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Jess Bernstone Celebrant, Toowoomba (2025)

22/08/2025

Today is my wedding anniversary.

We’ve been married so long, I’m at the stage where I look through my treasured photos and miss more and more people every year.

Forever grateful that we asked the thoughtful and talented to make photos for us. Kath instinctively knew what we’d want to look back on, and managed to capture these people we love so beautifully.

From my little spot up there with couples on their days, I see photographers doing the absolute MOST to capture not only your love, but also the reflection of it in your people.

Having these people altogether was more important than anyone could have told me at the time.

P.S. pls scroll for a photo of back when she was a wee baby celebrant. Another MVP we were lucky to have up there with us. To this day her socials are one of my favourites to peruse, and she’s a huge part of the reason I eventually became a celebrant myself…)

18/08/2025

I’m putting this darling heart on the grid!

We have shared so many beautiful clients, and many bts chats, but never ever actually met til we crossed paths working with our bride Katherine recently 🤍

I’ve seen wedding day makeup put through its absolute PACES from my privileged POV up there with a couple.

It gets pummelled by uncontrollable sobbing tears, dabbed and wiped through with tissues, kissed on, sweated through in sweltering heat, poured on with cyclonic rain, even frosted in freezing cold sleet and blistering winds…but I can safely say, Mish’s work has always stayed put n’ pretty through it all.

To this day, she’s done my favourite ever jelly lip (on )

Can confirm: She’s this dang cute IRL, too.

Pls continue to book us together so we may cross paths again? Thanks ☺️ 🤍

18/08/2025

Stephen & Katherine ✨ 16.08.25

Can we take a moment to bask in the look of absolute pride on Stephen’s face here, as he stands beside Katherine, freshly married?!

A love story that crosses continents and oceans, overcoming time and distance. A first date full of showing one another pictures to combat language barriers?
Resourceful. Hilarious.

Katherine’s mum made it all the way to Toowoomba from her home in Colombia to walk her daughter down the aisle, and Stephen’s grandfather John shared his faith and wisdom through prayers and blessings during the ceremony.

Katherine’s Colombian mates were cheeky - each and every one of them outrageously good looking of course 🔥 and Stephen’s family were excitedly sharing plans to visit Katherine’s hometown in the next year for more wedding celebrations! 💃🏻

Add in a golden winters afternoon on the Gip’s lawns, a set of vows that had tears flowing, (Katherine’s way with words is extraordinary!) and the backdrop of the romantic and historic and we have Stephen & Katherine’s day 🥰

I’d like to thank Katherine for teaching me the word ‘chismosito’ - this describes hers and Stephen’s favourite pastime…It’s a cheeky Spanish word for ‘gossip’ 🤣 loved spending time with you both, discovering a shared love of stories and runsheets.

Thanks also to the exemplary you offer such an ethereal, romantic, unique and thoughtful experience for your couples. We’re lucky to have Gip’s here in Toowoomba✨ 🌳

09/07/2025

I am not surprised to find out that out my lovely recent bride Kelsey also has lovely family!

Kelsey had many members of her family play a big role in her marriage to Baker, held at the glorious Gabbinbar. We celebrated the families rich Scottish history, as Kelsey & Baker took their place in the story together.

Kelsey’s aunt Tracey took the time to send me this message after 🥰

I am constantly fascinated by the stories I hear. Family histories tracing bloodlines back to Scottish Kings, finding out you have a celebrity as a godparent, or a serendipitous meet-cute on a farm, helping a labouring cow deliver a calf.

Stories about the people we love are the best kind. I promise, we all wanna hear them. Over and over again.

30/06/2025

I know.
This photo is not wedding related. In fact, I pinched it from a friend. Screenshotted it straight off her stories.

Funnily enough, I can still can be found holding a mic in other parts of my life.

Toowoomba is DELICIOUSLY, DREADFULLY, DELIGHTFULLY COLD at this time of the year.

Alas, weddings do tend to slow down a little around these parts, what with the frigid temps and blustery icy wind. Sleet is sometimes involved, too.

Weather chat aside…

I took a hold of this time between wedding seasons to rip into some creative projects, wrote some stuff, completed some classes, met and worked with some cool people…and I am feeling extremely fulfilled and ready for the second half of 2025 weddings.

Springtime is BRISTLING with beautiful couples, and locations I am very excited to loiter in.

In other news, I have just ordered a fresh new 2026 diary from which I am eager to inhale when it arrives in the mail. (Any other stationery sniffers out there?!)

This is the official sign that 2026 must be OPEN for bookings!

Full transparency - I’ve already locked in a bunch of wonderful 2026 couples 😍

So! If you’re a 2026 marriee looking for a marrier to marry you to your mate — maybe mosey my merry way.

I promise I’ll never use this much alliteration ever again. Unless you want me to…. 😬

13/06/2025

Ahh my Jess & my Josh - 24.5.25 ⚡️ 👗 💕

At the down to earth and fun

Jess & Josh are real, hard working, genuine, fun, gorgeous people who draw a gigantic crowd of lovely, welcoming, hilarious people around them. Recipe for fun times wedding! 🤘🏻 🩷

They included the perfect amount of fandom into their wedding day decor, from Disney book page confetti cups to sorting their guests into Hogwarts houses for the reception! (Man I wanted to stay and insert myself onto the Ravenclaw table) it was so lovely to spot guests admiring all the special touches!

