Living with my family a short bike ride away from South Golden Beach (just north of Byron Bay), I’m a health-conscious, sunshine-loving truth seeker, and I LOVE nature, dancing, camping, travelling and adventures of all kinds. I also love Margaritas, Earl Grey tea and laughing in unison with anyone, anytime.
It brings me great joy helping to shape these magnificent marriage moments in so many beautiful places around the Northern Rivers as my full-time job.
I love reverent and magical ceremonies, and equally love working with couples who want to keep it simple, light-hearted and fun. Whatever your flavour, the ceremony I create for you will ring true for you and your people. I'll help you to really be in the moment with each other, and I won’t steal the limelight, rather I’ll reflect the light on your love and your vibe.
Marriage means different things to everyone, so our journey of connection before your wedding allows me to learn about what makes you tick, what you love about each other, your hopes, your humour, and your future dreams. Then I weave it all together in a writing process that doesn’t stop until it’s perfect for you.
One value I do like to encourage is a sense of realism, rather than idealism. I think this is a way to acknowledge the ‘humanness' in all of us, and not set up an expectation of marriage perfection. After all, love will always have its challenges and ebbs and flows. It’s about what you do in the marriage that will make it a success.
When it comes to your Vows, I guide you through a process to help you clarify the life you want to share, then I ask you to list the things you need to promise each other to have this life together. My advice is to keep your Vows authentic, don’t use clichés, and embrace them as a useful blueprint for your life together. In the ceremony, I like to encourage a hand, heart-eye connection between you both, with me prompting your vows (off mic). In my experience, this works better than asking you to juggle a Vow card and microphone with all the emotions happening in this moment.
Happy Couples
Phoebe & Marty
We loved having Susie as our celebrant. She’s excellent at what she does. She also told our love story perfectly and kept the guests laughing and well entertained. We loved her calming and grounding presence on the day, and perfect combination of reverence and fun… just what you want for your celebrant!
James & Jessica
Susie was our celebrant for our Byron micro-wedding and could not have been more perfect. She is calm, generous, present and gentle. She really keeps the vibe chilled and authentic. The process of putting together our ceremony was easy, personalised and beautiful. Her prompts really helped us to sculpt a ceremony that was authentically US.
Thalia & Bailey
Susie was referred to us and when we heard of how beautiful her ceremonies are, we knew we had to meet her. From the first meeting she was such a beautiful down to earth person that really aligned with the wedding that we had dreamed of. She was always organised, helpful, and allowed us to…
Maddie & Ben
We had Susie as our wedding celebrant in Byron Bay and it was honestly one of the best decisions we made. She’s warm, genuine and grounded, and brought such a calm and kind presence to the day. She really got to know both of us and our relationship, which made our ceremony feel incredibly personal…
Dan & Kiran
Susie was our perfect match for a Byron celebrant. Her warm, heartfelt and fuss free approach really made us feel at ease. She helped us to craft a ceremony that was entirely ours. On the day, she was a calming presence and spoke eloquently but made it clear from the start that the day was…
Katie & Bergia
Susie we are so incredibly grateful to have you as part of our wedding day. You were so integral to it all! The pre wedding ceremony (as well as the wedding of course) was something that we’ll remember forever. It was the closest thing to magic that we’ve experienced. Thank you for facilitating it so…
Kat & Zac
From the moment we met, Susie, she made us feel so excited about our ceremony and what we were able to create in collaboration with Susie was something truly special and unique to us. We had specific ideas and she helped to bring those to life AND deliver them with the warmest energy on the…
Melinda & Siosi
Our ceremony turned out so magical, thank you for making it this way. We want to say a big thank you for being such a warm and beautiful celebrant at our wedding at Barefoot, Broken Head.Thank you for taking the time to understand us and our story and share it in such an honest and…
Ali & Ryan
Susie created the most beautiful marriage ceremony exactly how we wanted. The way she had us create our vows were not only meaningful on the day but also foundational to our marriage. Susie not only took care of the emotional but also the practical ie where our family and bridal party could sit to see…
Grace & Sam
From the moment of first meeting with Susie, we felt a really special connection with her and knew she was the perfect person to marry us. Over the course of our planning process we really appreciated the time and energy Susie put into our ceremony, not only to nail the flow and logistics, but to…