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Weddings By Bonnie
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Weddings By Bonnie | SW Florida Wedding Officiant & Celebrant
Weddings By Bonnie, based in Bradenton, Florida, is a non-denominational Ordained Minister (aka Wedding Officiant/Wedding Celebrant). Bonnie proudly serves Florida's Southwest Gulf Coast, including Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and surrounding communities, as well as destinations throughout the Sunshine State.
Bonnie specializes in creating personalized elopement, wedding, commitment, and vow renewal ceremonies as unique as the love you are celebrating. She has a tremendous passion and gift for connecting with couples, and that genuine connection shines through in the professional, heartfelt ceremonies she creates and performs. She welcomes all couples, regardless of religious or spiritual beliefs and cultural backgrounds, and proudly supports marriage equality.
About Weddings By Bonnie
With nearly 2,000 ceremonies performed since 2014, Bonnie is a natural storyteller who thrives on originality, creativity, and highly personalized ceremony designs. Her gift for storytelling allows her to weave each couple's personalities, experiences, and journey together into a ceremony that is uniquely theirs.
An experienced public speaker and creative writer, Bonnie brings both professionalism and personality to her delivery, capturing the hearts and emotions of everyone present.
Her ceremonies are modern, meaningful, and anything but cookie-cutter. Each is thoughtfully written to reflect the couple's personalities, relationship, and journey together. Your wedding ceremony shouldn't feel like a rehearsed script; it should be a heartfelt reflection of who you are as a couple. It should feel like YOU!
Weddings By Bonnie's Ceremonies
Bonnie is recognized and sought after for her experience in creating and performing unique unity traditions, interfaith wedding ceremonies (individually or co-presented with other officiants), and ceremonies incorporating special themes and meaningful traditions.
Services Offered
As your mobile Wedding Minister, Weddings By Bonnie comes directly to your chosen location. Whether you're exchanging intimate vows at home or in your backyard, on a beach, in a ballroom, a park, a rustic barn venue, yacht, country club, vacation rental, or any other beautiful location you envision, Bonnie will ensure your ceremony experience is truly unforgettable!
Bonnie serves couples throughout Florida and travels to neighboring states upon request.
Traditionally Untraditional, Just Like You!
Florida Booking Update: Weddings By Bonnie is transitioning back to Florida!
While our website is currently being updated to reflect our Florida service locations, bookings for Florida weddings will officially open December 1, 2026. Inquiries are welcome in the meantime! I look forward to once again celebrating with couples throughout Florida and beyond!
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Bonnie is an exceptional officiant—professional, warm, organized, and highly communicative. She crafts personalized, heartfelt ceremonies with a calming, engaging presence that guests love. Couples praise her flexibility, attention to logistical details, and highly recommend booking her.
You will not regret your decision!
Aside from the ceremony, Bonnie was incredibly thoughtful. We were set to marry on September 30th, 2024, just days after Hurricane Helene. However, from watching the news, we made the hard decision to postpone our wedding to November. No words can describe how positive Bonnie was through the whole process. She was so optimistic that she made it feel like that was what was meant to be, and we truly believe that now. The day was worth waiting for and her ceremony did not disappoint!
Her kindness, warmth, and overall genuine passion for celebrating love made our wedding day truly unforgettable. Not only did she take the time to understand our love story through a very well thought out questionnaire, but she also crafted a beautiful ceremony that felt perfectly tailored to us. We felt as if we had known her for years before by the way she had pieced words and stories together. Every word resonated with us so deeply, and her ceremony was just as memorable as the vows we wrote to each other. My husband and I have continually mentioned Bonnie being the best person to fulfill this position and we RAVE about her to everyone and don’t think our elopement would have been as perfect as it was without her. She has even reached out multiple times AFTER our ceremony showing that she has truly cared for us before, during and after. She is an amazing person to have a part of a wedding day if you want someone that truly puts their entire heart into your day.
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So many of our family and friends commented afterward about how beautiful and meaningful the ceremony was. Bonnie struck the perfect balance of heartfelt, lighthearted, and personal. There were laughs, happy tears, and it truly felt like "us."
Beyond officiating, Bonnie was incredibly organized, communicative, and thoughtful throughout the entire process. She answered questions we didn't even know we had and made everything feel easy and stress-free.
We are so grateful that she was part of our wedding and can't imagine our day without her. If you're looking for an officiant who is kind, professional, and genuinely invested in making your ceremony special, Bonnie is the best choice.
Bonnie is amazing!
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Brides- take the ease out of ceremony planning when you are at the altar and book Bonnie! She will make sure your ceremony (elopement or wedding) is customized and uniquely yours to remember.
Our Wedding 03/10/26
Thank you, Bonnie! We are so grateful!
Bonnie is amazing!
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We have worked with Bonnie on hundreds of weddings. It never amazes me how she brings so many emotions out of a couple and their guests. That is what she does! She learns as much as she can about the couple and their story. Her ceremonies are written to perfection with every detail. If you are looking for special moments on your special day with words that will stay with you forever, do not hesitate to book Weddings by Bonnie.
This is such a great company to work with. We highly recommend! Thanks again, RedRock Wedding Films, LLC
Bonnie is a caring, professional officiant who goes the extra mile for her couples. Bonnie is a friendly, warm-hearted person and I highly recommend her to make your wedding ceremony special.
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