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Golden Love Package $525*

A Personalised Unique Wedding Ceremony 

Have a wedding ceremony you will remember for years to come

Maddy + Brad Dec 2023 | Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat | Photographer: Beth Lambourne Photography

I love to tell stories

The kind of story that makes you smile, reminisce,  laugh, have excitement in your belly and may even bring a tear to your eye. 

A story where everyone is listening intently and is engaged, that set's the scene for the most amazing wedding day ...
 
The best story in the world - Your Love Story!

Gem + Henry | Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat | Photo: Kelly

Your day - your way

I will create a unique ceremony by weaving all the beautiful details and memories of your love story together to create something amazing!

I can inject fun and humour, all laced with your love, capturing who you are as a couple.

Have a wedding that starts the right way - with a ceremony you love, one your friends and family will remember, with a celebrant who makes you feel relaxed and confident and has it all under control.

That is my role, and I am good at it. 

Your role is to enjoy every moment of it, look gorgeous, laugh, smile and have the most fantastic time celebrating your LOVE as you marry your person!

After all, isn't that what you wanted your day to be all about?

Make the most of your day

Pippa + Ryan had a gorgeous personalised wedding that reflected their personality and love. Of course their fur babies were included! | Photo: From Jade

​Just like your love story is unique to you as a couple,  I aim for you to have your Wedding Day be unique, memorable, fun and full of special moments and memories. 

I will tailor your day to what you want it to be. Whatever words, emotions, themes or sentiments you wish to express can be woven into your special wedding ceremony. 

Yes - it is all about you!

Your personalised ceremony

Your wedding day is one of the biggest days of your life. You can have a wedding ceremony that is personal and meaningful to you as a couple, reflecting and telling your own love story.

​We can blend any enactments, readings or blessings,  and include any family,  friends or pets.  I will work alongside you to create a memorable ceremony that you have full input in. 
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Jade at Kerri + Nick's Wedding | Stonebridge | Photo: Tracey Allsopp Photography

You will have:
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• A professional, experienced, trained celebrant who LOVES weddings!
• Your wedding ceremony especially crafted for you, with your input and ideas
• I will manage the ceremony aspects: ie, choreography, flow, timings, positions, 
• I will guide you on enactments you may want. Handfasting, Sand Ceremony etc
• Unlimited phone and email Contact
• Rehearsal 
• All of the legals take care of afterwards
• Use of my simple PA System and microphone on the day (you will need your device for music)
• * Travel charge may apply

I know it is expensive planning a wedding so I have payment plans available to spread the costs if you prefer.  Please ask!

Important details

What you need to know about 'Golden Love Packages'

•  All prices are in NZ Dollars and include GST
• A $200 non refundable payment is required to secure you date along with the signed contract to lock Jade in as your celebrant
• Balance is due one calendar month prior to wedding day. ​​
• These packages do not include your marriage licence fee of $150 which you apply for online and pay directly to the Department of Births, Deaths and Marriages
• Travel charge may apply - see all prices below
• A rehearsal may be scheduled anytime within two weeks before your wedding day when Jade is available ( it may not necessarily be held at the venue). If the venue is in Timaru, there is no extra cost for the rehearsal. However, a petrol surcharge will be added for rehearsals in Waimate, Stonebridge, HiltonView, or the outskirts of Timaru. For rehearsals in Christchurch, Oamaru, McKenzie District, Otago, and Ashburton, a rehearsal may not be possible; if there were, there would be a charge and petrol surcharge.. 

Jessica + Jeremy had a fun, personalised ceremony with wine + memory box enactment. | HiltonView | Photo: Laura Johns Photography

Themed, traditional or simple?

There are so many things to think about!  

The first thing to consider is your vision.
Consider what you want individually and collectively. 

Do you want a traditional wedding feel, a beach wedding or something else?

Are you asking your guests to hire costumes and dress up, or will the decorations reflect your theme?

If one of the couple wants to dress as Darth Vada and the other wants a fairy woodland theme, there needs to be some discussion. Of course, you can combine both themes if you wish, as anything goes - it is your day, your way.

Who said you can't have a stormtrooper with fairy wings?

Themed Weddings are so much fun!

Phoenix + Angus had a fun steampunk feel for their wedding. Jade hired her costume to match their colours | Photo: From couple

Are you passionate about Harry Potter, obsessed with skulls, or want a Bridgeton dress-up?

​I am keen to join in the fun! I am pretty open to anything ( though too shy to  go a-la-natural at a nudist wedding!)   

Whether you and your guests are going all out or introducing a gentle theme, I can create a wedding day vision and ceremony that fit perfectly together.

*Photo of Phoenix + Angus married at Woodbury Hall with a fabulous Edwardian steampunk feel. 

Your personalised Short Ceremony doesn't have to boring!

YES! You can have a fabulous personalised wedding that reflects the magic of you both ... that is short and to the point leaving more time to celebrate with your favourite people!

There are only three things that need to be part of your ceremony.

• Your legal vows must be heard by your two witnesses and Jade
• Your full legal names need to be mentioned during the ceremony
• Your guests need to know they are at your wedding 

I will craft all the other parts of your ceremony to be exactly what you want! 

​All of Jade's Golden Packages let you have complete control over the content.
She will work with you to develop a ceremony you will smile about in years to come.

Symbolic Enactments

Josh + David and their children had a beautiful Sand Ceremony Enactment in their wedding ceremony | February 23 | Photo: Jade

We can include enactments (mini ceremonies), meaningful symbolic rites  that reflect your history, culture or beliefs or appeal to you, can be woven into your ceremony. 

*Photo ~​Josh and David had a beautiful sand ceremony to represent the blending of their families. Look at the amazing rainbow colours- stunning
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Find out about some of the amazing symbolic enactments I have done that you can add to your personalised wedding ceremony here

Family Memory  Box

Handfasting

Unity Candle

Tree or Rose Planting 

Sand Ceremony

Wine or Whiskey Box

 Connect for an obligation free chat.
​Let's get you two lovebugs married!

Cate + Andrew married on their lifestyle block in Temuka with a beautiful personalised ceremony and wine box enactment. | Photo: Tegan Clark Photography

"​We can meet at my home in Queen Street, at a local cafe or bar, or we can zoom!

Let's chat and discuss what you want and need.
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If you don't know what you want in a ceremony ​- ​not a problem, I am full of good ideas!"

Love, ​Jade x

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