Officiant Grace

23/04/2025

Blessings Upon Blessings for R&T and their soon to arrive baby girl. This kind of presence, tender joy and community love is what brings a wedding to life. Thank you R&T for being so genuinely engaged in crafting your ceremony and sincere in your vows. Every moment and word seemed to radiate with your love and happiness. May this kind of sweetness fill the days ahead. Thank you for the honor of guiding you across the threshold into the santuary of marriage. Love Grace
Thank you Tori for these magical photos and to the rest of the vendor team for taking such good care of these precious Love Birds.

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01/04/2025

R&T and Baby Bump celebrated their utter wedding joy with their closest family and friends in soft Spring sunlight, at the also utterly magical under a solar eclipse offering radiant new beginnings.
We summed up their love story with four famous sayings
#1 “mother knows best” - it was the bride’s mother who prompted her to create an online dating profile as part of her job and new life search while visiting Seattle.

#2 “To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven”. Our groom had set his dating profile to a 10 mile search radius which just happen to include the hotel where R and Mom were staying

#3 “When you know you know” After only three dates T was so sure that he had found his forever Love he was buying a family pass at the local museum

#4. “Life is what happens when you are making other plans.” What was supposed to be a romantic trip to Venice for a secret proposal and engagement became a surprise baby on board reveal on the very same day. With a love is powerful as this there was absolutely no reason for waiting and so baby and angels, and all the heavenly hosts got the family started right away.

We had a beautiful reading by T’s mother about love being like a river which was perfectly fitting as the rushing river sang along right beside our ceremony gathering.

We ended our sweet ceremony with a circle gathering and beautiful family blessing, wishing them all the happiness that their hearts can hold.

And then we sent them off with flower petals and bubbles into their happily ever after.

Thank you to the wonderful vendor team for taking care of this sweet family and their loved ones. What a day filled with joy.

Rachael & Nelliena






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16/03/2025

T&B came all the way from Minnesota to be married in the Olympic Rainforest. They really wanted to plant a plant as their gift of gratitude to the forest for being their wedding chapel and a lifelong sacred place for T and her sweet family. With all the details, traveling with two little kids, and a family entourage, the arrangements for this ritual did not materialize. I really wanted this for them so I brought the teeniest tiniest mini plant that looked like a tree that I could find. With rain pouring down and everyone huddled under umbrellas T & B planted their mini tree and carried all the way home on the plane as their keepsake. The day after the wedding I visited a nearby giant of the forest. The biggest Sitka Spruce in the world. I told him about the little Olympic Forest sprout that would now grow up in MN along with this precious new family.

25/02/2025

Being Officiant Grace is such a powerful, joyful calling for me! Everything I have done in my multifaceted career has been polished like a diamond in this beautiful role. These smiles and hugs reflect the genuine joy emerging from a heart and soul filled ceremony! They also reflect the gratitude of getting to work with THE BEST professionals ever. That would be you my fellow friendors!
Being a finalist again this year #3! For Washington Wedding Day’s Best Of 2025 is such incredible validation that I am following my bliss and earning your respect. That means the world to me. Congrats to my fellow officiant finalists. If you haven’t voted yet, I would love your consideration for Best Officiant 2025! Thank you and can’t wait to celebrate with everyone again this year.

14/02/2025

THIS is how to begin your marriage. A moment of utter stillness and presence, holding hands with your Beloved and Best Friend, embraced by a dazzling rainbow of flowers! May we all create moments like this for a life journey of love. Love of self, love of other, love of the whole world! Happy Love Day!

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08/02/2025

IT'S OFFICIALLY ENGAGEMENT SEASON!!! A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU!!
If this is you Dear Couples, first of all, Happy Congratulations. My wish for you as you savor the sweet glow of engagement, is that you reflect and clarify, not only what you want for your wedding celebration but what you want for your marriage.

