Let’s Do It Vows: Sarah Reed, Officiant

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about your ceremony/​vows, let Sarah put your mind at ease! She has performed all kinds of ceremonies and can help you figure out what will work best for you. She can offer new ideas to consider, or simply help you and your fiancé work through what you want. I really appreciated the many ceremony options she showed us as a jumping off point, it really helped us figure out what we liked/didn’t like, and she assured us that everything we wanted would work (but wasn’t afraid to mention any concerns which was also important!). She’s a true professional who is also warm and supportive. Of all the things a bride worries about on her wedding day, Sarah will not be on that list, you’re in great hands with her!

Sarah was the perfect officiant for my husband and I! We were looking for a very low key wedding without a bunch of hooplas. I am not the most organized person and neither is my husband, so having Sarah remind us of little things without being pushy was perfect. I very much appreciated the follow up emails, constantly offering advice or help and her overall patience with the whole process. Who knew picking ceremony vows was so intense? Both my husband and I were not looking for a super religious ceremony and Sarah had all kinds of amazing pieces of ceremony ideas to put together something that was special for us. My husband and I had both been in numerous friends weddings before and felt like we already knew the gist of walking down an aisle but Sarah really put together the missing pieces moments leading up. Sarah greeted me at my changing room after running very late (hair and makeup issues) and was very patient and helpful. I had numerous family and friends come up and give compliments about Sarah and we couldn’t be happier.
Thank you so much for such a memorable ceremony!
I would highly recommend Sarah Reed Let’s Do It Vows!

My wife and I aren’t particularly religious and as a result didn’t have any ties to a particular officiant, so our officiant search was an unstructured and challenging one. We completely lucked out when we found Sarah Reed. We didn’t realize how much we didn’t know until we met with Sarah for the first time (she was kind enough to meet us at a coffee shop so that we could all get to know each other before moving forward). Given her expertise, Sarah calmly walked us through answers to all the questions we hadn’t thought about before (who enters when? who stands where? …and so on). She made putting together our vows easy; while she was certainly willing to use entirely custom vows, we were more than relieved to have her provide reference material that we used to piece together a custom ceremony from existing content that worked for us.
On our wedding day, Sarah was a dream — Memorial Day 2015 was a wet disaster in Austin, and Sarah kept her cool and helped us remember all the little things we’d forgotten while frantically getting ready for the day. One small example was the fact that our strings players were late to arrive due to rain delaying them. Seeing the panicked look on my face when Sarah realized they weren’t there five minutes before the ceremony was set to begin, she stepped right in and offered to call them on my behalf so that I could finish getting ready. You can plan for a lot on your wedding day, but when tornadoes and historic, freak flooding occur in Austin and everything changes or goes wrong at the last minute, you’ll appreciate more than anything that Sarah is the glue that holding your ceremony together. We sure did, and can only imagine how good she is when the sun shines!
We can’t speak highly enough of Sarah and will continue to recommend her to absolutely all of our friends. We’re so grateful she was a part of our special day! –Derrick and Kelli

Sarah was great to work with and really prompt to respond all through our process. She made time to meet with us before our wedding, and even continued to work with us through her summer vacation. She and her resources were very helpful in crafting the perfect ceremony for my fiancé and I. We would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant.

My wife and I could not have chosen a better officiant. Sarah helped us craft the perfect ceremony for our small wedding. From our first email all the way through celebratory hugs after our ceremony, Sarah made everything so easy and fun. She provided a wealth of helpful tips and tricks, including wonderful vendor recommendations and *tons* of possibilities for ceremony components. Whether your wedding will be tiny or have 1,000 guests, choose Sarah! She’ll make your day truly special.

We absolutely loved having Sarah officiate our wedding. She brought the right amount of seriousness and coupled it with her fun-​loving attitude and our personality and character. She’s calm — just the person you want standing up there with you and your soon-​to-​be husband or wife when you’re nervous on the biggest day of your life. She has a wonderful speaking voice and kept our friends and family engaged through the ceremony — check out some of her videos and you’ll see what I mean. It was short and sweet (how we had planned for it to be) and I can’t think of a single thing I would change. Thank you so much Sarah!

