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Jess Bernstone Celebrant, Toowoomba (2025)

03/01/2025

Witalla & Donal 🌈 🏏 🍻 ⚽️ 🦋
3.1.25

They first spied one another from across the soccer pitch. Donal was reffing a game for his son, and one of Witalla’s sons was playing, too.
They were to spend many more hours on the sidelines, getting to know one another, and falling in love.

These two are all about relaxing at home with the cricket on, the kids digging up bugs in the yard or playing sport in the cul de sac. Otherwise, they’re always off adventuring outdoors as a family, or ordering takeout and dancing under the disco ball in their patio. Precisely what they were off to do after their intimate family orientated wedding ceremony at what an excellent sounding reception…

Styled and planned thoughtfully by .events__ with romantic florals from all Witalla & Donal had to do was turn up and have fun!

Highlights included the rainbow appearing during the ceremony, each of the kids handwriting their own contributions, and Witalla’s mum sharing a beautiful blessing in Portuguese 🥹 not to mention Witalla & Donal’s vows had us vendors wiping our tears behind the PA speaker…

Frolicks in the lavender, and various kid antics including tree climbing and frog hunting captured by the lovely .ebony

A memorable start to the 2025 wedding calendar 🐝

03/01/2025

Windy Acres Farm - Westbrook 🐝 💜

Feels like home. I grew up in this area. It was very nostalgic feeling those whipping Westbrook winds, driving the familiar dirt tracks, spying the same paddocks and hills I roamed as a kid and crunching that old black dirt underfoot.

Alicia, Craig & the family do a beautiful job out here, it’s a favourite spot for locals. It’s also a working apiary, lavender farm and store, selling locally handmade goods. Come out for some fresh air! Bring the kids, a book, grab a hot drink and a scone onsite and plop yourself amongst the lavender for a calming reset.
📚 ☕️ 🍯

Also - what a grand spot for a wedding 😍

29/11/2024

Jacob & Jordie!
Love you two 🥹
🍦 ⚽️ 🐶 🧡 ☀️

29/11/2024

Next day love means the world, from my last
(but certainly not least) couple of 2024

28.11.2024

Marrying you to one another was a delight. Staying for the party was a treat. A ceremony where at least 100 people cried during your wow vows. Speeches to remember! A high energy dance floor to get immersed in. Krispy Kreme donut tower. And at the centre of it all, two dessert fiends cracking jokes and soaking up the love. They pulled off reciprocal lifts in their first dance, breakdanced into their reception and showed the world their big-hearted, motivating, unserious, all encompassing love.

Love you guys.

☀️ ⚽️ 🍦 🐶 🧡

19/11/2024

✨ ya little lady is celebrating celebranting today! It’s officially been 1 year since I became an authorised celebrant.

1 tafe certificate for my kitchen wall ✅
1 first celebrant OPD completed 🥴
1 first tax time endured 😵‍💫
15 wonderful couples hitched💋
15 love stories shared 📖
15 handwritten marriage certificates 📜
1 call from the govt to check my spelling 😅
10 thrifted outfits 👗
5 new vendor pals 👯
100s of road snacks 🍟
100s of kms 🚗
1000s of chats ☎️
1000s of emails ✉️
1000000s of mems 🥰
1 excellent first year in (very) small biz 😎

Big love for this little job of mine.
Thank you for asking me to marry you 🥰

📸 by a an angel guest named Alyssa at Charli & Jacob’s Top Camp ceremony 16.11.23

16/11/2024

“Purveyors of fine playlists, slayers of the snacks, conquerors of one another’s hearts”
- Whatarau & Laura.

Thanks for sharing memories of your day.

📸
🌲

18/10/2024

Bianca & Josh - 10 years in the making!

🩷 officially an item 4.10.2014 - married 4.10.2024 🤍

10 years ago, these two sat across from one another at a cafe on their first date. Young, hopeful and a little bit nervous…

And on their 10th anniversary to the day, they were married, with their two adorable kids in tow. Archie walking down the aisle with the rings in his little mini suitcase was a standout!

What struck me about these two was their steadfast respect for one another. They’ve spent a decade building solid trust, and I could feel the settled and comforting nature of their relationship in their home as we sat at their kitchen table sharing travel stories, camping spots and sci fi series recommendations.

The kids were hanging out with us too, and their eldest showed me all of the excellent Lego creations on display. Grown up Lego too! Very impressive collection.

