Golden Oak Weddings

Working with Elizabeth was incredible. She was so much more than just an officiant for us. She was a mentor, teacher and guide through our special day.

Our wedding was perfect and Elizabeth was a core part of making that happen for us. There were many moments throughout the process where we felt pulled in multiple directions. Throughout the entire process, she protected us from distractions and helped us stay grounded and connected.

We felt that she really took the extra time to understand our love, our fears and concerns and our goals with our wedding. We felt this understanding really shone through in the beautiful ceremony she crafted for us. Her words were poetic and uniquely reflected our love and journey to the altar.

Beyond the beautiful ceremony though, Elizabeth's experience and guidance really made sure that we felt loved and supported through our entire wedding planning process. Although she was technically only our officiant, her guidance and experience made it feel like we had another wedding planner helping us. =)

During our wedding, she took out extra time to help us remain grounded and connected with each other, making sure we were fully present during our ceremony. Instead of feeling nervous and having our day past in a blur, she really helped us experience our wedding to the fullest extent possible.

I really can't recommend Elizabeth enough. I couldn't have imagined going through our wedding without her help. She was constantly a calming and reassuring voice, thought around corners for us and helped craft and deliver the most beautiful experience of our lives.

Elizabeth is the absolute best. I regret how long it's taken to write this review, but things got hectic in the few months following our fall wedding. Just the other day, I was thinking about the wedding and still, all these months later, the ceremony remains my favorite part of the day. I'm SO happy that Elizabeth was available and willing to be part of the wedding.

Working with Elizabeth was great. We clicked immediately and my husband and I knew she would make the ceremony special, setting the exact right tone for the wedding itself as well as the step we were taking. I'm Jewish and he isn't, but it was important to me to have some Jewish customs involved while somehow not getting too God-y. Elizabeth had the perfect answers and suggestions to satisfy my need to connect with my culture, while still being accessible to my Methodist, midwestern in-laws. We are still hearing from friends and family about how wonderful the ceremony was.

In the months leading up to the wedding, things were stressful (duh). But working with Elizabeth was always a bright spot. She not only took great care tailoring a ceremony exactly for us, but she encouraged my husband and me to talk about why, exactly, we were getting married. In all of the wedding planning prep and commotion, I was able to know that we were on the same page. This is in large part because of Elizabeth's guidance. She truly went above and beyond. I cannot recommend her enough.

Elizabeth is amazing! My husband and I got married in our backyard last November. We did a lot of things ourselves and with our families' help but we could not have done it without Elizabeth. She helped prepare me for the chaos that is a DIY wedding, sharing with me cautionary tales and good advice, none of which I was really prepared for. She saved us big time helping us avoid common mistakes and pit falls. But even more so Elizabeth helped me to not forget what was most important: being mentally and emotionally present for the actual wedding!

My husband and I collaborated with Elizabeth to get the ceremony just right. Because we had never written a ceremony and we were so particular about not being too sentimental but also not too clinical I'm sure it wasn't the easiest task for Elizabeth. That being said, she was so patient and helpful. She wrote but more importantly delivered a really beautiful and personal ceremony. It truly made our backyard wedding feel like a sacred space.

This review would be very long if I wrote out everything Elizabeth did for us. Suffice is to say that sharing our big day with Elizabeth was the best decision we made!

Working with Elizabeth was crucial to the success and tone of our wedding; she inserted joy, warmth, and just the right dose of gravitas into our ceremony. She's a well of knowledge about the legal process and makes that part easy (thank goodness), and has loads of great ceremony text which you can scour and modify based on your preference. Then, she crafts a ceremony just for you and is really quite eloquent. She's prompt in responses and extremely thorough - Elizabeth must have spent many hours getting to know us, answering all our questions, writing and revising our ceremony to perfection, and of course officiating the actual wedding. At one point, she dropped everything on a Sunday to drive across LA and help us with a paperwork issue, then gave us a partial refund for not catching the issue herself! (Unnecessary but she insisted.) That's how seriously she takes her work. At the same time, she exudes an elegance and charisma that is at once impressive and heartwarming, and I believe she loves her job because she loves love, so the good vibes are genuine. Thank you Elizabeth for kicking off our wedded bliss so gracefully. You're in our hearts forever!