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Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella

Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella

Saint George, UT
4.8 out of 5 rating, 53 Reviews
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    Melonie Sent on 07/21/2020
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    Great service

    Super simple and stress free, great service.

    Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella's reply:

    Thank you Melonie. I truly enjoyed working with you and JR and to have been given the pleasure of sealing your lifelong commitment to each other. Your vows to each other were so beautiful, loving and heartfelt. I wish you and JR an eternity of love, blessings and happiness together. Fondly, Stella~
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    Kate F. Sent on 06/20/2020
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    Amazing!!!

    We could not have asked for a better wedding experience. Stella is kind, friendly, professional and a wonderful person. I would recommend her to anyone interested in a personal and beautiful ceremony in the area.

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    Katie, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a great review - it was my absolute pleasure to be part of your and Jeff’s big day! It was so special and I'm honored to have had the chance to help you make your ceremony so true to who you are as a couple. Wishing you love and blessings in your new marriage and beyond!"

    Fondly,
    Stella~
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    Jeff G. Sent on 10/25/2019
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    Highly recommended

    It was a pleasure to work with Stella from the beginning! She was very responsive and helped me find cost effective vendors since I was coming in from out of state. You could also tell that Stella is passionate about being an officiant and really loves this job which rubs off on everyone else! I highly recommend Stella!!

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    Thank you Jeff for your kind words. I sincerely enjoyed working with you to help make your delightful surprise wedding come off without a hitch. I am thrilled that I got the opportunity to seal yours and Irene’s lifelong commitment. I wish you both a future of love and happiness. Stella~
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    Devin C. Sent on 07/28/2019
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    Nothing short of awesome

    My husband and I recently got married in Zion National Park in Utah, without ever visiting the state let alone park. I found Stella through the site and she was nothing short of awesome. Any question, day, night, weekday, or weekend she quickly answered and helped through every step of the way. Literally any question. She shows up early, makes you laugh, is up for a walk to the destination, and has it all taken care of. I would recommend her 10/10 to anyone looking to get married in the area.

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    Devin, thank you so much for your lovely, sweet comments. It gave me such joy to have the pleasure of sealing yours and John’s lifelong commitment to each other. You both wrote the most beautiful, heartfelt vows I have ever heard. I wish you and John all the happiness the world has to offer.

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    Lois Sent on 06/06/2019
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    Beautiful wedding ceremony by Stella

    Stella was exactly what we wanted in a wedding officiant and more. She brought the most beautiful, loving, feelings to our special day and exuded such happiness for us.
    I’m so glad we found her. She’s one in a million and she truly cares.
    She was so flexible and helpful. We love Stella.
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    Douglas Sent on 06/22/2019
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    Stella was a great minister to work with

    Stella assisted us with our wedding and has a lot of contacts for that area. She was a joy to work with. Thank You
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    Asti P. Sent on 11/14/2018
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    Amazing Minister!

    Stella was wonderful! I love her warm, openness, and flexibility. She made sure to ask important questions about me and my husband. After, she sent me a very thoughtful draft of the ceremony script so I could edit it to be exactly how I wanted. I did not have to change much but I really appreciated her completely flexibility to allow us to make the ceremony our own. (For example, we honored our mothers with roses and had a moment of silence for my Husband's late father.). Stella is also super responsive. Whenever I contacted her, she would respond within a few hours. I also had some confusion with my wedding license after and she called the city to make sure it was handled. She is so on top of everything! We are so happy we had such a wonderful and sweet officiant who really honored who we are as a couple and the things we believe in. Thank you, Stella!

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    "Asti, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful review - it was my absolute pleasure to be part of your and Steven’s big day! It was so special to incorporate your love for your families in such a personal way. I'm honored to have had the chance to help you make your ceremony so true to who you are as a couple. Wishing you love and blessings in your new marriage and beyond!"

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    Lesli O. Sent on 10/23/2018
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    Bride and Groom

    From the beginning, Stella was very accommodating and professional. She went out of her way to make sure everything worked. She was extremely positive, and got information back to us immediately. A week before the wedding, we had an issue with the vendor, and she immediately took care of all the details and found us a new location for the wedding. She went above and beyond several times to make sure our day went smoothly and made it a stress-free experience. We would definitely recommend her!!!! She's amazing!!!!!

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    Dearest Lesli & Mark,
    You are such a fabulous, fun and loving couple. It was truly all my pleasure and joy to be given the splendid opportunity to help make your very special day everything you wanted it to be. I really loved meeting both of your families: you are suncerely blessed to have their loving support in your marriage. I wish you both lots of love, laughter and joy.

    Fondly,
    Stella~
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    Dana Sent on 05/31/2018
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    Stella made our zion national park elopement special and perfect. She hiked to the canyon overlook and was waiting for us when we got there. She was quick to respond to emails and sent us the script ahead of time to review.

