Shelley Josephine Ceremonies

Shelley is an absolute treasure – and a wonderful celebrant, who truly made the journey into our marriage and our wedding day a very special one.She has a huge generosity of spirit and a very open heart, and this was so evident in her suggestions and ideas in creating with us, and for us, the most beautiful, completely perfect and personal ceremony.Her warmth, poise and grace provided us both with huge reassurance at every step of the journey, and her very calming presence during a very emotional day was truly appreciated.Shelley has a wonderful gift of being able to offer perfect guidance through the sacredness of the ritual, while mixing in the absolute joy of the celebration by creating and delivering a wonderful memorable and very special ceremony.Thank you Shelley xxxxxVictoria and David

Shelley was the perfect choice for our wedding! She was down to earth and authentic in her style. We wanted to incorporate a few nontraditional parts to our ceremony and Shelley was able to help create exactly what we were after. We had rain during the ceremony and Shelley was great at grounding our guests and adapting things on the fly to work with the conditions. Thanks again Shelley!

Shelley is a flawless blend of professional and familiar which makes her the ideal wedding celebrant. She made the entire process so easy for us and the day itself was just magical. On top of planning and delivering an amazing ceremony, she also recommended the location and photographer we used, both of which were brilliant. We honestly cannot recommend her highly enough.

Shelley was a wonderful celebrant for us, conducting two ceremonies - one legal and one where we exchanged our vows. The whole experience was a wonderful celebration of our relationship and our love for each other. Shelley guided us through both ceremonies with such a wonderful energy. We are both left with lovely memories of a beautiful experience.

Shelley was amazing! She was very organized and helpful from the beginning right up until and after our big day. She is very thoughtful and caring about our needs and concerns and we felt so comfortable having her as our celebrant even though we are living interstate. She took the time to embrace the brides Japanese culture so her family and friends would feel more part of the ceremony. We would highly recommend Shelley!

Shelley was a great celebrant, she asks open questions when guiding you through your wedding ceremony which really makes you think about how, why and what you want out of your wedding ceremony. She is extremely professional, diligent and non judgemental. We had a few mishaps during our ceremony due to bad weather but she was calm and very understanding which made us feel relaxed during a stressful time. We would have no hesitation in recommending Shelley to anyone for their wedding ceremony.

Shelley has a wonderful grounding nature about her that she brought with her on our wedding day. My groomsmen and I were made to feel very relaxed and comfortable before the ceremony began. The ceremony was managed exceptionally well by Shelley and she was highly professional throughout. Highly recommended!

I wish there were more words available for me to rave about Shelley.From the start, Shelley was warm, clear and radiated this energy about her that immediately made me feel safe, and understood. She never tried to change what I was trying to communicate, just asked clarifying questions, and offered up incredible suggestions.My partner and I decided to get eloped, neither of us are from Australia, but we fell in love in Sydney and wanted to hold a tiny little surprise wedding ceremony there for just 3 guests. Shelley heard and understood exactly what we had envisioned and offered up suggestions for locations, photographers, and restaurants we could go to after the ceremony.The wedding guide she sent us was incredibly helpful as a framework for us to build our ceremony on, without feeling restrictive in how the ceremony could look. We LOVED her alternative ceremony suggestions, and know that without her, we wouldn't have come up with these ideas ourselves, her suggestions made our ceremony feel rich, and was a guide for us in creating something that felt truly our own and authentic.We also really appreciated her flexibility, given that we were organising a surprise, as well as dealing with some pretty dramatic weather changes in Sydney at the time, Shelley remained super grounded and was happy to improvise with us.During the actual ceremony, Shelley took her time, and was very intentional with how she delivered the ceremony for us. I will always be forever grateful for the safety and space she opened for us. Slowing us right now, when I personally felt like I could have been swept away and lose presence, Shelley brought us back to remembering we were 'here, in this moment'. It became very clear how much care Shelley took in creating and crafting our written love story which we had sent a questionnaire for my husband and I to complete. She was consciously creating links and connections to bring our love story together, and picked up on words we shared that we weren't even aware of ourselves.And in addition to all of this, Shelley is just an absolute angel of a woman. Gentle, hilarious, present and real. I know the next time we are back in Australia we would be sure to catch up with her again just to hang out.I strongly, highly, fully and enthusiastically recommend Shelley!!!Big big love Shelley!! There is so much more I could say, truly. We are so grateful for you.Jasmine & Benji xx

We chose Shelley to be our celebrant because I knew she would bring a beautiful energy to our ceremony. In the lead up to the wedding Shelley was supportive and constructive in providing guidance and options of how we could run the ceremony. I felt she really listened to how we wanted to be married and helped make the ceremony special for us. We are so delighted that we had Shelley as our celebrant. She made the day so easy, special and magic. We couldn't have done it without her! Kate