“A celebrant that knows how to celebrate! Jam was warm, bubbly, enthusiastic and so kind. She made us feel at ease from the word go and gave such great energy to our love story. Her words were magical and not only had ourselves, but our family and friends in laughter, smiles and tears of happiness. People were talking about how beautiful our ceremony was for days!! We love Jam, thank you for making the process, and day so special and fun! Memories forever xx”

Maddy and Mark are a couple of sweethearts that will forever hold a special place in my heart. These two cuties work right next to my home and every morning I literally wave to them from my kitchen window as I see them pull up to the car park right in front of our house. So when they got engaged they’d see the ‘Celebrant Jam’ sign every morning on our house and then they saw that I had married a friend of theirs at the same wedding venue, they knew that it was meant to be.

Mark and Maddy met when Maddy started at her first full time job straight out of uni. Mark had also just graduated and started working at the same place and immediately took note of the ‘arty’ girl with the bright red hair. Over time Mark knew that he was drawn to Maddy and would often schedule important ‘work meetings’ in order to spend more time with her.

Mark eventually worked up the courage to ask Maddy out, only to end up taking a sickie that day and cheekily slid into Maddy’s Facebook DMs instead. Maddy was at first surprised at Mark’s interest, for she had assumed that he was just some sorta sports jock and not really her type, so she responded to his message with ‘Awwww that’s so sweet. I’ll think about it.’ Well it wasn’t a no! Mark still had hope and by the end of the week Mark had persuaded Maddy to go on a date with him on a day trip out to the Ashcombe Maze and gardens down in Mornington Peninsular.

On their first date they happily discovered that they both share a love of milkshakes and through the course of the day there was mounting tension of ‘will they/won’t they’. By the end of the day Mark made the decisive move and kissed Maddy in his blue Toyota Sportivo and won Maddy over. Maddy recalls going home that night and calling her mum to let her know that she had met someone special.

Mark and Maddy’s love blossomed, even through COVID and its long isolating lockdowns. They’d have zoom dates and plan to meet outdoors for walks and bike rides. Our lovers eventually moved in together into their own place so that Mark can wake up every morning to pinch Maddy’s adorable Dutch cheeks. That was also when Mark officially become cat-daddy to Maddy’s kitty Meeko, they have since completed their furry fam with kitty boy Mushu.

For Maddy and Mark’s wedding day they had assembled a stellar line up of wedding magic makers to help them realise a truly unique and vibrant celebration of their life to be shared with their nearest and dearest. Their ceremony, decked out in bold exotic floral arrangements by Rose Studio, took place under the big tree in the paddock of Collingwood Children’s Farm. The ceremony kicked off with Mark’s folks walking in first to the tune of ‘All You Need is Love’ by the Beatles. Maddy then wowed us as she walked in decked out in her stunning green wedding dress, accompanied by her love squad and loving mama.

Maddy and Mark’s ceremony and vows were full of lols and happy tears. All these precious moments were expertly captured by our talented photographer Kyra Boyer and videographer ninja Andrew from Bottlebrush. I live for the shots of our newlywed lovers storming the dancefloor at their reception with giant cardboard cut outs of their kittybabes Meeko and Mushu!

Thank you Maddy and Mark for inviting me to be a part of your colourful and love filled day.
And I will continue to wave to you both every morning from my kitchen window!

Celebrant: Celebrant Jam
Venue: Collingwood Children’s Farm
Photography: Kyra Boyer
Videography: Bottlebrush Films
Flos: Rose Studio
Catering and Event Management: Farm Cafe
Decorations: Bangin Hangins
Cake: Mali Bakes