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    Brittany L. Sent on 09/18/2024
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    Best day ever!

    Karen was absolutely wonderful and made the process so easy for us, we didn’t have to worry about a thing! She shared beautiful words for our ceremony yet kept it on the shorter side so we weren’t standing in the sun forever. What I really loved too was that she stepped to the side while we shared our first kiss so that way we had a photo all to ourselves. Thank you again Karen, you made all my dreams come true!!!
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    Brooke F. Sent on 08/30/2024
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    Amazing Officiant

    Megan was amazing! Shortly after reaching out in regards to officiating my ceremony, my now husband and I met Megan to go over details. She asked about our story and what qualities we love about each other. A year later my husband’s father passed away and we reached out asking Megan to say something during the ceremony, it was beautiful what she came up with. Megan is very easy and fun to work with! I highly recommend her! Thank you so much!
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    Brooke and Michael
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    Alexis D. Sent on 09/16/2024
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    Beautiful Ceremony

    Megan was our officiant and we are so happy we decided to work with her! Her communication was excellent and prompt through every step of the process. She spent time learning about us and incorporated our love story into our ceremony. She supplied us with several different options for vows and readings. We had multiple people tell us at the reception how beautiful our ceremony was. We would highly recommend choosing Megan as your officiant!
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    Lindsay D. Sent on 08/19/2024
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    The BEST Officiant

    We just wanted to say THANK YOU to Michelle! The ceremony was our favorite part of the day, and she did an incredible job! Multiple guests told us that they would remember it forever. They could not believe that she built such a beautiful ceremony based on a 30 minute zoom call. She is truly amazing at what she does!
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    Jimmy J. Sent on 07/22/2024
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    Highly Recommand

    I wanted to extend our heartfelt thanks for officiating our wedding ceremony. Your words were truly touching and perfectly captured the essence of our love and commitment to each other. The warmth, sincerity, and personal touch you brought to the ceremony made it incredibly special and memorable for us and our guests. We are deeply grateful for the time and effort you put into making our day so meaningful. Your presence and guidance played a significant role in making our wedding ceremony everything we had hoped for and more. Thank you once again for being a part of our special day and for your invaluable contribution to such an important moment in our lives.
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    Jimmy and Nan
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    Cynthia T. Sent on 07/09/2024
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    Beautiful and Personal

    Michelle was very present in the planning process. She made our ceremony very personal and special. All our guests were very pleased with her and thought our ceremony was very beautiful. I would definitely recommend her for friends and family!
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    Elizabeth Sent on 07/05/2024
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    Highly Recommend

    After attending my cousin's wedding where Megan was the officiant, it was an easy choice for us to have her officiate our wedding as well. Megan was so easy to work with throughout the whole process! She learned a bit about my husband and I to add personal notes to the ceremony and we worked together to personalize our vows and the exchanging of the rings. Megan gave a beautiful ceremony and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs an officiant!
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    Cassie C. Sent on 06/28/2024
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    Our secular ceremony brought guests to tears!

    Michelle is such a cool person and she did a fantastic job officiating my wedding. She walked us through everything, from how to get a marriage license to choosing backup vows in case we got last minute stage fright. I hate public speaking and was anxious about the ceremony but she was such a calming presence and continually reassured me! She took the time to get to know us before the wedding so our ceremony felt personalized, and she even made special announcements at my request (like putting phones away and tossing rose petals during the recessional) to keep everything running smoothly. Her experience and professionalism is clear and I would recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant. Thanks again!
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    We couldn't have asked for a better officiant! We were confident that Michelle would do a good job based on other reviews and family personal reviews but we never expected her to make us feel like we were the only two people in the world and personalize her words to fit us so well. We are more spiritual than religious and we were worried that our families would be offended/ disappointed not having scriptures from the bible. Also, we were worried it would be too short since we though there wasn't much to fill in the time without that kind of stuff. We had a wine ceremony which Michelle did wonderfully with the meaning and story of it. She went above and beyond with quotes and her own words to make a beautiful ceremony for us that we will never forget. She didn't attend the rehearsal, which she states in her first meeting and on her website, unless it's necessary. She didn't need to come. She did a fabulous job and having never heard what she wrote before, we were genuinely stunned and it added so much to the authenticity of our ceremony and truly showed our love that day.
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    Kristin M. Sent on 06/28/2024
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    Very professional and personable

    Megan was very professional and personable. Our ceremony was exactly what we wanted it to be. Megan helped us craft the prefect (for us) ceremony that left people saying it was so unique and neat. Megan was so responsive to our emails and even met with us a week before the wedding to help us calm our nerves.
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    Alison B. Sent on 07/22/2024
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    Highly recommend!

