Services

With a genuine passion for creating inclusive and heartfelt experiences, Katherine works closely with couples to customize their wedding ceremony, infusing it with personal touches and traditions that hold special meaning to them. They take the time to understand the couple's vision and collaboratively craft a ceremony that reflects their unique personalities, values, and aspirations.

Basic Services List and Cost

Wedding Nuptials

Katherine requires pre-wedding consultations to get to know the couple, understand their preferences, and help them design a ceremony that truly reflects their unique relationship. These consultations ensure that the ceremony aligns with the couple's wishes.

To ensure a seamless and stress-free ceremony, Katherine offers wedding rehearsal services. They guide the couple and the wedding party through the ceremony, helping everyone feel comfortable and confident about their roles.

Wedding Ceremonies: Katherine specializes in crafting and officiating personalized wedding ceremonies that reflect the unique love story and vision of each couple. They work closely with the couple to create a ceremony that incorporates their values, beliefs, and traditions.

As a legally ordained wedding officiant, Katherine takes care of the necessary paperwork and ensures that all legal requirements for the marriage are fulfilled. They handle the filing of marriage licenses and other necessary documents with the appropriate authorities.

Additional Services

  • Custom Vows Writing Service: Katherine DeSilva, a published writer and poet, offers a specialized service of crafting custom vows for couples who desire a truly unique and heartfelt wedding ceremony. Recognizing the importance of personalized vows in capturing the essence of a couple's love and commitment, Katherine goes above and beyond to create vows that are deeply meaningful, authentic, and tailored specifically to the couple's relationship.
    - Writing custom vows is an art that requires a deep understanding of the individuals involved, their values, and their journey as a couple. To ensure a personalized and authentic experience, Katherine requests the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of two to three people who know each party separately. This includes individuals such as family members, long time friends, or colleagues, who can provide insights into the individual's character, values, and the unique bond they share with others.
    - Additionally, Katherine requests the contact information of two people who can speak about the parties as a couple. These individuals can be friends who have witnessed the couple's love story unfold or individuals who have a deep understanding of their relationship dynamics. By involving people who have witnessed their love firsthand, Katherine ensures that the custom vows capture the essence of the couple's journey and highlight the qualities that make their relationship special.
    - It is important to note that the service of writing custom vows is billed separately due to the intensive nature of the work involved. Katherine invests significant time and energy into researching, drafting, and revising the vows to ensure they truly capture the couple's essence. The cost associated with this service reflects the expertise, dedication, and creativity that Katherine brings to each vow they write.
  • Custom Ceremonial Ritual Service: Katherine DeSilva offers an exceptional service of creating custom ceremonial rituals for couples who desire a truly unique and meaningful wedding experience. Recognizing that rituals have the power to add depth and symbolism to a ceremony, Katherine invests great care and expertise into crafting rituals that reflect the couple's values, beliefs, and shared journey. With their expertise and passion for crafting memorable experiences, Katherine DeSilva takes great pride in designing custom ceremonial rituals that elevate a couple's wedding ceremony to new heights of meaning and authenticity. By integrating personalized elements into the ceremony, Katherine ensures that the couple's love story is beautifully woven into every aspect of their special day.
    - To ensure the utmost personalization, Katherine asks both parties to separately complete a questionnaire. By understanding each individual's preferences, cultural backgrounds, and personal experiences, Katherine gathers valuable insights that help shape the ritual design process. Additionally, couples are provided with a joint questionnaire that delves into their shared aspirations, hopes, and desires for their wedding ceremony.
    Through the careful analysis of these questionnaires, Katherine creates custom ceremonial rituals that resonate with the couple on a deep level.
    - Creating custom ceremonial rituals is a meticulous and intricate process that demands time, research, and creativity. As such, this service is billed separately to account for the considerable effort and dedication involved.

Wedding Officiant for the North Shore

Wedding Officiant

Review of Basic Services

- Collaboration with Other Wedding Vendors: Katherine will happily collaborating with other wedding vendors such as photographers, event planners, and musicians. They work harmoniously with the wedding team to ensure a cohesive and smooth experience for the couple and their guests.
- Pre-Wedding Consultations: Katherine offers pre-wedding consultations to get to know the couple, understand their preferences, and help them design a ceremony that truly reflects their unique relationship. These consultations ensure that the ceremony aligns perfectly with the couple's wishes.
- Standard Vows: Katherine assists couples in writing their own vows or provides a selection of pre-written vows for them to choose from.
- Ceremonial Rituals: If desired, Katherine can incorporate various ceremonial rituals into the wedding ceremony provided by the couple. This may include unity candle lighting, sand blending, wine sharing, or any other meaningful ritual that the couple wishes to include.
- Wedding Rehearsals: To ensure a seamless and stress-free ceremony, Katherine offers wedding rehearsal services. They guide the couple and the wedding party through the ceremony, helping everyone feel comfortable and confident about their roles.
- LGBT+ Inclusive Ceremonies: As an advocate for inclusivity, Katherine warmly welcomes and supports couples from the LGBT+ community. They create safe and inclusive spaces for all couples, ensuring that love knows no boundaries.
- Wedding Ceremonies: Katherine specializes in crafting and officiating personalized wedding ceremonies that reflect the unique love story and vision of each couple. They work closely with the couple to create a ceremony that incorporates their values, beliefs, and traditions.
- Filing of Legal Documents: As a legally ordained wedding officiant, Katherine takes care of the necessary paperwork and ensures that all legal requirements for the marriage are fulfilled. They handle the filing of marriage licenses and other necessary documents with the appropriate authorities.

Note: Katherine DeSilva is open to discussing additional services or customization to meet the unique needs and desires of each couple.

Cost for Standard Services
$300

- Three 30 Min Pre-Wedding Counseling Session
- One 45 Min Wedding On-site Rehearsal 
- One 20-30 Min Wedding Ceremony
 - Above Includes travel time within 20 minute of 174 High Street, Ipswich, MA for 4 In-Person Meetings with needed time before and after the ceremony. 

- Each additional 30 minutes over is charged at $25
- Standard Service Includes up to 6 hours total time investment completing all areas included in the list of basic services above.  Significant changes or requirements are billed at $25 per half hour. 
- Abbreviated Service ($200) Includes up to 4 hours total time investment completing required services above, but the location must be in Ipswich, Hamilton, Rowley, or Essex and be for under 40 guests. Significant changes or requirements are billed at $25 per half hour. 

A sliding scale for basic services can be requested. Please include your overall budget and what you have set aside for nuptials. 

Virtual meetings can be used for the second the pre-wedding counseling sessions or for any additional sessions requested. Virtual meetings can not be used for the first or last counseling session or the rehearsal.