hey, I’m Jaya.
warm. inclusive. genuine.
Hi, I'm Jaya.
And if you've landed here, chances are you're planning a wedding — and quietly hoping it'll feel like you.
Not stiff. Not performative. Not a ceremony where your guests are glancing at their watches and counting down to the canapés.
The real thing.
The kind where your best mate is nudging the person next to them going yep, that is SO them. Where your dad — arms crossed, doing everything he can to hold in the tears — absolutely loses the battle. Where the room full of people who've loved you longest, not only hears your story but rides the rollercoaster of emotion with you.
That's where I step in.
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I'm a celebrant based in Newcastle — and after 350+ weddings, I'm a firm believer that your ceremony sets the mood for the entire day. It's not just a legality to get through before the party. It's the reason you brought your favourite people together. It's your story, told out loud, in a room full of the people who lived it alongside you.
So that's what we're creating. A fun, authentic, rom-com — with you two as the main characters.
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Me, in a nutshell?
Playful, energetic, and peer-described dork. Mum of two, wife of one, total mixed-bag human. When I'm not hitching heart-throbs, you'll find me splashing in the surf, kicking around a football (or soccer ball) — up the Thistles — or even reviewing medications as a Consultant Pharmacist.
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What truly sets my soul on fire is that above the logistics, the legalities, and the perfectly coordinated outfits; is that when it's over, you feel it.
That you stood up there and heard your own story in a way you'd never quite heard it before. That the people you love most left feeling like they'd been let in on an extraordinary little secret. That somewhere in the middle of it all, the room went quiet in exactly the right way.
That's the part I'll never get tired of.
And getting to do that for two people in love, is a privilege I will never take for granted.
I can’t wait to meet you.