Sometimes, it’s not the whirlwind of meeting that sweeps you off your feet, but the gentle breeze of truly knowing and trusting another person that provides deep contentment. And these two exuded warm, reliable familiarity in spades.

I should mention I am practically related to these two and it was extra special to have common family members in the crowd. As usual, loved people watching and spotting superb wedding fashions.

Special mention to the HUGEST BLUE TONGUE LIZARD EVER who was fossicking about in the bushes right behind us. The bridal party went full Russell Coight, and kindly sent him on his way further down the garden before the bride arrived. Couldn’t have the local fauna stealing the show! 🦎

Excited to see the video footage from
- very much enjoyed meeting him too! Friendly vendors are such a perk in this industry.
Cool tunes
Beautiful pics
Bianca’s lovely red locks
Cute bar cart
Snax
Valley views
Party time .point.toowoomba

16/10/2024

I am the PERPETUALLY EARLY friend!
I am ridiculously early to everything.
Just ask my friends…

In all seriousness though, I am legally obligated to be there well in advance.

I like to arrive to my ceremonies even earlier than required, so that I can check in with you first and foremost (one of my favourite parts) but also to grab a quiet moment to myself. As captured here by the lovely .ebony 📸

I like to quietly explore and appreciate the choices you have made for your ceremony space.

To say hello to whoever else is there working hard, making the final perfect touches for your day. In this case, style and organisational queen .events__ 📜 ☑️

And finally, to be there when your guests start arriving, to help them feel comfortable and welcome. 🤗

A moment for that wintry green scenic rim backdrop. Very moody.

14/10/2024

My aunty Debbie, my mum and my big cousin Brendan being the best cheerleaders this little cele could ask for 🥰
This message is going straight to the testimonials highlight! 🥹

Many of my family and friends have maintained that this job is right up my alley for a long time. They’ve been hugely supportive and I love it when they’re in the crowd for my couples, and can see me working* hard for their loved ones.

Family & friends have been the ultimate recommenders! It means a lot when they put their trust in me and put me forward as a celebrant option to their own extended family and friends 🫶

*this job doesn’t really feel like ‘work’ so to speak. Sure I put a hell of a lot of effort and hours into what I do, but it’s worth it every time.

Pic with said big cousin Brendan at Josh & Bianca’s ceremony, recently.

13/10/2024

✨ 2025 bookings officially open?

Me when I started this little gig moonlighting as a celebrant: ‘oh yeah, I might do 10 weddings a year MAX - if I’m lucky.’

Me 3 months before 2025 has even started: ‘MUM GUESS WHAT?! I have booked 10 weddings in the first half of next year already!’

😱🤯🫠🥹

Very grateful to be doing this, for all the support, all the couples, vendors and mentors.

My overly glitterfied stationery and use of b&w photo filters would suggest I am mentally stuck in 2014.
The fact that I use paper stationery AT ALL points directly to my mIlLeNiAl proclivities.

Get in touch for my 2025 pricing, or just for a chat.

💌 [email protected]
📱0400145604
💾 I really need a website

05/10/2024

Matt & Tina ⛰️ 🧡 🥾 ☀️

& Marley 🐕
28.9.24

Tina & her friends had travelled from Germany, and were backpacking around NQ, when cyclone Debbie stopped them in their tracks and forced them down south to Rocky.

With cyclonic weather forecast, they couldn’t do much else but head to the pub!

Tina recalls spotting a jovial guy having a good time. That was Matt, who’d been at the pub with his workmates for sometime already…

What followed was an unlikely mash up of German backpackers meets aussie tradies, in what turned out to be one hell of a fun night at a random pub in Rocky!

Matt & Tina never lost contact after that night, instead catching up for outdoorsy dates and eventually travelling to climb SEVERAL mountains together. In fact, they even got engaged at a summit!

Matt & Tina’s wedding day was held at Matt’s family’s farm overlooking the Brisbane Valley and Wivenhoe - a beautiful place synonymous with family celebrations under the stars.

Their dog, Marley was ring bearer and all round good girl. 🐾

Spy Tina’s hiking socks and gum boots, which made getting around the farm after a fair amount of rain a breeze!

Lovely to work with the talented Jess behind the camera 📸

05/10/2024

Gorgeous Anna - such a calm and warm presence, precisely what you need on your wedding day!
Loved seeing you at work today, doing such a beautiful job making pictures for Amy & Chris.