Thank you for being such a wonderful person and a great officiant. You wrangled a total of 13 people with speaking parts (including you and us), helped plan the ceremony, communicated our expectations and deadlines with everyone, helped when we had writer’s block, then massaged it all so everything felt cohesive and meaningful. Of all the vendors we worked with, you were easily our favorite. We had a lot of people comment that it was the best ceremony they had witnessed and that they definitely felt like they were part of it. You went above and beyond for us and made it more than the best night of my life. You really made our dream come true.

Found Sarah via Unilocal and read through all of her reviews. Fiancée jumped at Sarah being our Officiant. Contacted Sarah via email and we corresponded entirely through email for our wedding. My wife and I definitely recommend Sarah to officiate your wedding.
Tell Sarah (after hiring her) exactly what you want and dont want in your ceremony and she will make it happen.
Fantastic service and followup. Thanks Sarah!

Sarah was such a pleasure to work with! I highly recommend her.
I found Sarah’s website and watched some videos of other ceremonies she officiated. Afterwards, I was all teary-​eyed and thinking, «Yes, this is what I want!»
We met with her a few days later to talk in person. She is super friendly and had a ton of great advice for us about our ceremony but also just general wedding tips, too.
Since we weren’t exactly sure what we wanted for our ceremony, she sent us a bunch of helpful documents to look at and get ideas. In the end, we ended up with the perfect ceremony that really fit our personalities.

Sarah was absolutely amazing to work with. She made us feel very comfortable and guided us, as we went through the ceremony planning process. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful wedding ceremony. It was very personal and perfect in every way!

Sarah took charge where we really needed her, wrote a beautiful ceremony that summed up exactly how we wanted our simple wedding day. She was very responsive and super easy to talk with. I would recommend her to any sized wedding.

Sarah got to know us and helped guide us to a perfect wedding! We appreciated her positive attitude and the experience she brought to the table. Sarah had all kinds of tips and advice for us while still making everything personal just for us. Thanks for everything Sarah!

Sarah was absolutely perfect on our wedding day. She made all of our silly requests feel completely normal, and her delivery was great. The ceremony was intentionally pretty short, but she made it feel special. We could tell she put a lot into learning about who we are as a couple, so that she could really deliver on why we worked so well. She did everything we asked, never got in the way or felt overbearing, and was overall just very easy-​going and pleasant. I would definitely recommend her for any ceremony, as she’s a crowd pleaser and a thrill to work with.

If I could do it all over I would pick Sarah again!
Sarah made planning the ceremony so easy and stress-​free because she has great material to work with, and was always prompt with correspondence to answer all of our questions. It was much appreciated.
We didn’t have a wedding planner we so we paid the extra to have Sarah come help us out at the rehearsal. SO glad we did. She was punctual and looked nice. She helped us get organized and remember our places and we did two walk-​throughs that gave everyone a clear idea of what the ceremony was going to look like. She was professional and courteous to all my family and friends.
The ceremony itself! I love what she wore, it was just perfect. She was on time, talked to us before-​hand so we had nothing to worry about. She brought extra copies of our readings, thank goodness because we lost ours! I liked her presentation style, calm and happy but not overly serious or boisterous. She helped us make sure we had the certificate signed, which I completely was not thinking about in all the excitement.
In sum, she made the process of making a customized ceremony easy, and the big day stress free!
Highly recommend!

If I could rater her 10 stars I would!
Scott and I struggled to figure out what type of officiant we wanted and what we wanted our ceremony to be. Since it was a second marriage for us both, we wanted to undo the things we were not crazy about the first time around. A friend’s sister had used Sarah so I contacted her. We met for coffee and I knew she was the one! She thoughtfully took time to get to know us, suffered through my endless edits and really helped create a ceremony that was really catered to us. We were married at our house and after a kazoo entrance to here comes the bride we began. It was just a joyful experience and perfect. Everyone LOVED it and said it was the best most customized ceremony they had ever witnessed. Sarah «gets» people. She picks up on the underlying essence and takes the time to understand couples. She was just a dream to work with! I highly, HIGHLY recommend her!

