Weddings with Brisbane City Celebrants Archives - Page 5 of 13

Stamford Plaza Brisbane Elopement

on September 24, 2016 · 4 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

We love it when our couples send through photos from their special day and receiving 5 star reviews is like the icing on the wedding cake for us!

Anne and Adem’s Stamford Plaza Brisbane elopement was such a special ceremony, they eloped in secret in the company of just a handful of close friends who were all involved in their intimate ceremony, from providing live ceremony music, shooting the wedding to being witnesses for the happy couple.

Such a relaxed and happy celebration!

The couple announced the news of their marriage the following day before jetting off on their romantic honeymoon!

The happy couple were kind enough to leave the following 5 star review on my Facebook page:

“Thank you to Jamie who made our day so special. He made everything so relaxed and easy on the day and we would highly recommend his services.”

Anne & Adem – Stamford Plaza Brisbane Wedding

Congratulations on such a beautiful ceremony and thank you for choosing me as your Celebrant for your Stamford Plaza Brisbane wedding.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you are planning to elope in Brisbane, Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you! Contact us now for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Wedding

on September 22, 2016 · 4 Comments

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

What amazing clients we have here at Brisbane City Celebrants!

Kaia and Anthony enjoyed a happiness filled Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Wedding and were kind enough to mail this beautiful thank you card to me!

This was a very special wedding as the couples impeccably well behaved dog was part of the ceremony and did the ring bearer duties solo! What a trooper!

City Botanic Gardens wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

“Dear Jamie, we just wanted to say a big thank you for all your efforts leading up to our wedding day and for your composure and leadership with getting me to walk down the aisle at the right time!

I think we were lucky to find you! Love Kaia + Anthony – City Botanic Gardens Wedding

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful gesture Kaia and Anthony and thank you for choosing me as your Celebrant for your Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Wedding.

Jamie Eastgate – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this sweet City Botanic Gardens 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.

Real Wedding at Northshore Harbour

on September 20, 2016 · 4 Comments

Samantha and Wayne’s Real Wedding at Northshore Harbour

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Bride and Groom: Samantha and Wayne

Wedding Ceremony Location: Northshore Harbour Cafe, Hamilton

Tell us about your ceremony: We had our ceremony placed under the trees on the grounds at Northshore facing the river. The weather was amazing and the sun had gone behind the trees so all the guests were in shade. We set up a laptop on Skype and called our family in the UK. Our ceremony with Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastagte was very simple, classic and traditional. It was short and sweet and PERFECT!

Reception Location: The wedding reception was also held at Northshore Harbour Cafe in Hamilton.

Tell us about your reception:

The reception started with pre-dinner drinks and canapés looking over the river and gardens. We then had a quick sit down meal with quick speeches and then everyone was up for dancing! Everybody danced until our white glow stick exit, and we stayed right until the end!

What we loved:

The whole day was amazing. It was so great to be surrounded by our family and close friends. It made us feel so loved and we were so grateful for everybody’s generosity.

The weather was just perfect, as there was not a cloud in the sky!

We loved the food, cake, the music, the flowers, the dancing, the lolly buffet, our outfits, and the fact that we skyped our family in the UK that couldn’t make it!

Northshore Riverside Cafe, Hamilton performed by Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate

Describe your experience with Jamie from Brisbane City Celebrants:

From our first meeting with Jamie he made everything seem so straightforward and he was so passionate about being a part of our special wedding at Northshore Harbour.

It was so refreshing to talk to Jamie as he was also so eager to help with any questions we had. Jamie was so prepared and sent through oodles of information to help us make our day about ‘us’.

We went with traditional vows, and it was a comfort to have Jamie standing there with us on the day to ease our nerves, and make sure the ceremony ran smoothly.

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

Photographer – Dear & Tine Photography; AMAZING! Chaddy was like part of the family on the day.

Florist – Brisbane Wedding Flowers; Cassie did the most beautiful job on both the bouquets and tables! It far exceeded my expectations. She was on my page from the first meeting.

Cakey Creations – Leanne did the most superb job on our cake pop cake!

Northshore Harbour Café; Bec and the staff – went over and above to make sure everything was perfect!

And of course, Jamie Eastgate from Brisbane City Celebrants.

