Day of Dreams

We contacted A Day of Dreams to be our officiant, but he was booked the day of our wedding. He gave us the phone number to Mike C. Hamilton who does the same thing as A Day of Dreams. This review is for Mike C. Hamilton (we would never have found him if we didn't go through A Day Of Dreams) but he is not listed on this site in vendors...

Mike was great- we met him in person and felt he would be able to help us prepare a ceremony that meant something to us. He helped organize and put together a great ceremony. Everyone LOVED the ceremony! Quite a few of our guests spoke with him after the ceremony and at reception and kept asking how we found him and how great he was. Everyone said they could feel how much we loved each other in the ceremony because it was something so unique to us.

If you don't want the typical cookie-cutter wedding ceremony you need to book with Day of Dreams or Mike.

Tom Witham from Day of Dreams is wonderful! As this was a second marriage, I wanted something totally different and unique -- and facing the guests instead of having your backs to them was it. Mr. Witham stated that it would get the guests involved in the ceremony -- and he was right. By the end of the ceremony I don't think there was a dry eye on the boat. Mr. Witham is very precise. The ceremony was fabulous! We received many comments on how beautiful & memorable the ceremony was. I couldn't have dreamed of a better ceremony.

We used Day of Dreams, Tom Whitham as our officient for our wedding on 9-11-10.
Tom did a wonderful job providing us with a wedding that was unique, special, well thought out, planned and coached.
We were THRILLED with Tom's services. ALL of the guests loved our wedding and complimented us throughout the evening on the unique wedding ceremony.
Working with Tom was a "dream" as he covers all the elements of the wedding on his extensive website. Tom's customer service was impecable!!!
I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND USING DAY OF DREAMS FOR YOUR WEDDING.
Thank you for making our wedding so very special and memorable.

We could ask for someone better! We've only been married for a week and people are still raving about the uniqueness of our ceremony.

We contacted A Day of Dreams to be our officiant, but he was booked the day of our wedding. He gives his over flow to Mike C. Hamilton who does the same thing as A Day of Dreams. My reviews above are for Mike C. Hamilton (we would never have found him if we didn't go through A Day Of Dreams).

We spoke with Mike on the phone and then met with him in person at the end of the week. He surpassed our expectations just in our first meeting/interview.

A month before the wedding he sends both the bride and groom 10 questions to answer. He uses your answers to help him prepare what he is going to say during the ceremony to personalize it. He also sent us two different versions of what he would say and he allowed us to customize that too. We went the non religious route. During the ceremony we faced our guests, which everyone really liked. He also gave us additional options besides the typical unity candle and vase of sand.

Mike was very personable, very professional, and punctual. He only does a few wedding a year so you know he won't book two weddings in one day like a Day Of Dreams does. We would definitely recommend him to anyone looking for something not so traditional and even traditional.

Before our rehearsal we were sooooo nervous....Tom came in like a breeze and made us all relax. Everyone thought our ceremony was beautiful and unique and could feel all the emotion we were expressing. Strangers were commenting on facebook photos from our guests of how in love we look....and no one would have seen our faces during the ceremony without Day of Dreams....Thank you Tom.....you gave us a beautiful day!

10/31/09

Because of this man, my wedding ceremony went off without a hitch! I loved every minute of it. He made me feel so relaxed, and made the guests feel as if they were a part of everything. THE BEST!

Tom was absolutely fantastic! We didn't want to have a traditional wedding ceremony and Tom helped us change it to our liking with class and beauty all the way! We ended up doing wine sharing instead of the traditional candle lighting, which fit us well, as we both love wine and frequent tastings. And chose our own readings and music, walking down the aisle to Bon Jovi! (It was a slow Bon Jovi song. =) And Tom threw in a joke now and then, when appropriate! Everyone loved him and loved our ceremony. I still get comments about it now 8 mos. later! I actually had a friend call the other day and ask how to contact him because her brother was getting married and she had told him about our ceremony!

Tom was so wonderful, words fail me. Our wedding was a combo of Christian and Buddhist traditions, and we were just at a loss for how to do things, how to incorporate both traditions respectfully, what kinds of non-traditional rituals we could use - and of course to keep our guests open minded and not have anything the least bit divisive. Tom came to our rescue! I had seen his website and knew that I wanted us and bridal party to face forward, that was crucial. And I wished Tom could do the wedding but he's in Chicago and we got married in Columbus, so that was out, we had no travel budget for him. However, I contacted Tom and he said, I would be glad to help you plan your ceremony, I would like to start doing this for people remotely! He was just fantastic. He kept us on target to get everything designed and decided on a very tight timeframe. He was flexible with the different traditions we needed to incorporate, and was so very encouraging about our mission to make things inclusive and non-threatening. Our ceremony was so beautiful. We had 15 or more people tell us it was the most beautiful wedding they had ever seen. Lots of people cried and the other thing was, when I looked out at my loved ones during the ceremony, everyone was smiling all the time! I have never seen so many wonderful smiles during a wedding. The value for the nominal cost was absolutely amazing. I would recommend Tom to anyone, he is fantastic!

