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    Pure Magic

    Throughout our engagement, Jaime went above and beyond to connect with us, to learn about our relationship, and to check in with us leading up to our big day. We felt incredibly supported and heard throughout this entire process. During the ceremony, Jaime completely blew us away. We had read the ceremony ahead of time and knew it was going to be incredible (as she is an exceptional writer), but we never could have foreseen the magic that happened in real life. She grounded us, she delivered the ceremony flawlessly, and she created the most meaningful and sacred atmosphere possible. Every single person at our wedding cried! Looking back now, my husband and I agree that the ceremony was our favorite part of the entire wedding weekend. Our guests have not stopped raving about how incredible Jaime is. She has an obvious gift, and this is truly her calling. We feel so honored to have worked with her. It didn't even feel like work... it was pure magic.
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    Myro Sent on 09/23/2020
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    Magical and whimsical!

    We couldn't have asked for or imagined a better ceremony of officiant for our private mountain Elopement. Jamie knew just what questions to ask in order to get to know us and what the essence of our relationship is. She made us feel at ease the whole time. It felt like sharing with an old friend. She dreamt up little specials details to custom fit the ceremony to us and wove together something beautiful, insightful, fun, and sacred. We can not recommend her enough!
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    Jessica Sent on 08/31/2020
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    We highly recommend SouthWest Ceremony, Jaime is very passionate and skilled at what she does.

    We are so glad to have chosen Jaime of SouthWest Ceremony for our August, 2020 wedding ceremony. From the initial contact, Jaime was professional, friendly, had clear communication, and was very helpful guiding us patiently through this process. We enjoyed her questionnaire and found all her resources, vendor lists and recommendations for the ceremony to be very helpful (especially with us being new to the area). She managed to create a very personal, unique and meaningful ceremony that was true to who we are and what is important to us. We highly recommend SouthWest Ceremony, Jaime is very passionate and skilled at what she does. Thanks again, we couldn't be happier!
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    Robert Sent on 01/31/2019
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    If you are lucky to align together, don't over think it, just make it happen

    Jaime is simply a natural in this space of ceremony, and if you are lucky enough to align together for your wedding don't hesitate, she's the one. We met her at a wedding that she had officiated and hit it off as friends, so naturally when the time came for our wedding she was our first thought. I truly began to feel grounded after exploring further with her approach which made it clear we had a creative partner in the process of something we hadn't don't before. A sense of gratitude, trust, and inspiration was born out of our meetings together as she helped in unexpected ways to shape the feelings, intention, and reverence we were looking to create in our ceremony. Jaime is a dear friend and I trust you'll be in good hands with such an important chapter in your lives.
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    Joan Sent on 01/28/2019
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    100% Satisfied Mother of the Groom

    My son and daughter-in-law were married in a small, intimate ceremony on the beach in Cardiff by the Sea, California in August of 2018. Jaime did a wonderful job delivering a ceremony that was both beautiful and heartfelt, including unexpected ceremonial elements that we all loved, such as releasing flower blessings into the sea for the newlywed couple. I couldn't be more pleased with how their ceremony unfolded. It was beautiful, memorable, joyful and tearful, and I would recommend her highly as an officiant.
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    Shay Sent on 10/15/2018
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    Best decision ever

    After 20 years of living together and raising our 16 year old son, my now husband and I decided to elope to Durango October 2018. We decided last minute (literally!) we wanted someone to officiate. I found Jamie online and contacted her the day before the ceremony. Three words: BEST DECISION EVER!

    We communicated through email, text, and once by phone the day before wedding and met an hour before the ceremony. The photographer I hired graciously invited me to her home to get ready so we could have a "first look" without the groom seeing me since we were staying in a hotel. Jamie met me at the house and stepped in as though we had known each other for years, helping me with final dressing preparations when the photographer had to leave and take groom to first look location. Her gentle spirit, sweet voice, and kind words calmed my nerves and helped me gather myself before leaving the house. Because we were doing a first look in town and then driving to Bakers Bridge to do the ceremony, the groom & I had to drive separately. Jamie helped pack all my things from the photographers house, loaded it in her car, helped me with my dress while getting in and drove me to the first look location; a public bridge in a pretty setting. She helped control the flow of people so we could get our first look and photographs without strangers walking thru the shot! After that she drove me to Bakers Bridge and performed an absolutely beautiful ceremony for the two of us. One of the things she had learned about us the day before while we were emailing back and forth is we're both in the medical field and met at work all those years ago. In addition to reading poetry during ceremony, she brought their bible from the early 1900s and shared the most beautiful story about her great grandmother (a nurse) meeting her great grandfather during WWI, and living a long happy life as husband and wife. It was special, personal, and perfect for us!