It was a lovely Sunday afternoon. My husband and I were waiting patiently (with eager anticipation) at Café Medici waiting on the arrival of what hoped to be our officiant at our vow renewal. Reading 5 star after 5 star review, I had to meet her — I had to meet Sarah and there she was — this GORGEOUS woman with fire red hair and a heartwarming smile. That smile and her heavenly voice won me over in an instant. Christian and I both felt a calmness because we knew we found our gal — our conductor that would orchestrate our ceremony with ease, poise and grace. She’s spunky and down to earth. Her ceremonies are authentic, natural and real — never forced or copied. She delivered our ceremony as if it was straight out of a Nicholas Spark’s novel. Her heart is so full with love and it radiated throughout the day — each guest felt that presence. I couldn’t imagine our day without her. She made it so magical.
Our ceremony was a little bit different, this was a vow renewal. My husband is from Sweden and his family couldn’t make it — or so he thought. I had secretly arranged for his family to come to surprise mid-​ceremony. Sarah carried it out like. a. BOSS. We will never forget that overwhelming sense of love and shock and all thanks to you — we have that moment to look back on forever.
We love you so much Sarah — you are a blessing.

Simple. Customized. Genuine.
We really loved working with Sarah — from the very beginning, it was an easy-​going process to figure out how everything worked as far as the ceremony. She met with us shortly after our engagement and after we had set a date — walked us through what a few of her ceremonies had «looked like» as well as offer the things that would make it more personal for my then-​fiancé’ and I.
What I really enjoyed about Sarah’s process was that she helped us figure out what kind of ceremony we wanted (we are both religious, but opted out of getting married through the church) so we decided on a partially religious ceremony that included a welcome, a dedication from our friends and family to support our marriage, a poem read by my cousin, our own written vows, ring exchange, and because we grew up near the sea, she incorporated a special and custom Nautical/Sailor’s Knot tying ceremony… which everyone LOVED.
For the rehearsal and actual ceremony, she was friendly and helpful with our bridal party and family as well as accommodating when we made a last-​minute change. After we got hitched, she took our marriage license and got it to the state within the week and within 2 weeks we got our official returned license!
Sarah was the best fit for us — she was so great to work with as well as super organized and helpful. Not to mention she gives you options for payment as well.
We’d definitely recommend her to anyone who is looking for a customized wedding ceremony in just about any Austin location!

Sarah was incredible! I remember instantly liking her when we met for the first time. She has a way of putting you at ease. But, really the day of the rehearsal & the wedding day were where Sarah really shined. She was so patient at the rehearsal while waiting on my family to arrive when stuck in traffic. The day of the wedding, she was the calming force for me while we made last minute changes to the ceremony location. My mom even mentioned to me that she thought Sarah was fantastic. You can’t go wrong choosing Sarah!

I feel like finding Sarah was meant to be! We had the challenge of planning our out of town wedding in about three months. Sarah made the process so incredibly easy. We accomplished everything through several emails over a short period of time. She was so delightful to work with and worked with us to create a very custom and individualized ceremony that perfectly reflected our commitment to one another. The ceremony, albeit COLD and WINDY, was more than we could have hoped for. Despite the fact we had never met in person she didn’t feel like a stranger.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of our special day! Your beautiful soul shines through.

I cannot thank Sarah enough! I keep replaying how perfectly our ceremony went, and it’s all thanks to her! We couldn’t have picked a better officiant.
I loved that she was so laid back and really open to what we wanted. She also had lots of ideas when we weren’t so sure. She personalized our ceremony by adding a couple story which was probably my favorite part.
After the ceremony, we received loads of compliments about Sarah, so you won’t just like her; you’re guests will too!
She made the entire process a breeze and even offered to help with any last minute things the day of our wedding. You will love everything about Sarah. She’s professional, open-​minded, reliable, and fun!
Don’t waste your time looking for anyone else. She’s the one you want, and she’ll always have a special place in our hearts!