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Topiaries Wedding with Celebrant Jamie

on February 19, 2017 · 2 Comments

Topiaries Wedding with Celebrant Jamie

“I just wanted to say a HUGE thank-you again to you for being our celebrant at Topiaries last year. Our day was absolutely perfect, and we couldn’t have done it without you!”

Amy & Nick – Topiaries wedding, Samford

Images by Prue Franzmann Photography

Thank you Amy and Nick for your kind feedback and for sharing these beautiful photos of your wedding with us. I am so happy to hear you had such a great day.

Jamie Eastagte – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed this post and are looking for an organised and modern Topiaries wedding Celebrant or Samford wedding Celebrant, Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you, contact us now to confirm availability for your special day.

Victoria Park Golf Club Ceremony

on February 14, 2017 · 6 Comments

Victoria Park Golf Club Ceremony

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

I was so happy to receive this feedback from Jess and Chris following their Victoria Park Golf Club Ceremony.

“The best in Brisbane hands down! Our wedding day ran so smoothly Jamie really looked after us and helped ease the nerves. Thank you Jamie!”

These love birds enjoyed a simple and meaningful wedding ceremony followed by photos around the golf course, before celebrating the night away with friends and family.

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you so much for your kind feedback and review. Wishing you every happiness for your future together as husband and wife.

Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Photography by Etheral Photography

If you enjoyed hearing about this seamless wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

A Relaxed & Modern State Library of QLD Wedding

on February 1, 2017 · 5 Comments

A Relaxed & Modern State Library of QLD Wedding

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

I just love it when couples do their wedding their way, for couples like Christine and Ed that meant putting tradition aside and creating a day that could enjoy every moment of together.

Their black tie wedding ceremony and reception took place at the grand State Library of QLD in South Brisbane. The couples modern wedding commenced with both the bride and groom welcoming the guests as they arrived, which really set the tone for the relaxed vibe.

The couple opted not to have a bridal party, and Christine decided not to have a wedding bouquet as she simply didn’t feel the need to have one. They did however have Francescas Flowers install a dramatic hanging Monstera cheese plant leaf display and the greenery worked perfectly with the high ceilings of the Terrace Room.

When the ceremony time arrived, the guests were seated and the bride and groom, holding hands took a relaxed stroll down the aisle together before turning to face each other as the ceremony commenced.

The lovely couple couldn’t take their eyes off each other as they enjoyed their short, sweet and authentic ceremony. They could barely contain their excitement when I pronounced them husband and wife!

The happy newlyweds kindly left a 5 star review on Brisbane City Celebrants Facebook Page stating “Thank you Cara for being our Celebrant, everything was wonderful!”

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you for choosing Brisbane City Celebrants for your State Library of QLD Wedding.

Images by Pip Musso Photography

If you enjoyed hearing about this contemporary wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

A Perfect Newstead Park Riverview Wedding

on January 14, 2017 · 5 Comments

A Perfect Newstead Park Riverview Wedding

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Hannah and Luke created the ultimate relaxed and enjoyable day for their Newstead Park Riverview wedding.

The couple thoughtfully arranged chilled drinks for guests to enjoy from the moment they arrived which was a huge hit and encouraged the mingling of guests while setting the perfect tone for their relaxed enjoyable wedding day.

Hannah and Luke had the dynamic duo from Lyndal Carmichael Photography capture their ‘location’ photos, before the ceremony took place, which meant they could stay and celebrate with their guests after the ceremony. The also meant they could both be there to greet guests as they arrived.

I was so pleased to receive the following 5 star review from the happy newlyweds:

The happy couple walked down the aisle together where they were joined by their bridal party for their happy, upbeat short and sweet ceremony. The happy couple didn’t stop smiling throughout the ceremony and neither did their guests!

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you for choosing Brisbane City Celebrants for your Newstead Park Riverview wedding.

Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Photography Lyndal Carmichael Photography

Ceremony Styling Brisbane Wedding Decorators

Newstead Park has a variety of wedding sites that can be cooked for weddings through the council, head to the Brisbane City Council website for more information and for virtual tours and images of each site.

If you enjoyed hearing about this modern, short, sweet & happy wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Brisbane Racing Club Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

on January 5, 2017 · 4 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

I was so excited when Mel and Steve asked me to be their Celebrant for their Brisbane Racing Club Wedding and I was so happy to see this 5 star review pop up just days after their wedding.

