Sara + Adam

“Jam, I get so teary thinking about our ceremony four weeks later. It was absolutely perfect and our friends and family commented on how very us it was and how lucky we were to have someone that knew us so well marry us. I can't imagine anyone else would have pulled it off. Your support in the lead up to the day was amazing and we couldn't have done it without you!! Thank you so much Sara and Adam”

Adam and Sara are the most low-key fabulous couple!

So 2020 saw the world go through a wild Coronacoaster ride of a year. Sara and Adam seemed to somehow embraced each unexpected sudden change and come out more fabulous than before! Just as a developing world pandemic saw an end to Adam and Sara’s long awaited wino trip to Tassie by shutting down the boarders with less than 12 hours till they were scheduled to fly out, Adam decides in that moment to casually proposed to Sara. He went out the very next day to buy a ring, the following day saw Melbourne go into a total Lockdown. Now that’s some boss move!!!

A couple of months later, Sara literally googled local celebrants ‘for a very low key ceremony’ and luckily found me in her search. It took us a few emails back and forth to finally ‘meet up’, and when we did, we found out that we had local friends in common, so it was a perfect match. And when I say ‘meet up’ I meant we had to negotiate our rendezvous plans around COVID venue restrictions and capacities. Eventually we agreed on me conducting a home visit, only to be plunged into Lockdown 2.0 with no visitors allowed to enter your residence, so our first ‘meeting’ had to pivot online.

I did eventually get to meet up with Sara and Adam in person a few months later to finally complete some of their legal marriage paperwork (the Notice of Intended Marriage form), with them. Just as we were about to catch up for our final meeting, the week of Adam and Sara’s wedding, Melbourne went into a sudden-death 5 day SNAP lockdown. Like literally WTF! Thank F the restrictions eased after the 5 stress inducing days had passed. And at our final online meeting we planned to complete the rest of our legal marriage paperwork just before we kick off their official ceremony. Sara casually mentioned at the end of our meeting that they’ll have Anna Taylor from Lulu & Lime present as their photographer on the day, with some styling by Good Day Club, two of my fav wedding vendors!

So on the day when I rocked up onsite at the chapel within Mission to Seafarers, I was blown away by the absolutely fabulous set up by the good people from Good Day Rentals as well as the bold eye popping blooms by Bloom Boy. And when I finally met Sara to complete our Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage document I had to simply gush over her stunning Jason Grech dress. This low-key ceremony had just gone next level bold and beautiful.

Adam and Sara’s intimate marriage ceremony had only 25 of their VVIPs present and it was full of heart and feels. It was my first ceremony delivered ‘blind’, Sara and Adam elected to not know beforehand what was to be said during the ceremony and to hear it for the first time along with their guests. This ensured that there were some truly genuine tears and laughs coming from our beautiful lovers up front and centre.

After our little ceremony, our newlyweds had a moment to relax before the rest of their loved ones arrived to help them celebrate their newly married status wildly into the night.

Marriage Celebrant: Celebrant Jam
Venue: Mission to Seafarers
Photography: Lulu & Lime
Florist: Bloom Boy
Styling: Good Day Club
Sara’s Dress: Jason Grech