A fully personalised ceremony built around a fun questionnaire I send you 6-8 weeks out. You tell me how you met, what your relationship is really about, and what makes the two of you, you. The result: a love story that has your guests laughing, crying, and re-living your relationship from the beginning.
From $1,350
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A Love Story Ceremony is a wedding ceremony where the story of you two is at the heart of the day. I spend real time getting to know your relationship (how you met, the running jokes, the moments that shaped you) and I write it into the ceremony as a fully customised love story told to your guests. Your people don't just witness a wedding, they re-live your relationship from the beginning, laughing at your running jokes and tearing up at the parts that matter.
I send you a fun questionnaire 6-8 weeks before the day. It walks you through the questions that matter for crafting your story: how you met, who introduced you, the moment one of you knew this was it, the running jokes between you, the people you love and how they fit in, the hard bits you got through, the funny bits you keep coming back to.
You answer in your own time. We can do as much back-and-forth as you want, refining and adding until I have everything I need to write the love story and the ceremony that's truly yours.
From your questionnaire answers, I write the love story that sits inside the ceremony. It's told to your guests during the ceremony, in your voice but my craft. It'll make them laugh out loud at the running jokes, tear up at the moments that matter, and feel like they understand the two of you on a level they didn't before.
You see the draft before the day. We edit together. Nothing goes in that you haven't signed off on.
Your personal vows you still write yourselves, with my help. But the ring vows (the words you say as you place the ring on each other's finger) I write for both of you, drawing on everything you shared in your questionnaire. They sound like you because they're built from your story. Some couples like to see them ahead of the day; others choose to hear them for the first time on the day itself.
The Love Story Ceremony is the version where guests learn about the couple's little secrets, and what they were feeling when they met. They might be laughing, they might be the good kind of crying.
Home is Casuarina, so most of my weddings are on the Tweed Coast and southern Gold Coast. I also love travelling further afield to Byron Bay, the Gold Coast Hinterland, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. For locations outside my local zone I do charge a small per-kilometre travel fee, always included in the quote beforehand.
Australian law needs the marriage registered with Births, Deaths and Marriages within 14 days. I handle the lodgement and let you know once it's done, usually 2-3 weeks after the ceremony. If you'd like the official BDM certificate (the one used for visas and name changes), I can lodge that for you too. Small extra fee, or you can apply yourself online.
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Confirm the date and venue with me. At least one calendar month before the day we complete your Notice of Intended Marriage.
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I send you a fun questionnaire to learn your whole story. We do as much back-and-forth as you want. Then I write the love story and your ring vows; you see drafts and we refine together.
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I arrive at least 30 minutes before to set up the audio system, settle your guests, sync with the photographer. Ceremony runs 30-40 minutes. I stay back for announcements and photos, then quietly head off.
The Love Story Ceremony adds three things to the Personalised Ceremony: a 6-8 weeks-out questionnaire where you tell me about your relationship from the start, a fully customised love story written from your answers (with as much back-and-forth as you want) and woven into the ceremony, and your ring vows written for you. Same warm delivery, same paperwork, same audio system, same support on the day. The love story is the difference.
Usually 30 to 40 minutes, sometimes longer if the story has a lot in it. I always say to plan a full hour in your schedule though, so there's room for the signing, photos and everyone settling in.
From $1,350. Travel is included across my local zone, from the southern Gold Coast (Burleigh, Robina, Mudgeeraba) down through the Tweed Coast to Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads. For weddings further afield (northern Gold Coast, Hinterland, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Northern Rivers), travel is $1 per kilometre round trip.
Yes. The ring vows are part of the Love Story Ceremony. From your questionnaire answers I write them for both of you, drawing on what you've shared about your relationship. You can see them ahead of the day if you'd like, or hear them for the first time on the day itself (some couples love that). Your personal vows you still write yourselves, with my help.
Completely normal. You'll tell me what's in and what's off-limits via the questionnaire, and you see the love story draft well before the day. I never include anything you haven't signed off on, and I'm careful with family or intimate details. The goal is to make guests feel they know you better, not to over-share.
Yes. I'm a native Spanish speaker, born in Mexico, and I run the Love Story Ceremony in English, Spanish, or any blend. Small Spanish moments inside an English ceremony are included free. A fully bilingual delivery (including the love story written and delivered in both languages) is +$200 on the Love Story Ceremony. Worth it if your guest list bridges English and Spanish-speaking family.
Yes, often. Plenty of my Love Story Ceremonies happen in Brisbane. Small travel fee for the drive up (quoted upfront), but it's a regular part of my coverage area.
Send me your date, venue and a sentence about you both. I'll come back with availability and the next steps.
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