    Karen officiated our wedding at O’Brien’s Sleepy Hollow on 6/15/24 and she was absolutely wonderful to work with! We had initially planned for a family member to officiate our wedding ceremony and when he passed away we were unsure how we would feel about someone we didn't know performing our ceremony for us. I found Yellowbird through a Facebook page and was put in touch with Karen - we had a great experience from start to finish and I felt very much at ease. She took the time to get to know us over a FaceTime call, gave us many options for what we wanted to say for our vows and the rings, and asked us many questions about what we wanted to include to make the ceremony our own. Karen really took the time to personalize our ceremony to us and our relationship and it was beautiful! We were very pleased and would recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant. Thank you so much, Karen!
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    Dan Sent on 06/22/2024
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    Megan is Amazing

    I can't say enough good things about our experience with Megan. She is very professional, very easy to talk to, and took time above and beyond of what was expected of her to ensure our day went flawlessly. She arrived on site the day of the ceremony, took the initiative to speak to our musicians to ensure our music would align with the key points of the ceremony, and just generally was a very calming presence during the entire thing. Plus my family loved her. Going into the process I was worried we might not hit it off with the officiant, not knowing them well. She quickly put these concerns to rest. After the first call, my now wife and I both let out a resounding "She's it".

    She's genuine, professional, easy to work with, and knows exactly what she's doing. Go with Megan.
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    Tina G. Sent on 06/08/2024
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    Lovely ceremony, highly polished speech

    Michelle led a lovely ceremony and helped our wedding flow so smoothly! She clearly has a ton of experience officiating weddings and made sure everything stayed on track and on time. Her speech was touching and we really appreciate how she put in the time to get to know us a bit. She came up with a ceremony that felt personal and meaningful! Michelle was also super responsive and helped answer all our questions (and we had a lot!)
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    Rick S. Sent on 05/23/2024
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    The most beautiful ceremony I ever witnessed

    I attend alot of weddings and have witnessed many ceremonies. Megan is by far the best I have ever seen. She is a sweet soul and gets to know her clients so she can bring a special personalization to that couples ceremony. She arrives early to make sure everything is set and helps organize too if need be. Look no further if you are reading this.
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    Christian C. Sent on 04/28/2024
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    Amazing experience!

    My now wife and I were organizing our wedding in Buffalo, NY all the way from the Midwest. Despite this added stress, Michelle was so easy to work with and was honestly a calming presence leading up to our big day. We talked several times via phone call / zoom. Throughout the whole process, Michelle was so accommodating and easy to work with. Immediately after our ceremony, all of our guests commented on how touching and heartfelt Michelle's service was - and we definitely agree. We loved it so much we asked Michelle for a copy of her service, which she very kindly provided to us.

    Again, thank you, Michelle, for making this such a lovely experience. We would recommend her to anybody!
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    Tom E. Sent on 04/29/2024
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    Very special

    Michelle made our special day even better. She met with each of us before the ceremony to make sure everything was right and ready. During the process she was very responsive on vows and giving us template's to pick from to make our vows perfect for us. We highly recommend Michelle if you are looking for an officiant.
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    Crystal K. Sent on 03/06/2024
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    The Kelly’s

    We Highly Recommend Michelle . We were completely unaware of the work in putting a small wedding ceremony together, Michelle was here from the beginning till the end. She even knows how to do a tie, when I had no clue. We love the thought & time she put in the ceremony and being available for anything we needed.
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    Leah K. Sent on 12/15/2023
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    Amazing!

