Posts by Annemarie Juhlian
Fun & Easy Locations/Venues for Your Seattle Area Elopement, with Officiant Annemarie Juhlian
If you live in the Seattle and Puget Sound area, you have a head start around selecting a location or venue for your elopement, or small and intimate wedding ceremony. If you are from out-of-the-area, it’s more of a challenge to find and select a place to have your wedding ceremony. So, to make things…
Read MoreElope Seattle Style 2023! From Wedding Officiant Annemarie Juhlian, A Few Things To Know…
Happy almost Spring! As you take time to plan your wedding day, you have 3 options: a true elopement something small and intimate bigger and formal In this work that I do, I work with couple of all values, backgrounds and beliefs. When it comes to a wedding day, guys and gals all have different…
Read MoreChoosing A Wedding Officiant for your Elopement: It’s a Weird Thing, I Know.
It’s a joy filled thing when you decide to marry your Sweetheart. AND then, you logistically have to figure everything out. Where, when, how, how much? I get it. When it comes to the ‘Wedding Officiant thing,’ I’m here to make your quest easier. Finding someone to marry you is about trust. It’s having conversations…
Read MoreYour 2023 True Elopement, Seattle Style! Or Something Small/Intimate, Maybe Bigger…
Bring on 2023, Lovers! If you are pondering what you want to do around your wedding ceremony and wedding day, I am here. Your have lots of contemporary options: a true elopement, a small and intimate affair or something bigger. As a Non-Denominational Wedding Officiant & Minister, I work with couples of all paths,…
Read MoreYour Elopement: Elope to Seattle, the Pacific Northwest…what you need to know.
People rarely understand the true term ‘elopement.’ Simply, an elopement involves 2 loving people, a couple of people as witnesses. With this, you need a location/venue, someone lovely to officiate for you, and a valid Washington State Marriage License. I get all sorts of phone calls with people planning small and intimate wedding days, complete…
Read MoreAnnemarie Juhlian, Best Officiant – Seattle Bride Magazine 2022
It’s my happiness to revel in the knowing that my Officiant work is appreciated! Each year, Seattle Bride Magazine reaches out to wedding industry professionals, engaged/married couples and the Puget Sound community, seeking out the ‘best wedding vendors’ in all categories when it comes to a wedding day. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed the privilege…
Read MoreElope in Seattle! Your Elopement, Puget Sound Style…3 Planning Tips from Wedding Officiant Annemarie Juhlian
Hello Lovers! It’s the Summer of 2022, and many lovely couples – local and from out-of-state – are sitting with their note pads and phones, trying to figure out, ‘how do the heck do we get all hitched up, the two of us, and/or with a small crew?” As you ponder what is best for…
Read MorePlanning Your 2022 Elopement in Seattle: 3 Tips to ‘Elope Seattle Style!’
Bring on 2022! For lovers, Seattle is a very popular place to love and marry. If you live in the area and are seeking to be married in a small and intimate ceremony, or are traveling in to elope, you’ve landed in a good place. Travel through this website, where you’ll find everything you need…
Read MoreElope Seattle 2022: Plan, Enjoy and Remember Your Elopement…the Greater Puget Sound & Washington State
There is so much joy in an elopement. A true elopement provides a loving couple the opportunity to snuggle into the possibility of a wedding day and celebration that is distinctly about them and their relationship. Most often, an elopement is planned in only a week to a few weeks. Sometimes, such a lifetime moment…
Read MoreA Fall/Winter 2021-2022 Elopement in Seattle, Puget Sound & Washington State: WHAT TO KNOW…
It’s Fall 2021! The colors are changing, the air is crisp and lovers desire to be married. If you are seeking a true elopement, (a couple of guests, tops), and just a bit of planning, or a small and intimate ceremony, (more guests, more planning), you have all sorts of options to be married in…
Read MorePlanning Your Late Summer Elopement in the Seattle, Washington Area: Updates & Your Best ‘To-Do’s.’
