One word...AMAZING! Thomas Witham is very efficient, professional, poetic, and had an eye for photography. His style is very unique from any other wedding I've ever seen. I loved how he makes the bridal party face the audience, not only will that look good for your wedding pictures but your loved ones get to see your reaction. He makes you feel very comfortable, so don't worry about getting cold feet! He's also very funny! My guests came up to me right after my ceremony and told me that he was very entertaining, with a powerful, loving message. I just had to review him because I, along with my groom and guests were extremely impressed by his work. I've highlighted a few bullet points of what makes him stand out from all the rest:

1.) Very professional--this is not his first rodeo so he knows exactly how to run a ceremony.

2.) He's open and encourages you to add YOUR own style--I married into a different culture but I had more traditions that I wanted to implement and Thomas thought it was great. After all, it is your wedding so have it your way! I also had my uncle, who is a deacon say a few words in Spanish.

3.) He's very reasonable and upfront of the price. It's affordable and you get more than what you pay for!

So if you're looking for a memorable, unique, and smooth ceremony I would highly recommend Thomas Witham as your officiant. If you don't believe me check out his work on YouTube!

Tom was amazing!! I couldnt be more happy with our wedding day! He was super flexible we ended up being about an hour behind because of my husbands family being last minute and he was extremely understanding and pushed our time back an hour at no extra charge! I was crying so hard worried he'd cancel on us but he was totally understanding! Everything was just beautiful he did not add anything without our knowledge and did everything exactly how we wanted! He even dealt with my moms multiple requests for him to take tons of pictures! And he never lost his smile. And he said we had to do our own vows and we'd thank him later for making us do it. And i have to say i cant give a big enough thank you for making us do our own vows! I am so happy i found tom!

I could never express how special Thomas made this day for my son who is in the Navy and his new bride. He included photography by him in his price and that was amazing. He is very inexpensive, very professional and also very attentive to all your needs.

A great big thank you to Tom Witham! Day of Dreams exceeded our expectations for a contemporary, "customized to us" kind of wedding. Tom was very thorough, and his website helped show options very well. He had lots of good input and advice, and he really listened to us. So many of our guests have said he was fantastic. My favorite thing - we faced our guests (yes, a little scary, but a much better experience). Again, a great big thank you to Tom for making our special day exactly that......truly special.

My sister-in-law worked with Tom and after seeing how awesome he was, we knew we had to work with him too. Tom has a wonderful presence about him and you have no choice but to relax and go with it. He is easy to work with, professional and carries himself well. You are missing out if you pass him up!

Tom Witham performed a wonderful wedding ceremony downtown Chicago in front of the Chicago Water Tower. I was very nervous and had many questions for Tom (like a normal bride does) and he was very informative and helpful. We had a beautiful ceremony! Our son was also incorporated in the ceremony, we were able to perform parental vows to him which I thought was a great idea! Overall, Tom is a wonderful officiant and I would recommend him to anyone. -Bart and Jessica

My experience with Tom was hands down amazing.

The first thing that I really appreciate about Tom is that he was very understanding of my husband and I when we had to initially cancel our wedding. It was a difficult time, my husband and I were on a hiatus from each other, but Tom made this process very easy when he heard the news.

Fortunately, afterward he was very helpful in the transition to a new date/smaller ceremony/smaller venue.

Tom is in Indiana, and I am in Illinois. The fact that we were able to communicate and online and through the telephone to create my ceremony was ideal and our plans were perfect.

We included one speaker and giving of roses, as well as a memorial rose for my fiancee's late mother.

I can tell you that everyone at my ceremony was definitely happy with it, completely pleased with the facing-forward aspect (I got so many texted pictures right afterward! It made it so easy for everyone to catch the moments!)

Now I'm not going to lie: in the beginning 5 minutes of my ceremony, I simply heard Tom's voice but DID NOT comprehend a word coming out of his mouth because I was so nervous. However, when viewing the video, I was so pleased with the content of his ceremony. It was beautiful, heartfelt, and non-religious for the sake of my husband who is agnostic, yet still had the important aspects of a "traditional" religious ceremony.

Anyone that complains about Tom is simply a bride-zilla - in my hiatus, I realized how important it is to just let a professional do his profession correctly instead of trying to dictate or having other people try to dictate when they aren't officiating; that's what I did, and I have the best memories because of it.

Tom Witham did an oustanding job on our service. I loved that we were able to personalize it and include our children in our ceremony. He helped us through the planning and execution and even helped us make it through the ceremony when we got a little choked up. He was fantastic. Our ceremony was just beautiful. His website is fantastic for helping you plan your ceremony as well.

There is only one word I can use to describe Tom..."Fabulous". That is an understatement. It's been approxmitaley 8 days since Tom officiated my wedding and my mother is still getting phone calls about him. Our guests were immediately impressed and overwhelmed in a good way when he did our ceremony. There were repeated comments of "I have never seen a ceremony like this!" "Where did you find him?" . Your guests will be in awe of his presence and his officiating. He made them laugh and cry. One of my mother's friends said she wanted to kiss him after the ceremony but she was afraid that would have been improper. She thought he was a clergyman. He's not so a kiss is ok with him I assume. :-)

When we were taking our vows, I was about to cry and my voice cracked. I will not share what Tom said but he quickly turned my tears of joy into one of the best laughs I ever had. Not only was I laughing but our guests and the wedding party were sharing in the laughter too.

I should mention that I was an out of town bride. Both my new hubby and I are originally from Chicago. I came across Tom when his name appeared on a list of approved wedding officiantes at the one of the venues we were considering if we were going to have the wedding in Chicago. Things happened and we decided to have the wedding in Atlanta where we live. I started searching for other local officiants. None of them had the detailed web site that looked like Tom's nor the variety of wedding special moments. We made the "financial sacrifice" and flew Tom in to Atlanta. Oddly enough it was his second trip here. He had just officiated for another Atlanta couple that previous week. He was well worth the money and travel expenses. He exceeded any officiant in his delivery. My wedding planner stated anybody could do the ceremony from the back of the room. I said Tom would be doing more than just the standard wedding ceremony. She did not believe me. I am happy to say we proved her wrong!

One of his key strengths is creating photographic moments. Your photographer will appreciate Tom's ability to cue them for photo opportunities. They will miss nothing. I wish this site would allow publication of pictures! I could truly back up my statements. He will be your photographer's best friend during your special day. Heed my words..."Do the bubbles". I will let Tom explain or just go to his website.

Tom is by far not only the best wedding officiant in Chicago but also the best wedding officiant in Atlanta and truly nationwide. He should have his own wedding show! You will be extremely happy to have him as your officiant. Your guests will appreciate it. He will provide a very memorable wedding ceremony that you will treasure forever!

We contacted A Day of Dreams to be our officiant, but he was booked the day of our wedding. He gave us the phone number to Mike C. Hamilton who does the same thing as A Day of Dreams. This review is for Mike C. Hamilton (we would never have found him if we didn't go through A Day Of Dreams) but he is not listed on this site in vendors...

Mike was great- we met him in person and felt he would be able to help us prepare a ceremony that meant something to us. He helped organize and put together a great ceremony. Everyone LOVED the ceremony! Quite a few of our guests spoke with him after the ceremony and at reception and kept asking how we found him and how great he was. Everyone said they could feel how much we loved each other in the ceremony because it was something so unique to us.

If you don't want the typical cookie-cutter wedding ceremony you need to book with Day of Dreams or Mike.