Every milestone is a new chapter of your story.
mile·stone (mīl′stōn′). n.
1. A stone marker set up on a roadside to indicate the distance in miles from a given point.
2. A significant event in your life; a turning point.
Hello, I’m Karla!
I’m a ceremony guide and certified Life-Cycle Celebrant based in Saskatoon, Canada. I am committed to crafting and officiating one-of-a-kind ceremonies to celebrate and honour your life transitions with intention.
People have always gathered in community to mark life’s milestones through ceremony and ritual. For millennia, we turned to our places of worship to help us mark these occasions. In today’s increasingly diverse and fast-paced world, we continue to crave connection and commemoration. We know intuitively that slowing down to ease our way through significant transitions can be deeply inspiring and meaningful – even transformational. But if you and your family are secular, spiritual, interfaith, or intercultural, you may not know where to begin to mark those large and small moments that deserve acknowledgement and celebration.
Life is full of new beginnings, difficult endings and important transformations.
I would love to guide you in marking an important passage in your life, family, community or organization.
What milestone in your life or community deserves to be honoured through personalized ceremony?
My services include, but are not limited to, the milestones listed below:
Family Milestones
Mother & parent blessings
Adoption celebrations
Family blending ceremonies
Family reunions
Rites of Passage
Coming of age
Milestone birthdays
Retirement
Coming out
Life Changes
Moving into a new home, downsizing
Housewarming, house blessing
Farewells
Career change, loss of job
Business opening & closing
Divorce, loss of relationship
Medical crisis
End of illness
Community & Organizations
Community or organizational milestones
Grand openings
Dedications & commemorations
Groundbreaking ceremonies
Class or cohort graduations
Victory celebrations
Observances of loss
You may choose to have a private ceremony with a few close friends. Or you may prefer to have a large celebration surrounded by all your loved ones. The choice is yours!
Your custom ceremony will be authentic and meaningful, and will connect you more deeply with your loved ones.
"Thank you for your thoroughness, flexibility and vision....I seriously can't think of anything that you could have done to make our day better." - P. + R.
For more on how it works to create the ceremony, from start to finish, see Working Together.
You can find answers to frequently asked questions here.
Please contact me to discuss a milestone listed above or if there's something else you would like to celebrate or commemorate.
“Karla took our ideas and absolutely exceeded them. Her level of professionalism and drive to make the ceremony truly unique is priceless. It was a very busy time for us while planning our blessing ceremony, and Karla’s calm, collected nature eased any anxiety we may have had. It was such a pleasure to have her lead our son’s blessing ceremony, it feels likes she is part of the family. I would highly recommend her, and am honestly looking for other areas of our life to have her lead a ceremony!”