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Your wedding ceremony and celebrating your love can be the BEST part of your day! Your guests will be talking about it for days...in a good way! Officiant Heidi from Love Story Vows creates Personal and Unforgettable Ceremonies for All! Heidi can help you do that! She'll help you create a romantic, fun, and meaningful ceremony and will write your personal Love Story.

Heidi will feel like your “cool” aunt, who will answer every wedding question, help keep you calm and be there to make sure your wedding ceremony is awesome, easy, and the starting point of your celebration! She creates customized, fun (not cheesy) and personal ceremonies for couples all over Southern California, including San Diego, Laguna, Big Bear Lake, Oceanside, Julian, Coronado, Oak Glen, Corona, Lake Arrowhead, Temecula, Palm Springs, and Idyllwild. She also goes to destination locations like Santa Barbara, Big Sur, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Tahoe, and Sequoia.

Services Offered
Her ceremonies are always inclusive and LGBTQIA+ friendly! Your ceremony can be as unique as the two of you. She will do wedding ceremonies with no mention of god or a little "shout out" to God for Grandma, Heidi also does vow renewals, and elopements. She officiates spiritual, non-religious, non-denominational, Pagan, Agnostic, Buddhist, Earth-based, and Unitarian events. She's "married" over 1100 people since 2016! Whether you want fun, simple, elegant, spiritual, intimate, or even a stunning outdoor adventure ceremony, it's created for the two of you! She's a professional, ordained non-denominational officiant through the Universal Life Church and The Church of Spiritual Humanism.

Experience
As a former wedding planner, she will make this journey simple and fun! With her years of experience in theatre, doing voice-overs for radio, and TV, her ASMR voice, and her love of writing, she has unique qualifications to make this an easy and fun experience for you! Your ceremony should reflect both of you. It should also tell your personal story. She refuses to do long and boring ceremonies, she loves doing awesome ceremonies! She loves what she does!

Her world's filled with love and laughter! She loves going on adventures, sharing weekly "date days" with her husband, and spending an amazing day with her couples! Sometimes she gets to do both, Alan's an experienced, professional and romantic, brilliant, award-winning wedding photographer! They do elopements too, Google Alan and Heidi Elopements for more info.

Heidi and her husband are still madly in love and best friends after almost 25 years together! They share their lives with too many adorable "furkids". They love hiking in the mountains with their Samoyed dog, Gypsy and walking on the beach, watching Marvel, DC Superheroes, Star Trek, and Star Wars movies (they don't choose sides)!

It's your ceremony not mine, so let's create the ceremony you never dreamed could happen!

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Frequently asked questions

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$185

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

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Buddhist
Earth-Based
No Denomination
Pagan
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
HI
MA
MT
NM
NC
OH
OR
PA
RI
UT
WA
WY

What languages do you speak?

English

Reviews of Love Story Vows

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Heidi, the officiant at Love Story Vows, has received outstanding praise for her exceptional service and personalized wedding ceremonies. Reviewers highlighted her ability to make couples feel at ease, capture their love stories beautifully, and create unique and unforgettable ceremonies. Heidi's exceptional professionalism, attention to detail, and genuine care for her clients have left a lasting impression on many, making her highly recommended for couples seeking a personalized and meaningful wedding experience.

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Heidi, the officiant at Love Story Vows, has received outstanding praise for her exceptional service and personalized wedding ceremonies. Reviewers highlighted her ability to make couples feel at ease, capture their love stories beautifully, and create unique and unforgettable ceremonies. Heidi's exceptional professionalism, attention to detail, and genuine care for her clients have left a lasting impression on many, making her highly recommended for couples seeking a personalized and meaningful wedding experience.

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Monica Sent on 11/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Our Favorite Person!!!

Book Heidi ASAP!!! It’s hard to think that there could be any better person to officiate a wedding than her. She was such a bright presence on our wedding day, the days leading up to it, and still now, weeks later. She’s prompt and very detail oriented, making sure to get all you & your partners personality into the ceremony. She’s also so very kind and supportive, all our nerves were gone and there was only excitement because of all her advice and encouragement. All our vendors adored her as well as she is an absolute PRO and is literally just the sweetest and most authentic person I’ve met! Truly, I could go on and on about why she’s the best for this job, but long story short- she is love - and that’s what you need in your wedding day. Our ceremony is still my favorite part of our wedding and I cannot wait for the video & photos, she made our dreams come true! 🩵
Holly
Holly Sent on 05/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Ceremony!

Wow, Heidi was an incredible officiant and helped me and my husband craft the most perfect ceremony. I've seen many weddings and sometimes the officiant makes it about themselves, or thinks of it as a tight 5 comedy special, but not Heidi. She was professional, well-spoken, and truly understood our needs to help us create a perfect day. We eloped in Joshua Tree and she drove out to us, and helped us figure the how to's of getting married every step of the way. I highly recommend working with Heidi if you want a ceremony that is special, filled with joy, and has heart and soul. I will definitely be recommending Love Story Vows to anyone I know getting married. Thank you Heidi! :) - Holly & Evan.

