• Wedding Officiant / Wedding Celebrant - based in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and serving Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Oyama and Vernon

• Certified Life Cycle Celebrant & Life Tribute Artist!
• Govt BC certified w BC Vital Statistics to perform and register marriages in the province of British Columbia
• Professional Speaker & Performance Experience
• LBTQIA+
• Facilitates YOUR Beliefs

Valerie's reviewers comment on her being original, professional, good-natured, flexible and entertaining for the audience. She encourages personal vows, she welcomes any traditional or original rituals from blending of wines to handfasting and even your dogs are welcome to be a part of your ceremony! Other available features include:

• Weddings and Vow renewals, Signings for Elopements
• Valerie Maltese of Love Story Ceremonies facilitates your beliefs, your way! She brings a lifetime of wedding industry experience, combined with a performance background. She has worked as an event coordinator, a wedding decorator, helped in menu and cocktail planning and soothed many wedding ceremony nerves. She is a member of UBCP/ACTRA the BC Association of Radio and Television Artists. Because Valerie understands performance, she can help your ceremony be an authentic expresiion of who you both are! Bring your dogs, add a tree planting ritual in the woods, hike to your ceremony spot, hop on a sailboat - she will be happy to be a part of your epic day! She adores weddings in natural beauty and BC couldnt be a better place for it!

As a specialized wedding officiant, Valerie enjoys the freedom to be more personal and expressive than a marriage commissioner can be with a government script. Valerie is accepting as well as open to all of your personal beliefs or non beliefs and wants just what you want for your wedding ceremony. Valerie facilitates you in whatever way you choose. She believes in love most of all and she gives you the opportunity to do it your way. From a lovely little elopement for $350 and have final say on the custom written Love Story Ceremony package for $1050 or the Short and Sweet ceremony package for $550 (where you still get to have the option of adding and customizing it yourself!)

She will meet you there! From event venues to back yard intimate events, Valerie always arrives early and ready to knock it outta the water! If you have a theme, she will dress for it, just ask her! Her one-of-a-kind love story ceremony scripts capture your audience's attention. Her promise to you is to keep the guests on the edge of their seat, interested and listening, from your walk down the aisle, all the way to your big kiss! It is a wonderful way to launch the celebrations to follow.

Valere has plenty of 5 star Google reviews, (along with her Wedding Wire rave reviews here). Valerie’s extensive wedding experience, performance bckground, adaptable, friendly nature and flexible services at a great value, help to make her a sought-after wedding officiant.

Experience

Valerie Maltese is a performer who brings your ceremony to life! After all, she performed her first tv commercial at 5 years old for Kelloggs' Frosted Flakes. She had a crush on that Tony the Tiger and he told her she was Grrreat! Her clients tend to agree! Valerie is also a certified Life Cycle Celebrant, trained in the art of ceremony across the life cycle. She offers a creative engaging ceremony and helps you to express your own personal beliefs and ideas keeping you authentic and true to yourselves. This means Valerie delivers your ceremony with flair!

Her years in the film and tv and wedding industry provide a perfect combination of professional wedding experience and heartfelt entertainment. Valerie received training from the Celebrant Institute and Foundation as well as the Insight Institute, ensuring her proficiency in the art of ceremony writing, creation and design. Valerie believes in the virtues that bridge all religions and non religions alike. All love is welcome, everyone is included. She is available for Celbrations of Life as well. Valerie is genuine and helpful in every way and she guarantees your audience stays interested and listening!

Services Offered

Available for private elopements, wedding ceremonies and rehearsal services.

Option 1. The little Elopement $350 - up to 10 guests, A short introduction, vows and ring exchange 💓 no rehearsal required.

Option 2 - most popular - a beautifully crafted $550 Short & Sweet Ceremony Package gets you married with lots of flexibility and is very budget friendly. Valerie provides her beautifully crafted wedding ceremony template, and you can add your own love story to the ceremony script if you like or use it as it is. You can do it yourself and add the telling of your own love story or simply add in your personal vows, a custom family ritual, or something completely original! You can also choose to leave it as it is already written. Whether you want a traditional mood or a casual feel you can have it all your way! (A rehearsal is an additional $150.00.

Option 3. $1050 Love Story Ceremony Full Package ! You get a custom written Love Story Ceremony & a rehearsal day! This is the original love story based wedding ceremony written by Valerie and based on your own true love story! The edits are unlimited and you have final say on the ceremony script. The difference between this package and the above package is that in this package, Valerie does all of the writing for you. This package requires the couple to each answer a list of questions that is needed to create the love story portion of the script.

All packages can be reserved by first checking the date w with Valerie and having a call then next sending a $50 deposit and filling out the Love Story Ceremonies ceremony agreement.

Questions, want to chat? Call or Text Valerie direct: 250-899-0775

Send an email forevermevalerie@yahoo.ca