I of course would LOVE to be your ceremony officiant if you are getting married in Washington State or want to fly me to your destination wedding 🌞 AND I wanted to let you know that I have a most wonderful Couples Course called Deepening Your Love. It is a twelve week journey for you to take together to:
❤️ practice being present with yourselves and each other even in the midst of busy lives
❤️learn empathic and deeply authentic communication skills that will ensure you feel safe, heard, met and responded to in the ways that make your heart sing
❤️create a vision map for your future from your deepest hopes and dreams and not just a default course based on life’s busyness or outdated patterns.
Deepening Your Love is my love offering to you. And since February is the month of love, please receive a 10% discount for the course for booking before March 1. Reach out at www.officiantgrace.com and let me know you want the 10% discount. We will set up a meet and greet call and get you on your journey to Deepening Your Love right away!!! We can work together in person here in Edmonds Washington or virtually from the comfort of your home.
May the gift of love that has found you continue to bless you for EVER!!

p.s. This charming painting is by

30/01/2025

What does it take to keep a love relationship strong and thriving over years, decades and seasons of life?
In my experience, it takes an understanding, that more than anything else, a committed relationship is a journey of personal and partnership growth. The entire purpose of our life here in the Earth school is to learn and grow so how do you do that when there are two of you? And where did you go to school to learn to partner in powerful fulfilling and successful ways?
Just like anything we deeply value it takes nurturing, investment, time, energy and enthusiasm and a willingness to be life long learners.

Please consider taking this wonderful course, Deepening Your Love that I created for you Dear Couples. It is powerful, inspiring and even fun if you can imagine that!!!

Starting with the simple and life altering practice of Presence, you will remember the beautiful depth of your core connection with yourself and each other. Then you will learn how to become powerful listeners, authentic empathic responders and together create solutions, resolutions and breakthrough ways to navigate all the big and small choices and decisions that being married requires. Lastly you will call forth a "BLUE SKY" vision for just how wonderful your partnership and marriage can be. Becoming champions for each other's deepest hopes and dreams and then staying steadily at the helm of your marriage so that you truly do sail into the sunset together.

Link in bio for more information and to schedule a free consultation. https://www.officiantgrace.com/deepeningyourlovecouplescourse.

I can't wait to help you Deepen Your Love.
xo
Grace

29/01/2025

https://www.officiantgrace.com/deepeningyourlovecouplesco...
What does it take to keep a love relationship strong and thriving over years, decades and seasons of life?
In my experience, it takes an understanding, that more than anything else, a committed relationship is a journey of personal and partnership growth. The entire purpose of our life here in the Earth school is to learn and grow so how do you do that when there are two of you? And where did you go to school to learn to partner in powerful fulfilling and successful ways?
Just like anything we deeply value it takes nurturing, investment, time, energy and enthusiasm and a willingness to be life long learners.
Please consider taking this wonderful course, Deepening Your Love that I created for you Dear Couples. It is powerful, inspiring and even fun if you can imagine that!!! Starting with the simple and path altering practice of Presence, you will remember the beautiful depth of your core connection with yourself and each other. Then you will learn how to become powerful listeners, authentic empathic responders and together create solutions, resolutions and breakthrough ways to navigate all the big and small choices and decisions that being married requires. Lastly you will call forth a "BLUE SKY" vision for just how wonderful your partnership and marriage can be. Becoming champions for each other's deepest hopes and dreams and then staying steadily at the helm of your marriage so that you truly do sail into the sunset together. Have a look at this page from my website and follow the Contact Me link to reach out for a free consultation. I can't wait to help you Deepen Your Love.
xo
Grace

29/01/2025

Just Married Magic. Would love to share this joyous Yeah We Did It Just Married Moment

