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Australian Marriage Celebrant

Kathy Barun

SUNSHINE, VIC 10 service areas 10 client reviews
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Meet Kathy

About Kathy Barun

I am happy to travel wherever this amazing profession takes me. Let’s get married!

Over the course of my life I have attended many ceremonies, so I understand how important it is to have the right celebrant with the right personality and smile, to make your guests feel comfortable and relaxed.

It’s about connecting with people. I enjoy the challenge that my clients put before me and to help achieve their magical day.  My mission is to create an experience that allows you to enjoy each step and to make each ceremony one to never forget and not forgetting all the legal pieces.

I enjoy life to the fullest, live a healthy lifestyle, happiest by the ocean it’s so calming and inspiring. My other passion is to travel and share each amazing destinations, fantastic way to learn and collect great new ideas, traditions and rituals that can be included in future ceremonies.

Client reviews

What couples say

10 reviews

We are delighted we chose Kathy to be our celebrant on such a special day for us. Throughout the whole process she was incredible support and guided us through the paperwork, writing of vows and location/logisitical planning with great positivity. Words really cannot express our gratitude to Kathy for being the perfect conductor of our wedding day and many of our guests commented on her optimistic and outgoing nature. Thanks again for being such a professional celebrant and personally now a great friend. Stephen & Ayumi Connolly

Stephen & Ayumi Rose Gardens, St Kilda / 12/03/2023

Kathy was an absolute pleasure to work with in creating our dream wedding ceremony. Kathy's warm demeanour helped us feel at ease, talking with her allowed us to fill in the blanks of our ceremony. Her creative input was very helpful and eliminated any stress or anxieties. Kathy acted to our wishes perfectly and performed a fun and beautiful ceremony that our friends and family are still talking about. Thanks Andrew and Charlotte Kilmartin.

Charlotte & Andrew

We wanted to say a huge thank you to Kathy for being our celebrant and for your beautiful gifts for us and the girls. It was such a seamless experience with Kathy. She listened and delivered the ceremony that was perfect for us. Such an amazing day - couldn’t have dreamed of a better day if I tried. Thanks again! Julia & Llewyn

Julia & Llewyn

Kathy, you beautiful beautiful lady! Thank you so much for yesterday! You did such a wonderful job, everyone was talking about you! What can’t I say about Kathy! She was beyond amazing and a perfect match for me and my husband Varun. Kathy made us feel so comfortable with the whole process. The way she tailored our ceremony to us was perfect, her fun, energetic, personality makes you feel like you’ve known her for years. If we ever renew our vows, I’ll be giving Kathy a call asap. I would highly recommend her to friends and even strangers. All our love Heather and Varun

Varun & Heather

Kathy - Our Wedding was absolutely perfect and can't thank you again so much for being a part of our day and making everything perfect! Thank you again for everything you’ve done, we highly recommended you and had a lot of our friends and family say how lovely you were! Thanks again Kathy :) Shaileigh & Duane

Shaileigh & Duane

Thank you so much for being our celebrant and doing such a magnificent job. Your warm and friendly personality made Sash and I feel so at ease and you made the entire process smooth and effortless. You calmed us at times when we were nervous or about to shed a few tears. You also reminded us to breathe. We couldn’t have asked for a more romantic, raw and heartfelt ceremony that everyone still talks about to this day. Thank you for being our celebrant and making our wedding day as perfect as it was. Love always, Mr and Mrs Babic

Nikole & Sash

Kathy is such a beautiful person, we knew she was the one in our first meeting! We had met with a couple of other celebrants, but Kathy's chill personality was such a match for us, and she just made everything so fun! She has a wealth of knowledge of weddings. We are so grateful that we had someone we could chat with at any time, ask questions, and make us feel so comfortable. She listened to everything we wanted, offered suggestions when we asked, and tailored our ceremony to exactly what we were after. Our absolute favourite part of our ceremony was sharing the story of how we got engaged. I sent the story to Kathy which she tailored and delivered beautifully! She made the funny parts even funnier which was such a highlight for us! We couldn't think of a better celebrant to be a part of our day, we just felt like we had our friend there marrying us. Love Simone & Andrew

Simone & Andrew

Kathy is wonderfully warm and welcoming. Her beautiful smile is infectious as is her calm nature. We honestly could not have asked for anyone better. Always available for a chat (and equally great as organising us!!), Kathy took the time to get to know us, our children and our story to make the ceremony special. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts it was a truly beautiful display of family and love xx Thanks! Jody xx

Jody & Matthew

Kathy - we just wanted to say a very big thank you from Lindsey and I. You did a fantastic job on making it a great, fun ceremony. Our family and friends are still talking about it. And the over and above that you do doesn't go unnoticed. Cheers Monika

Monika & Lindsey

Kathy - thank you for making our legal, short and sweet ceremony exactly what we wanted. Intimate and elegant surrounded by our family, perfect. thanks Gayle & Daniel

Gayle & Daniel

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Does Kathy Barun service SUNSHINE, VIC?

Kathy Barun lists Melbourne CBD / Inner City, North Melbourne, Eastern Suburbs Melbourne, Western Suburbs Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula and South East Melbourne, Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges on their public AMC profile. Contact them directly to confirm availability, travel and any venue-specific details.

How do I contact Kathy Barun?

Use the contact options on this AMC profile to request a quote or contact Kathy Barun directly. Quote and availability should always be confirmed with the celebrant.

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