Heather Rose, our wedding officiant, and her husband, Jeb, were total life savers for doing our…read moreLAST MINUTE WEDDING. They were personable and outgoing, the kind of people you'd want to be friends with. :) Our ceremony was held at their small, cottage like home here in Portland with their daughter, Isabelle (age 6 months...and TOO CUTE!), also present on August 28th, 2011. Considering the economy we didn't have a lot of money to spend and they were more than willing to work with us financially. We also don't have a lot of family left and Jeb nicely stepped up as one of our witnesses. Heather Rose also emailed us a copy of the ceremony beforehand so we could re-write or add to it, which I found very thoughtful. My, now, husband and I wrote our own vows on scrolls and exchanged them during. Everything was beautiful. Heather Rose was all smiles during the ceremony as were we. Our day couldn't have been more perfect. There are two major things that my husband and I took with us from our experience with this amazing couple.... 1.) Heather Rose collects 2 named friends (like me, Julie anne.) LOL. AND 2.) "Today you will love each other the least". A quote from Jeb that has more truth to it than we could have ever imagined. You never think you could possibly love each other more than your wedding day, but it grows each and every day thereafter and gets stronger. Thank you Heather Rose and Jeb for helping to create a lasting memory for us. Adam and Julieanne Lundbom

Anybody searching for an officiant to make their day as special as possible need look no further…read more Heather is amazing, she was so helpful through the process of wedding planning. Everybody at our ceremony loved her, and the feeling she brought to our wedding.

My partner and I were looking for something super special for our small and witchy elopement on the…read morecoast. We found Elizabeth and met over zoom, and immediately clicked! She has such warm kind vibes, and we immediately connected over her love of music. We had a seriously magical small ceremony on the beach with just a few of us. She helped us to curate the perfect handfasting script [Which I cried most of the way through at her beautiful delivery] she ended by singing our chosen song with her ukelele, and I will never forget the sounds of her beautiful music floating along the wind as we celebrated our union. We absolutely recommend her services to make your day as magical as ours was. Thank you again for making our day so special!

Elizabeth was incredible. We recommend her 10 out of 10! Thank you, Elizabeth, for making our…read morespecial day even better with your professionalism and reverence.

Ernie officiated our marriage ceremony on September 1, 2022, and he was incredible to work with…read more First, he was very communicative via email and text. He took the time to discuss our wedding over the phone, educating us on different nuances, like handfasting, and walked us through what to expect on the big day step by step. He also prepared a wedding script for us to follow during the ceremony and sent it to us in advance. Lastly, he was open to our suggestions about the wedding location (the beautiful Jenkins Estate) and arrived there on time. Even though it was a small reception, Ernie, being a popular choice in the area, still agreed to participate and made us feel well cared for. We wholeheartedly recommend hiring Ernie for your wedding, big or small. His attention to detail and exceptional oratory skills will undoubtedly make your day even more special.

Highly recommend EC Matrimony!…read more From the very beginning, their communication was great. We initially worked with Ernie to find an officiant that best fit us and our wedding. He answered all our questions and sent over a ton of resources to help us find the ceremony that worked for us. Don Gloud was our officiant and he was amazing! We received so many compliments from our guests on how well he led the ceremony. Don and his wife Dodie sent us a pre-wedding checklist to make sure we got our marriage license on time and all the little details were taken care of. After the ceremony they instructed us on how to complete the license and took care of mailing it in for us. They made the whole process so easy.

I wasn't sure if I needed a day-of coordinator, but it turned out to be the best money I spent for…read moremy wedding, hands down! Amanda helped make my day an absolute dream. She set up all of my decor beautifully and in record time. She professionally dealt with vendors and concerns as they came up and without me having to ask. She made the entire day run smoothly and had us (bride & groom) in mind the entire time. She brought food & drinks to our table when she knew we wouldn't have time to get any, packed up all of my decor/food at the end of the night, and brought us supplies when we were dealing with a drunk bridesmaid, without ever asking and without judgment. She was even fun to have on the dance floor! Family told me how great she was to work with too, and how they felt like there must have been 3 of her, she was doing so much! My wedding day went off without a hitch, and that's thanks in huge part to Amanda!!!

