Salt Lake City, Utah Wedding Officiant & Couples Counselor - Lee Olsen

Common Questions:

Do you work with Wedding Planners/Coordinators?
Yes. The wedding day has two parts: the ceremony and the reception. The creation, coordination and presentation of the ceremony are the responsibility of the officiant. The planner/coordinator plans the processional and the recessional aspects of the ceremony.

How much does a ceremony cost?
Ceremonies within the Greater Salt Lake Area cost $350. For ceremonies outside of Salt Lake City, or for destination weddings, I am happy to discuss and create options to accommodate your needs.

When Will You Arrive?
I will arrive sufficiently early so there is one less worry for the bride and groom. I will leave shortly after the ceremony so that the newlyweds do not have to worry about the added expense of an extra plate at their reception.

How long is the ceremony?
I believe the optimal amount of time is no less than 15 minutes and no more than 25. I would be happy to discuss different ideas of how to engage your guests in the event.

How do we reserve your services and the date?
Give me a call or send me an email. Let's see if I can accommodate your date and we will work from there.

(801) 573-5492, or leeolsenlcsw@yahoo.com

License Information:

Both bride and groom must accompany each other to the
Marriage License Division
2001 South State Street
Suite #S2200
Salt Lake City, Utah

Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5
Ph. (801)468-3439

The fee is $50.00 and you must have proper identification (Utah Drivers License, Military ID, Birth certificate, Passport, State ID Card).

A license issued in Salt Lake County can be used in any county in the state of Utah and will become effective immediately. The county accepts cash, check, and money order, MasterCard or Visa.

I will file your license for you at the courthouse after your ceremony. Marriage licenses must be used within 30 days from the date of purchase at which time the license expires. Refunds and extensions cannot be granted

The Bride and Groom-to-be must have proof of age, be at least 18 years old and must appear together - no exceptions.
Both the Bride and Groom-to-be must have valid identification.
All marriage licenses are valid for 90 from date of issue.
Know your parents' names, mothers' maiden name and places of their birth.
Bring a copy of final divorce decree if you have divorced within the past 30 days. http://www.clerk.slco.org/html/marriage.html for more information.

He's finally popped the question. You're now engaged and have set a wedding date."Now What?", you ask yourself.

You have purchased the latest bridal magazines from your local grocery store and there are pages and pages of photos of beautiful wedding gowns, rings and articles on weddings. Some give you a brief idea of what you need to do to plan your wedding, but you're still not sure how to begin the process.

The key is to start organizing and planning earlier than later.

You first need to create a system to keep all the details in one place. You may choose to use a binder with a tab for each category you will be using. Examples of categories are: Essential Wedding Favors, Bakery, Ceremony, Catering, Florist, Music, Reception, Photography, Transportation. An accordion file is another choice, using the same category tabs. You will be able to see each category at a glance.

Whichever system you choose, use it to keep track of all receipts, pictures, brochures, business cards etc. that is related to each category.

Find a "wedding timetable" layout. This timetable will include a list of to-do's for the entire months/year before the big day. Some of the first things on this timeline may be: Consulting with fiancé and parents to decide budget and financial support. Another may be deciding the number of guests to invite to your big day (always dependant on budget $$ available), deciding what type of wedding - formal or informal or even interviewing wedding coordinators. This timetable is a basic guideline. You can recreate on your computer to fit your wedding and time line.

Once you have an idea of all the details involved in planning a wedding and all the dedicated time you will have to spend, you can start recruiting help from family and friends. Delegate tasks to help you check off all the to-do's on your list and by the time you know it, it's wedding day. When it comes to decorating your wedding ceremony or reception . . . Color Is Back White weddings no more? This year will be the "Year Of Color" according to many wedding resources. The trend appears to be that more couples planning weddings are adding pizazz to the look of their wedding, and reception with bold, daring colors, patterns, floral arrangements, exotic cakes, wedding favor ideas and more.

It appears that the desire to "wow" guests is a major goal of many bride's and grooms. With wedding budgets being tossed out the window, these new high end weddings are quickly becoming a wedding fashion statement.

Weddings don't have to cost a fortune to be beautiful and fashionable. With careful budgeting, prioritizing, and perhaps the help of a consultant, you can have one of these new high fashion weddings. The celebrity wedding is really what these every day couples are striving to compete with. The media bombards us with so and sos wedding, and all the details of how expensive, and elaborate the wedding was. It's no wonder couples feel the need to "keep up with the Jones" so to speak. Don't feel bad if this is you, be proud that you have the opportunity to display your own sense of unique style.

