“Jam was so wonderful to work with. She made every effort to ensure our day was perfect, and we would recommend her time and time again. She's dedicated to her work, and goes above and beyond to make you feel comfortable and special. Thank you, Jam, for everything. You're a total rockstar.”

Sophie and Tom’s wedding day was super dreamy!

Tom and Sophie met on the other side of the world as high school kids in the UK trying to figure out what they’d do next. Tom was the cool guy on campus who helped Soph with her last minute change of mind in applying to study the arts. Through that process they hit it off and fell in love, but then went their separate ways to pursue their studies. They worked hard maintaining a long distance love and it paid off as they were genuinely supportive of one another and fell more in love with each other every time they came back together. They had eventually decided to come together and make the bold move of establishing a home for themselves ‘down under’ in colourful Melbourne.

Now these two beautiful lovers almost gave the whole ‘getting married’ thang a miss, what with all the COVID19 lockdowns and border closures over the last couple of years throwing all their wonderful plans right out of the window. This was their 3rd attempt at putting together their wedding celebration and by this stage they’ve adopted a super chill and laid back approach to the day. And their day couldn’t have worked out more perfectly, with travel restrictions lifting just in time for Tom’s brothers to fly down from UK and be a part of the day.

At our first meeting Tom and Soph were weeks away from welcoming their baby girl Sunday. At our final meeting right before the wedding, I paid them a home visit and darling little Sunday napped through it all. And so it was such a treat to finally meet the lovely Sunday on her parent’s wedding day. She was the most delightful babe lovingly cradled by her grandparents throughout the ceremony.

Sophie and Tom’s wedding day took place at the picturesque Butterland in Newstead. A simply stunning space owned by renowned floral designer Katie Marx and her furniture maker husband Greg Hutton. On the day Tom and Sophie’s ceremony took place outside at the bottom of the back garden steps with Katie’s signature seasonal sculptural floral arrangements framing our gorgeous couple.

Tom and Sophie’s ceremony had some beautiful personal touches. At one point within the ceremony we invited Tom’s mum Lou up to present a reading of Our Marriage by Kahlil Gibran. And as we stepped aside to complete the official marriage papers, Sophie had one of her family members Patrick Almanci perform a special song he wrote dedicated to baby girl Sunday.

Once the ceremony concluded Tom and Sophie were whisked away by the wonderful photographers from Lou Lou Memphis for some epic ‘Just Married’ shots around the lush grounds of Butterland. The hyper romantic shoot made this genetically blessed duo look like they walked straight out of pages from a magazine.

Our newlyweds then returned to join their guests for a delicious time within Butterland, celebrating their love into the night.

Marriage Celebrant: Celebrant Jam
Venue: Butterland
Florist: Katie Marx
Photography: Lou Lou Memphis