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With Love Elopements: Trusted Brisbane and Palm Cove Celebrants Making Eloping Easy and Affordable

on October 2, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Who are With Love Elopements?

Wedding Celebrants Jamie + Cara of Brisbane City Celebrants and With Love Elopements are renowned for delivering seamless, happy, and thoroughly enjoyable wedding ceremonies.

With Love Elopements, builds on Jamie and Cara’s extensive experience and dedication to create happy, stress-free elopement weddings in two very special locations, Beautiful Brisbane and now, also as Palm Cove Celebrants in Tropical North Queensland.

The genuine care Jamie and Cara bring, along with their willingness to go above and beyond to ensures each couple’s special day is everything they’ve dreamed of. This exceptional dedication is clearly reflected in the hundreds of glowing 5-star reviews continually rolling in from their very happy newlyweds.

True experts in everything ‘wedding ceremony’, this passionate duo are also the team behind leading Brisbane ceremony styling service With Love Brisbane Wedding Decorators hence why they’re affectionately known as ‘With Love’ by couples and wedding vendors alike.

Breaking News: With Love’s Signature Elopements are now also taking place in Palm Cove & Cairns Northern Beaches

The exciting expansion of With Love Elopements means that Jamie and Cara are now also helping couples to get legally married in relaxed, heartfelt and super special destination weddings in the breathtaking area of Palm Cove and Cairns Northern Beaches.

This serene tropical coast offers an idyllic, scenic backdrop that perfectly complements their signature style of elopements — simple, stress-free, elegant, and heartfelt. Making destination weddings in this paradise seamless and stunning for couples and their guests is a true privilege.

Trusted & Experienced Experts

Jamie and Cara’s journey to becoming Celebrants began with their own wedding. Driven by a desire to revolutionise the ceremony experience, they reimagined every detail of the ceremony planning process, and delivery of the ceremony on the day, to make it easier, more personal, and enjoyable for couples. They continue to innovate with a couple-first approach, ensuring each ceremony reflects the unique vision of each individual couple.

Their long-standing expertise and warm, engaging style have helped them become highly respected wedding ceremony experts, celebrated for delivering memorable weddings full of happiness and heartfelt moments.

Signature Style: Happy, enjoyable weddings – made easy

Their ceremonies are best described as happy, celebratory, light, and super enjoyable, with Jamie and Cara perfectly tailoring every ceremony to the couple’s personalities and vibe. Their dual roles as Celebrants along with their combined calming presence and passion, ensure every wedding flows smoothly and leaves couples and guests with the best of memories.

A Legacy of 700+ Five-Star Reviews

Across all their “With Love” brands, Jamie and Cara have proudly earned over 700 five-star Google reviews, reflecting how invested they are in creating exceptional wedding experiences. With countless couples knowing they can trust in them for their most important day. These reviews highlight how their approach makes each couple feel valued and heard. Now that’s something to celebrate!

Celebrating Love: Favourite Moments

Jamie and Cara tell us some of their favourite moments of being Celebrants include:

The excitement of that first meeting, connecting with couples and their vision and designing personalised ceremonies just for them.
Immersing in the atmosphere of love and celebration on the wedding day.
Witnessing genuine smiles, laughter, happy tears throughout the ceremony.
Knowing they helped create memories that couples will treasure forever.
The overwhelming reward of receiving heartfelt thanks and 5-star feedback afterward.

They absolutely love being chosen to celebrate love and create ceremonies.

Top Tips for Destination Elopements in Palm Cove

As Celebrants, Jamie and Cara are big believers in celebrating all the happy milestones in life. Expanding With Love Elopements signature elopement service to Cairns Northern Beaches was a great excuse for an incredible celebration on the shores of beautiful Palm Cove Beach. You can hear all about this fabulous celebration here: Tropical Weddings: With Love Elopements expands to Far North Queensland.

Jamie and Cara share their 8 Top Tips for Planning Your Destination Elopement Wedding.

Ready to discover the ‘With Love’ Difference?

Whether planning an intimate elopement in Brisbane’s iconic botanical gardens, or a tropical destination wedding or elopement in Palm Cove, Jamie + Cara offer unmatched expertise and heart-driven service.

Contact With Love Elopements to find out more and to plan your elopement – exactly as you imagine it.

Brisbane riverside wedding with Celebrant Jamie

on October 13, 2022 · 26 Comments

What an amazing day it was for this Brisbane riverside wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.

The happiness filled wedding of Kristen and Thomas took at Lower River Terrace Kangaroo Point. This lawn that can be booked for exclusive use for couples wedding ceremonies through Brisbane City Council.

The couple enjoyed a happy, relaxed authentic ceremony, delivered perfectly by Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.

Jamie shared the story of how Kristen and Thomas met at work. When Thomas first met Kristen his initial thoughts were:

“She’s hot and I’m going to be in trouble with HR if I talk to her” so he tried his best to ignore her for the first month.

