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	<title>Seattle Wedding Officiants, Nondenominational Minister</title>
	
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		<title>Customs, Rituals &amp; Traditions: Let Them Eat Cake!</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2012/01/17/customs-rituals-traditions-let-them-eat-cake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wedding Cake History:  In ancient Rome, marriages were sealed when the groom smashed a barley cake over the bride’s head. (Luckily, tiaras were not fashionable then.) In medieval England, newlyweds smooched over a pile of buns, supposedly ensuring a prosperous future. Unmarried guests sometimes took home a little piece of cake to tuck under...]]></description>
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		<title>Customs, Rituals &amp; Traditions: Why do grooms carry brides over the threshold?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week I will examine a wedding custom, ritual or tradition that has been passed from generation to generation.  We&#8217;ll look at it&#8217;s origin and how it has influenced the lives of our ancestors and hot it impacts us today.  We&#8217;ll also look at how we create our own customs and how these new traditions...]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Ticings: Edible Toppers for your Wedding Cake, Cupcakes or Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mia Natsume of Sweettoof Studios.  At Sweettoof, Mia creates Ticings, which are edible toppers for your wedding cake, cupcakes or cookies.  Not only limited to weddings, Mia can recreate your company logo to place on a take-away corporate event cookie or a cute edible decal...]]></description>
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		<title>Fear and Loathing of Public Speaking (as a Wedding Officiant)</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2012/01/06/fear-and-loathing-of-public-speaking-as-a-wedding-officiant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about how I learned to get over my fear of public speaking in conjunction with becoming a wedding officiant. About four years ago I became friends with a woman who suggested I become a wedding officiant.  She had been an officiant for 22 years and thought I had a knack for...]]></description>
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		<title>Customs, Rituals &amp; Traditions: Something Old, Something New…</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2012/01/03/customs-rituals-traditions-something-old-something-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week I will examine a wedding custom, ritual or tradition that has been passed from generation to generation.  We&#8217;ll look at it&#8217;s origin and how it has influenced the lives of our ancestors and hot it impacts us today.  We&#8217;ll also look at how we create our own customs and how these new traditions...]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should Officiate Your Wedding: Family Member or Professional Officiant?</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2012/01/01/who-should-officiate-your-wedding-family-member-or-professional-officiant/</link>
		<comments>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2012/01/01/who-should-officiate-your-wedding-family-member-or-professional-officiant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/?p=2562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues recently asked me this question: &#8220;Many of my couples ask me how can a wedding officiant who has only met them once make their wedding personal vs. having a family member do the ceremony who has known them their whole lives? What would you say are the pros and cons?&#8221; Let...]]></description>
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		<title>Customs, Rituals &amp; Traditions: Celtic Handfasting Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2011/12/27/customs-rituals-traditions-clap-your-hands-for-the-celtic-handfasting-ceremony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week I will examine a wedding custom, ritual or tradition that has been passed from generation to generation.  We&#8217;ll look at its origin and how it has influenced the lives of our ancestors and how it impacts us today.  We&#8217;ll also look at how we create our own customs and how these new traditions...]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2011/12/27/the-wedding-ceremony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/?p=2440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I blog about everything wedding: venues, style, vendors, traditions and more!  What I haven&#8217;t blogged about, however, is the actual wedding ceremony. One of the first things I always tell my couples is, &#8220;There is no right way or wrong way to craft your ceremony.  Only your way.&#8221;  Having said that, there are some basic...]]></description>
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		<title>Get Married – Give Back!</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2011/12/25/get-married-give-back/</link>
		<comments>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2011/12/25/get-married-give-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years now I have been searching for a good volunteering gig that satisfied my desire to give back to the community but was also a good fit for me.  I finally found it!  Yesterday, Christmas Eve, I had the pleasure of volunteering my time in the FareStart kitchen. &#8220;FareStart is a culinary job...]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://seattleweddingofficiants.com/2011/12/22/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that 2011 is almost over, I want to take the opportunity to say, &#8220;I had the time of my life&#8221;.  I met and married over 100 couples.  I got to meet the loving families behind the lovely couples.  I learned more about how to provide the best experience possible for the bride and groom.  ...]]></description>
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