“We feel so lucky to have had Jam as our celebrant. Jam's incredible enthusiasm, positive, and fun energy make her a unique find in the industry. She was incredibly professional and proactive throughout the whole process. She went out of her way to help us create a unique flow for our ceremony, gave us fresh new ideas and connected us with like minded suppliers. Her down to earth and friendly nature made us feel like we had an old friend officiating our marriage. We can't thank Jam enough for delivering our perfect ceremony, it was more than anything we ever expected.”

Jenn and James have great taste and worked towards bringing together some of the things they love and sharing it with their nearest and dearests for their big day.

They had wanted to create a modern wedding at the same time they wanted to honour Jenn’s Chinese heritage. And so they found the perfect venue to have it all at this charmingly delicious little Italian restaurant that they loved in Carlton called Mr Pietro. Jenn’s dear friend Emily from Melt Styling happens to be an amazing wedding planner/stylist and she did an incredible job on the day transforming the upstairs space to host a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony in the early afternoon. Our couple were then whisked away to have a costume change in time to re-emerge for the main event downstairs. It so happens that I had worked with Emily many years ago, so thanks to her I was brought onboard to help realise the legal marriage ceremony component of the day.

The ceremony space downstairs was stunningly decked out by independent Melbourne florist Hattie Malloy, I have been a fan of her work and was blown away by the arrangements on the day. The bright colour palette and magnificent foliage used against the crisp white walls made the space simply pop!

Jenn and James had wanted to include their family in the ceremony and so they asked them to start the ceremony by walking in down the aisle in pairs to the Beatle song “Like a Rolling Stone” with the whole room cheering them on. Jenn and James then walked in together hand in hand wowing the room with their unique sense of bashful elegance!

The ceremony had wonderful moments of joyful laughs and happy tears perfectly captured by the talented photographer Kyra Boyer and team. At one point Jenn and James’ siblings came up to deliver a reading with Jenn’s brother Jason flooring the room with his line ‘Who’s cutting all them onions in the kitchen?’

It was simply one of the most thoughtfully considered ceremonies and I was honoured to be working alongside some greats in the industry, so much so that it was featured on one of the top wedding blogs Nouba Weddings and you can read all about it over here.

And what a wedding to finish on, it was the last wedding I had the pleasure of performing whilst being pregnant!

Marriage Celebrant: Celebrant Jam
Photographer: Kyra Boyer
Styling: Melt Styling
Venue: Mr Pietro
Florist: Hattie Malloy
Make Up: Karen Burton
Hair: Bec Shannon
Dress: Kara Baker
Suit: Oscar Hunt