Eves on the River Wedding Review

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

Eves on the River Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

Eves on the River Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

Eves on the River Wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

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.

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.

 

Wedding Ceremony Trends 2015

Polka Dot Bride

With Brisbane City Celebrants

With an increasing number of brides and grooms moving away from tradition in favour of doing things ‘their way’ we have never been so excited about the year ahead! We envisage 2015 to be full of unique, highly personalised modern wedding ceremonies, that are truly reflective of each individual couple, their quirks, passions, humour and of course their very own love for each other.

Throughout 2014 we have become regular contributors of articles on Australia’s biggest wedding blog Polka Dot Bride which is such a huge honour, so we were particularly chuffed to have had our article on 2015 wedding ceremony trends featured on Polka Dot Wisdom.

Polka Dot Wisdom article by Brisbane City CelebrantsPolka Dot Wisdom article by Brisbane City Celebrants

Polka Dot Wisdom article by Brisbane City Celebrants

Of course this article wouldn’t have been possible without the creativity, imagination and inspiration of all of our brides and grooms, past and future. If you are one of our couples, you may well spot some of your own ideas, or ideas we have discussed together here.

The article covers the various modern day options for the ‘giving away of the bride’, unplugged weddings, social media bans on guests photos and bride and grooms location shoot before the wedding.

We also discuss why couples are opting not to have readings and instead creating a relaxed ceremony full of love and laughter while sharing their special connection.

We talk about the shift from posed photos during the ceremony (e.g. pretending to sign the certificate while grinning at the camera) in favour of natural journalistic capturing of the special moments which brides and grooms are feeling more and more strongly about and we agree the results of this approach are simply stunning!

Finally, we discuss the increase in brides not taking their grooms last name. With the occasional groom even opting to take the brides last name which we were interviewed about in an article from MX magazine here.

Eves on the River Wedding with Ciara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants. Image by Vellum Studios.

Eves on the River Wedding with Ciara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants. Images by Vellum Studios.

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We are truly grateful to the fabulous team at Polka Dot Bride for allowing us to share our insights of wedding ceremony trends 2015 on their blog and we look forward to contributing more informative and inspirational articles throughout the new year.

Special thanks also go to Vellum Studios and the lovely bride and groom pictured who were kind enough to provide us with these images from a nontraditional wedding ceremony performed by Brisbane Celebrant Cara, which we felt suited the article perfectly.

Head on over and view the article here and feel free to leave a comment, we would really love to hear your thoughts on 2015 wedding ceremony trends.

If you enjoyed reading this article and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, the Brisbane City Celebrants duo would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

What a Celebrants website can tell you about them

What a Marriage Celebrants website really tells you about them!

When beginning the search for the right Marriage Celebrant, most ‘soon to be wed’ couples will find themselves on a Celebrants website, but aside from finding out what the Celebrant costs and what that includes, how else can you determine if the Celebrant is the right fit to perform the wedding for you and the love of your life?

Brisbane City Celebrants on Polka Dot Bride

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

We were thrilled that Polka Dot Bride published our article providing some great little pointers to help couples with what to look for in a Marriage Celebrant. It’s amazing what you can learn just from a quick visit to their website.

Click here to view the article by Brisbane City Celebrants. Enjoy!

Big shout out to Nick Evans Photo for kindly providing these stunning timeless images to accompany the article, and also to the gorgeous bride and groom Emma and Nick for starring in the article.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge. Image: Nick Evans Photo

 

Emma and Nick's Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge. Image Nick Evans Photo.

Emma and Nick’s Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge. Image Nick Evans Photo.

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If you enjoyed hearing these tips 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.

An interview with Brisbane City Celebrants

With Celebrants Cara and Jamie of Brisbane City Celebrants

Here’s a transcript of Brisbane City Celebrants recent interview with a bridal magazine. Special mentions to Eves on the River bride and groom Amanda and Tim for being kind enough to send us the beautiful images that accompany this post and to the very talented Anthony Hoang for capturing these images.