Snuck in our own quick golden hour pic 🤗

📸

30/09/2024

Girls in white dresses…🤍

Baby Hazel and her stunning mummy, Heidi. So beautiful they were - there were tears flowing all around the little white chapel.

Two girls in beautiful gowns just made to dance in.
And oh how they danced.

This tiny dancer boogied her way down the aisle, up the aisle, on the podium, in the gardens outside, in the doorway of the chapel… she didn’t even need music half the time! She’d recently started walking, and she was rearing to go!

This wonderful photo of Heidi & her baby girl was thoughtfully made by Cas

👰‍♀️
⛪️

29/09/2024

Nathan & Phoebe 🏎️ 🏑 ❤️

21.9.24

On a night out in Toowoomba-town back in the 2010s, Nathan spotted a cutie named Phoebe in a pair of eye catching red jeans… ❤️

These two and their delightful kids Tilly & Teddy spend their weekends either outdoors, at speedway or playing hockey. BIG hockey fam - you should see how cute the kids are in their uniforms. Nathan & Phoebe are also cute in their hockey uniforms.

It was the best having Tilly & Teddy host their mummy & daddy’s wedding day. They did all the important jobs, including walking down the aisle to the bluey theme tune! Nathan & Phoebe describe one other as awesome parents. And they really are. Tilly & Teddy were golden on the day - heaps of fun!

Phoebe got me tearing up with the gorgeous details she thought to include. Things like her namesake great grandmothers ring, family heirloom brooches (brooches get me every time 😭) and the CUTEST SHOES.

These two pulled a cheeky crowd, who were full of great big smiles and great big love for Nathan, Phoebe and their little family. It was a treat to be with them 🥰

Thanks for having me, Politch fam ❤️

A cracking day at - a place close to my heart, it was where I cele’d my first ever ceremony, and it feels like home.
photography 📸

28/09/2024

One lovely little perk of this job is following your journey after your wedding day.

I’ll be forever cheering you on from the sidelines, crying with joy when I see a baby announcement, lurking on your honeymoon pics, delighting at memories of your day with every photo that pops up in my memories.

Reminiscing on Mitchell & Sally ✨
A day popping with bright colours everywhere, warm enveloping personalities all round, vulnerable vows, Mitch’s velvet green suit jacket, Sally’s exquisitely cut draping gown, effortlessly cool accessories, a floral statement veil to die for, delicious personalised beers, flower girl puppy dogs, a pastel sunset with sweeping flossy clouds, belly laughs and book reviews outside the reception marquee.

Thank you for continuing to share your joy with your fans (🙋🏻‍♀️)

23/09/2024

✨ 🐓 🚀 🧡 Laura & Whatarau 7.9.24

I suspect these two may think I’m a slightly unhinged fangirl at this point, and if they didn’t, they may once they read this.

I got attached real quick. Could not help wanting to be in their orbit. I had to pry myself away from their wedding reception…

I digress…

Laura is so cool you guys. She has a bookish podcast called .gethit (!) and she’s a thrifting goddess. This may be forward, but I think I want to be her twin sister.
And Whatarau is a warm hug on legs. I can still feel the sincerity of the hug he gave me on his wedding day. And he honours EVERYONE with that same kindness. He is introspective and curious with a killer taste in music.

When their powers combine, they’re this melting pot of wonderfully warm energy. The people I met on their wedding day are reflections of this! They were so friendly and sparkly, many of them with the same thrifting prowess as our couple! The OUTFITS on display. 💃🏻 🪩 🕺 Yes.

These two live in a house overflowing with interesting things, and they invite you in with fresh scones and tales of their travels and musings aplenty!

Their wedding day was filled to the brim with thoughtful mementos, handpicked tunes, effortlessly cool and unique style vibes and vows that brought the house to tears. All held on an unbelievably golden springtime afternoon at Reflections Lake Cooby.

It’s not lost on me, how lucky I am to be a first hand witness to these raw and vulnerable displays of human love. There are seemingly endless ways love shows itself. Every time I am surprised by the visceral nature of it and am left in awe of our capacity to gently capture it and offer it up to each other.

Thank you for sharing your story with such flair and heart, Laura & Whatarau.
I’ll be the one lurking on your socials, eagerly awaiting a glimpse into your next chapters!

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