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The Art of Life: Ceremonies by Persephone

The Art of Life: Ceremonies by Persephone

Cuyahoga Falls, OH
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    Megan B. Sent on 01/14/2024
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    a beautiful soul and the best decision for our wedding

    Please stop searching and hire Persephone right now. Besides being extremely professional about her calling as a celebrant, her attention to detail created such a personal ceremony that everyone who attended - ourselves included - couldn't stop talking about how wonderful she was. We didn't want the typical minister or ceremony. We are non religious, nerdy, and wanted a simple and to the point ceremony. Persephone worked with us every step of the way to make sure what she created was everything we dreamed and more. She even wore a perfect witch/wizard hat to our rehearsal that was so on point that I insisted she wear it for the wedding. She is a beautiful soul that loves every part of what she does and it shows. We are so grateful that our paths lead us to her to help us celebrate the adventure we have chosen to live together.
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    Anna M. Sent on 06/11/2022
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    Fantastic Experience!

    Persephone was an incredible fit for our wedding! She was so thoughtful and intentional with all of her words, the entire ceremony felt so personalized, unique, and meaningful. Working together from the start was a pleasure, and we always felt like we were in great hands from start to finish. One of a kind, authentic officiant:)

    The Art of Life: Ceremonies by Persephone's reply:

    Thank you so much, Anna! You two were such a pleasure to work for and with! I wish you both all the best Life has to offer! :)
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    Benjamin M. Sent on 10/28/2021
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    STOP HERE!!! Hire Persephone!!!

    If you're looking for an officiant, Persephone is the one - BAR NONE!!! She was able to help us out in less than two weeks, I can only imagine how much hard work she crammed into that time frame, because she came out at our ceremony and NAILED IT. She is a an excellent speaker, we could all tell she spoke from the heart, and had experience in what she was doing. I am SO glad she officiated our wedding. THANK YOU AGAIN PERSEPHONE!!!
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    Miranda S. Sent on 11/03/2020
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    Ceremony of our dreams!!

    We could not recommend Persephone to people more. Her process to create the ceremony elements is so fun and personalized. She really listened to us and help us create a ceremony that felt so special to us. If you are looking for a unique and meaningful ceremony, work with Persephone. We are so so grateful we found her and were able to have her perform our wedding ceremony.
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    Alexandria W. Sent on 06/15/2020
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    Persephone is the best

    Persephone is the most kind and wonderful person. She takes extra special care of you as a couple bringing real personalization and intimacy to your wedding.

    I learned about her life a bit while working with her and you can tell she is such a light in the world. She even was a great sport about the fact that my fiance and I screwed up last payment and had to venmo the next day.

    She gave us cuttings from her love plant when our plans to do a tree planting didnt work out. She spoke personally to our virtual guests and all around made my wedding spectacular. She even added corpse bride vows to my wedding!

    From the bottom of my soul where the universe and all things godly reside; thank you persephone for officiating my wedding. Namaste!
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    Hannah Sent on 11/20/2019
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    Hire Persephone yesterday!

    There are not enough good words to say about Persephone. She is kind, professional, and a good communicator. My husband and I rather quickly planned a semi-elopement in Ohio so that my grandparents could attend, and we loved Persephone so much, we brought her down to Virginia for our big ceremony the following year! She has her couples fill out a lengthy questionnaire, which I really enjoyed filling out, because it caused it led to a lot of introspection and reflection into our relationship. We had total say on what was spoken during our ceremony, including readings, the unity section, etc. Persephone took into account any changes we wanted to make – her goal was to make us totally happy; needless to say, she succeeded! We were able to talk with her whenever we needed to, and she checked in often with us.
    On the day of the wedding, she showed up early to talk through a few final details, and our ceremony went so smoothly. Everyone was in tears over Persephone’s remarks. She made the ceremony text completely about us, and so many of our guests told us how personalized and touching it was. Persephone is an amazing celebrant, and anyone would be beyond lucky to have her officiate their wedding!
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    Melinda Sent on 10/08/2019
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    A Ceremony to Remember for a Lifetime!

    I am so grateful to have met Persephone about a year ago when first starting to plan our wedding. As one of my wedding guests came up to me after our ceremony and said, “she gets it!” which I couldn’t have said it any better myself. She truly takes the time to get to know you as a couple and works to create the most beautiful and sacred ceremony. We had so many wedding guests come up to us afterwards telling us how unique and special our ceremony was. It truly encompassed who we are as a couple and I will never forget it. I tear up just thinking about it!! Thank you, Persephone, for helping make our day so precious. We are forever grateful!!

    -Melinda & Nick
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    Sara Sent on 10/29/2018
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    Exactly what we wanted!

    Persephone created the perfect ceremony for us! Our guests absolutely loved it and commented on how beautiful and personalized it was. Several people thought she had known us for a long time because she were able to capture us as individuals and a couple so well. We loved working with her and are so glad that we found such a great celebrant to marry us!
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    Meredith Sent on 11/19/2018
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    The best part of our wedding