Your advice to bride and grooms to be: Just relax and enjoy the day. Make sure you get everything done the day before so you and your families are relaxing and enjoying getting ready. Don’t stress about things that are out of your control. Enjoy the little moments and laugh.

Just remember that if something goes wrong the only person that will know is you – so forget it, it is out of your control and it will only upset you in the end!!!

: Congratulations Samantha and Wayne on your wedding at Northshore Harbour with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate; Images: Dear & Tine Photography

If you enjoyed hearing about this Northshore Harbour 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.

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.

Northshore Harbour Wedding Featured in Wedding and Bride

on September 16, 2016 · 3 Comments

Northshore Harbour Wedding Featured in Wedding and Bride

With Celebrant Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Brisbane City Celebrants are so excited to see this stunning wedding featured in the latest edition of QLD Wedding and Bride Magazine.

The happy couple wed in a modern, short and sweet ceremony at Northshore Harbour in Hamilton in the company of an amazing group of guests that loved every moment of celebrating with them! The newlyweds thanked Jamie with a 5 star review for the service he provided.

Northshore Harbour Wedding

Congratulations on the feature and big ups to Vellum Studios for capturing their special Northshore Harbour wedding day so beautifully.

If you are looking for a modern Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you. Contact us for more info and to confirm availability for your special day.

Some of my Favourite Wedding Moments

on June 19, 2016 · 7 Comments

Some of my Favourite Wedding Moments

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

I was so excited when the Polka Dot Bride wedding blog invited me to share some of my favourite wedding moments with their readers. With way too many amazing moments to realistically list, here are just some of my favourites, in no particular order

1. The first dance

I adore everything about this incredible shot captured by Milque Photography and Films of this very talented dancing duo.

From the perfect composition of this image with the ceiling drapes and opulent chandeliers framing the couple, to the guests cheering enthusiastically in the background.

I have no doubt a lot of planning and practice went in to pulling this dance move off and the happy couple are now rewarded with this very impressive image and wonderful memories.

2. The Hollywood style back bender first kiss

You really get a feeling of romance and a sense of the love this couple share in this image beautifully captured by Dreamlife Photos and Video. You can imagine the guests cheering enthusiastically and applauding as the groom Justin dips his beautiful bride Katie, and the bridesmaids squeal with happiness as they wave their bouquets in the air!

Jamie was the Celebrant for this couple and I love that he got well and truly out of shot (as every Celebrant should) for the photographers to capture this magical moment.

I also love the fresh greenery styled arch, designed by the bride who is a very talented florist.

3. Fresh Floral Arbour

I am absolutely besotted with this fresh floral arch by the talented creatives at Brisbane Wedding Decorators which was covered in beautiful fresh oversize Colombian roses and perfectly complements the brides white wedding theme. Image by Laura Slade Photography

4. OMG the wedding cake just toppled off the table!!!

Actually it was all part of the plan. My gorgeous couple, Gabbi and Dan love to laugh and have fun and they knew they wanted their wedding full of fun and laughter. Nothing stiff, boring or predictable.

Something about the traditional cutting of the cake just didn’t feel right to them, so together with their equally fun loving photographers from Naomi V Photography they came up with a plan to trick their guests in to thinking they knocked the cake off the table.

So they got a pretend polystyrene cake and had that iced so it looked like the real deal. As the cake cutting took place and the cake went flying off the table, the photographers captured the shocked look on the guests faces! Seeing Gabbi and Dan smirking then burst in to laughter raised suspicions and a guest ran up to the cake and confirmed they had all been tricked!

We love it when our couples do things their way, truly making their wedding their own and plus this made for a series of hilarious photos too.

5. Flower walls

Ooh look it’s me! It was such an amazing experience to be a guest of honour at the Karen Tran Gala dinner in Brisbane hosted by Event Planner Celebrations by Alysia. What you can see behind me here is a spectacular floor to ceiling water colour inspired flower wall, yes those are all real flowers! The fresh florals, the opulence, the decor, everything was simply breathtaking!

Image via Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about some of Cara’s favourite wedding moments and you 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.

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.

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.

A UQ Schonell wedding on the rugby field

on June 18, 2016 · 5 Comments

A UQ Schonell wedding on the rugby field

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

I am so excited to share some happy feedback from this super fun ceremony that took place on the rugby field at the University of Queensland, a spot that the happy couple and their friends share many happy memories of from their days studying and playing at UQ.

