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You might remember Uggh as the person who helped you make your own brooch bouquet. But she's also the person who's gonna help you get your friend to officiate your California wedding.

Djinnaya and Jason's San Francisco wedding was also officiated by a friend.

I recently set about researching the requirements for having a family member officiate a wedding ceremony in California. Here's the crazy weird thing. There are two options:

You can get your family member deputized for a day for a cost of $120.
You can get him ordained online for free and then he can perform weddings for anybody when the mood strikes him. Hell, he could start a whole wedding business if he wanted.

I went online and did a little research into the two options, just to make sure I was reading this correctly because it still baffles me, but yes, in fact, this is the way it works in California (I can't vouch for other states; I have a sneaking suspicion that there might be some additional requirements in other jurisdictions). At any rate, I thought someone out here might be interested in how this works, so here is a summary.

From Scottish and Irish handfastings, to both religious and non-denominational ceremonies, Vancouver Island-based sponsor WorldTree Community will help you craft and perform the perfect wedding ceremony for you and your partner. The WorldTree Community has been preforming custom-written ceremonies for over thirty years in western Canada and central Utah, so it's clear they've got some great marrying people mojo. But more than their mojo, WorldTree has a few other key reasons that make them a slam dunk for offbeat couples. Keep reading to find out…

As a Life-Cycle Celebrant, New Jersey-based Jessie Blum works closely with all of her couples in the area to create original and beautiful wedding, civil union, vow renewal, and commitment ceremonies … but she also works with couples WORLDWIDE to help you write your ceremony!

Recently Ariel and I were talking about how SUPER IMPORTANT a good wedding officiant/celebrant/whatever is to the feel of a wedding. You want someone articulate, someone who can project, someone who can wrangle a crowd, someone who wants that perfect balance between sacred and sanctimonious. And Merrilyn Williams, a really good civil marriage celebrant in South Australia, is that someone.

A while ago we introduced you to ElopeNYC and civil officiant Judie Guild. Judie got back in touch with us recently because she wanted to share an awesome deal she's got going for gay couples.

I'm pretty excited to tell you about OBT member-turned-Ceremony Officiant, Quinn Russell. After using Offbeat Bride to plan her 2008 wedding, she's now spreading the love by...

Needless to say, seeing an officiant use my book in this way cracks my ass up. For more photos from this Louisana wedding, including margarita cheesecake, some Rock Band at the...

If you're looking to skip all the wedding planning drama and elope in New York City, you can make your life easy by getting in touch with Judie and Liam from Elope NYC.