I am Nichole Bertucci and I am a wedding Officiant serving southeast Michigan. I absolutely love weddings and being able to stand with couples on their wedding day is a total dream. As a wedding officiant for the last 14 years I've really honed my skills and learned that I love small weddings. I have a passion for officiating small, intimate weddings. 

I offer 2 packages for couples seeking to get married in a simple, stress free way.
Wedding package (1) is a SIGNING and is $125 - this is what I call a simple signing. I will meet with the two of you and your two witnesses at a local coffeeshop where we can sign your marriage license and exchange a simple "I Do" to make it legal. This is literally the very least required to make your marriage legal. Couples choose this package for many reasons, some being they are getting married out of state or county and getting legally married in your home state is much easier, it's their second marriage and would really like to skip the stress of planning a large wedding, they want to keep their nuptials private and host a large party with friends and family later or they just want to get to it and start their married lives. Whatever the reason may be I am here for it! Save your money and get married on your terms. 

Wedding package (2) is a elopement/intimate wedding and is $250 - this is for the couple and around 20 guests. We'll meet up at a local park and perform a sweet ceremony and then sign your marriage license. I do my best to keep the process simple and easy. 

My roll as your wedding officiant is to sign your marriage license and perform an exchange of vows/your declaration of intent - where you say "I do". I am also required to file your marriage license after your wedding. 

My personality is calm, easy going while also creating a plan for your wedding day that allows us all to seamlessly move through the process of getting hitched. 

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What are you looking forward to in 2021? I find myself stuck in trepidation and halted joy. My realist optimistic personality is at war with my heart. I want to do so many things in 2021, travel, gather, perform weddings in front of hundreds of loved ones, but alas I just don't know if any of those will happen. I'm holding out hope that at least this summer will be filled with back yard outdoor hangs with family and friends and that weddings will still go on! 

2020 was a unique year for weddings, to say the least. While Covid had us all turned upside down and making changes on the fly, each couple found a way forward that fit them, yes there were tears involved in many cases, I mean it just plane sucks to reschedule the day you had been planning for so long. 

Ceremonies were postponed and maybe postponed again and gosh darn it postponed one more time! And I swear to you if 2021 doesn't allow us all the big beautiful weddings I'm gonna loose it...well, not actually, I mean we'll figure it out again but I'm just as frustrated as you are. 

Some couples chose to elope today and party sometime in the future. 

A lot of couples chose to do a signing, just do the thing and get married! 

Let's look at the numbers. In a typical year I perform an average of 100 wedding's. This year, 2020 I did: 

9 full Ceremonies - we know these were all March and before! 
60 Elopements
115 Signings 

For a grand total of 184 weddings done in 2020! 

I could not be more happy then when standing with a couple and uniting them in marriage, it's exciting, I get butterflies every single time! Yes even the simple signing of the marriage license is exciting to me. I see the smiles, and giggles, the joy that radiates and I am honored to stand with each couple. 

Cheers 2020, don't mind if I just push on forward to better days. 

xo, 

​Nichole 

Today is my 20th wedding anniversary. Everyday I make the choice to choose love. I fall in love with my husband over and over in many different ways for different reasons. I choose to see the love he gifts to me over and over. I choose to understand his desires and goals and to help him the best I can. I choose to know he is not perfect and to accept the possibilities that imperfection give. I choose everyday to love him in all the ways I can, even if that's from a distance or quietly or loudly and strongly. 

Everyday we're faced with many choices, love, laughter, patience, kindness, fortitude...and on and on. I would never push my hopes onto someone else but I will say this, I do hope at the end of everyday you love yourself enough to know the love you give is a choice and you make the best choices for you. 

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I get the call often...Hi, I don't know where to start but I know I need an Officiant. 

I love this beginning, it's honest and allows me to dig into what I do and how I do it. 

Let me tell you that planning your wedding ceremony should be a simple and stress free process for you. Your officiant should work hard to do the work for you and with you. 

That's what I do, whether your wedding day is a full big wedding or a lovely little intimate wedding I will put the same effort into creating a wedding ceremony that is perfect for you. 

I will walk you through all the steps and guide you through the process of creating a perfect ceremony, executing the ceremony and making it legal. 

My goal is to leave you grinning ear to ear! To leave your guests asking how long have we known each other and who am I related to - yeah, they usually think I'm family that's how well I write and perform your wedding ceremony. 

I'm Nichole and I love writing and performing wedding ceremonies for all couples for weddings of any size. Let me make your wedding day beautiful.