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Carrie is a life-cycle celebrant servicing Indiana, Chicagoland, and Southwest Michigan focusing on weddings, vow renewals, baptisms, adoption and entrustment ceremonies, and funerals.

Carrie enjoys working with her clients to create a personal and unique ceremony that won't soon be forgotten. Most clients are asked if Carrie is a personal friend as she is able to capture them well. Carrie's ceremonies are always created specifically with her clients in mind, and she enjoys infusing humor when applicable.

Weddings:

LGBT Ally

Religious/Spiritual

Non-denominational

Themed (I love the challenge of writing a themed ceremony!)

Multi-Cultural

Civil Ceremony

Destination Weddings

  • Woman-owned
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Reviews of Rites & Rituals by Carrie

Sharon
Sharon Sent on 03/05/2026
5 out of 5 rating

love spell

I went through the hardest six months of my life after my husband divorced me. I couldn’t eat or sleep, and I felt so empty. While searching online, I found a review from a woman online about how Tunde helped her get her marriage back. At first, I wasn’t sure, but after speaking with her and then with Tunde himself, I decided to give it a try. He promised me results in 48hours and honestly, I didn’t believe it at first. But I followed everything he told me, and today my husband and I are back together. It feels like a miracle, and I’m so grateful. If you’re going through the same pain, don’t give up there’s still hope. You can reach Tunde via email address (babatundesolutioncentre1 @ gmail . com) or visit his website to reach out to him (tundelovespells.weebly.com)
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Amanda Sent on 08/24/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Great, organized, no surprises.

Carrie was great! She gave us the ceremony we wanted and it was perfect! Communication was awesome and she made a beautiful speech for us.
Derek
Derek Sent on 02/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Great experience

She was fantastic. Had a sit down meeting and she took great notes. Made a personalized ceremony based on everything we told her about us. She is top notch and definitely would recommend. Guests complimented her ceremony as well!
Robyn
Robyn Sent on 01/29/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Best Officiant Around

Carrie helped make our wedding so much less stressful. After having 2 officiants say they couldn't do our wedding, Carrie was so incredibly helpful. She chatted with me first on the phone to make sure we were a good fit, she listened intently to our wants and made sure our day was exactly that... ours. She wrote the most beautiful vows that were heartfelt, like she had known us for years and years, (yes I cried the whole time, they were even better than I could have hoped for). Even last minute changes she incorporated so beautifully. To anyone getting married in northwestern Indiana, please choose Carrie. You won't regret it for a second!
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Destiny Sent on 10/19/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing from start to finish

Carrie did an amazing job working with us on our nuptials. We have known each other since I was in 7th grade. She incorporated everything from our children to our love story into a ceremony packed with laughter and emotion. We would recommend her to any and everyone!
Sabrina
Sabrina Sent on 10/17/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely Amazing!

On September 13, 2020 I got to marry my forever partner! Everything about our special day was beautiful including the sunny weather. We pictured and talked about this day over and over the past few months! Needless to say, what we thought versus how our day actually was didn't even compare to how full our hearts felt. Carrie, you tied everything all together by capturing our forever moment exactly how we wanted with a touch of flare and fireworks!! We thank you for being the one who united us on this day.
Whitney
Whitney Sent on 10/16/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Professional

Carrie met all my expectations. She was extremely professional and excited to be apart of my day.
Amanda
Amanda Sent on 10/15/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding on 10/10/2020 Tri Kappa Gazebo, Valparaiso-Rosinski

Carrie was amazing and so professional for our wedding on 10/10. We are a down to earth couple and I knew Carrie would be the right person for the job. She made it so smooth and well thought out. We love you Carrie and thank you again!
Pyper
Pyper Sent on 10/13/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Carrie is the best!!

To be perfectly honest, this wedding did not take place. Covid made the dae change twice and the death of my future father in law and my future mother in laws health has forced us to bcc cancel and move to a different state. However, Carrie had several meetings with us, worked with us on making and finalizing our vows, was extremely helpful when we had to reschedule our wedding twice and was very fair when we had to cancel our wedding.
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Melissa Sent on 06/29/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Carrie was awesome!

Carrie did a phenomenal job putting us at ease from the first time we met. She was easy to get ahold of and I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect ceremony catered to us.
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