“Jamie did a fantastic job as the celebrant for our recent wedding. He has a very calming nature and great way with words to ensure we had the ceremony we had hoped for. Thanks Jamie for an excellent job!”

This grand venue is off the beaten track, but more importantly the guests knew they were backing a winning couple! (ok, we’ll quit horsing with the racing puns).

The happy couple locked in the passionate folk at Nicole Barralet Photography to capture their day and what a great job they did too. Here’s a snippet of their day in photos, enjoy!

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Brides dress by Wendy Makin

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Amazing ‘Mash Up’ style wedding cake by Cake My Day By Jo

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Brisbane City Celebrants have been working alongside Nicole and her team for over 5 years now and we always find her and her shooters incredibly professional, vibrant and talented, plus she gets every couples photos to them in record time, way quicker than industry standard which is such a huge benefit to clients who may even get to browse through their precious memories and re-live the memories of the day while they are still on their honeymoon!

Thank you Nicole for sharing these photos with us and thank you Mel and Steve for choosing me as the Celebrant for your Brisbane Racing Club Wedding.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Brisbane Golf Club wedding with a very special ring bearer

on January 3, 2017 · 6 Comments

Brisbane Golf Club wedding with a very special ring bearer

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

This Brisbane Golf Club wedding ceremony was such a special wedding to be the Celebrant for. The happy couple have so much love for their sweet little boy and it’s so easy to see why, not only is he the cutest little thing, but his excitement and energy on the day was through the roof.

I love how the beautiful bride had so much fun including him in the getting ready photos (playing peek-a boo beneath her gown) and how he enthusiastically sprinted down the aisle faster than his little legs could carry him with the ring cushion, thankfully those rings were firmly tied to the ring cushion.

If you are looking for ideas to include children in your wedding Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you. In the meantime, enjoy this gorgeous love filled wedding with the sweetest little ring bearer.

Celebrant Cara of Brisbane City Celebrants

Photography Prue Franzmann Photography

The cute little ring bearer sprinting down the wedding aisle with the rings!

“Here’s the rings Daddy”

That magical moment when the groom sees his beautiful bride for the very first time.

As a Celebrant I love seeing the guests smiling from ear to ear, looking on lovingly and enjoying every moment of the wedding ceremony.

Brisbane Golf Club Wedding with Cara of Brisbane City Celebrants

The sweet couple wrote beautiful heartfelt wedding vows to each other. I just love how their photographer Prue captured this special moment from this angle.

Just married by Brisbane City Celebrants

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds! If you have a child or children that you would like to include in your wedding ceremony, we recommend checking out our article tips for weddings with children.

If you enjoyed this Celebrants blog and you are looking for a like minded Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara Hodge from Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you, contact her now for more information or to confirm availability for your special day.

RACV Royal Pines Resort Wedding With Jamie Eastgate

on January 3, 2017 · 4 Comments

RACV Royal Pines Resort Wedding With Jamie Eastgate

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

While most of the weddings I perform are in the Brisbane area, however from time to time Brisbane based couples invite me to officiate their wedding ceremonies at the Gold Coast, like this wedding at the RACV Royal Pines Resort which was captured by the lovely Prue Franzmann Photography.

The resort is just 12km from the Gold Coasts famous beaches and has its very own wedding chapel with stain glass windows and Italian marble flooring, it seats up to 100 guests. As you will see from these happy newlyweds photos the gardens offer endless photo opportunities so you don’t even need to leave the resort for your location photos.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

We love that the happy couple invited their Grandmothers to be their official witnesses and join them in signing the marriage certificates, creating treasured memories. It was so sweet to see Grandma signing after the groom gently escorted her from and back to her seat.

RACV Royal Pines Resort Wedding With Jamie Eastgate

A magical day captured perfectly. Thank you so much to the happy newlyweds for choosing Brisbane City Celebrants for your RACV Royal Pines Resort Wedding.

If you enjoyed this post and if you are a Brisbane bride or groom to be and are looking for a Celebrant for your Gold Coast wedding we would love to hear from you.

For more information or to check Brisbane City Celebrants availability for your special day, Contact us now.

Old Petrie Town Wedding

on September 16, 2016 · 5 Comments

Old Petrie Town Wedding With Celebrant Jamie

5 Star Review for Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

“Jamie was so easy to work with and made our day comfortable and relaxed. Very professional and willing to help in any way possible!”