"This was the best wedding I've ever been to!" Those were the first words out of my friend's mouth. That says a lot as there were 5 other weddings this year. Tom was outstanding. My wedding ceremony was much more that I ever dreamed. I loved being able to look at my family and friends during my ceremony. Tom always gave us encouraging words and basically took our nerves away. The ceremony was so intimate and interactive. A guest of mine told my mom that if he ever gets married again, he'd definitely choose Tom. Some may be taken aback by his fee. HE IS TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!

Officiant Thomas Witham was wonderful!! He was professional and reassuring throughout our planning and the ceremony itself. The only thing that was a little difficult, and nothing he did, was that in having an outdoor service, there was a microphone issue, an airplane and a train, and I had some trouble hearing him. Something inherent about the outdoor venue, but it was a gorgeous day, and Thomas did a fantastic job. Facing our guests was a gift in itself, as we could look out at our friends and family smiling back at us. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

My husband and I don't attend a church so we were looking for an officiant that would be perfect for us, but wouldn't make us feel bad. I came across this officiant when I was searching the web and knew he was the one I wanted instantly. Just by his in-depth website I could tell that he could make my ceremony interesting, but still meaningful and heartfelt. We chose to have a flowergirl and a bell-ringer. We also had a ring bearer. We did the candle lighting and the memorial. We laughed and cried and people still tak about our ceremony and it has been 6 months...it was a great ceremony and I doubt we could have gotten the same results with a different officiant.

Let me preface this review by stating that overall, my ceremony was very beautiful. I have no complaints regarding how the ceremony appeared to our guests. Everyone, including my husband and I loved the way the ceremony looked in person and on video because we are facing our guests. That is an aspect I cannot complain about. I do however have several grievances I wish to convey to future brides.

Personality: I appreciate that Tom gets right to the point but just a note to future brides, he does come off a little pushy and almost a little rude and demanding. My parents and several members of my bridal party commented that they did not appreciate the way he was "instructing" us to do things. It was very much like we had to do what he said and how he said it and it took away from the ownership we felt over our own ceremony.

I also was aware that I had not paid him the remaining balance and we had a check ready to give him, prior to the ceremony during our rehersal time. Before I was even given the opportunity to give it to him privately, he greeted me, said hello and in front of family and friends that were with me getting ready, he said basically okay, first off, do you have my check? Many of us just found this very tasteless, he could have asked me this privatley but he did not.

My husband is Serbian and part of our ceremony including a wine sharing momeny. Tom had suggested we use 2 glasses which really wouldn'y wine sharing. In my husband's tradition, they drink from the same cup so we opted to do so. I had to get my wedding video editing because during our ceremony, Tom chose to put in his individual opinion about this and said "Drink wine, but never from the same cup... that is of course you are from the Serbian tradition"... some of his family commented that they found this a little condescending and they did not appreciate it.

And finally, the marriage license. After the ceremony we had the envelope with the keepsake fake license and the one we were to sign. He took the fake one and told us, this is trash, it means nothing, what you need to do is throw this away, it is pointless. Comments like these occured a lot and were unneccesary. But furthermore:

2 1/2 weeks after my wedding, the county courthouse called to ask if I actually did get married because they never received my signed marriage license! I had already wrote a check and mailed in my request for several copies. So I lost out on that money. So I called Tom and he said " Oh yes, it must have slipped past me" as if it was no big deal! It was extremely inconsiderate and really unprofessional. We paid him $500 to perform our wedding and the most important part was making it legal. So it's almost a month since I've gotten married and legal, we really arent married yet. Then he had the nerve to ask what people said about his ceremony! Thank you for making it "look" nice, that I appreciate but the personal opinions, aggressive technique and forgetful habits were not appreciated.

Tom from Day of Dreams is a wonderful officiant. He does ceremonies differently and it's so nice to see something different being done. The way he does his ceremonies, are more intimate for the Bride/Groom and their guests. I would definetly recommend him to all my future Brides/Grooms.