Posted by MistarellaFL on 7/6/07 10:34am
Msg #198698

Looking for a wedding certificate program

that allows me to add the couple's names and print out the certificate with their names.
The one I have makes me add their names by hand to the cert. after it has printed.
Any suggestions?

Reply by LisaWI on 7/6/07 10:39am
Msg #198699

Dont know of any programs, but if you can make your own, word or excel can be made into a template that can be used over and over again with the blanks you need. A fresh document everytime you open it.

Reply by Tess/ME on 7/6/07 11:00am
Msg #198704

Re:wedding certificate program

Just downloaded one yesterday. $7.50 and paid through Paypal
check out Boxfreeconcepts.com
Already printed one up for a wedding I'm doing tomorrow.

Reply by MistarellaFL on 7/6/07 11:05am
Msg #198705

Thank you Tess, just what I was looking for

Perfectly priced, too!

Reply by ZeeCA on 7/6/07 11:30am
Msg #198708

just curious... for those that perform weddings...how many

do you do a month? I think that must be fun!

Reply by DebbieT on 7/6/07 12:07pm
Msg #198715

Re: Love is in the air.

I have one tomorrow night on Captive Island at sunset. Soooo romantic.

Reply by Tess/ME on 7/6/07 1:54pm
Msg #198732

Re: just curious... for those that perform weddings...how many

I, myself, do not do very many. I mainly advertise that I am a Mobile Notary/Signing Agent and list weddings as more of a "oh, by the way, I preform weddings too". The one for tomorrow is to be here at my home. The couple have a boat and originally wanted me to go on the boat and marry them....However, I am not a boat person and since they couldn't find anyone else to do it tomorrow I suggested they come here, which they are going to do and then go on the boat. I have done only one "renewal of vows" and I did one wedding that the couple said they would only get married if they could say their I dos very quickly and with little wording, they wanted less than a minute of "do you? I do". Which to me didn't seem very romantic. But then again I wouldn't want to jump out of a plane and say my vows plunging to the ground with a parachute neither. I believe everyone has their own ideas of what makes up the perfect wedding. Also, there are supposed to be 3 times the number of marriages preformed tomorrow than what a normal Saturday in July has since it is thought to be a very lucky day, 07/07/07.

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 7/6/07 2:11pm
Msg #198734

Re: just curious... for those that perform weddings...how many

I love officiating weddings. In NJ we can't officiate as a Notary Public, but we can if we are ordained. I did it through the ULC and have performed a few backyard weddings & beach weddings.

It's alot of fun.

How much do you charge for a wedding in FL??

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 7/6/07 2:46pm
Msg #198742

Re: just curious... -Jersey Boy

Florida laws allow us to charge $30 for a wedding, we cannot charge more than the clerk of the court. However, we can charge travel and other fees.
For $30 the couple would have to come to me and be married at the kitchen table

Reply by jba/fl on 7/6/07 3:13pm
Msg #198745

Well, Slyvia, do you keep the knives out of reach? n/m

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 7/6/07 3:16pm
Msg #198746

Re: Well, Sylvia, do you keep the knives out of reach?

Only the butter knives

Reply by Charles_Ca on 7/6/07 2:15pm
Msg #198735

Re: just curious... for those that perform weddings...how many

Hi Tess. My weddings are seasonal and the bulk are done around late Spring-early Summer and around Christmas time. Weddings are not in the usual California notary menu but I am an ordained minister also and I do all types of weddings, non-denominational as well as for numerous Christian denominations: I am also frequently sought out by Pagans to consecrate their nuptuals. Once I was asked to desecrate someones nuptuals but I refused. Notaries are allowed to issue a certain type of marriage license in California so the combination works for me. I actually do some unusual weddings including mountain tops, on skiis and snowshoes, in canoes and kayaks, forest groves, beaches, underwater, and on yachts as well as islands. I have always been reluctant to jump out of a perfectly good airplane and refuse those types although I did a wedding in a private jet once to commemorate the couples original mile-high meeting. I've had a wedding on the edge of a cliff where the bride and groom floated off into the sunset on a traction kite. I try to stay away from churches for my own safety; I've been told by a good friend who is a Catholic priest that if I were to ever enter a church it would probably come crashing down on me. If you can't have fun, why bother?

Reply by John_NorCal on 7/7/07 12:00am
Msg #198799

Just a clarification

Calif notaries may issue confidential marriage licenses ONLY IF they are allowed by their county and have taken a special class. My county, San Mateo, are not allowing this at this time for new notaries. However you still may not officiate a wedding ceremony unless you are ordained as a few of are. CA notaries check with your county if you are interested in doing confidential marriages.