CEREMONY FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL HAWAII WEDDING TRADITIONS
This wedding option incorporate the most popular wedding traditions in the Hawaiian Islands into a personalized non-relgious love centric ceremony and is officiated anywhere on Oahu.
I will personalize your ceremony to incorporate your love story. You will have the option to use a beautiful lifelike silk maile with tuberose garland to create a heart or circle of flowers to mark the ceremony spot for the two of you to stand in during the ceremony. If you choose to use the garland I will set it up before your ceremony and collect it after the ceremony.
Your ceremony begins by adorning each other in fresh dendrobium orchid leis during a lei exchange representing your giving yourselves to one another on your wedding day.
During a sand unity the two of you blend separate bowls of sand into one representing the joining of your hearts and lives. I provide use of Hawaiian wooden bowls for the ceremony and will bring sand if the ceremony location isn’t a location with sand. You may also choose to provide your own bowls and/or sand or glass beads for the unity ceremony.
Honi Honi, Ha Breath of Life is a native Hawaiian tradition of deep love and respect. It is an intimate moment of touching noses and foreheads then sharing a breath; it also looks amazing in photos and videos.
You may exchange rings or other tokens of love as you vow your eternal Aloha for one another. You may write your own vows of love to say during the ring exchange or only repeat after me.
After you exchange vows, but before being proclaimed married, you will perform a lava rock and ti leaf ceremony. In the Hawaiian culture it is believed that the leaves of a Ti plant bring good luck and protection from negative energy. The lava rock represents your marriage and together you wrap your marriage in good luck and leave it to mark where you pledged your eternal Aloha.
When I pronounce you married a pineapple bubble maker will fill the air with bubbles in celebration!
Before I leave after your ceremony I will present you with a ceremonial Certificate of Marriage featuring the Hawaiian Islands. The state of Hawaii will email you a copy of your official Marriage Certificate in 2 business days after your ceremony and will mail your official Marriage Certificate hard copy 2-3 weeks after your wedding.
RATE FOR HAWAII WEDDING TRADITIONS WEDDING ANYWHERE ON OAHU
$525 plus tax includes wedding officiant services anywhere on Oahu, beach use permit if needed, 2 orchid leis, use of silk circle of flowers, use of sand unity bowls, lava rock and ti leaf, use of pineapple bubble machine, ceremonial Certificate of Marriage.
Holiday rate: Please note my rate is double to officiate weddings, elopements and vow renewals on Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, or New Years Day.
Additional fee for Ceremonies with start times before 10am or after 7:30pm.
Additional fee for Ceremonies requiring hiking or getting wet.
DEPOSIT FOR RESERVATION AND PAYMENT
A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to secure the day and time of your ceremony. The deposit will be applied to the total amount due and the balance is due in full at the time of your ceremony. Deposit may be paid by credit card, debit card, Venmo, or CashApp. Balance can also be paid in cash.
Please Note: Wedding couples must also apply for and pick up their own Hawaii marriage license from the Hawaii Department of Health. (I will provide instructions.) The cost of the marriage license is not included in the package.
OPTIONAL BUDGET PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES ADD ON
Photos by Kim Crinella during Budget Photo Session before and after elopement
If you want to capture memories of your wedding but are on a tight budget then consider adding my Budget Photography Services where I will take photos before and after your ceremony using your phone or camera. I was a wedding photographer before I became a wedding officiant and will recommend poses and take dozens of photos during the hour we will be together which you will have full ownership of and take with you after the ceremony. You also will have use of my tripod for phones and can video the ceremony and then take photos from it. You will have full ownership of your photos and will take them with you to share with friends and family immediately.
$125 plus tax
WANT TO GET MARRIED, ELOPE OR RENEW YOUR VOWS ON OAHU? CONTACT ME!
