Hello! My name is Erica Reid Gerdes (she/her).
I love romance, weddings and love! I love people and what makes people unique.
I believe that each wedding should be about celebrating what makes the couple special and done the way YOU want it. I love making people feel comfortable and making them laugh. I love stories, adventure, humor, and each story of what brought two people together. If you are fun, weird, and wicked, why settle for a traditional service, when we can create one that is uniquely YOU?!
I am a professional comedian, producer and choreographer. I have weird hair and tattoos. I'm the gal for your wedding!
Long before I started officiating weddings, I was the master of the wedding toast. When it was time to plan my own wedding, my husband and I did everything the way we wanted it from start to finish. Case in point: we had wedding pirates. Yes, Pirates.
I tailor each wedding specifically to a couple and their needs, wants, and quirks. I am comfortable with public speaking, and I will help ease your wedding day jitters. We'll have a great time.
“Erica is a dream, from beginning to end. Early on, she drew on her vast experience to offer suggestions and inspiration, but her aim was always to guide us toward a wedding that 100% reflected our personalities. And on the day of, she was a blessing, wrangling issues and heading problems off at the pass. She's a warm and uplifting presence, and her calm is infectious on what might otherwise have been a hectic day. Finally, her service was thoughtful and beautiful, folding in our experiences and our family and friends. It was the perfect beginning to our marriage!”
— Jen and Dave, August 2012
Allison and Michael, January 2016
Erica was everything we could have hoped for in a wedding officiant. From the get-go she was warm and inviting (and prompt!), and she wholeheartedly encouraged me and my wife to make our wedding our own, listening to our love story and adding details from it to her part of the ceremony. She provided an exhaustive list of vows to choose from and personalize, and was open to us writing our own if that's what we wanted. Anytime we interacted, she radiated with positive energy and encouragement of my wife's individuality as a bride (she wore a red dress...), as if our wedding were the most special thing on earth, and important. She checked in regularly as the date approached, which made us feel like we could count on her. Plus, she knows her stuff (e.g., "Hey, don't forget to get a marriage license within X number of days of the wedding, look at each other--not me--when you're saying your vows, etc etc). She's just a lovely, kickass person, and I hope we stay in touch.