Photo by The Hendrys!
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Teresa Sent on 10/18/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Thank You Auntie Heidi

We just wanted to say Thank You for all your guidance and for our beautiful ceremony. We are grateful that we are part of your family now, among all the other couples you united thru marriage. Our guests enjoyed and was amazed of the hand fasting ceremony, it was truly unique. You are highly recommended. Again, Thank You.
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Brianne Sent on 08/05/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing, Always there for you

Not only was the day itself wonderful, but Heidi and Alan made everything so relaxed. I don’t plan to have another wedding, but I would have them do all of them for me.
Kirsten
Kirsten Sent on 07/15/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Best Officiant Ever!

Heidi helped my new husband and I throughout the whole marriage process. She made everything so fun and easy! The Love Story she wrote for us was so perfectly “us”. It really made the whole ceremony. I couldn’t imagine having anyone else guide us through our wedding day!
Camelia
Camelia Sent on 12/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Heidi is the best!

We are so happy that we chose Heidi as our officiant for our wedding. She blew our expectations out of the water. People were coming up to us after the ceremony asking us how long we had known Heidi because she told our love story so beautifully! Everyone was complimenting us on how fun and romantic our ceremony was, and that it was unlike other weddings they had been to. We loved the ceremony too! She had us both tell her our love story separately in questionnaires before the wedding and it was so fun to find out what my husband had said to her at the altar! It was very sweet. Heidi is super personable and easy to talk to, which put us both at ease as well. She is super professional, but she is also kind. She checked in with us several times before the wedding and I feel like she really got to know us well. She's an expert at what she does! We were also happy because it had been our dream to do a handfasting ceremony, which she was happy to incorporate! It was the most wonderful and perfect ceremony we could have asked for. Heidi is a delight!
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Noah Sent on 07/14/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Such an Awesome wedding we had & so greatful for Rev. Heidis help & guidance throughout the whole process. She was there when we needed her help & she was great. We even invited her to our small dinner with family & friends because she & her husband were so helpful from the day we all met. Highly recomended! :) thank you so much.
Patrick
Patrick Sent on 07/23/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Heidi to the Rescue

Two days before our wedding our officiant got sick and we needed an officiant quickly. Our wedding planner had many recommended officiants, but Heidi was the quickest to respond. Within minutes of reaching out to her, she called me and went right to work to create a memorable ceremony for us. Heidi took our tiny ceremony and created the most memorable part of our wedding that I won't ever forget. She made the whole experience effortless and she had the most graceful command skills. If you're on the fence about who to pick you won't regret picking Heidi!
Crystal
Crystal Sent on 12/30/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Ceremony of Our Dreams

Heidi is an amazing officiant and we are so thankful to have had her officiate our wedding last month. She is genuine, kind, charming and a true professional. My husband and I felt comfortable with Heidi from our very first FaceTime call. She was attentive and listened to all of our needs and wants. She was able to create a heartfelt, witty and fun ceremony for us - truly everything we had envisioned and more. Thank you so much, Heidi!!
Cynthia
Cynthia Sent on 05/07/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Truly unique and wonderful experience

Heidi was a bit pricier than your average officiant, but she is NOT your average officiant. Apart from being professional, knowledgeable, accessible, and offering very unique and personal options; she is an amazing human being and super friendly. We actually found Heidi through her husband's photography company (who is also absolutely wonderful). We met with both of them when discussing the photography stuff and we both knew off that zoom meeting that Heidi would be our officiant. Heidi offers so many options to help fit your couple style... we found that a few things where not really us but that's ok because what we chose was exactly what was right for us. We immediately fell in love with the handfasting ceremony option, and our guest LOVED it. We heard from so many guest how cool and original that was, and not to mention how beautiful it was to witness. You get to keep the "knot" you both tie, ours is hanging on our wall at home. Heidi kept in communication with us via e-mail, phone call or text, and even help calm me down when wedding planning was getting a bit much. You will not be disappointed.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
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Simply put, I really enjoy working with Heidi! I've worked with her since 2006 and have always found her to be upbeat and positive, which really helps with weddings as there can be a certain amount of pressure to make sure everything is as close to perfect as you can get. And that's where Heidi shines: she's calm and even-keeled and she listens to your thoughts, concerns, questions, and addresses them in a manner that helps you to feel calm and less stressed about not only the ceremony, but the whole wedding planning process. Just one call to her and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. She's one of the best!

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Heidi from Love Story Vows is an exceptional person, colleague, and professional! I have known Heidi for over 20 years! And it wasn't difficult to choose my wedding officiant for myself and my husband. Heidi was our first choice! And what an amazing ceremony it was! She helped us incorporate our kids, make it unique, and certainly brought laughter and tears to everyone! She helped me stay calm during the planning process. She stayed in touch daily. And she even stayed with us all night to celebrate! Thank you Heidi....so so much!

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I have worked with many officiants throughout my time as an event coordinator. Heidi with Love Story Vows has been my favorite. She makes it a priority to cater to the couples every need. She is attentive, kind and professional. You can see how passionate she is about what she does from the first conversation. I would highly recommend Heidi to anyone looking for her services. She and her husband are both very involved in this industry and definitely know what they are doing.

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