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REAL WEDDING at Victoria Park with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

on June 1, 2020 · 2 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 · 2 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.

Brisbane City Celebrants 10 year celebrations

on February 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment

With Jamie and Cara Brisbane City Celebrants

Being Celebrants we love nothing more than a great celebration, so when ‘Brisbane City Celebrants’ turned 10, we took the opportunity to throw a party and celebrate alongside an amazing bunch of wedding professionals, and thank them for being so supportive of our business over the years.

We decided to become Celebrants after our own wedding in 2008, when we realised the modern, upbeat style of ceremony we would have liked, simply wasn’t available. So with backgrounds in public speaking and a passion to start creating seriously enjoyable ceremonies, we became the change we wanted to see in the wedding industry.

We never expected our Celebrant style to have so much demand, and our little Celebrant business to grow to where it is today.

Reflecting back on what was initially a part-time weekend passion around our office jobs, we still pinch ourselves that we were able to quit our day time jobs to do what we love full-time – celebrate love!

We picked The Orchard function space at Victoria Park for our celebrations as we loved it’s summer vibe, ambient lighting and cheerful yellow theming. Tolix style bar tables and stools from Brisbane Wedding Decorators created a cocktail setting perfectly suited for attendees to mingle, and we loved that guests were greeted on arrival with mojito cocktails.

Brisbane City Celebrants 10 year celebrations wouldn’t be complete without a prize draw, the winner taking home a bottle of 2008 vintage MOET rose, a favourite drop of ours, reflecting the year our business was founded.

We would like to say a really big thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years, from all our amazing clients who trust us for such an important part of their special day, to all the talented wedding industry professionals who we simply love working alongside at weddings. Thanks to all of you we get to do what we love!

Here’s cheers to 10 years! Thank you to all of those who joined us for celebrations including our fellow Celebrants from Brisbane Celebrants Directory & Blog and a special thank you to the following suppliers for being a part of our event.

Photos by Dreamlife Photography

Cocktail Furniture and photo backdrop Brisbane Wedding Decorators

Singer Brett Whitmore

Cookies and Cake Confetti Cake Co

Venue Victoria Park Functions

If you enjoyed this post and Jamie and Cara sound like the kind of Celebrants you are looking for, they would love to hear from you. Head to Jamie and Cara Brisbane City Celebrants website for more information.

Victoria Park wedding with the cutest little page boys

on September 26, 2018 · 3 Comments

With Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

What a happy day it was for Megan and Hugh’s Victoria Park wedding with their sons perfecting their roles as the cutest little page boys.

The couple opted for an unplugged wedding ceremony to encourage their guests to relax and engage in the ceremony they had put so much thought in to, and what a great decision that was! We love how Freya from Ethereal Photography captured the guests enjoying the ceremony and glowing with love as they watched Megan and Hugh become husband and wife.

Megan and Hugh first met when they were teenagers at an after school job. Hugh left to live in London and they both soon realised they couldn’t be without each other so they reunited and have been together ever since.

Excited to be expecting a baby together, they took a short trip away to Noosa for Hugh’s birthday, Megan recalls feeling very unwell.

Hugh had many ideas about how and where to propose but none of them suited Megan with her all day morning sickness.

The morning of the proposal Hugh had tried a number of times to get Megan to leave the bed of the hotel but nothing was going to budge her.

Hugh couldn’t wait a moment longer and simply dropped to one knee and asked Megan to marry him.

Megan was so surprised and the excitement and love she felt made her forget she felt ill! This also cemented how much Hugh considers his birthday week to be the most important week of the year.

The couple shared surprise vows with each other that they heard for the first time during the ceremony which were both heartfelt and fun.

With a safe delivery of the rings from a very special little ring bearer, Megan and Hugh, said “I Do” and sealed their marriage with a kiss!

We love this gorgeous shot of them stepping in to married life as a family, glowing with happiness!

This cheeky cake topper is everything! “Finally Mr and Mrs”

5 STAR REVIEW Jamie was our Celebrant and we couldn’t have been happier. He was punctual, organised and put us at ease. The step by step process along the way leading up the wedding made this really easy. Would definitely recommend :)”

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you for choosing Jamie Eastgate from Brisbane City Celebrants for your special day.