It’s Monday, August 9th. I enjoyed a beautiful weekend of weddings with beautiful couples. Before I go take some time for rest and play today, here are a few things to share, especially for couples who are planning an upcoming elopement or small/intimate wedding ceremony, in the Seattle/Puget Sound area, during the later time of…
Read MoreElope To The Pacific Northwest, Summer of 2021: Seattle, Tacoma, Snohomish, San Juan Islands, Olympia and More…
The weather is warm (okay, warmer than usual this week!). The air is full of anticipation as we begin the full process of planning and enjoying social gatherings in the Pacific Northwest, to the max! If you are seeking to elope, or be married in a small and intimate wedding ceremony in the Seattle area,…
Read MorePlanning Your Seattle Elopement, Summer 2021. What You Need To Know To Elope, Puget Sound Area…
You want to elope. You are planning an elopement. This Summer. This Fall. 2021. You’re in the right place. For more information on planning a ‘True Elopement,’ go to: www.elopeseattlestyle.com A true elopement is a ceremony for 2 with 2 witnesses, perhaps a few more guests. A small and intimate wedding ceremony is a…
Read MoreSpring 2021, Elope Seattle Style. Note from Annemarie…
It’s Spring 2021, and you want to be married, yea! In a sweet and intimate wedding ceremony, somewhere in Seattle. Or perhaps at a location outside of Seattle, somewhere pretty in the Puget Sound area. Honoring the Governor’s guidelines for wedding, I am working with couples who are planning a true elopement, or a small…
Read MoreYour Seattle Elopement! Planning for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021.
Covid 19 suck. Love RULES. If you want to be married in a small and intimate wedding ceremony during the Fall of 2020 or Winter, 2021, I can help you with this! While there are issues of social distancing and guidelines that must be worked into a wedding day, you can have a sweet, beautiful…
Read MoreA Smaller Wedding in Seattle, Puget Sound & Washington State, During Covid-19, with Officiant Annemarie Juhlian
Getting married during the time of Covid-19, in Seattle or surrounding Puget Sound areas, is crazy, for sure. As I write this, on September 30, 2020, a couple can have up to 30 guests for a wedding ceremony in Washington State, and there are restrictions for a wedding party/reception. As we move into the Fall…
Read MoreElope Seattle. Getting Married During Summer 2020, With The Crazy Covid-19 & More…
It’s super simple and super complicated at the same time. You love each other so very much. You desire to marry. And you have to navigate the restrictions and Governor’s mandate for Covid-19, in the State of Washington. If you are seeking to be married in a sweet and intimate wedding ceremony, during this summer…
Read MoreHow To Get Married During Phase 2 (Snohomish, Pierce, Thurston Counties and More) and Phase 1.5 (King County)
June 8, 2020 To you, a darling engaged couple… So, you want to get married this week, this month or sometime soon? Per the Governor’s Guidance for Phase 2 (Snohomish, Pierce and Thurston Counties, to name a few), and Phase 1.5 (King County), it’s a joy to welcome back the small wedding. What does this…
Read MoreSo You Want to Elope During Covid 19 in Seattle/Tacoma, Washington State? Take These Steps with Wedding Officiant Annemarie Juhlian
I know this is a totally weird time. And here you are, loving each other, and with the enormous intention and challenge to be married, to get married, during Covid 19. So, here’s the deal on how to do this, short and sweet, for you, in Washington State. I am writing this UPDATE POST on May…
Read MoreWant To Get Married in Washington State during Coronavirus, Covid 19? Wedding Officiant Annemarie Juhlian Tells You What To Do…
So, how do you get married during Covid 19, if you live in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Snohomish, any part of the Puget Sound or Washington State? You don’t. Under the Governor’s order in Washington State, ‘no weddings’ right now. Yes, the Marriage License offices are issuing marriage licenses and they are recording them. This is…
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