In response, Kristen’s first impression of Thomas was: “I think he might be gay”

They knew they were meant to be when Kristen announced she was going to marry Thomas, despite previously always declaring that she never wanted to get married, and likewise Thomas wanting to marry Kristen despite swearing off marriage forever.

Their ceremony combined heart felt moments, sheer joy and some roaring belly laughs for good measure (a great way to ease any wedding day nerves).

The story of the proposal began with Thomas setting up a lovely night in which he planned to ask Kristen to marry him.

The only thing he was unable to get into his possession was the ring (which they had both chosen, was already bought, viewed and “tried on” many times).

Kristen was in the bathroom on her third costume change of the evening, while Thomas scrambled through boxes on the top shelf of the wardrobe looking for the ring when suddenly, Kristen burst through the door and said:” I’m just going to see what my engagement ring looks like with this outfit”.

So, as they like to put it, Kristen is effectively engaged to herself with Thomas’ blessing.

The happy couple shared their own personalised vows with each other which they heard for the first time during the ceremony, before exchanging rings and sealing the deal with a kiss.

Darcy Walsh Photography was on hand to capture all the magic to perfection while putting the couple at ease so they could enjoy their day and relax and be comfortable in front of the camera.

After they made their way back down the aisle together as husband and wife, guests congratulated them then they headed off to the nearby rocks at Kangaroo Point for these stunning location photos as the sun began to set. Then they celebrated the night away at Riverlife.

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds. What a beautiful day!

Wedding suppliers included:

Celebrant Jamie Eastgate Brisbane City Celebrants

Darcy Walsh Photography

Feeling inspired and liking the look of this ceremony location, you can view more river side weddings at the Lower River Terrace lawns at Kangaroo Point here.

A winter winery wedding

on July 1, 2020 · 5 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Serena and Eric were joined by family and friends from all over the world, to celebrate their beautifully styled winter winery wedding at Sirromet Winery on Brisbane’s bayside. I couldn’t have been happier to receive the following feedback from the happy couple:

5 STARS Jamie did a great job! He is so friendly and very proactive to contact his clients throughout the process. He made our ceremony relaxing and fun. No matter when I emailed him, he always got back to me really quickly. Absolutely a really great celebrant! Thank you Jamie.

This venue offers a variety of ceremony and reception locations. The happy couple opted for the popular Laguna site, followed by cocktail hour at the Tuscan Terrace with the reception celebrations being held in the barrel room.

Serena got ready for her wedding in the company of her bridesmaid and these adorable hounds!

The Laguna was styled with stunning oversize dried and fresh floral arrangements and a wooden wedding welcome sign.

As the guests arrived, mingled and were seated, the Harpist strummed adding to the romantic tone of the ceremony.

The couple opted to keep their ceremony wording light, relaxed and a little fun and loved the first draft of the ceremony I sent through so much they felt it didn’t need any changes or edits. It’s always reassuring to know I’ve understood my couples requirements well and have relayed these in to their ceremonies as they envisioned.

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds on your wonderful winter winery wedding.

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Jamie + Cara – Brisbane City Celebrants

Wedding Planner: Joanne Chen

Wedding Photography Fig Tree Pictures

A small Brisbane wedding at 1889 Enoteca

on June 6, 2020 · 6 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Jamie + Cara – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you are planning a small and intimate wedding surrounded by your nearest and dearest, and are passionate about amazing food and great wine, 1889 Enoteca is an absolute must to check out. The gallery of this recent small Brisbane wedding at 1889 Enoteca has our tummies rumbling, our mouths watering and our hearts yearning for more!

Located centrally just inches from the Gabba stadium in Woolloongabba, 1889 Enoteca has a private cellar style dining room downstairs featuring brick walls and chandeliers and offering atmosphere and privacy. We are actually so fond of the amazing authentically cooked Italian dishes like the truffle gnocchi, rigatoni, freshly baked loaf and tiramisu, that we have even spent each others birthdays together at the upstairs restaurant.

This lovely couple opted for a simple and relaxed ceremony, that was meaningful and heartfelt. Being a special yet fairly quick ceremony, meant they could all get straight in to the celebrations with their closest family and friends at this stunning venue.

It was such a pleasure working alongside Chris Jack Photography who is always so accommodating in working with the priorities and schedule of his couples, like this couple who decided not to have bridal portraits/ photos taken after the ceremony, as it was so important to them to spend every moment of their day celebrating in the company of their loved ones.

Chris captured all the details of the wedding perfectly, from the naked wedding cake to the long tables soft pink and warm burgundy styling and flowers.

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Jamie + Cara – Brisbane City Celebrants

Wedding Photographer Chris Jack Photography

Venue 1889 Enoteca

If you enjoyed this post are looking for a Celebrant for your special day, Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate is highly experienced in designing and performing small weddings in Brisbane.

