went so well - I would recommend Cheryl to any couple!

    Kathleen

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    • Cheryl of custom weddings is an amazing woman. She made sure that our wedding went smoothly. She's very flexible and helpful. She was amazing part of our wedding and everybody loved her sense of humor. We really appreciated having her there and being a part of our very special moment. I definitely recommend her as she's a very personable and sweet individual.

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    Okay, you're spoiling me! It has been a great honor for me to Celebrate your Marriage! Let's keep each other posted. 😊 Looking forward to seeing your Wedding pictures, and vacation pictures.

    Haley G.

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    • Very professional and friendly, just more than our budget would allow.

    Bruce

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    • Cheryl is a sweet lady until she disagrees with you. In our case, it started with her saying she sent emails that we never received. We didn’t push back on this because she seemed like such a sweet lady otherwise. Then she started acting odd about money. She tried to increase her fees and got pretty obnoxious, including sending a nasty email two days before the ceremony with our children. We didn't need that negativity on our special day, so we told her not to come. In the end we found someone else and our kids loved the ceremony with the other person, so it is tempting not to write a review of Cheryl since it ended well without her. However, because she seems so nice at first, we thought we should warn others.

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    All and Michael, at least once in your work life you may encounter the weird and impossible - this was a career topper and is a good experience for all. All communication before the 1st Ceremony was either through Wedding Wire or through Michael's personal email account - Michael was communicating from Pakistan. His legal 1st Ceremony was in D.C., he was late and I took pictures for him and sent them. He said he was pleased. He constantly throughout said he wasn't receiving emails. Calls were tried, not Skyped (am experienced with Skypes from India, China, Australia, Japan, England, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, and Africa). Up until the 2nd Ceremony he insisted he was not receiving my emails or my Receipt for Reservation (the Receipt outlines all services, service fees, my responsibilities and the clients responsibilities). Never move forward without receiving the signed and initialed agreement, regardless of where the client lives - he never signed his Receipt for Reservation to date. Each of the following were constantly moving targets/decisions: number of ceremonies as well as dates and times, ceremony and mileage fees, filling out the Questionnaire which outlines preferences for your Ceremony, being late for the first ceremony due to forgetting to pickup flowers and disregarding advice of free parking at the Tidal Basin Boathouse also, adding to the 35 plus minutes lateness. I bent over backwards to accommodate his constant changes, tardiness, requests and eventually a hate email filled with inaccuracies that were actually lies. I have been blessed with officiating couples marriages for 26 years - in that time I've learned many important life lessons, and yet was blessed with less than 5 difficult experiences. I made one assumption that proved wrong - I assumed a former attorney would honor normal responsibilities. This one unfortunately covered each and every area that should have told me loud and clear not to have accepted either Ceremony! I always hope for you a happy, healthy and blessed life Michael and Hanh! V/r Cheryl

    Sadie

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    • Cheryl was easy to work with. She performed our ceremony as we wrote it and provided feedback about our ceremony when we asked. She provided templates for the rehearsal and examples of ceremonies. She was responsive and returned emails/phone calls in a timely manner. I have no complaints.

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    Thank you Sadie and Jesse - it was an honor officiating your wedding! Your day was so beautiful, and, your Families and Friends were so kind.

    Sarah

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    • My husband and I enjoyed working with Cheryl - she really took the time to listen to us and did an excellent job during our ceremony and making sure we were totally prepared beforehand. We even had multiple guests comment on how lovely her message and blessing for us was! After meeting with her the first time over Skype, my then-fiance and I knew she was a great decision for our wedding officiant, and her prices are really good. I would highly recommend Cheryl!

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    Sarah and Jeremiah, it was a joy celebrating your marriage. Your friends and family were so kind and supportive. Thank you for your kind words. Cheryl

    Heidi

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    • Would not recommend. After being asked multiple times by both of us, Cheryl continued to correspond with either myself or fiance, not both, which made communication difficult as we were preparing for our wedding and busy traveling for work. Despite being asked at least three times to simply "reply all" and loop the other back in the conversation, she would reply back to one of us. This created a lot of frustration and confusion. After she sent an invoice to only one of us, husband requested: "I'm sorry I thought you had it, I copied her in on all emails I sent to you and didn't realize you weren't "replying all" I frowarded her the invoice and she will take care of it. Please include her, and reply all in the future." She said she was unable to find any of this correspondence, but I have at least 3 specific times we requested her to reply all, and she said that she couldn't because she was on an iPad (?) She spent a lot of time explaining the name change process, and tips for sh... Read more

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    Daniel and Heidi, I'm so sorry and surprised at your recent review. I've just now read each of our emails (10 in all), from beginning to end, of our communications with each other over 2 1/2 months, which started in June with Daniel contacting me through Wedding Wire. I knew about your recent move, but there is no mention in any of our emails asking me to email both of you. In our conversations, I'm not 100% sure you requested me to send emails to both either. But, regardless, both of you were addressed in my emails to you. The emails were your opportunity to communicate your concerns. I noticed you refrained from interacting with me at your wedding. Though I always make an effort to become acquainted with couples, in my world I believe communication is a two-way street. If you didn't feel you were able to communicate, you and Daniel had over two months to address obtaining a different Officiant. Your Deposit was refundable - having an Officiant that you are comfortable working with is key, and, is your responsibility. I am distressed that you now discovered that you didn't enjoy the services I gave you. I certainly would have assisted you in finding another Officiant had you taken the time to talk with me about your concerns. Unfortunately, you chose to bring these concerns to me six weeks after the fact when it was too late to resolve this issue.
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