Weddings in Woodinville
Content By Christina

27/01/2025

THIS is what a stellar team looks like after months of creative investment in serving our future clients. Thank you to each and every one of you for the beauty, kindness and collaboration for Weddings In Woodinville 2025 at Willows Lodge.Thank you Jenn for hosting us. Sarah and team at Eventful Moments wow wow wow...look at how lit up we all are after being on our feet for six hours! Thank you for capturing the heart and soul of our amazing vendor family. Second photo we were told to turn toward Beth...I guess my new name is Beth! 😂 I am so proud to be among you and can't wait to work with you again.
Venue & Accommodations- Willows Lodge:
Catering: Barking Frog-
Floral: Flora Pacifica- .co
Planning and Design: Eventful Moments-
Photographer: Kristen Honeycutt Photo Co.- Rentals: CORT Party Rental-
Stationery: Ink + Petal Design Co.-
Fabrications: Steven Michael Designs-
Wine: Tirriddis Sparkling Wines-
Cake: The SweetSide-
Attire: Samila Bridal and Formal-
Hair: Zo and Co Styling-
Photo Booth: Lionize Portrait-
Content Creator: Content by Christina-
Officiant: Officiant Grace-

15/01/2025

Woo Hoo!!! It is that time of year when we in the professional Washington wedding community get to play "PICK ME" for Best Of 2025.

Thank you Washington Wedding Day for this very fun and very impactful opportunity to celebrate and endorse the professionals who give so much to their wedding clients and fellow vendors.

I am honored to have been a finalist for the past two years for BEST OFFICIANT. I would love your vote again this year.

Truth be told, the yearly Awards Gala is one of my very favorite events. I pretty much cry my way through the evening. There is so much genuine joy and happiness as we cheer and celebrate each other.
The visibility and recognition also are powerful assists in reaching more couples to serve as they make their love commitments on their wedding day.

If you are one of my beloved couples who have I have had the honor of marrying or will be marrying this year, or one of my family/friend/fellow pro fan club please consider voting between now and February 2nd.
follow the link in bio here on my page to vote or head over to to follow the link there to the voting page.

Fellow pros we will have another opportunity to vote for each other February 18 - March 9.

Let the voting games begin and thank you to everyone who chooses to dedicate their professional lives to serving LOVE. Such a beautiful call to purpose. I am so grateful to be part of this community.











xo
Grace

05/01/2025

This is the look of joy, confidence and peace that comes from not only being fully invested in co creating your wedding ceremony, but arriving at your wedding after fully investing in your relationship with couples counseling.
C&S found me at a wedding show about a year before their wedding date. With full conviction they said, we want to do counseling with you Grace and have you marry us. In other words, “We are all in!”
Even with super busy lives and planning their wedding, they made the drive to their weekly sessions and over the course of three months transformed in beautiful ways.
They made powerful shifts in their individual self care and found new ways to truly nurture and support each other.
I have such incredible respect for you C&S having witnessed your commitment to be courageous and vulnerable with each other. What an inspiration to feel your connection growing deeper each week.
C had some big nerves about being in front of their guests for the ceremony, so we planned in some quiet time before hand to do the same centering practice we had done each week in their sessions. They both became so calm. I could feel the love radiating between them. By the time we actually stood together for their vows, they were relaxed and savoring every moment. Their Loved Ones were also completely present and cheering them on with laughter and tears.
One of the most touching things that happens during such genuine ceremonies, is the gift of a blessing from Nature. Sure enough, as they were sharing their commitments, an eagle appeared overhead, soaring high and offering its blessings on these two beautiful souls.
If you are getting married this year, I encourage you to consider taking my Deepening Your Love Couples Course, whether I am your officiant or not. These photos are the best testimonial I can give you for the impact of these powerful counseling sessions.
Congratulations C&S. Link in bio for DYL Couples Course.

31/12/2024

Dearest Couples. This is the journey to true fulfillment

WHAT IS A CONSCIOUS RELATIONSHIP?

“If you accept that the relationship is here to make you conscious instead of happy, then the relationship will offer you salvation, and you will be aligning yourself with the higher consciousness that wants to be born into this world.”
— Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

In a conscious relationship, your partner becomes a loving mirror, reflecting your true self back to you—your light, your shadows, your strengths, your struggles, your power, and your brilliant flaws.

