Laurie Chandler Celebrant

08/07/2024

They tied the Naut(iCal)! Oh my goodness. Last night on a sailboat at sunset. The couple. A photographer. Myself and the captain (and of course the most beautiful sunset all around us )
We stood on the bow of the boat and I brought them to Mr and Mrs. When they read their vows to each other - both the photographer and I had a few tears. This was very special for me …this couple - it was pure joy to get to know them and write their love story. Since it was just us - I had a lot of “creative leeway” in writing it. One for the record books 💕🙏🏻



Can’t wait to see the professional pictures for this one. The lighting and couple were so beautiful and the photographer was so creative …just a real joy to be part of.

07/07/2024

Oh my goodness ! .goldie21 sent me the link to their professional (and GORGEOUS ) photos and I went through them and relived the wedding in my heart. SO much love …so many incredible flower arrangements …Palmer the pup walking down the aisle too …a day full of pure bliss. I LOVE looking at the photos and feeling it all again …so happy for this incredible couple. It was such a joy to get to know them 💕
Dream Team :
(Making dreams come true )
(flower extraordinaire creators)
(look at these pictures - need I say more ?)

This couple really wanted a CELEBRATION for their friends and family …. accomplished ! (See what I did there ?! 😀)

Stephen and Jasmine- Mr and Mrs look good on you !
Thank you for letting me be part of it 🫶🏻🫶🏻

16/06/2024

Back on the LOVE TRAIN! A big wedding last night uniting a couple from two different countries who found love here in Florida. Created a ceremony that honored both of the cultures and their love . As soon as I left after the wedding - the rainbow was in the sky. A beautiful sign of their wedding night.

The first pic is the bride reading the private vows her now husband wrote to her before the ceremony (swoon 🥰)

22/04/2024

I’m still finding words to say how beautiful this day / wedding /couple was! 🌸💕. Palmer the pup was part of the day and a big part of their love story ❤️. The flowers were beyond my wildest dreams - everything was just perfect.

I loved the vendor team - the magic makers and it starts with . Simply sublime😍



(Swoon - the best !)



goldie21

14/04/2024

Beautiful wedding yesterday at . Sunny gorgeous day celebrating “I Do” for Anthony and Natalie. Just a few pics I snapped before the ceremony. The couple got me the sweetest pearl wrist corsage that matched their flowers 💐. Another day to celebrate love ❤️ …the best kind of day!
The team :










Honor to work with this team to make a wedding dream come true ❤️

13/04/2024

11/03/2024

A beautiful backyard wedding in Tampa on Saturday surrounded by roses. The roses had special meaning to the bride as a connection to her mother who had passed away. The couple came from out of state to get married here so the bride’s father could be there and to be in the midst of this particular rose garden. Love stories are to celebrated and told. I’m so grateful this couple trusted me with theirs. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

03/03/2024

Don Cesar Wedding. Historic sublime venue in St Petersburg Beach. I work with a couple for months before the wedding day to craft their personalized ceremony that tells their unique love story. My biggest joy is to see it all come together on wedding day with the “village” that comes together to make dreams come true ❤️
1. The “picture perfect” couple
2. The Beautiful Don Cesar venue
3. The “flower wall”. (Stunning!)
4. Congratulations kiss from the groom and I after the ceremony 👄
5. The bride and her dad 😍(I love this picture !)
6. Golden hour and Golden family!

Nick and Sarah were so sweet to work with. Truly my honor 🙏🏻. A lifetime of love and happiness in front of them 💕

The Village :

22/02/2024

Just got to see the professional pictures from Sam and Katie’s wedding and I just re-lived it all again. Weddings truly are special moments all strung together. I look at these and I’m transported back to the day and all the love that was at the Vinoy Renaissance hotel for Sam and Katie. It was a true celebration of lovely people and love . Moment by moment. Blessed to do what I do 😍🥰

Venue:
Planner:
Photo:
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DJ:
Florals:
Hair/Makeup:
Rentals:
Photobooth:
Officiant: .chandler.celebrant
Dress:
Tuxes:
Invites:
Alterations: Alterations By Ruth
Content Creation:
Signage:
Cake:
Transpo:

❤️

18/02/2024

Chandler and Shelby planned on an outdoor wedding at but the weather had other plans. They turned the atrium and greenhouse into a beautiful magical space of flowers and love. The barn is always spectacular with its warm ambience and this one had an abundance of gorgeous flowers .
This couple had an AMAZING love story and I was so honored I got to share it with their guests. It was raining down love inside the greenhouse last night ❤️. working their magic on everything ! More to come ❤️

