Kim Crinella Wedding Officiant

Wedding Officiant Kim Crinella has been officiating nonreligious love centric wedding, elopement and vow renewal ceremonies for traditional and same sex couples on the island of Oahu since 2016. Kim offers several wedding options from a ceremony filled with the most popular Hawaii wedding traditions to a fully customized and personalized ceremony incorporating whatever wedding and cultural traditions you like. Kim will officiate a wedding anywhere on the island of Oahu. Kim also offers a Just Make Us Legal wedding courthouse style wedding and marriage license signing at her Kapolei office and an option where she officiates a tattoo wedding at Neck Deep Tattoo in Kaneohe that includes wedding tattoos. If you are eloping with just the two of you and no guests then Kim has a special package for you, message her for details!

HAWAII TRADITIONS WEDDING

This wedding option incorporates the most popular wedding traditions in the Hawaiian Islands into a personalized non-relgious love centric ceremony and is officiated anywhere on Oahu. Kim will personalize your ceremony to incorporate your love story. You will have the option to use a beautiful lifelike silk maile with tuberose garland to create a heart or circle of flowers to mark the ceremony spot for the two of you to stand in during the ceremony. If you choose to use the garland Kim will set it up before your ceremony and collect it after the ceremony.

Your ceremony begins by adorning each other in fresh dendrobium orchid leis during a lei exchange representing your giving yourselves to one another on your wedding day. During a sand unity the two of you blend separate bowls of sand into one representing the joining of your hearts and lives. Kim provides use of Hawaiian wooden bowls for the ceremony and will bring sand if the ceremony location isn't a location with sand. You may also choose to provide your own bowls and/or sand or glass beads for the unity ceremony.

Honi Honi, Ha Breath of Life is a native Hawaiian tradition of deep love and respect. It is an intimate moment of touching noses and foreheads then sharing a breath; it also looks amazing in photos and videos. You may exchange rings or other tokens of love as you vow your eternal Aloha for one another. You may write your own vows of love to say during the ring exchange or only repeat after me. After you exchange vows, but before being proclaimed married, you will perform a lava rock and ti leaf ceremony. In the Hawaiian culture it is believed that the leaves of a Ti plant bring good luck and protection from negative energy. The lava rock represents your marriage and together you wrap your marriage in good luck and leave it to mark where you pledged your eternal Aloha. When Kim pronounces you married a pineapple bubble maker will fill the air with bubbles in celebration!

Before Kim leaves after your ceremony she will present you with a ceremonial Certificate of Marriage featuring the Hawaiian Islands. The state of Hawaii will email you a copy of your official Marriage Certificate in 2 business days after your ceremony and will mail your official Marriage Certificate hard copy 2-3 weeks after your wedding.

$525 plus tax includes wedding officiant services anywhere on Oahu, beach use permit if needed, 2 orchid leis, use of silk circle of flowers, use of sand unity bowls, lava rock and ti leaf, use of pineapple bubble machine, ceremonial Certificate of Marriage.

Additional Fee applies for: ceremonies before 10am or after 7:30pm, if hiking or getting wet is required, ceremonies on national holidays.

CUSTOM PERSONALIZED WEDDING

Kim will officiate a custom personalized non-religious wedding focused on your love anywhere on Oahu. To create your personalized ceremony Kim will interview you by email asking you a few questions about your journey as a couple and what traditions you would like to include then Kim will create a ceremony inspired by your love.

During the ceremony Kim does the majority of the talking while you just hold hands and look into each other’s eyes. During the ring exchange you will have an opportunity to say your own vows or words of Love or you may request to say as minimal as possible.

You can incorporate any wedding or cultural traditions that will be meaningful to you into your personalized nonreligious custom wedding ceremony. Kim has a helpful resource of nonreligious Popular Hawaii Wedding Traditions at https://weddingsonoahu.com/hawaii-wedding-traditions with information on circle of flowers, Honi Honi Ha Breath of Life ceremony, lei exchange, sand unity ceremony, and lava rock ceremony. Kim also has explanations of dozens of other mainstream and cultural wedding traditions at https://weddingsonoahu.com/wedding-traditions-explained/

Kim's Custom Wedding fee depends on the location of your ceremony. You do not have to decide on the ceremony location until up to 24 hours before the reserved ceremony time. Please note some beaches on Oahu require a beach use permit to have a gathering, such as a wedding. If you choose a beach location for your ceremony that requires a use permit from the state of Hawaii then add an additional $50 to the prices below and Kim will arrange the $1M Liability Event Insurance and Use Permit from the state of Hawaii on your behalf.

