Los Angeles/Orange County Officiant & Celebrant

My name is venus kitagawa-stojsic. i am a certified Celebrant and ordained officiant for your wedding, funeral, child, family, home, work, pet, deployment, graduation, award, retirement, divorce or other life milestone. For more information, please see my website: www.ceremonyceremony.com

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Aug
21st

Thu

NEWS: San Francisco's Gay/Lesbian-Friendly Area a Novelty Worth Sightseeing? Gawking tourists not welcome in the Castro?!!

Tour buses have been dropping off looky-loo tourist-types in the heart of San Francisco’s GLBT neighbourhood, also known as the Castro.

Read the…

Aug
17th

Sun

WEDDING: Rose Garden at Fairmount Park in Riverside, CA

CONGRATULATIONS: Candace and Jaime!

i’ve been travelling all over this summer for wedding season. This day was no different. Fairmount Park in Riverside has a lovely ROSE GARDEN that can…

WEDDING: LGBT at home in Malibu, CA

CONGRATULATIONS: Ge. and Ka.!!!

This was an intimate, last-minute wedding at home in beautiful Malibu!

Yes, the ocean is in their backyard…

The ceremony…

POETRY: "Love" by Roy Croft

LOVE by ROY CROFT

I love you,

Not only for what you are,

But for what I am

When I am with you.

I love you,

Not only for what

You have made of yourself,

But for what

You are…

WEDDING: At Falkner Winery in Temecula, CA

CONGRATULATIONS: Samantha and Shaun!

i have the luck and privilege to marry truly incredibly couples.

These two touched me deeply. Not only are they electronic music lovers and DJs/producers…

Aug
12th

Tue

WEDDING: The Bell Tower in Rancho Santa Margarita CONGRATULATIONS: Anna and Chris!

i had the honour and privilege of performing a very special wedding ceremony for these two lovely people! This wedding was extraordinary because of the FAMILY GOLD…

Aug
11th

Mon

Same-Sex Wedding in Southern CA CONGRATULATIONS, Jo and Me!

i was so excited last week to marry these two women in the backyard of their own home in Glendora, CA. Theirs was a luau-themed affair, complete with a ‘blending of the…

PHOTO: Crystal and Loren

This photo was taken on the hillside of the grounds at PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY in Malibu. It was a beautiful setting for this vow renewal!

Aug
10th

Sun

8th of August 2008 First, i would like to point out how i do not usually double-book dates, because i like to do my best to have all my energy and focus for one couple. However, when i meet a couple that give off a…

Aug
1st

Fri

READINGS: Excerpt from the Velveteen Rabbit EXCERPT FROM THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

~ By Margery Williams ~

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room….

Jul
30th

Wed

BEACH WEDDINGS in Southern California are lovely! Along with Malibu, LAGUNA BEACH is one of the most sought-after locations for beach weddings in the Orange County and Los Angeles Counties. It’s easy to have small (fewer than 10 people), meaningful…

Jul
28th

Mon

CONGRATULATIONS: Tracie and Kolby! It was another fantastic weekend, with a lovely and intimate wedding aboard the Icon yacht in Newport Beach! For four hours, we were in the capable hands of our captain as he cruised us through the…