How did you get into the wedding game?  Quite simply we LOVE love and believe it should be celebrated!

Following our own wedding we both trained and became Celebrants with the mission to be the best we could be and to really ‘get’ what each individual couple envisages their day to feel like and to deliver exactly that.

What is your celebrant style? Modern, calming and thoroughly enjoyable.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Do you support same-sex marriage? HECK YES!

Favourite Brisbane venue

There are so many it really is too hard to choose. We feel very privileged to be Celebrants in Brisbane, with such a diverse selection of amazing venues and an all year round wedding season, Brisbane brides and grooms are all very lucky indeed!

Tell us a little about your journey since being appointed to today

At the time we were appointed as Celebrants in 2008 Brisbane City Celebrants were amongst the youngest Celebrants in Brisbane!

We launched with a bang at a huge QLD wedding expo and now 7 years later, having followed our core principle of ‘your day – your way’ Brisbane City Celebrants have grown to become amongst Brisbane’s most sought after and most referred Celebrants by brides and grooms.

We have simultaneously become highly respected by the Brisbane wedding industry and also by fellow Celebrants which is such a huge compliment to us.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Equipped with a wealth of experience and having been mentored by the most highly perfectionist and honest critic around  (each other), we know how to create the atmosphere our couples envisage for their day, while ensuring they are relaxed enough to share that beautiful connection throughout the ceremony, so everyone present can experience a thoroughly enjoyable and seriously amazing wedding.

What is it that you enjoy about being a celebrant?

We love the whole journey with each couple, from meeting and getting to know them, creating their ceremony and sharing and witnessing special moments like;

–          Seeing the look on the grooms face (as his heart beats through his chest) when he sees his bride for the very first time;

–          The hug the father of the bride gives his ‘little girl’ as he ‘gives her away’ clinging on for those few extra moments, there is so much emotion right there!

–          Being a vital part of creating an amazing celebratory atmosphere for one of the most special moments of a couples life;

–          Seeing parents and grandparents in the front row beaming with love and wiping away the odd happy tear as we share the couples own unique love story;

–          We love when brides and grooms hear each others surprise vows to each other for the very first time on the day, so many crazy beautiful heartfelt emotions;

–          And of course when we introduce the new Mr & Mrs followed by the first kiss… when the crowd goes wild! Ciara says “I still get goose bumps every time!”

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Tell us about your favourite/stand out wedding you have officiated?

A recent stand out wedding would have to be the first ever same sex wedding (commitment ceremony) that Jamie recently performed.

There were so many emotions from heartfelt tears of happiness to fits of laughter, all accompanied by a room full of guests beaming with love, the vibe was simply amazing!

It was an incredible ceremony and the feedback from the 2 grooms was beyond fantastic, so we couldn’t be happier.

Any advice for bride’s to be when it comes to choosing a celebrant?

When choosing a Celebrant firstly think about the kind of ceremony that you want and look for a Celebrant that specialises in exactly that.

For example, Brisbane City Celebrants specialise in simple and meaningful, fun and light hearted or short but super duper sweet weddings that are thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present.

If couples are looking to fill their ceremony with rituals or religion we are honest and tell them that we simply wouldn’t be the best fit for them, however there are plenty of Celebrants that are.

A great sign that you have found the right Celebrant is that feeling that they really ‘get’ you, are on the same page, they listen to what is important to you and have the right ideas and suggestions for the kind of ceremony you have in mind.

Listen to your gut feeling, after all you need to feel comfortable that they are the right person to be stood up there with you on the day.

QUICK WEDDING TIP

Make sure you ask your potential Celebrant if you will be able to proof your ceremony before the day, this is simply one of the best ways to prevent some of the things that are commonly heard of going wrong during the ceremony and knowing what to expect will really help to put you at ease.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate rings exchange image by Anthony HoangEves on the River Wedding with Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

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