Images: Freya – Ethereal Photography

Brides Dress: White Lilly Couture

Florist: The Little Flower Market

Wedding Transport: Limoso

If you enjoyed hearing about this Victoria Park Golf wedding, and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Jamie would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane Celebrant Jamie now to confirm availability for your special day.

Victoria Park Golf Complex Wedding Celebrant Testimonial

on February 23, 2015 · 2 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

What better way to bring an amazing year to an end, with a happy and celebratory Victoria Park Golf Complex wedding.

It was such an honour to be the Celebrant for this lovely couple and it made my day seeing this 5 star review pop up on my facebook page shortly after their wedding!

Victoria Park Golf Complex Wedding Review for Jamie Eastgate Brisbane City Celebrants

Victoria Park Golf Complex Wedding 5 Star Review for Jamie Eastgate Brisbane City Celebrants

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds and thank you for being so thoughtful to take the time to provide this lovely feedback. You were wonderful to work with too!

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

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

Victoria Park Golf Real Wedding on the Ballroom Terrace

on April 30, 2014 · 1 Comment

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Victoria Park Golf Real Wedding with Jamie Eastgate, Brisbane City Celebrants

We love receiving real wedding testimonials from our brides and grooms and this Victoria Park Golf Real Wedding with Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastgate, which took place on the Ballroom Terrace was no exception.

Bride and Groom: Lauren and Ben

Wedding Date: April 5^th 2014

Ceremony and Reception Location: Victoria Park Ballroom Terrace

Tell us about your Ceremony:

Our ceremony was perfect. Rows of white tiffany chairs with small bunches of baby’s breath on the ends, a cream aisle runner leading to a beautiful archway.

Jamie was fantastic at officiating. He kept the mood light and comfortable, shared jokes with our guests and always looked completely at ease.

Vic Park Golf Club Real Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image Chris Hall Photography

Tell us about your Reception:

Our reception was exactly as we had pictured it. Large chandeliers, candle lit tables with beautiful Singapore orchids in the centre. We had round tables with black chairs to suit our theme, each table was named after a famous cricketer. This was the Grooms idea.

Victoria Park Golf Club Wedding Reception. Image Chris Hall Photography

What we loved….

We loved the quality of service we had at our wedding. Every vendor went above and beyond to make our day special. Both the ceremony and reception were perfect and every effort was made to make our guests feel comfortable. Our wedding went off without a hitch.

Describe your experience with Jamie from Brisbane City Celebrants:

Jamie was wonderful. From the moment you meet him, he makes you feel comfortable and puts you at ease. He was always organised and more than willing to provide ideas on any aspect of the ceremony.

We found Jamie to be highly professional and very comfortable in front of an audience. We would definitely recommend Jamie and Brisbane City Celebrants to anyone getting married.

Victoria Park Golf Real Wedding with Brisbane Marriage Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image Chris Hall Photography

Tell us about any of your wedding suppliers that you were impressed with and why:

We had such wonderful suppliers.

Photography- Chris Hall photography. These guys are extremely competent and highly skilled in wedding photography. Justin makes you feel great and seems to capture every moment perfectly.

Cake- Allmixedup cakes. Sonja from Allmixedup Cakes designs and creates beautiful cakes. She delivered and assembled the cake at our reception and sent us images of what it looks like before we arrived.

Dress- Wendy Makin Bridal Designs- Wendy and the team have an amazing ability to make you look and feel beautiful. They catered to my every need and request and were able to suggest suitable jewellery for the big day.

Ceremony and Reception- Victoria Park Golf Complex- Vic Park do the most amazing weddings. We had a clear idea of what we wanted and the girls in the functions department went out of their way to create our perfect wedding. They answered every email and every question we had on any detail no matter how big or small and sort to make our wedding as cost effective as possible.

Victoria Park Golf Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image Chris Hall Photography

Victoria Park Golf RealWedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image Chris Hall Photography

Your advice to bride and grooms to be:

Be organised. We found that once we got ourselves organised and knew what we wanted suppliers and vendors were able to make it happen. You can’t control everything that happens on the day but having a solid idea of what you want and how you want it to come together helps to make the day run smoothly.

The other piece of advice we found helpful was to take some time to enjoy the day as husband and wife. With everything that’s going on and all the attention people are giving you, time will go very quickly. Try and steal a few minutes after your ceremony or during the reception to spend a quiet moment together and take in the significance of what is happening.