Ways To Create Color For Your Wedding! 1. Use a colorful table runner to jazz up your guest tables (tables perhaps already covered with rented white table cloths) If you cannot afford a table runner for every guest table, try doing this for every other guest table in a pattern fashion. This will make sense if done in pattern.

2. Make the most of money saving greenery for part of your centerpieces. Add a dash of bold color with a few brightly colored daisies here and there. A few will go along way. If you cannot afford flowers for every guest table, then consider the every other guest table approach, while still using some greenery alone on the guest tables without flowers.

3. If flowers are not a huge part of your budget, consider the every other table approach mentioned above, or consider purchasing plain clay flower pots at a local store. Next, purchase some brightly colored spray paints (perhaps 2 or 3 different colors) and spray paint the flower pots individually with one of the colors. Perhaps some of them for example with yellow paint, some of them with the bright green paint, and some with orange. When the paint is dry, play with the pots by filling them with different colorful materials to see what you can come up with that will add some pizazz to your guest tables with the pots as your centerpiece. Things to consider filling these pots with are: unpeeled oranges, lemons, grapefruits, even bananas. This will also turn out to be centerpieces that smell great, and your guests can reach out, grab a piece, peel and eat it!

4. Use wallpaper to add color and pattern. Perhaps you can look at your local wallpaper store, or home decor store, and ask if they have wallpaper borders on clearance. If not, look anyway. Ways to use wallpaper to add pizazz! Instead of using a table runner, use a long strip of colorful, patterned wall paper, or a wall paper border to drape across the table cloth covering your guest tables. What about the isle runner for the wedding ceremony? Who needs white? Use a 3 to 4 ft. wide strip of your favorite wall paper measured to reach the full length of the ceremony isle. This is a great alternative to flower petals that don't stay in place. Your guests will not forget this one!

5. Chair covers always add a touch of class, and often come in many colors with bowes to accent them. Check with your local wedding consultant about what is available.

6. Wrap things in colorful cloth ribbon or tule. Ribbon and tule can add a lot of color, they can also hide ugly. If there's something you don't want guests to see, or you just want to jazz it up, then wrap it up!

These are just a few of the many ways to add wonderful, happy color to your special wedding day. The trend this year, is color. So, don't be afraid of bold colors, and patterns. Choose a list of complimentary colors, and stick with them for your theme.

Essential Wedding Favors is a company founded by Paul Darch and Tracey Spencer in 2006. Wanting to provide a bride and groom a source to find as much information about planning their wedding, inspired them to create a website dedicated to just that.
http://www.essentialweddingfavors.com

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Before your wedding, you surely have several wishes on what type of gifts you want to receive. Thus, you have a wedding registry. Before your honeymoon, you surely would want to experience your dream vacation. Thus you have a honeymoon registry.

Honeymoon registry is the thing you should prepare together with wedding in order to give your guests ideas on the things you want to do and experience on your honeymoon. And since it is assured that your guests would want to make your dream honeymoon come true, you want your dream to be known through the honeymoon registry.

The good thing about it is that you give your guests another option other than the usual wedding registry. But the best thing about it is that, you get the honeymoon of your dream with the help of your friends.

Why should you make one anyway?

Since you have spent thousands of dollars for your wedding day, setting a big budget for your honeymoon is another pain in your bankbook or credit card bills. Creating a honeymoon registry would lessen your burden for another big expenses. It would let guests to contribute on each portion of your honeymoon. And since you expect that many would sign up to your registry, your honeymoon vacation is within reach. In the event that the registry is not filled up, you don't have any problem completing the list for some expenses have already been answered.

Of course, you would not want to dine on one resort and fly to other location just to sleep. You should select a hotel or resort where you want to spend your honeymoon at and create a registry there. Since most transactions can be done online and most of your guests would probably go online to shop, choose a hotel or resort that provides an online checking. The will buy gift certificates there and you can use them on your honeymoon.

How should you tell your guests about it?

Wedding registry information is oftentimes included on the wedding invitation. You can also include your honeymoon registry on that invitation. If you decide to go online, you can mention the site where you have placed your registry and instruct them to search your names from there. Then, they could see the checklist of your honeymoon registry.

Here are the basic things you should include on your honeymoon registry: airfare, romantic dinner, breakfast in bed, honeymoon suites, massage, spa, and tours.

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