Amanda Kraft did a fabulous job as our wedding planner for our daughter's wedding May 15, 2021…read more I can't recommend her highly enough! She was totally on board at our 1st meeting and gave us lots of ideas and suggestions to think about as we planned the wedding. Amanda checked in with us via email every few weeks to make sure we were on track with hiring vendors, ordering invitations and making sure we had ordered the wedding dress. Any questions we had were always promptly answered. Amanda was professional and paid attention to detail at all of our meetings and did an excellent job with the rehearsal. We gave her an outline for the wedding day and she worked with the vendors to make sure that the decorations were all in place, the cake table was set and everyone was dressed and ready on time so that the ceremony and reception flowed smoothly. Amanda worked hard from the moment she arrived at the venue and was one of the last people to leave after everything was boxed up and our cars were loaded. Amanda has a calm demeanour but at the same time has the ability to see what needs to be done and does it. She joined us at the rehearsal dinner so she could get to know everyone before the big day. In between overseeing the toasts and cake cutting Amanda joined us on the dance floor to lead everyone in a line dance. Amanda is amazing! She is fun, experienced and hard working. You will be so glad you hired her! We certainly were!

When my fiancé and I were planning our wedding in December 2019 for August 2020 we decided, after…read morespeaking with multiple officiants, that Jon was our guy! He was professional, responded almost immediately to all of our inquiries, and once we started to work with him on our ceremony, he was helpful and knowledgeable about how we may want to design and customize our ceremony. Alas, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our August 2020 wedding plans, and we had to cancel on Jon, but even throughout our wedding-plan-pivot he was professional and gracious during this hard time. We would recommend Jon.

With full-time jobs and hectic lives, we needed a full-service wedding planner and a seasoned…read moreprofessional. Knowing that this was going to be one of the most important days in our lives, we did a lot of homework and interviewed several planners. In addition to experience and strong references, the single most important factor to us was chemistry. Warm and genuinely caring, we connected with Carisa from the start and knew we didn't want to entrust our wedding to anyone else. The other factors we considered: 1) clear, reliable communication skills - including the ability to listen and really understand our vision and intention for the event; 2) strong organizational skills and follow-through; 3) established relationships with the best vendors; 4) clear design inspiration and passion; and 5) a game-day MVP who calmly directs the show behind the scenes and makes everything run smoothly. Carisa delivered on every criteria, and, in fact, exceeded our high expectations. It has now been over a year since our special day, and we still get compliments from our guests who tell us it was the best wedding they've ever been to! The whole experience was truly joyous and magical, and Carisa and the entire Adornment Events team were essential in making our dream a reality. The financial investment in hiring Carisa and her A-team to seamlessly orchestrate our big day was worth every penny, and we could not have done it without them. We cannot recommend Carisa and Adornment Events highly enough!!!

Best wedding and event planning company! The team makes it an enjoyable and fun experience…read morethroughout the entire process, and they delivered on the most wonderful experience ever! Look no further, you've found the best!

We love this venue. We attended a wedding a friend hosted by The Abernathy Center. They have a…read morechapel and a reception fall. Both venues are close but not in the same building. They are directly across the street from one another. When you drive into the area there are signs for parking that are close the reception hall. If you're attending a wedding it's going to be in the chapel. So the walking from the parking lot to the chapel isn't super convenient if you're wearing your best formals. Anyway lovely place. Spacious enough for a mid sized event.

Pro : Delightful layout, friendly staff…read more Con: Not much rain cover for Oregon outdoor location. Parking lot to event location could be a wet walk. Came here to attend a wedding around June, was lucky that it was a dry afternoon and evening. The ceremony site is pretty much directly below the reception location, so easy to get around. Bathroom is a 1 minute walk from the reception site but also not covered.

We are so happy that we had Mike officiate our wedding. We really wanted the ceremony to be the…read moremain focus of the day. We are not a religious couple, but wanted our wedding to still feel ceremonial. It was important to us to have some Celtic traditions, and some modern wedding phrases, but the majority of the ceremony was a wonderful surprise. Mike has a great system of sending a questionnaire to fill out and then he incorporates it into the ceremony. Somehow he knew just what to include and weave our responses into the traditional elements we requested. It took the pressure off of us! Allowing Mike to do his thing meant that we could let go and really feel all our emotions in the moment. Just want we wanted. Our guests marveled at how personal the ceremony was, were touched that we included so much family history, and there was plenty of laughter and fun mixed in. Mission accomplished - everyone felt the love! We highly recommend Mike to officiate your wedding! He's experienced, a skilled orator, and will execute your vision flawlessly.

Mike was a fantastic and unique officiant. He made the ceremony extra special, and guests told us…read morethe way he approached it made them feel like they got to know us on a more intimate level. He brought the attendees into our world, in a way that provoked both tears and laughter. It felt very authentic and meaningful. It was a beautiful moment in time. Mike used a questionnaire to form the ceremony and read answers word by word. The reason for deducting some stars is related to the ceremony being about 45 minutes long, when it should have been 30 maximum. The questionnaire answers were not condensed. In addition, mike said that he does not do weddings that have a first look as per his contract. However, when we hired him, there was no contract or mention of this clause anywhere. Regardless, we did the first look and he still provided his services. All in all, we would go with Mike again.