    My husband and I just got married this past Saturday and we had the BEST experience with Karen. She really took the time to get to know us throughout the wedding planning process and our ceremony was absolutely flawless-I don't think it could have gone any better! There wasn't a dry eye at the ceremony and so many people commented on what a beautiful job Karen did. If you are looking for an officiant for your wedding, we highly recommend Karen Younus through YellowBird!!!!
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    Morgan M. Sent on 02/02/2024
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    Michelle is amazing

    Michelle from YellowBird was absolutely incredible. She made us feel so comfortable during our initial interview with her, and we had so many laughs! Along the planning process, Michelle was very prompt and answered any questions that we had. When our big day came, Michelle was AMAZING. Her words were magical, and made our ceremony the most beautiful moment of our lives. Our guests could not stop telling us how amazing Michelle was, and how much her words moved them. We would HIGHLY recommend Michelle and YellowBird for an officiant!
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    Eric D. Sent on 12/06/2023
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    Michelle is an Absolute Delight

    Michelle with Yellowbird officiated our wedding on 11/18/2023 and she was absolutely incredible. I cannot stress how kind and warm she is, she put together the most beautiful and moving wedding ceremony I've ever witnessed and I'm beyond lucky it was ours. She's incredibly responsive, she filed all of our paperwork quickly, and she had a great price. i would highly suggest her, ESPECIALLY if you are looking for a secular wedding ceremony.
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    Alana M. Sent on 11/25/2023
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    Michelle from Yellowbird

    Michelle was absolutely wonderful to work with. As soon as we met her we knew we wanted her to marry us. We had the best experience from start to finish. It is obvious that Michelle has done this many times before and she has perfected the experience. Communication was great and she took the time to personalize our ceremony. There were a lot of options for the ring ceremony and vows which made it very easy to choose from. We ended up combining a few and editing to make our own. We also did a sand ceremony that Michelle executed perfectly. She really took the time to make our ceremony personalized and you would think she has known us for years! After the ceremony we received so many complements about how beautiful and perfect the ceremony was. She also took care of the marriage license by sending it in after which was a huge responsibility taken off our plate. We couldn’t have asked for anything more. We highly recommend Michelle!!
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    Megan L. Sent on 11/09/2023
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    Best Officiant ever!

    Michelle was the most amazing officiant ever!
    From the beginning, she always made sure to communicate and was so patient and understanding with any questions or concerns we may have had throughout the planning process! She took the time to set up meetings with us to know all the details about our love story and get to know who we are as individuals as well as a couple so she could personalize our vows :) we can’t imagine having anyone else officiate our wedding. Everything was perfect! We highly recommend Michelle or anyone from this company, they are amazing :)
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    Ashton B. Sent on 08/29/2023
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    The Perfect Day

    Our officiant, Megan, was nothing short of incredible. She was amazing throughout the entire process, from initial meet and greet to the big day. She met with us early on and got to know my wife and I on a deeper level (our story and who we are as a couple) tailoring the ceremony to us perfectly.

    She was very communicative all throughout the process and was willing to go wherever we wanted to go for our elopement ceremony, ending up on a boat ride on the Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls! She was so supportive and encouraging on the day of the wedding and really made our day as perfect as it could be.

    Megan is extremely personable and truly, truly kind and after it is all said and done we could not picture our wedding day with anyone else officiating. We are so grateful for everything that Megan did to make our day so special and would absolutely recommend to other prospective couples looking for the same kind of care in the future!
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    Shawn B. Sent on 10/15/2023
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    Megan's awesome

    Megan was absolutely awesome! Great with our families and the energy! Very quick in responses helpful with suggestions and such! Not a single thing I could think of that could have made it better! She killed it. Very friendly very well spoken! Just awesome!
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    Julia T. Sent on 10/08/2023
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    Guest couldn't stop asking us who our officiant was!

    Megan with Yellowbird officiated our wedding and we can't say enough great things about her! She had an initial interview with us to get to know us and hear our story, which she then used to craft our ceremony. She captured our story perfectly. She also had several vow and ring options for us to choose from, since we decided not to write our own vows. We chose to take parts from a few of the options and meld them together to get the wording exactly how we wanted. She was all around wonderful! Confident, clear speaker, and a comforting face to look at when you are a little nervous standing up in front of all your guests getting married! We have had several guests ask us about her since our wedding and comment how wonderful she was! Would definitely recommend Megan to anyone looking! She made that part of wedding planning low stress and easy!