May 5, 2022

Blackbird Brisbane Wedding Photographer

Jess and Casey’s Brisbane City Wedding

Venue – Blackbird Bar & Grill, Brisbane
Blackbird Brisbane Wedding Photographers – Cameron and Belinda, Sunlit Studios
Gown Designer – Sphere Bridal Gallery : spherebridalgallery
Groom wears – Calibre / Groomsmen wear – MJ Bale
Cake – Vanilla Pod Specialty Cakes
Flowers – Kate Dawes Flower Design
Hair – Studio Ash
Make-up – Lauren Cooper Makeup Artist
Celebrant/Minister – Genene Deakin
Ceremony Music – Georgia Bethany Music
Reception Entertainment – Nick Trovas Band

Q+A with Jess and Casey

As a caption, please tell us what your Wedding means to you?

Our wedding day is just the start of our marriage – we are so fortuante to be abe to share our speical day with our nearest and dearest

What led you to choose your ceremony location? Are there any particular characteristics that make it unique to you?

We absolutley love the incredible views at Blackbird! It is also right next door to where we first met!

What has been the most stressful part about planning your wedding?

COVID!!!!!!!!!

Considering your future together, what are you looking forward to the most?

Taking on all of life’s adventures together

What role do your family and friends play in your life as a couple?

Our family and friends mean the world to us – we think we have the most increidble village around us!

Top 3 Tips for other brides?

Be organised, be Flexible and enjoy the planning process

Jess’s Vows

“I call upon the persons here present, to witness that I, Jessica Louise Orton, take you,Casey Thomas Lee,
to be my lawful wedded husband.

Casey – From the moment we met I knew thatyou were unlike anyone I had ever met before. The chemistry and connection between us was undeniable – although it took us a while to make our relationship official there was never any doubt in my mind that you were my forever person.

Casey, you are a one in million. You are kind. You are thoughtful. You are intelligent. You are competitive. You are cheeky. Your laugh is contagious, and you are the reason that I smile every day. You acknowledge my strengths and accept my faults. You challenge me to be a best person I can be every day. I thank my lucky stars every day that you danced into my life and promised to show me how to live!

So today, I vow to honour and respect you, support and encourage you. I promise to dream with you, celebrate with you, and take on all of life’s adventures with you. I promise to never lose our spark and to always do the little things to make you happy. I promise to always pursue you, to fight for you, and love you unconditionally and wholeheartedly for the rest of my life. You are my best friend and the love of my life. I cannot wait to spend my lifetime loving you, I’m the luckiest person on Earth to call you,
my husband.

Casey, I give you this ring, that you may wear it as a symbol of the vows we have made this day. I pledge you my love and respect, my laughter, and my tears. With all that I am, I honour you now and always”
– Jess

Casey’s Vows

“I call upon the persons here present, to witness that I, Casey Thomas Lee, take you, Jessica Louise Orton,
to be my lawful wedded wife.

Jessica Lousie, or to me, sharks. We met by chance not far from here, I told you that I would show you how to live, how more wrong could I have been. You have become my best friend, lover, arse kicker, supporter, critic, i.e. you have to work on your left foot, and most of all you have never ever tried to change the over excited man child that I am. I vow today to keep being the man that you need me to be. The one that settles you down when you burn the garlic bread. The one that makes you laugh after a shit day. The one that creates all the props for Cali. The one that holds your hand when we walk down the street. The one that wants to do life with you. The one that will always love and protect you.

Together we have formed a relationship that is unbelievably strong and I promise to keep this a priority for the rest of our days. I promise to keep slow dancing with you in the kitchen. I promise to not always have the tv locked on racing.com. I promise to always support, advise and give whatever knowledge I have to help you with all of life’s challenges. I promise to keep allowing you 5 more minutes when the alarm goes off in the morning. I promise to be here forever. Today I have become the luckiest and happiest man in the world. Sharky, this is your happily ever after.

Jess, I give you this ring, that you may wear it as a symbol of the vows we have made this day. I pledge you my love and respect, my laughter, and my tears. With all that I am, I honour you now and always”
– Casey