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    Dana, thank you for giving me the opportunity to seal yours and Jason’s lifelong cimmitment to each other at the beautiful scenic Zion Canyon Overlook. I wish you and Jason a future of abundant joy and happiness. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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    Brenda Sent on 05/26/2018
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    Stella was awesome, very sweet lady!! She had the perfect place for our wedding at very short notice. Stella you rock!!! Thank you so very much!
    The Marlar's

    Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella's reply:

    Brenda, thank you so much for your lovely comments. It gives me so much joy to hear I helped make your wedding day special. I really enjoyed meeting both of your families and I wish you both an eternity of love, laughter and blissful happiness! Love and blessings, Stella~
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    Aggie Sent on 04/29/2018
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    Stella was absolutely wonderful. If there were 10 stars, we would give it to her! We were coming to Utah from Oregon and planned our small wedding in about 6 weeks. Stella helped us tremendously and guided us how to go about finding anything we wanted for our wedding. She was super responsive even at 11pm when I had small pre-wedding crisis and though nothing was coming together ;-) She was able to calm me down and make things seem so easy. Also, I need to add, Stella was very flexible as we have changed our wedding hour about 3 times ;-) We could have not asked for a better person to come into our lives on such an important day for us. If we could get married over and over again to each other, we would chose Stella to marry us every time :-)

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    Dear beautiful Aggie, you and Jared were such a joy to work with. Your wedding was truly very, very special. Thank you so much for your lovely comments and for giving me the splendid opportunity to seal yours and Jared’s life time commitment to each other. I wish you, Jared and precious little Margo all the love and happiness the universe has to give. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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    Michael Sent on 07/21/2018
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    Stella was very personable and accommodating. She listened to our needs and helped make them a reality.

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    Thank you Michael for your lovely comments. I sincerely enjoyed being a part of yours and beautiful Amanda’s very special day. I wish you both a lifetime of love and laughter. Fondly, Stella~
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    James Sent on 04/16/2018
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    We where really late trying to find a person to do the wedding so contacted several people via email pretty late at night, not expecting a reply from most of them since the day we where looking for was a Sunday on a holiday weekend. We got a reply back within the hour from her as well as a few replies from about 3 or 4 others that next day. Contacted each of them to see who we liked best of the people who replied and from the conversations that we had with each person it was clear that she was very enthusiastic and enjoyed her job so we went with her. She kept in contact and worked quickly to give us examples of what could be said and worked with us to find out what we would like. Going through the examples we communicated with her, ok for the base we like this best, for the first quote in it we like what is there but for the second quote we don't like that that much, but we do like the quote from the other example, can you give us some examples of similar things to that which would also fit with the quote we already like? Within that next day or so she found one that we really liked that fit in well. While we could have changed any wording we liked we felt it best to allow the professional to come up with ideas and bounce them off us rather then change the wording our selves and we are glad we did, everything came out really nice and sounded very professional at the same time. All in all with how much time and effort and caring was put into everything it was well worth every penny. The only issue we had with our entire wedding was simply that it was windy that day and the arch blew over a few minutes before the ceremony so we where in a rush to get it put back together and standing again, but that was not her fault, we didn't opt for paying to control the weather, that was a bit out of our price range, kidding aside it well managed, very professional, she kept communication and did so quickly any time we had questions or wanted to change something we were pleased

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    James, thank you so much for your lovely comments. It gives me great pleasure to know you and Yansha were pleased. I thoroughly enjoyed working with you and Yansha to help make your special day everything you desired it to be. I wish you and Yansha a lifetime of blissful joy and eternal happiness. Fondly, Stella~
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    Dana Sent on 07/16/2017
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    Stella is amazing! From the start to the wedding day. You can't go wrong with Stella!!!

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    Dearest Dana, thank you for giving me the wonderful opportunity and pleasure to be a part of your very, very special day. I wish you and Ralph a lifetime of endless joy and happiness. Fondly, Stella~
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    Lauren Sent on 08/13/2017
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    Stella was amazing for our wedding. Everything we could have hoped for.

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    Lauren, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be a part of your beautiful wedding! You and Josh were an absolutely stunning bride and groom! I wish you both all the happiness in the world. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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    Destani Sent on 07/23/2017
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    Super nice and professional. Stella is amazing! I would recommend her to anyone!

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    Thank you Destani for your sweet words. I sincerely enjoyed sealing yours and Dylan's lifelong commitment to each other. You are a beautiful couple and I wish you both a lifetime of love and laughter. Fondly, Stella~
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    Donald Sent on 07/04/2017
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    Stella was fantastic and was able to be part of a unique wedding on a houseboat in Bullfrog Marina, Lake Powell UT. She and the referred catering company travelled from St George to Bullfrog for the ceremony. Stella is willing to go the extra mile to make a special day under unique settings.

