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Heartcrafted Ceremonies offers custom, creative, and personalized non-religious wedding and elopement ceremonies. Serving Northwest Oregon, Western Washington and the South Puget Sound and beyond! Susie Cunningham is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant who creatively writes and officiates wedding ceremonies unique to each couple. Through Heartcrafted Ceremonies, Susie works closely with each couple, and together they collaboratively create a meaningful and personal ceremony. Each wedding also includes the couple's Love Story meticulously written by Susie. Whether the wedding is more traditional or an eclectic, creative gathering, Heartcrafted Ceremonies will create a wedding or elopement ceremony that authentically represents each couple.

Services Offered
Heartcrafted Ceremonies creates custom wedding and elopement ceremonies that uniquely reflect the values and commitment of each couple, offering ideas for readings and meaningful, non-religious rituals. Susie is an ardent LGBTQ+ ally, supporting marriage equality and providing impeccable service and support to ALL couples.

  • Custom, unique wedding ceremony
  • Elopement and Small Wedding specialist
  • Calm and supportive environment, especially for introverted couples
  • Guidance writing wedding vows
  • Assistance with obtaining marriage license
  • Wedding Rehearsal lead

If the wedding ceremony is the centerpiece of your day, and you want an integral part in planning it, choosing Susie Cunningham of Heartcrafted Ceremonies is an excellent decision! (No experience needed!) Together we will CREATE, COLLABORATE and CELEBRATE your most special day!

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Frequently asked questions

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
No Denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

CA
CO
OR
WA

What languages do you speak?

English

Reviews of Heartcrafted Ceremonies

Lauren
Lauren Sent on 11/07/2021
5 out of 5 rating

The absolute Best.

There is no one better than Susie. She felt like family the moment we met her, and that continued through the entire process. She was also a total professional - responsive, thoughtful, always thinking ahead, for us. She was one of the few things in our Covid-Wedding that went completely according to plan, and more! And that's all thanks to Susie. You should feel truly honored to work with her. There is no one with a bigger or more honest heart.
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Lauren Sent on 01/14/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Wedding Officiant

Susie did a wonderful job officiating our destination wedding in Hood River, Oregon. She worked with us from afar via video and phone calls during the planning process to create a custom ceremony that would reflect our unique story and helped guide us through writing our personal vows. As the wedding approached, she provided us the draft of our ceremony and made all the changes (even little nit-picky things!) that we requested. On the day of, she beautifully guided a very heartfelt, emotional, and loving ceremony. We highly recommend working with Susie!
Jenny
Jenny Sent on 08/15/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Susie helped our dreams come true!

Susie was the best officiant we could ever hope for. She made our imagination a reality. From start to finish, she was so kind, caring, supportive, and understanding. My husband and I are normally shy and awkward, but she made us feel so comfortable during the whole process. Her beautiful words during our ceremony brought us to tears. She really made it personalized for our relationship. She's truly amazing, and we are so grateful to have found her. We wouldn't recommend any other officiant than Susie.
Jeremy
Jeremy Sent on 07/07/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Officiant

My wife and I are so happy and fortunate that we chose Susie to be our officiant. From the initial consultation meeting, we knew exactly that this is who we wanted to lead our ceremony. She was thoughtful, responsive, and friendly throughout.

We wanted a customized, secular ceremony while still having traditional vows and it was all possible thanks to Susie. She allowed us to be our true selves and share our love story, which she helped curate, in front of our family and friends.

Also, several of our guests told us during the reception how much they liked Susie. If you go with Susie, I’m sure you and your guests will say the same.

Thank you, Susie!
Jennifer
Jennifer Sent on 11/27/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Perfection!

From the moment we first spoke I knew Susie was the one for us. Her genuine kindness comes through immediately . We had an instant connection and felt like we had been friends for years. From start to finish she was so professional and helpful with any questions we had. Susie has a wealth of knowledge with all types of ceremonies and really works with you to make each one so personal. Our ceremony was very intimate and completely reflected us as a couple. Hearing our love story was amazing as we chose to wait for the ceremony to hear it for the first time. Definitely recommend it! All in all we had an amazing day and thanks to Susie for making that happen. She truly is a gem and we will cherish her and look back with the best of memories.

Jennifer and Jay
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Cynthia Sent on 10/19/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Simply Amazing!

My husband surprised me with our wedding renewal in Portland Oregon. I was so happy to meet Susie. She made our event amazing and so easy. She was sweet and on target with everything. She made us feel comfortable and she was super nice and sweet. She made our renewal day so beautiful. They way she incorporated our love into our ceremony will never be forgotten. Highly recommended!!! David and I will be forever grateful.
Kara
Kara Sent on 08/30/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Susie is the best!

Our ceremony was written perfectly. The flower circle (made from flowers and ferns from her yard) was magical. It was an intimate, personal and lovely day and we are so happy to have chosen Susie to be our celebrant. You are so warm, inviting and lovely. Thank you for everything, I adore you!
Caitlin
Caitlin Sent on 07/17/2020
5 out of 5 rating

We are so grateful for Susie

Planning a wedding is stressful. Planning a wedding during a pandemic... way more stressful. Thank GOODNESS we had Susie along for the ride with us on this one. She not only is a pure joy to chat with and be around, she is so organized and communicative, and went above and beyond to make sure that our day was as special as we imagined it would be -- despite all the twists and turns. At one point, she even offered options for alternative ceremony locations and really helped us through all of the changes in our plans. On top of all that, Susie is a beautiful and creative writer and did an absolutely stunning, heart-touching job writing our ceremony. We felt like we formed a special bond with her throughout the whole process and could not imagine sharing the start of our marriage with anyone other than Susie. Thank you, Susie!
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Ashlee Sent on 07/16/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Simply the best!

Susie was amazing from start to finish. She made this whole experience light hearted and easy. We planned our wedding in about a month and we feel so lucky we found Susie. She really did make our ceremony feel so personal and like she had known us for years. In times where we couldn't actually meet in person until the day of that says a lot about her. When I look back on our wedding day our ceremony was such a special part of it that I'll always cherish. Susie is thoughtful and made our ceremony exactly what we imagined but better. Everyone at our wedding kept complimenting us on how amazing our ceremony was. Thank you for marrying us Susie and being the best of the best!

The Merry's
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Christine Sent on 04/20/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Susie was a Wedding-Saver!

We got married last July (2019) and had a wonderful celebration with Susie! We had originally asked a close family friend to officiate our wedding - my wife and I researched and wrote our own script and had started workshopping the ceremony with her. About a month before the ceremony, our would-be officiant called us and said that she would no longer be able to officiate our wedding due to familial pressures, since this was a same sex wedding. Naturally we were upset and hugely stressed. Then, we found Susie and she was the perfect person to partner with for the perfect wedding. She took our script, asked all of the right questions, made all the right changes and worked to make our ceremony as personal as we had been planning from day one. She was flexible, generous and warm. We couldn't have had the wedding we did with anyone else! We'd recommend Susie to anyone who's looking for a thoughtful, creative officiant!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

2 Endorsements
Heidi Yorkshire Celebrant Heidi Yorkshire Celebrant Wedding Officiants

When someone offers me a wedding and I'm already booked, Susie Cunningham is the Celebrant I refer them to. She is a supremely empathetic being who connects strongly with her clients and always gives them a beautiful, appropriate -- yes, truly "heartcrafted" ceremony. Susie is a star.

Erin Adams Photos Erin Adams Photos Wedding Photographers

For a personal, wonderful wedding ceremony, there is nobody else I could recommend as highly. Simply wonderful to work with!

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