    Jamie is forever written in the story of our lives. God sent exactly the person we needed on our special day with exactly the message we were meant to hear. Thank you fails to express our gratitude and appreciation for her flexibility, authenticness and willingness to be whatever the moment called for. We are extremely satisfied with her services and would not hesitate to recommend her! Blessings on your special day.........Devin & Shay
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    Nicole Sent on 08/19/2023
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    Amazing Officiant

    Jaime married my husband and I almost six years ago. We had a very small ceremony on the overlook at the end of Big Al's Trail in Mancos. Our ceremony was perfect - everything we wanted it to be. Jaime was very responsive and professional. We highly recommend her!!
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    Absolutely wonderful

    Benjie was very communicative ever since we booked him. Even though we were in different time zones he made it work! He shared resources to help us write our vows, shared the ceremony order with us so we knew what to expect and allowed me to add to it. As for the ceremony part Benjie was on time, communicating with us the day of, and had the most heart felt ceremony. I could not have chose a better person to officiate my wedding in Ouray, CO. I highly recommend!
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    The Perfect Ceremony

    Benjie was perfect. TLDR: very proffessional, friendly, and willing and able to customize your ceremony. Just do it!

    I had a lot of concerns with the challenges of keeping our ceremony unique to us. There were many challenges;

    Like simultaneously keeping it Christ oriented enough to appease my Christian parents and the ties that I hold to the church with out making my agnostic husband uncomfortable with the "churchiness". We wanted it to incorporate some prayers and some mentions of the lord with out it being a sermon. We wanted to focus on our story and our love and Benjie navigated that PERFECTLY. After the ceremony my father told me a couple of times "that officiant was so great!" A big compliment from my Christian minister father. And my husband was so happy with the focus on us and nature. Literally the perfect combination.

    The second challenge is that we had to book Benjie less than 2 months before our wedding he was quick to get out questionnaires about our story and our details so that he could get everything perfect, and he did.

    And thirdly, it rained through the entire ceremony. Just a cold drizzle he was freezing I'm sure, his notes were completely obscured by raindrops and he still managed to smile engage the crowd and do a great job 100% would recommend.

    Photo Credit: Alexi Hubbell Photography
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    Danielle Sent on 09/27/2022
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    Durango wedding ceremony

    We absolutely loved working with Jaime! She took the time to get to know us which made our ceremony personal and included a lot of our story. My sister in law said it was the best ceremony she has ever heard! Jaime was open to ideas and wanted make our ceremony reflect us as a couple. We are so glad we chose her to officiate us!
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    Southwest Ceremony

    Benjie was awesome! Right from our initial FaceTime meeting, we felt totally comfortable and knew he would be a great fit for us. We were sent a questionable about my fiancé and my relationship. It made our vows really personal and special.
    Our wedding was in the mountains that we had to take jeeps up to. Benjie rode up with some family members. It’s been a few weeks and they still talk about how much they loved him and how funny he was! He just has a great personality and it’s perfect for this job.
    Overall, we had a great experience and would highly recommend Southwest Ceremony!
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    Leah Sent on 08/11/2022
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    A wedding in the mountains

    We feel so lucky to have had Jaime as our officiant for our wedding in July. From our first meeting, she made us feel so comfortable - we knew we’d be in good hands. Jaime provided an awesome questionnaire that we could fill out together, and it really made everything feel significant and beautiful (after all, it’s more than just a big party…!). We never expected the ceremony to be our favorite part of the day, but it certainly was. And the number of people who came up to us afterwards to exclaim how amazing it was and how it was tailored to us so perfectly was unreal. Despite some weather delays and having to move inside at the last minute, it really was a really special, intimate ceremony and she touched everyone’s hearts, including ours
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    Mountain top wedding

    Southwest Ceremony did an amazing job with our wedding! Jaime was able to completely capture all our wants/needs and craft a beautiful ceremony that was very personal and tailor made to match our mountain aesthetic. Benjie officiated the ceremony and did a phenomenal job! He was charismatic, uplifting, genuine, and respectful. All of our guests talked about what a great job he did! I couldn’t recommend this team enough. Thank you!!
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    Jessa Sent on 08/27/2021
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    Jaime Becktel

    Jaime is the best- warm, thoughtful and professional. She is a lovely person with great intuition and you can feel her genuine passion for bringing couples together.
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    Cari Sent on 02/15/2021
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    Beautiful Words

    When my love and I decided to elope we wanted it to be memorable and romantic. We were so blessed that we found Jaime to help make that happen. She asked just a few questions about ourselves and each other and man she nailed the ceremony. Like she knew us for years! Don't miss out on having her help your day be even more special!
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    Most personal, dedicated officiant out there!