This is a whole new chapter of your lives.

Victoria Park Golf Wedding. Image Chris Hall Photography

Victoria Park Golf Real Wedding. Image Chris Hall Photography

Congratulations Lauren and Ben and thank you for giving me the honour of being your Celebrant for your special day. I really enjoyed every moment, your guests were so much fun I just knew you were all in for a fantastic evening. Thank you for sharing your ‘Real Wedding’ with us.

Wishing you both all the very best for your future together.

A special thanks to Justin of Chris Hall Photography for the images, Justin is always fantastic to work with.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this Victoria Park Golf Club 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.

Jamie’s 100th wedding at Victoria Park Golf Complex

on August 12, 2013 · 2 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

When a Celebrant achieves such a significant milestone as performing their 100th wedding ceremony, that’s got to be worth writing about. However, weddings aren’t about us the Celebrants, they are about the couple and the celebration of the milestone in their relationship and this couple created such an incredible celebratory atmosphere that is certainly worth writing about so here goes.

Victoria Park Golf Complex Garden Marquee Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.

Jamie met with this sweet couple earlier on in the year, where they discussed their plans to marry in the Garden Marquee at Victoria Park Golf Complex. They had a simple and meaningful wedding ceremony in mind, so Jamie discussed various ideas and options with them before writing a ceremony for their special day.

With the option of Jamie delivering the ceremony from the side (out of photos way), the couple decided they would like to have Jamie centered as he delivers the ceremony which we find most of our couples prefer as it seems to help with reducing the wedding nerves!

Before we knew it the day of the wedding had arrived, we always feel the excitement of our couples on the morning of their wedding day, but this day was extra exciting as they were blessed with the most beautiful clear sunny winters day.

As their special day coincided with the first Saturday of the Brisbane Ekka and considering the close proximity of the venue to the Ekka festivities, we anticipated traffic may be on the slow side, we were mistaken, but better to be safe than sorry we arrived extra early anyway.

Jamie was greeted by Jacqueline the onsite Wedding Coordinator and we set up the PA, and I Ciara, aka Celebrant Assistant for the day, assisted Jamie with getting his lapel and cordless microphone volume and sound perfect.

We also had the pleasure of working alongside 2 lovely and very talented photographers, Ola and Andrew from Kwintowski Photography who like us are a husband and wife team who are truly passionate about what they do.

We have had the pleasure of working alongside the Kwintowski’s in the past so we knew how nice they were to work with, and what fantastic images they produce.

Andrew hinted that they planned to utilise the timing of Ekka for the couples wedding photos, we can’t wait to see what amazing images they captured!

We were also really spoilt having Peter and Abhay from Paramount Events taking care of all the ceremony music for this wedding. While we do offer the use of our high quality PA System to all our couples for their ceremony music, having professional DJ’s taking care of this aspect of the ceremony is one less thing for the bride and groom to have to worry about and they did a fantastic job too, cranking the volume up just that little bit extra as the bride and her bridesmaids entered ensured the bridal party had the guests undivided attention.

The couple chose the track ‘Count on me’ by Bruno Mars to play while the signing of their certificates took place, we couldn’t help but notice how in tune the photographers worked, both focusing on shooting a different aspect of the ceremony at any one time and I have no doubt their relaxed and professional approach assisted in putting the couple at ease.

Following the signing of the marriage register, Jamie introduced the happy couple as Mr & Mrs for the very first time, and as their faces lit up in excitement, with held hands they fist pumped the air to a huge cheer and applause from their guests before making their way back down the aisle to ‘Beautiful Day’ by U2, and they really couldn’t have chosen a more appropriate song, as indeed the most beautiful day it was.

After sending this blog post to the bride and groom for approval I received this lovely email in return sent while they were honeymooning in New York City.

Victoria Park Golf Complex Celebrant Recomemndation for Jamie Eastgate, Brisbane City Celebrants

Victoria Park Golf Complex Celebrant Recommendation for Jamie Eastgate, Brisbane City Celebrants

Thank you for choosing me to be your Celebrant for your wedding at Victoria Park Golf Complex.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about Jamies 100th wedding ceremony at Victoria Park Golf Club, 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.