After the ceremony the happy couple even went on to kick off their shoes and pop on their footie boots for a quick kick around on the pitch! The perfect way for them to have a little fun and make their day a true reflection of them.

I was thrilled to receive a 5 star review and this lovely feedback from the happy newlyweds.

“Ciara made our wedding day not only memorable but stress free! Right from day one she was so helpful with all the ceremony details including our vows.

Our ceremony was beautiful, unique, lighthearted and fun! I would highly recommend Ciara to anyone planning their wedding.”

Alison & Sean – UQ rugby field wedding

The very lovely Adam from Raconteur Photography was on hand to capture the day and was also kind enough to provide the following feedback about his experience working alongside me:

“Ciara was amazing, the ceremony was very relaxed and fun while still being very personable towards Alison and Sean and their journey.

Ciara stuck around after the ceremony to help out which was nice. I highly recommend Ciara – amazing job”

UQ wedding ceremony with Brisbane Wedding Celebrant Ciara Hodge

To complete the dream team of suppliers the happy couple selected, here is there feedback on their photographer Adam.

“I’m so glad we chose Adam to photograph our wedding, he made the day lighthearted and fun, and truly got the best out of all of those he was photographing.

He interacted so well with everyone and we got so many comments on how fantastic our photographer was. Our photos look amazing and were above and beyond what I anticipated. I can’t recommend Adam and Raconteur photography highly enough.”

Alison and Sean

Thank you Alison and Sean for choosing me to be a part of your wedding and also to Raconteur Photography for capturing and allowing us to share these timeless images.

Ciara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this fun UQ Schonell 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.

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.

A Mt Coot-tha Palm Tree Lawn wedding with Jamie

on June 7, 2016 · 5 Comments

A Mt Coot-tha Palm Tree Lawn wedding with Jamie

We are so happy to share with you this Mt Coot-tha Palm Tree Lawn wedding with Jamie Eastgate of Brisbane City Celebrants

Bride and Groom: Angela and Adam

Wedding Ceremony Location: Palm Tree Lawn, Botanical Gardens, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane

Tell us about your ceremony:

It was a perfect sunny day, we had a harpist playing the ceremony music and the ceremony concluded with a dove release.

Reception Location: The Botanical, Mt Coot-tha

Tell us about your reception:

We enjoyed a nice outdoor deck setting overlooking the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens with great food and great service.

What we loved:

The day was perfect – nice and sunny! We loved the harpists music and having a dove release during our ceremony. We got some great photos from our photographer, the botanical gardens made the perfect backdrop for our wedding, they were stunning!

The reception was refreshing with great food and service and the wedding cake was very delicious and looked gorgeous. We had a lunchtime wedding reception at The Botanical and the venue and staff were great, we never felt rushed by the staff even though we stayed a little late, which was lovely of them, and most important of all our guests all had a really lovely time.

Describe your experience with Jamie Eastgate from Brisbane City Celebrants:

From start to finish Jamie helped us all the way throughout the process, he made us both feel very relaxed on the day and ensured the ceremony all went completely smoothly. He organised all the marriage paperwork and gave us some great advice for the day, which really helped the day come together so well .

Tell us about any other wedding suppliers that you were impressed with:

Venue – The Botanical Cafe in Mt Coot-tha, our Botanical wedding planner went above and beyond to make sure our wedding reception was perfect.

Wedding Cake – Jennys Cakes, it was the best cake we have ever tasted and our guests agreed too, plus it looked so stunning!

Wedding Harpist – Sally Beaumont was great

Photography – Peta Boardman Photography, the photos turned out wonderful, everyone was blown away.

Your advice to bride and grooms to be:

Think about the difference between needs and wants as the important things are your love for each other and of course your guests as well. Also prepare yourself to be flexible during your planning.

Mt Coot-tha Palm Tree Lawn wedding with Celebrant Jamie Eastgate at The Brisbane Botanical Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.

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Dove release ceremony image by Peta Boardman Photography

If you enjoyed hearing about this Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Real wedding with Jamie Eastagte and you are looking for a Celebrant for your special day, Jamie would love to hear from you.

Based locally to Mt Coot-tha he knows the Gardens really well. Contact Jamie to confirm availability for your special day.