    Jaime with Southwest Ceremonies does SUCH an amazing job officiating. I am a wedding photographer so I have been lucky enough to see Jaime in action on multiple occasions. She really gets to know her couples and really weaves together their story in their ceremony. She does her research and it shows, she gets so personal in her ceremonies, it really feels more meaningful. I LOVE working with Jaime because, even though I do a pretty thorough getting to know you process with my couples, I get to know them even better during their ceremony the way Jaime does it. So if you are looking for someone to make your ceremony meaningful, personal, and extremely memorable, Jaime is the one to call!
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    Better than we could have imagined!

    Jaime was wonderful to work with! From our very first communication all the way up to our wedding day she was very perceptive for what we were looking for and what we needed. She consistently went above and beyond and even during our wedding day was quick to jump in and help us with any task that needed done. Our guests all commented on how wonderfully she performed our ceremony.

    The process of creating a ceremony seemed very daunting at first but Jaime was very helpful by sending us ideas and questionnaires to help us piece it together.

    It was honestly a pleasure and a privilege to have Jaime be a part of our special and intimate day. We highly recommend her to any and everyone!
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    Jamie did an absolute eautiful job as an officient at our vow renewal. She made it very personal to us and she was sweet and professional.

    Jamie did an absolute beautiful job as an officiant at our vow renewal ceremony. She made it very personal to us and she was sweet and professional. She took the time to get to know us and our story. I will strongly recommend her to anyone. she made our day so special.
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    Intimate beach wedding

    Jaime was the perfect officiant for my beach ceremony. She is an incredible speaker and put her heart into each word. We used my great grandmas matrimony book and Jaime spoke from it with such love, there wasn’t a dry eye. My husband and I adore Jaime and felt so blessed to have her marry us. I would recommend Jaime to a wedding of any size. She is so talented and creative adding her own twist.
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    Jaime was absolutely incredible! She was the officiant for my husband and I’s wedding in March 2018 and created such an intimate and unique ceremony for us. Our dream was to have a very small wedding and at first I feared it may be awkward, but Jaime did a beautiful job of incorporating everyone and making the day flow smoothly. I was also intimidated by creating/writing a wedding ceremony and she did a great job at walking me through each step and personalizing it for our unique style. I am located in AZ and Jaime is in CO, but she did a fabulous job as well with communication and making me feel connected all the way up until the wedding day. Additionally, she was amazing at keeping me calm (when I was getting ready and nervous) and even made sure I was hydrated and had something to eat! I would recommend Jaime to anyone as she gave my husband, family and myself some of the most beautiful memories that will last forever :)
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    Jaime did an absolutely amazing job officiating our wedding in Temecula in April 2017. She had great, original ideas for us to use to make our wedding ceremony unique to us. We initially struggled with how to have a meaningful ceremony without a religious tone, but Jaime was able to guide us to create a spiritual ceremony that we loved. She was prepared throughout the planning process and delivered an exceptional performance on the wedding day. Everyone was raving! If you are looking for a truly fantastic wedding officiant, Jaime is the only way to go!
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    We attended a wedding in Big Sur for a mutual friend where Jaime was the officiant. We were impressed that the person we met the day earlier who has such a bright and fun personality was then standing before us all to unite the couple in such an important ceremony. In addition to being a lot of fun Jaime is soulful, present, loving, in touch with spirit, and carries a beautiful energy. She projects, speaks with wisdom, reads a crowd well, and knows how to create a beautiful, communal space for ceremony.

    We continued our friendship after our friend's wedding and have asked Jaime to officiate our own wedding this September! We had a wonderful consultation with her and she really understands what we want to create and offered fantastic ideas that will take this very special ceremony to the next level. I'm very grateful for this beautiful being who will be officiating our wedding. If you're looking for an officiant who is in touch and handles both depth and joy with the same measure - Jaime is your gal!
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    Jaime was the officiant for my wedding and I can't imagine anyone doing a better job. She created a ceremony that was extremely personal for me and my husband, with the right blend of ceremonial elements, background stories, and humor to keep it meaningful and interesting for us and our guests. She was very professional and easy to work with and helped guide us through the process, making it easy for us while we had a 100 other things on our plate. I highly recommend Jaime and know anyone who hires her for their wedding will be happy with their decision!
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    Jaime was just amazing as an Officiant for my son and now daughter-in-laws wedding. She knew just what to say and shared some history of their relationship which showed that she really, really listened to them, learning enough about them to make their vows magical & so,so special. It was truly a blessing to have Jaime perform the vows and something my family and I will be forever grateful for. If I were you...I would say "I DO"!
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    Awesome Ceremony

    Jaime was amazing! Our wedding ceremony was beautiful and the questionnaire she sent us to prepare the ceremony was helpful in getting us thinking about what we wanted and how we felt. We highly recommend her as an officiant.
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