Contact Celebrant Jamie Eastgate for more information and to start planning your special day.

REAL WEDDING at Victoria Park with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

on June 1, 2020 · 3 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Bride and groom– Tramy and Sean

Wedding date – 2nd November 2019

How and where did you meet? We met as friends over 16 years ago through mutual friends. Our paths crossed again 7 years later and we’ve been together since!

Traditional Tea Ceremony

Our wedding day began with a traditional tea ceremony. Being on the same day as the wedding meant our day was very long but filled with many memorable moments! We have a large family and many relatives, so having both of our families come together for the tea ceremony was very special.

Ceremony venue: Our ceremony was held at The Marquee Deck, Victoria Park

Celebrant: Our Celebrant was Jamie Eastgate at Brisbane City Celebrants. Jamie did an amazing job on the day, and made every step along the way so easy! We had the best day and would have to say that the highlight of the day would be that moment we walked down the aisle together as husband and wife, surrounded by our family and friends!

Reception venue: We celebrated our reception at The Marquee, Victoria Park. We had a 3 course (alternate drop) sit-down menu and for bonbonniere, each guest received personalised chocolate blocks designed by Paige Tuzée Designs

Bridal party We had two bridesmaids and two groomsmen – all are our long time friends from either childhood or school.

What did your bridesmaids wear? Dresses by Bec + Bridge

What did your groomsmen wear? Suits by InStitchu

What did the groom wear? Suit by InStitchu

Tell us about your wedding gown: Wedding dress by Jane Hill Bridal – a simple sheath silhouette, off shoulder, full length beaded gown.

Do you have any tips or advice for couples:

As you always hear, the day goes by very quickly (ours did even though we had a long 14+ hour day!), so try to enjoy every minute of it and don’t stress about the little things!

Tramy and Sean’s dream team of wedding vendors included:

Venue – Victoria Park

Photographer – Lover of Mine

Videographer – Weddings by Butterscotch Studio / Maker & Made Studios

Celebrant – Jamie Eastgate of Jamie + Cara – Brisbane City Celebrants

Rose Petal Cones – With Love – Brisbane Wedding Decorators

Make Up Artist – Janise Chan

Hairstylist – Paula Maree Hair

Stationery – Designed by Paige Tuzée Designs and created by Acrylics Online

Florals – Elly Fleurs

Candles & Vases – Prop It Pretty

Cake – The Bake Co

Dance Floor & Bridal Table – Staging Creations and Queensland Decal

Plinths – Honeytub Event Hire

Photo Booth – Click Click Photo Booth

Entertainment – Fonoti Brothers

Lion Dancing – LTL Group

Fireworks – Mr Fireworks

If you enjoyed hearing about this real wedding at Victoria Park and you are looking for a Celebrant for your special day, Jamie Eastgate would love to hear form you. Contact Jamie now for more information and to start planning your wedding ceremony.

Maori wedding traditions at a heartfelt Brisbane wedding

on May 30, 2020 · 7 Comments

With Marriage Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

Having lived in New Zealand for 5 years and experienced many of the warm and deeply meaningful Maori traditions and customs, I understand and respect the significance for couples and their families choosing to incorporate Maori wedding traditions in to their wedding day.

Traditional Maori weddings derive their culture values from a proud noble race known as Te Maori. The Korowai is a traditional Maori cloak, weaved with feathers.

This wedding took place at Brisbane’s Victoria Park in the Garden Marquee and combined Maori and Western wedding traditions perfectly.

Without gathering a crowd (aside from me letting the Videographer know when this was taking place, to capture the moment at the brides request as she wouldn’t be their to witness it), The Korowai ceremony took place when the grooms Mum arrived.

She approached the groom and lovingly placed and tied the Korowai on him, affirming her support, pride and love for her son and his relationship with his soon to be wife.

The grooms uncle was the wedding singer and guitarist, and sung the bride and her bridesmaids down the aisle. The couples ceremony was heartfelt and meaningful, and happy tears were shed when I shared their story together. They kept their ceremony short and simple opting for the simple required vows. A wise decision given how emotional the ceremony already was.

The couples children joined them as they made their way back down the aisle. After family photos took place, the couple headed off for photos conveniently onsite around the Victoria Park Golf course. They thoughtfully booked the Orchard Room for guests to enjoy refreshing drinks and nibbles while their location photos took place.

Another part of traditional Maori culture is the feast and celebrations, traditionally with a hangi where the food is slowly cooked underground.

The couples reception took place in Victoria Park’s stunning Marquee and involved traditional Maori dancing and of course the Haka.

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and how beautifully you incorporated Maori wedding traditions in to your wedding.

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Jamie + Cara – Brisbane City Celebrants

Photography Dreamlife Photography

If you enjoyed this post and are looking for a Celebrant for your special day, contact Cara now to confirm availability and start planning your wedding ceremony.