04/02/2024

And 2024 wedding season kicked off for me today! Couldn’t have picked a sweeter couple than Sean and Rachel! provided a beautiful backdrop on an absolutely stunning day. Look at the fun idea of the sailboat at the bar to list all the drink choices and his and her favorites. I wove in a nautical theme for the couple since it’s an important part of their story. It felt SO good to be doing what makes my heart sing …..getting couples across “the bridge” to MARRIED! ❤️

18/01/2024

Eeeeeeeee! 2024 Couples Choice award from Wedding Wire! My 4th year 🙏🏻 and I couldn’t be any more grateful, surprised, or happy ! This is because of the wonderful couples that find me and allow me to tell their story. It’s my deepest joy and honor. ❤️❤️The reviews you have given me mean more than you know (and I read them often !) and have helped me be part of the top 1% in the Tampa Bay Area. Thank you with all my heart to my 2023 couples - you made my year shine !
Special shout out to (bubble picture ) she and Chris were a very fun and special wedding in Jan of 2023 to kick off my year and are getting ready to celebrate 1 year of marriage ! Your wedding started my year in the best way possible 💕💕❤️❤️❤️

I’m just over the moon 🌙 !!

19/11/2023

Extra! Extra! This wedding at the Vinoy had it all! So many vendors come together to create magic and I’m humbled at all the wonderful people I’ve had the opportunity to work with to create the couples perfect day. This wedding was a showstopper ! Sam and Katie had an amazing love story that I was lucky enough to share . More to come once I get some of the professional pictures. The most amazing way to walk into Thanksgiving week - heart is full of “thanks”. Here’s to forever 💕 for Sam and Katie !






💕💕🫶🏻🫶🏻💕💕🫶🏻🫶🏻

05/11/2023

I was in the presence of “magic and love” last night (and flowers 💐!). No other way to describe it 💕🌸👰‍♂️🤵🏼‍♂️Doing what I do makes me believe everything is possible ! I got the sweetest text from the bride today telling me the ceremony made them tear up and laugh. Sending Zack and Shelby off to Paris for their honeymoon as Mr and Mrs - no greater honor in the world 💕💕

29/10/2023

This couple …their story ….led to “I Do!” Today. Always love a venue with big mature trees and lots of hidden places to discover. I had never done a wedding at and everything about this place including the owners was special 💕. Tyler and Jasmin - Mr and Mrs look amazing on you ! 🫶🏻🙏🏻

16/10/2023

Wedding Weekend ! Ritz Carlton Sarasota …a sublime wedding on the water full of love and gorgeous white flowers everywhere. Elegant and a statement. Their daughter was the flower girl and cried most of the ceremony she was so happy. Be still my heart 💚
Big wedding and so many came up after to say how happy they were to hear their “full story” . It was beyond a good day. 💚💚💚💚

15/10/2023

Obsessed and blessed ! This wedding decor and this couple from last night were swoon worthy ! Bohemian vibe it was and gorgeous ! The dream team vendor posse bring it all to life and the couple brings the love ! Beth Stinson and Russ ! Loved every moment of last night ! Me and Mrs look beautiful on you !
Red Mesa Events

10/10/2023

If you are getting married, having a party, like a party 🎉, looking for a photographer, or florals, or just like to have fun…(who doesn’t ?) please join this line up at Royal Pine Estate next Wednesday for the Wilder Mind Fest ….no one does it better than ! Come be inspired …I hope to see you there 🫶🏻

01/10/2023

I studied at the Celebrant Foundation and Institute back in 2020 how to write and perform meaningful and personal wedding ceremonies. During the shutdown those zoom calls with my tribe were a welcome connection with like minded souls. This weekend I’m in Chicago wrapping up a gathering of celebrants where we finally got to meet in person. Learn. Share ideas. Grow. Get even more excited about the ceremonies we do ! We all decorated some paper feathers with meaningful things to us and when we came into the meeting today - the leaders had created these wings out of all these feathers (we are stronger together 🪶 💕)

So excited and humbled about this work I do with couples…it’s truly a labor ❤️. Excited to keep learning and growing 🫶🏻🫶🏻. Thank you / what a fabulous couple of days !