    Hiring Persephone was one of the best things we did for our wedding. She created a beautiful personalized ceremony that was perfect for our special day. Hearing her ceremony it was as if she had known us forever and she simply wrote it off of our questionnaires. We received so many compliments and still have people talking about our ceremony 2 months later! If you are looking for an officiant to guide you and create a special moment on your wedding day book with Persephone!
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    Cameron Sent on 12/05/2017
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    My husband and I just loved Persephone and booked as soon as we met with her. She is so charismatic and such a fun person who clearly loves what she does. When we met with her, we talked about her services, of course, but we also talked about our shared love of the Walking Dead, among other things, and she was just so personable. We knew she was a great fit for us with her humorous and fun personality, and her shared interests. She sent an in-depth questionnaire to both of us, individually, that we couldn’t share with each other. It was a wonderful way to gush about our love for each other, explain how we met, etc. so that Persephone could truly personalize our ceremony and show who we were as individuals, and more importantly, how much love we had for each other as a couple. The ceremony she delivered was so personal to us- I mean there was a Walking Dead reference in there… we were STOKED. She beautifully captured who we are, and presented our love in a way that resonated with our guests. I highly recommend Persephone for those couples who want to make their ceremony a little different and unique to them.
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    Elise Sent on 10/11/2017
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    Persephone was so incredibly helpful. She gracefully and artistically built our ideal ceremony.
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    Chris Sent on 10/05/2017
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    Persephone is an amazing officiant! From our first conversation with her we knew we found the perfect person for our special day. Her ideas were great and she was fabulous at bringing our ideas to life. Our ceremony couldn’t have been more perfect!

    The Art of Life: Ceremonies by Persephone's reply:

    Thank you so much! You know I absolutely adore you two! Cheers to a long and joy-filled life!
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    Ashley Sent on 06/24/2017
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    We were so lucky to have Persephone perform our wedding ceremony! She is so easy going, flexible, and truly personalized every aspect of the ceremony! We could not have asked for more on our big day! All our guests complimented how perfect and tearful they were! I highly recommend Persephone!
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    Jaquelyn Sent on 07/14/2017
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    Persephone was extremely personable. My husband and I wanted a very secular, quaint wedding. She totally understood and created a totally customized service. I would definitely recommend her to anyone for any type of commitment ceremony.
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    Stephanie Sent on 04/07/2017
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    Persephone really took the time to get to know us as a couple. She wove our stories together into a beautiful ceremony for us that captured the essence of our relationship so very well.Our guests were really moved and remarked they had never been to a wedding quite like ours. Her care and attention to detail, as well as her own knowledge from her celebrant studies added an extra layer of wonderful to her personal warmth and her pride in wanting to make our ceremony exceptional.
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    Renee Sent on 12/04/2015
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    We used Persephone for our wedding in September 2015. I cannot think of enough good things to say about our experience with her. Persephone created such a special ceremony that we will remember forever. As part of the process we each separately completed a couple's questionnaire. She then used our responses to craft our ceremony. It was absolutely perfect. She was able to capture the exact feeling we wanted. It was easy to see the hard work she put into making our day special.
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    Theresa Sent on 10/07/2014
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    We had such an amazing experience with Persephone. I spoke with her on the phone and we hit it off right away. She is so much more than an officiant. She is educated in the historic, social, and spiritual perspective of ceremonies and rites of passage. We came to her with this vague idea of what we wanted for our wedding ceremony - something solemn but not heavy, spiritual but not overly religious, something that reflected our tastes and style as a couple but would be recognizable as a wedding ceremony to our family and friends. She took this vague idea and turned it into a beautiful ceremony. She had excellent suggestions on ways to include our guests in the services as well. Our family and friends have been telling us how much they liked her over the past month since our wedding. We have already recommended her to friends getting married next year!
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    Yadira Sent on 10/07/2014
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    Persephone made my day so special. From the moment she arrived I was at ease. Persephone handled everything so that my day was perfect and stress free. She made sure to include all of my guest in the ceremony and she even included my two boys in the ceremony. It truly was a one of a kind event.
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    Shanna Sent on 10/07/2014
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    Couldn't have asked for a better officiant - she took our ideas and helped develop them and had great suggestions for passages after getting to know us and our style. People still rave about how wonderful and personal our ceremony was! Even the parents and grandparents were thrilled despite the untraditional aspects of it :)
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    Erica Sent on 10/07/2014
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    Persephone was such a joy to work with, very easy and professional. She always responded quickly and had tons of ideas. I had a friend record the ceremony and I'm so glad I did. I was so caught up in the moment on my wedding day and nervous about saying my vowels that I didn't really pay attention to what she was saying. I love that tape, it is beautiful! Every sentence is perfect. It was a great start to a fun day that I will always remember.
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    Sarah Sent on 10/07/2014
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    Persephone made our wedding exactly what we wanted. She is professional, personal, and casual- which is what we were looking for! We received so many compliments on how she conducted our wedding. I can't thank her enough for providing the tone for one of the happiest days of our lives.
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    Aniko Sent on 10/07/2014
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    Persephone is a very gifted officiant! She has a great balance of being professional and personable. She was wonderful and easy to work with for preparing for our big day. I was overwhelmed with wedding planning, so it was so very helpful to have someone easy to work with...her process of having us fill out personal forms and having a thorough meeting as well as follow-up emails helped customize a very meaningful, special ceremony. The ceremony was so important to us, and it was truly awesome! It was unique and spiritual and very "us", and also wasn't too long or complex. Our wedding day was absolutely wonderful, and we have her to thank with all our hearts for helping it be so amazing!
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    Emily Sent on 10/12/2014
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    Persephone was amazing. She helped us out with finding a venue and delivered a beautiful, very personal service. She helped make our day truly special and I couldn't imagine it without her.
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    Marcy Sent on 10/08/2014
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    Persephone was amazing! She married my sister in law a few months before our wedding and I knew then that she needed to marry us. She really took the time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple and crafted a perfect ceremony for us. It was absolutely everything I could have wanted it to be. In fact, she was so awesome at our wedding that the best man had her officiate his wedding the following year! I have recommended her to everyone that I ever knew was looking for an officiant. She's really great at blending things that are important to both partners into a touching and beautiful ceremony. Do yourself a favor and book her, you'll be glad you did!!
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    Persephone balanced our different traditions beautifully and helped us begin our marriage on the right foot. She was friendly, responsive, and enthusiastic. I would recommend her to anyone!
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