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Simon and Ally: The perfect elopement at Poodle, Melbourne.
Simon was clear from the start about what he didn't want: the grandiose, over the top elements that so often come with weddings. Ally felt exactly the same. They wanted something relaxed and informal, somewhere their people could be close enough to feel like witnesses rather than an audience. Poodle gave them exactly that. An intimate setting where the focus stayed exactly where they wanted it: on each other, and on the handful of people who mean the most to them.
Pam & Jeremy: A Fun, Colourful Rooftop Wedding at Loop Rooftop, Melbourne CBD
Most couples spend their wedding morning in a blur of nerves. Pam and Jeremy started theirs the way they start every day that matters to them — together. No rushing, no separate hotel rooms the night before, just a slow, easy morning waking up side by side before the whirlwind began.
Then the day split in two, Melbourne-style.
Sarah & Jean Paul: An Intimate Sunday Wedding at Recoleta
Most couples default to a Saturday without ever really asking why. Sarah and Jean Paul didn't. They chose a Sunday afternoon, and it changed the entire mood of the day. There was no rush to beat traffic to a reception, no sense of a wedding wedged between other people's plans. Guests arrived relaxed, already halfway into weekend mode, and stayed relaxed. The light through Recoleta's upstairs windows had that soft, low, end-of-weekend quality that no amount of styling can fake.
As a Celebrant and MC I've married a lot of couples that felt like they were racing the clock. This one didn't race anything.
Alana & Alexander's Elegant Black-Tie Wedding at The Trust Melbourne
Alexander and Alana have known for a long time that they were each others person, and that it was only inevitable that they would one day be here where we are today, becoming husband and wife.
As Alexander told me, it’s always been on the cards. Marriage is a chance to formalise what they already know, that they are each others end game. They’ve beta tested the relationship, they’ve gone de facto, and now it’s time to be married.
Shenay and Joe’s beautiful Recoleta Wedding, Melbourne CBD.
Shenay and Joe took a slightly different approach to the traditional wedding day structure, and it worked beautifully. Just 31 guests joined them for the ceremony and lunch, keeping things close, personal, and warm. Then, later in the day, they opened the doors at Higher Ground for a post-wedding celebration - a cocktail party for 160 guests who came to toast the newlyweds in style.