$200 plus tax Kapolei
$250 plus tax Ewa Beach, Pearl City, Waikele, Waipahu
$275 plus tax Downtown Honolulu, Waikiki, (lower parts and Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens), Mililani, Wahiawa, Nanakuli
$330 plus tax Waialae, Kahala, Aina Hina, Hawaii Kai, Maili
$375 plus tax Makapuu, Waimanalo, Kailua, Kaneohe (upper parts), Kualoa Beach, Kualoa Ranch, Waimea, Haleiwa up to Haleiwa Beach Park, Waialua, Makaha
$400 plus tax Haleiwa north from Haleiwa Beach Park to and including Turtle Bay, Kahuku, Laie, Kaaawa, Hauula, Waianae, Yokohama Bay

Additional Fee applies for: ceremonies before 10am or after 7:30pm, if hiking or getting wet is required, ceremonies on national holidays.

JUST MAKE US LEGAL COURTHOUSE STYLE WEDDING AT KAPOLEI OFFICE

For couples who want a simple wedding similar to a courthouse wedding Kim offers a Just Make Us Legal wedding at her Kapolei office. You reserve a day and time for your ceremony and then show up, provide Kim your marriage license issued from the State of Hawaii, and in just a few minutes you are legally married! You can have a simple ceremony in her Lanai Love Garden where you may exchange rings and say your own vows if you like or if you prefer no ceremony you can just sign the marriage license and Kim will pronounce you legally married. Kim also offers to take photos after the ceremony to capture memories of your first moments as a married couple.
Kim's fee for the Just Make Us Legal Wedding is $150 plus tax.

❤️‍🔥TATTOO WEDDING EXPERIENCE

In 2018 Kim partnered with Neck Deep Tattoo in Kaneohe to offer intimate Tattoo Wedding and Vow Renewal ceremonies at the tattoo shop which includes tattoo wedding rings or meaningful tattoos on other body parts as part of the ceremony. With the growth in popularity of tattoos some couples are opting for tattoo rings or meaningful tattoos to celebrate their love rather than or in addition to traditional wedding rings. Wedding tattoos are a beautiful permanent daily reminder of the love and commitment of the couple and the vows they make to one another on their wedding day.

A Tattoo Wedding is $450 plus tax including officiant and 2 tattoos. Tattoos can be as a ring or a meaningful tattoo on other body parts and take less than one hour to complete. Add $100 per person for each additional hour of tattoo work for more detailed work such as realism portraits or medium to large pieces. You can see examples of the tattoo artists work at NeckDeepTattoo.com

🧾MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION

A marriage license is required from the State of Hawaii to be legally married. Couples must fill out the marriage license application online and pay the fee. Then the couple must go together to show their photo ids and pick up their marriage license at the Health Department Building, 1250 Punchbowl St. Room 101 (1st floor) (corner of Beretania and Punchbowl Streets), Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There is no waiting period and the license can even be picked up the same day it was applied for.
The marriage license is valid for 30 days once issued.
👉Step by step instructions on how to apply for a Hawaii marriage license is provided at https://weddingsonoahu.com/how-to-get-married-on-oahu/

Bring the marriage license they issue you with you on the day of your ceremony. Kim needs this document to certify your marriage making you legally married after Kim officiates the ceremony. Verify both of your first, middle, and last names as they appear on the Marriage License for any errors as these will be your legal names after marriage once Kim certifies the marriage. Notify Kim of any errors at the time of your ceremony. Kim does not need to named as your wedding officiate on the marriage license to officiate your wedding ceremony. She is able to update the license after the wedding when she certifies the marriage.

For all weddings Kim officiates she certifies the marriage online with the State of Hawaii the same day as the ceremony and 2-3 business days later the State of Hawaii will email a link to the couple for a downloadable copy of the marriage certificate. The State of Hawaii will mail the hard copy of the Marriage Certificate to the couple 2-3 weeks after the wedding or the couple can request a rush processing and pick up the official proof of Marriage Certificate from the Hawaii Department of Health downtown Honolulu 3 business days after the wedding.

📆SECURING YOUR RESERVATION

Kim requires a $50 non refundable deposit through Venmo, Cash App, debit card or credit card. You may pay the entire balance due but are only required to pay the $50 non-refundable deposit to secure the day/time. The balance due can be paid by credit card, Venmo or Cash App prior to the ceremony or cash on the day of the ceremony.

Kim offers helpful tips and free resources to assist couples getting married on Oahu at WeddingsOnOahu.com
Popular Hawaii Wedding Traditions weddingsonoahu.com/hawaii-wedding-traditions/
Oahu Honeymoon Activity Suggestions weddingsonoahu.com/oahu-honeymoon-suggestions/
What Needs To Be Updated After Marriage weddingsonoahu.com/what-to-update/
Oahu Photographers weddingsonoahu.com/oahu-photographers/
Oahu Wedding Resources weddingsonoahu.com/wedding-resources/

Kim is the Author of the helpful resource for engaged couples "How To Elope To Oahu From Anywhere In The World: Eloping In Paradise Made Simple: How To Get Legally Married And Plan Your Dream Honeymoon On Oahu".
Available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/45pKLb9

🌺Please message Kim with your wedding day and time to see if she is available to officiate your wedding!