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    Don, it was absolutely delightful to be a part of yours and your lovely wife Miki's extraordinary and unique family wedding celebration! It was truly a great joy meeting both of your beautiful families. I wish you and Miki a future of all the love your hearts can hold! Most fondly, Stella~
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    Lauren Sent on 06/14/2017
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    Stella was exactly what we were looking for. We eloped at Zion national park and wanted something simple but beautiful and she was a big part in fulfilling that. Thank you Stella for a very special day in our loves!

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    Lauren, thank you and Marc both for giving me the opportunity to perform your wedding ceremony and for the joy and pleasure of being a part of your very special day. I wish you and Marc a lifetime of joy, laughter and love! Fondly, Stella~
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    Danielle Sent on 06/21/2017
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    Stella was so helpful with the planning of everything. We came from the UK for a USA wedding and she assisted with the licence information, the B&B requirements and any other little bits we needed. Our day would not have gone half as smooth as it not been for her !
    Stella was a blessing to us and we are so pleased and honored to have her be a part of our day

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    Danielle, thank you for giving me the splendid opportunity to help you plan your big day! It was truly a delight to finally get to meet you and Steven. The only thing that surpassed the beauty of the breathtaking scenery at the location you chose for your wedding at the Valley of the Gods in Mexican Hat, UT was definitely the gorgeous "bride and groom." I wish you and Steven a lifetime filled with love, laughter and happiness. Fondly, Stella~
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    Olivia Sent on 06/04/2017
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    Stella was very accommodating and understanding to our needs. She is friendly and warm and adds the perfect touch to your special day. We truly enjoyed having her :)

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    Olivia, thank you so much for giving me the honor and joy of performing your lovely wedding. You and Dustin are a beautiful, sweet couple and I wish you a lifelong future of happiness with tons of love and laughter. Fondly, Stella~
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    Ashley Sent on 05/10/2017
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    Stella is a remarkable and kind woman. From the first time you meet her you can tell she truly cares about you and enjoys what she does. She is quick to respond and will go above and beyond to meet your expectations. I am so grateful I have been able to get to know her and have her be a part of my wedding. Thank You so much for everything Stella.

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    Ashley, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sweet and kind words. It gave me such tremendous joy to be a part of yours and Daniel's marriage and wedding ceremonies. I wish you both a lifetime of love, happiness and fun! Fondly, Stella~
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    Casey Sent on 03/09/2017
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    Stella is absolutely amazing!! She made our ceremony so special. She has such a beautiful spirit.
    Just an example of how awesome Stella is -- On the day of our wedding we completely forgot to touch base with Stella and let her know exactly when and where on the trail in Zion to meet us. We were trying to make it out to the end of Canyon Overlook trail with our photographers before the sunset so we had to head out before Stella had arrived and we had no service on the trail to try and call her and let her know that she should meet us at the end of the trail. We decided to head out on the trail and cross our fingers that Stella would hopefully meet us. She did!!!! She hiked all the way up Canyon Overlook trail (about a mile) without even knowing for sure if we would be there at the end!!! It was so amazing. Unfortunately, I don't know a lot of people that would do that these days. She's truly special and one of a kind. We loved her and feel so blessed to have had her officiate our ceremony! We will never forget how magical our day was!

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    Dear, dear Casey and Will, I feel so blessed and honored that I not only got the opportunity of meeting such a beautiful, sweet and loving couple but also the pleasure and pure joy of performing your wedding and sealing your lifelong commitment to each other. I wish you both nothing less than an eternity of love, laughter and blissful happiness. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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    Cherei Sent on 02/13/2017
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    Stella was amazing! She helped us out every step of the way, making our vows fit us perfect, changed times for us due to weather. She was delightful to talk to and work with! Recommend her to anyone love her!

    Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella's reply:

    Cherei, thank you for your lovely review! Being a part of your special day and beautiful wedding was more than enough thanks. It brought me more joy than mere words could ever say to have had the opportunity to join you, Corie and precious Tristan together as a family. I wish you a lifelong future of love, happiness and an abundance of all that you desire. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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    Ashley Sent on 01/04/2017
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    I'm so glad Stella was our marriage officiate. She is so kind! She was responsive, very helpful with suggestions, and her words were beautiful! Thank you Stella!

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    Dearest Ashley & Julian, thank you so much for giving me the joy and pleasure of performing your wedding ceremony. You are such a lovely, sweet and beautiful couple. I wish you a lifetime of love, laughter and sublime happiness. Fondly, Stella~
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    Great woman to work with, i enjoyed my experience with her. She was very helpful and really helped pull off my short notice special day. 5+ stars!!

    Affordable Alternative Marriages by Stella's reply:

    Thank you so much, Carmen, for your lovely comments. It was truly all my pleasure to be chosen to seal yours and Jason's commitment on Christmas Day. I sincerely wish you, your beautiful daughter and Jason eternal joy and happiness. Love & Blessings, Stella~
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