17/09/2023

It was like a dream! The beauty and whimsy of this wedding was so special …the flowers were jaw dropping. So much love …so much joy …and so much gratitude on my part. I’m deeply grateful to all the beautiful couples that allow me to share their unique love story. The vendor team for this event was the “A Team”!
Let’s do it again !
PS. The first pic is just a quiet moment between the couple before the guests came in 💕

PPS. The “live flower wall”?!!! I wanted to take it home ! The most special backdrop 🌸🌸🌸🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻. Thank you !
Vendors :
Planning team extraordinaire: 🫶🏻
Location:
DJ: (best mic I’ve used 😊)
Film: (I can’t wait to see the video)

Jason and Wendy : Mr and Mrs looks amazing on you !!! 💕💕💕💕💕

08/07/2023

One week of being Mr and Mrs! ❤️. Can we do it all again and ? This wedding was ….
Elevated
Exceptional
Exquisite
Extremely beautiful💕

An honor to be part of the vendor team ….

the best vendor team - venue: planning: photography: videography: florals: hmua: dress: dj: officiant: .chandler.celebrant rentals: signage: classic car:

It takes a village of people who really care about what they do to make magic for a wedding day 🫶🏻

These pictures of this couple say it all…in love and forever and always 🫶🏻. An honor to get to know them.

Thank you - you shine bright like a diamond 💎

05/07/2023

Oh my goodness...I got to look at the Gallery from Sarah Marie Photography for a wedding I did on May 28! I. CAN. NOT. WITH. THESE. PICTURES! It brings me right back to this day....this couple.....this love story... These pictures tell a story of Love and the picture of me -well it shows my joy that I get to do this! I can't think of anything that fills my heart more. Even snuck in a "smoochie" for this beautiful bride after the ceremony. Ally Deneweth-you and Tyler are the sweetest-your love was palpable! Sarahmariephotography--you knocked it out of the park! (or the flower farm :)

02/07/2023

This black tie wedding was RED hot and gorgeous ! What an honor to bring this beautiful couple to Mr and Mrs. ❤️. “It was always you “ 🥰
The dream team at knows how to make magic 🪄
Grateful to have worked with so many great people to make this couples dream come true 👰🤵‍♂️.

Still smiling this morning over this one 😍

28/05/2023

Scenes from a wedding weekend! Two days /2 weddings. A Country club intimate gathering and a wedding at a Flower Farm. Both couples crazy in love. Tears shed. Personal vows exchanged. “Warming” of wedding rings before the exchange. A wedding day “newspaper” (how dang cute is that ??). Me? I’m just reveling in the fact I get to do this. For real. It brings me so much joy to witness such love and happiness 💕🙏🏻👰

21/05/2023

To wedding rehearsal to wedding day. A mere 24 hours in time…but a lifetime of love and Mr and Mrs in front of them 💕💍. I can NOT express the depth of passion I feel for doing this.

22/04/2023

Day 1 of being married :). This was one for the books with a tequila shot and rain sprinkles . But …lots of love 💕. My view included a horse in the field 🐴 and happy faces. I get the best view 😍

30/03/2023

Love is what's on my mind. Oh, and this gorgeous couple that I was blessed enough to marry in January at the Vinoy in St Pete. Pictures captured by the very talented Photography by Avery. Too many beautiful pictures to choose from on this wedding album that the bride let me look at! In no particular order.....the dress, the stunning bride, the first look, the fine art painter painting the couple during the ceremony, me walking in and keeping my heart wide open, the "kiss" (and me with a mini fist pump 😃), the look of the bride in the ceremony (black and white picture and I LOVE IT)!, couple walking out married amidst the bubbles, and starting the celebration...by dancing---sparkler lights and PURE JOY! This is such a gift in my life....every. single. couple. Renaissance Vinoy Hotel, St Petersburg, Fl.

26/03/2023

Sylwester and Anni 💕. Married this afternoon on a gorgeous day and I am so blessed they chose me to be their Celebrant. It’s a journey for me with each couple. Getting to know them over the months and crafting a personal ceremony that tells their “love story”. Nothing makes me happier then seeing love in action💕. Grateful. So grateful 🙏🏻. .eventsfl

04/03/2023

Plum gorgeous! Wedding at The Birchwood tonight and this couple contacted me over a year ago and asked me to be their officiant. And it’s a journey I travel with each couple getting to know them and crafting the ceremony until they love it and feel like it’s “their love story “ 💕. Beautiful colors….their “In Memory of” pictures included their dogs 💕 🐶 , got a selfie with the bride before the wedding - she’s gorgeous ….and got a snap of the wedding crasher 😉. Happy married life Chris and Jenna …it started tonight ! ❤️

24/02/2023

How many ways can I love these pictures ? The beautiful couple. Toes in the sand. Handwritten vows. Laughter . Kids playing in the sand. And love. Big gigantic grateful love. These two said “I do” on Siesta Key beach and I got to bring them to Mr and Mrs. I love them both 🥰. Here’s to your forever