They also had a Nollsy v Guy Sebastian guest poll to select their final song of the night, and a John Farnham song - 2 Strong Hearts 💪🏻- for their aisle walk. I can’t explain how emotional these superior song choices make a crowd.

I try hard every wedding to keep my emotions in check so that I can deliver your ceremony without a side of blubbering mess. But when Jess had a secret voice message play for Josh over the speaker just before she came down the aisle to meet him, I made the mistake of looking at her bridesmaids faces and I went full messy Jessy.

Pulled it together so that Jess & Josh could smile and laugh their way through their ceremony. And also a little bit more crying.

Developed hardcore lady crushes on .studio on this wonderful day. SUCH DELIGHTFUL PHOTO MAKERS.

How I loved sitting around your kitchen table laughing into the night and swapping fandom obsessions with you, Jess & Josh. You’re my kinda ppl. Will never forget Josh telling me he ‘wanted to make it the perfect day for Jess’

And that they surely did.
🥹

12/06/2025

Wow, BookBar Book Club.

What a write up. 😌
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on our recent show, Things Left In Books.

It was very humbling to hear this from a bunch of intelligent, well-read, interesting people. I love being a part of our book club.

This show was for our community, and it was such a pleasure to share it with people who took so much good stuff away from a night of warm music and stories.

As a celebrant, I get to scratch this need to tell stories. A couple might be willing to share all sorts of things, like the time they met while trying to save a pr*****ed cow on a farm* and I’ll think “well, that’s a hell of a story.”

And if you want to, I’ll write it and I’ll tell it again, on your day. Maybe your people will be hearing it for the sixth time. But trust me - they love hearing about you.

Turns out people love hearing about people they love doing what they love.
Who knew?

*actual meet-cute story from a real life couple.

30/05/2025

My people - they always find me.

Couples like Jess & Josh make this job even richer and more rewarding than ever. 🥲

Look at this thoughtful gift that made me ugly cry in my car all the way home from Greenvalley! (My kids think the candle is for them, because they LOVE sloths.)

I’ve been trying to put together some words for these two, to sum up the feelings and vibe they achieved on their day. (Trust me, I will find them.) It’s difficult to describe. So far the words I keep coming back to are: honest, good, real and magic.

I have been ABSOLUTELY LOITERING like a sneaky lil sloth on their socials, lapping up every morsel of their day. Will share a tasty selection soon 🧙 ⚡️ 💖 💎

Thank you my J’s

12/05/2025

An incredibly kind message from the Biggleby’s whose wedding was an absolute blast.

Jacob & Jordie - 🧡 love the heck out of you two. Smart, hilarious, sporty, sunshiney humans. I even got to stay on and experience one of the most rollicking best man speeches I think I’ll ever hear. Not to mention one of the GOAT dance floors. Backflips all flippin night!

Thanks for sharing family feedback - aka the realest kind! They’re usually right up the front and get to see it all up close 🥰

27/04/2025

Nakita & Craig 26.4.25 ☀️ 💎 🤠 🧡

Unlike the lyrics to the signing song Amazed by Lonestar, our eyes did not in fact meet the same camera, at all. There were 3 cameras pointed at us, and we all picked a different one, somehow.

However - true to the lyrics - this pair couldn’t keep their eyes off one another all ceremony! Big, big love.

Surrounded by a massive group of loved ones who were hilarious, fun and ready to party! I love a cheeky couple and crowd who laugh easily and have fun with a ceremony.

There was a group of ladies up and dancing our couple back down the aisle! (Who doesn’t dance to John Paul Young?!)

The kids were having a ball running around in all that open space. People in the crowd were catching up. There were huge group hugs and tears flowing. The reception area felt like one big cozy retreat with inviting areas to lounge, tables spread with delicious homemade food, and thoughtful spaces for the kids to play.

No one ever goes hungry when the aunties have been cooking up a storm.

One big huge fun family wedding.
The vision for a warm, natural and relaxed day came together, with a mammoth effort from many, on a spectacularly still and serene day at

Congratulations Keats & Craig! Now, sit back and enjoy many happy drinks and naps on the beach on your honeymoon. You two deserve the rest! 😮‍💨

04/04/2025

I have a lot of stationery.

ALOT.

When I find a good pen for certificate writing, I buy 4 and guard them with my life. (Fellow stationery sniffers will get it.)

THIS is such a pen.

It’s from the collection. Not only does it write pretty, it looks pretty. It’s a gel pen but ya wouldn’t know it. Smooth and smudge free, baby. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
It came in a pack of 4 too. What a day! 🌟

This is not an ad, I do not have the prowess or presence for ads 🤣 just an appreciation post for good pens. IYKYK.

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27/03/2025

There is a lot I still have to learn about running a (very) small business.

My socials are more like meandering diary entries with some hashtags popped on the end. I don’t have a real website yet, and I still use a paper diary instead of a nice smooth digital booking system…

Asking for google reviews is one area I need to improve in! I’d rather you head off on your honeymoon unhindered by admin, so I mostly avoid asking.

So when I do get beautiful reviews pop up, I collect them like treasure and bask in their light! It means everything to me when my wonderful married humans take a moment to jot down some thoughts on their experience.

This google review from Witalla & Donal has certainly lit up a dreary rainy day.

Did you know?
Celebrancy isn’t a full time gig for me. I also work as a teacher aide, another job I really love and wish I’d taken up earlier in my life. So finding meaningful ways to involve your kids in your ceremony is something I am very happy to help with.

Thank you Witalla & Donal, and your 5 awesome kids 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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