Nothing remains untouched or unseen in this penetrating light. Everything is welcomed here to be embraced, digested, and transformed by love and in love.

Your partner will see beyond the perfect image you present to the world. They will see the cracks in your armor, your imperfections, your concealed fears, and your deepest desires. They won’t allow you to hide behind a wall of pretense because they believe in your potential and capacity. They will gently encourage you to step up, take responsibility, and face yourself and the world with integrity and truthfulness. They won’t let you get away with lies or manipulations. They will call you higher.

They will call you into spiritual maturity and awakening.

Honesty is at the core of all this, but it’s not just about sharing your thoughts—it’s about revealing your souls to each other, your tender hearts. You are invited to share the things that frighten you the most: the fears you’ve buried, the insecurities you’ve numbed away, and the parts of yourself you’ve kept hidden. Your addictions. Your obsessions. Your grief and your rage.

This honesty is daunting, yet ultimately liberating.

By bringing your whole self into the light, you begin to release yourself from the burdens of shame and illusion.

You come out of hiding and allow yourself to be fully seen.

And yes, each time you share yourself, it may feel scary. Your partner might reject you. They might shame you, ridicule you, or walk away—like your parents did, perhaps. Perhaps you’ve been hurt before in relationships, and there’s a part of you that fears a repeat, a re-traumatization. Your nervous system braces itself for impact.

But each time you reveal your truth—each time you share your deepest self, your anger, your pain, your tears, and your joy—and they actually listen, and they stay, and you feel heard, held, and forgiven in love, you begin to heal that personal and ancestral trauma. You weave new bonds of secure attachment and trust.

The fear of abandonment fades. The fear of intimacy fades.

This is how trust is built over time: Your partner doesn’t just see who you pretend to be—they truly see the raw, real, vulnerable you. They see the cracks in you where your deepest wounds are, the bits of your life you’ve tried to hide, the creativity and joy that have always been waiting to shine through. They see your inner child, your dreams, your untapped potential, your beautiful heart, your ultimate goodness.

They see who you are, who you were, and who you are becoming.

And they love you—not despite your imperfections and flaws, but because of them.

A conscious relationship will offer you comfort and pleasure, yes, but it also asks you to grow, to find your edges and limits and push them. It will ask you to rise into the person you are meant to be, the person you are truly capable of being. It will ask you to stop playing small and safe, to stop hiding behind what feels easy and superficial. Your partner will remind you that you are capable of so much more than you think—that you have the strength to step fully into your power and fully onto your life’s path.

And while that can feel terrifying and even overwhelming at times, it’s also the most freeing thing in the world—to be supported and encouraged to soar like that while staying rooted and grounded in trust and safety.

Yes, this is the wonderful paradox of true love:

We stay rooted together, yet we soar.

- Jeff Foster

28/12/2024

Must Watch for YOU Engaged couples...especially if you are looking for a unique non traditional and completely heartfelt ceremony. That is totally my passion Your wedding and especially your ceremony is a life defining moment...make it wonderful fun and filled with the support that will help you grow together forever.....apparently the FAB 5 agree.

Grab some tissues! An all-new "Fab Five" serve up hip tips, emotionally charged makeovers and heartfelt reveals that bring out all the feels.

05/12/2024

48 hour wedding planning at its finest!!!

I received a phone call from this lovely woman on Monday asking if I could do a license signing for her and her partner on Wednesday. I often get these last minute requests but they rarely happen. It was meant to be a simple practical we need our license we will be in blue jeans, gotta catch a flight out of town meeting. As we discussed the details, an unexpected plan emerged...
What if you turned it into a mini wedding while you wait till next year for your big celebration? I feel strongly that signing that license is more than just a legality and if you are going to do the document binding let's also bind your hearts at the same time. The bride went out and not only found an adorable dress and cute shoes but THE PERFECT fuzzy bride cap and the witnesses aka the groom's parents, pulled together champagne treats and a spontaneous video set up so we could capture all the fun and surprise of our Insta Wedding. Less than 48 hours later, off I went into the foggy morning, and arrived to the sweetest living room wedding chapel I have ever seen.
In just over 8 minutes our sweet couple, overflowing with tears and giggles, had been pronounced and kissed and received more happy tears, hugs and kisses from their delighted witnesses.

