Linda Nelson loves meeting couples in love; basking in the glow of their joyful energy, as she co-creates their personal wedding ceremony. She creates ceremonies from a spiritual mindset, and your ceremony can be lighthearted, warm, short and sweet or complex and filled with rituals; honoring your cultural heritages or any combination of whatever your hearts desire. She has created themed ceremonies, same sex ceremonies, elopements and vow renewals and she is open to all people, all cultures and all faiths. With her at Island Ceremonies, you have a safe place to share your stories. She will joyfully and gently guide you through the process; hopefully alleviating some of the stress of planning your big day!
Services offered
Linda is ordained by an interfaith ministry and legally qualified to perform weddings across British Columbia. She can include any aspect you desire such as hand fasting, ring warming, including your guests, unity rituals such as sand pouring, wine sharing, candle lighting, honouring special guests, jumping the broom and is open to anything you can imagine. Her catchment area is Victoria and lower Vancouver Island and she is open to travelling further afield.
Linda Nelson was the most amazing Celebrant we could ever dream of having. Our wedding ceremony was so touching, so beautiful and so incredibly perfect because of Linda. She guided us through the whole process and in the end crafted such a beautiful ceremony that was so personal and touching. Our guests loved the ceremony also! They told me it was perfect, beautiful, funny and totally reflective of my husband and I as a couple. We just love Linda and would highly recommend her to any couple!
Anne-Marie Pitre & John Hart
Sent on 11/07/2019
Emily Butler
· Married on 01/06/2019
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
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5.0
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Helped Create Magic
Linda was instrumental in providing our perfect day from beginning to end. She's flexible, caring, and showed a genuine interest in our choices and needs for getting everything set up exactly the way we wanted. She also was able to incorporate every personal touch we asked for!
We had been looking for someone who could blend elements of a traditional ceremony with the non-conventional/pagan elements we were wanting to add and Linda was wonderfully accommodating. The ceremony she wrote for us brought tears of joy to our eyes and our family was commenting for days how beautiful it was.
We would highly recommend Island Ceremonies to anyone.
Sent on 13/08/2019
Mariah Gentry
· Married on 21/07/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
Amazing! Very happy with ceremony!
e were overjoyed to have Linda be our officiant for our July 2018 wedding at Hatley Castle. From the very beginning she was fantastic! She put together a beautiful ceremony that wove our love story together. She worked with the venue to schedule a proper rehearsal so that we would all have great timing, and she was speedy in all forms of communication. Linda is genuine and so kind with a heart of gold. Thank you for being a part of our day!
Sent on 07/08/2018
Island Ceremonies's reply:
Thank you so much for choosing me for your special day. It was lovely to get to know you and your families. Your love was apparent to me from the moment we met and I know that together, there is nothing you can’t do.
Chelsea Bryson
· Married on 16/06/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
An awesome choice!
We decided early on that we wanted our ceremony to be super special and personal, and we're so happy we went with Linda! She provided a beautiful ceremony that we were able to make unlimited changes to (we didn't have to do too many, she had a great first draft) and so many of our guests said it was such a genuine and heartfelt ceremony. It really made an amazing start to our day.
Sent on 26/06/2018
Island Ceremonies's reply:
Thanks so much for your lovely words. I enjoyed working with you and loved performing your ceremony at the edge of the waterfront on Dallas Road. You are a wonderful couple and I am always inspired by love stories like yours.
Vanessa Van De Mortel
· Married on 17/02/2018
5.0
Quality of service:
5.0
Responsiveness:
5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
The perfect day
We were so lucky to have Linda marry us. She made the entire process so simple and stress free. I couldn't imagine having anyone else preform the ceremony. Linda brought some really unique ideas for the ceremony and really helped us create a really lovely occasion.
Linda is so easy to chat with, warm and genuine and helped make our day perfect.
Sent on 07/03/2018
Island Ceremonies's reply:
Vanessa and Andrew, it was my pleasure to be a part of your special day, and one I won’t forget. Your kind of love is what poetry and songs are inspired by and I wish you a lifetime of success and happiness. ✨