Liz & Glen – Old Petrie Town Wedding

Photography: Benji & Sam

What an honour it was to be the Celebrant and unite these two happy souls at their Old Petrie Town Wedding.

Their amazing connection and happiness during their ceremony was out of this world. As a Celebrant I feel it’s so important for me to have every little detail covered so the ceremony is seamless and the happy couple have nothing to worry about and can relax and enjoy every special moment, as demonstrated so perfectly by Liz and Glen here!

Huge congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you so much for choosing me to be your Celebrant at your happiness filled Old Petrie Town wedding.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this Old Petrie Town wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Eves on the River Wedding Review

on June 18, 2016 · 6 Comments

Eves on the River Wedding Review

Receiving photos and feedback after the big day is one of our most fav things about being Celebrants and this fantastic Eves on the river wedding review was no exception.

“It was a lovely day and thanks so much for being our celebrant. You were really great :)”

Elissa and Jon – Eves on the River Wedding

Eves on the River Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

A big shout out to Steve from Vellum Studios for capturing these wedding photos, Myself and Steve often find ourselves booked by the same couples and looking at his images I can see why.

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you for the great review and for sharing these images with me. Wishing you both all the very best for your future together as husband and wife.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

Brisbane City Celebrants have performed many weddings at Eves on the River and know and love this great venue.

Celebrant Testimonial (from a Celebrant!)

on June 18, 2016 · 3 Comments

Celebrant Testimonial (from a Celebrant!)

For Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

As a Celebrant you never know who might be a guest at a wedding you are the Celebrant for. I found out after this particular wedding that a fellow Celebrant was amongst the guests and was kind enough to contact me with the following feedback and permisison to share this publically.

Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastgate Fist pumping over this feedback!

Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastgate Fist pumping over this fellow Celebrants feedback!

It’s worth mentioning that as Celebrants we tend to witness ceremonies through slightly different eyes, we listen out to hear if the legal wording is correct, we are looking to see if the couple are at ease and if everything is coordinated smoothly, if the PA equipment is of high quality, I could go on but I’m sure you get the gist.

“Hi Jamie,

We met briefly at Dash and Ben’s wedding. While I will leave it up to them to comment on their experience with you, I just thought I would give some extra weight to their inevitably positive comments by putting in with my ‘2 cents worth’ as a former Authorised Marriage Celebrant (one of the busiest and preferred on the Gold Coast – one of Australia’s most competitive markets) who ‘handed in his badge and gun’ due being too busy with another business.

There is a distinct balance that any marriage celebrant has to manage – that between ceremony length, and ceremony meaning. Mate, you hit it out of the park!

What an absolute delight to see the bride walk down the aisle to a song that had a genuine meaning to the couple, and gave those present a real insight into their relationship. Better yet, you helped them to ‘cultivate’ some of the most beautiful vows I’ve ever heard.

The vows are always a tough one. Often (not always) the groom comes to you with one sentence, and the bride a 400 page novel! Sometimes, vice versa! Providing suggestions in this case is the domain of a Celebrant – and you clearly did this with distinction and care.

I also appreciated your ability to blend the legally required wording within the ceremony – so that it didn’t sound forced or out of place. This, as I am sure you understand, is one of the most difficult challenges to any celebrant. The words are very much bureaucratic ‘speak’, while the ceremony still needs to be loving.

Unlike many other celebrants, your ceremony was carefully and creatively worded, 100% legal, and beyond that – one of the (many catholic, church going attendees) will give serious thought to replicating in the future.

I spoke to a number of the group afterwards who had gone for the ‘full church wedding’ – and they were 100% astonished (in a positive way) about your ceremony.

Customers often don’t understand why a Celebrants fees are what they are – the reality is, there is “many many many” hours behind the scenes that goes into a successful wedding.

In your case (unlike many celebrants who create clumsy or even illegal ceremonies), it’s money very well spent!”

Will Collyer – Former Marriage Celebrant, Gold Coast

A huge thank you to Will for taking the time to contact me and provide this feedback, receiving a Celebrant Testimonial (from a Celebrant!) of this calibre means so much!

If you enjoyed hearing this fellow Celebrants feedback on a wedding performed by Jamie, and are looking for a recommended Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.