When you know you are ready, you just know and these two were fully ready to take this first step into the adventure of marriage. And they get to do it all over again when they are ready to celebrate with all the Dearly Beloveds next year.
Congratulations R&C. You totally charmed my heart and proved that when your hearts are in the right place you can take the leap in joy and ease.
If you are needing or wanting to get married over the next few weeks during the holidays or to ring in the New Year, be in touch...mini weddings with Officiant Grace R US!!!

03/12/2024

Fantastic Date Ideas. Share results here!

Unusual Date Ideas

1. Go on a search for as many good climbing trees as possible, climb as high as you both can in all of them, compile photo evidence.

2. Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books.

3. Have her dressed up as a ghost and you dress up as Pacman. Walk around downtown holding hands, and whenever anyone sees you two, pretend to be embarrassed, and run off screaming "wocka wocka wocka."

4. Create photo evidence suggesting that you went on an adventure that didn't really happen.

5. Dress up as superheroes and stop at least one petty crime "ie. jaywalking, littering...."

6. Build forts out of furniture and blankets, and wage war with paper airplanes.

7. Try and visit as many people as you can in one night, and turn as many things inside their apartment upside down as you can, without them noticing.

8. Go to the airport, get the cheapest, soonest departing flight to anywhere when you show up, and stay there for a weekend.

9. Write a piece of fiction together. Outside at a cafe. Ask strangers when you get stuck.

10. Dress to the nines, pretend to be married, and test drive very expensive vehicles at an auto dealership.

11. Do the lamest tourist thing in your area that you have both secretly wanted to do forever. Have an unabashed good time!

12. In the middle of the night, drive to the beach, so you arrive just as the sun is rising. Have a breakfast picnic, then fall asleep together. Bring a sun umbrella.

13. Drive somewhere unknown and have dinner in a city you've never been to. With fake names.

14. Go to a minor league baseball game under the stars. Tell each other stories about how bad you are at athletics. Randomly cheer for both teams. Eat lots of Cracker Jacks.

15. Go around the city with sidewalk chalk and draw hearts with equations inside on random things.

16. Walkaround a city and perform short silent plays in front of security cameras.

17. With camera and pair of boots, make photolog of a day in the life of the invisible man.

18. Walk around the city all night and find a place to eat breakfast at dawn.

19. Go to a restaurant and convince the cook to create something completely new for you.

20. Rent a movie you've never seen before. Set on mute and improvise dialogue.

28/11/2024

A&D are two of the most pure of heart beings I have ever met or had the pleasure of marrying. They came all the way from Florida with their loyal family arriving from the heat to a very cool, misty, ok...pouring rain mountain top for their wedding. I will admit I had some moments when I thought we might get completely washed out but A&D only got more excited, more relaxed and more totally into their PNW adventure celebration. Umbrellas were put to the ready and then our precious groom smiled and cried his way through the ceremony as his beautiful bride beamed with joy. We shared wishing stone blessings, including one from the mother of the bride, "I am so happy for you, I approve of this union!!!" - you can't get better than that!! And all the while our stellar photographer, Sarah Jane@worksbysarahjane captured the soft magic of the forest, the water and the happiness that beamed out across the landscape. Thank you A&D for the honor of officiating your sweet ceremony. Your vows were filled with tenderness and wisdom. The lamps you are carrying are such a sweet symbol of the light you carry in your hearts. It is bright and strong and will guide your way through a very long and happy marriage, I am sure of it.