It still amazes me how you can be in the absolute thick of vibrant, bustling Paris one moment, and then less than 30 minutes later you can find yourself in the heart of the sleepiest, most picture-postcard French countryside. This really comes in handy when I’m working with wedding clients like Dana and Arnaud- who were both a little bit country/ a little bit rock-n-roll. The natural solution for them was to have their wedding ceremony in a church just a stones-throw away from the Eiffel Tower, and then move the whole party out of town- to a quaint little village just 20 minute south of the Paris péripherique.
We carried this City-meets-Country vibe throughout the entire evening, contrasting the vibrant tastes and colors that you’d expect to find in a fashionable bistro on the Faubourg St. Honoré (the dinner menu was designed by the bride, who happens to be a food blogger) with the champêtre ambiance of a country manor. Friends and family representing over 12 different countries flew into town to share the day with these guys- something that definitely gave their quadrilingual Toastmaster a run for his money. Glückwünsche! Congratulazioni! onnea! Tillykke! Félicitations to you both!
photo © fred marigaux
photo © fred marigaux
photo © fred marigaux
photo © fred marigaux, cake by sugarplum cake shop
photos © fred marigaux
photo © fred marigaux
photo © fred marigaux
Last year, I was asked to assist Robert & Kathleen Trenske in sourcing locations and vendors for a 2-day Paris photography seminar and photo session. The images from that romantic Parisian rooftop wedding were featured on Style Me Pretty a while back, but the photos from the Amélie Poulain-inspired Montmartre photo session were just posted on Robert and Kathleen’s blog recently. The lovely Segolene Méoule, styled by Candace from Jubilee Events and Beth from The White Dress by the Shore, with hair and make-up by Masafumi Matsuda, almost gives better Amélie than Audrey Tautou herself in this chic, vintage-inspired session. Here are just a few of my faves:
Check out the rest of this Montmartre wedding photo session here, on the blog of Robert & Kathleen Photographers.
I wanted to share the inspiration board for a wedding that I’m working on for this coming fall. The groom is just your everyday, run-of-the-mill, handsome French Prince Charming, the bride is an absolutely stunning Southern belle, who also happens to be a teensy bit Wild at Heart. She fell in love with these peacock boutonnieres she found on etsy, and so I’ve been working to try to bring together the soft South Carolina with the bold peacock (without going too crazy with shape or color). Today, I discovered these awesome bleached peacock feathers, and I think this may be the link that I was missing. What do you ya’ll think?
Invitations: paper style, peacock table name card: documents & designs, dress: justin alexander, rose and peacock centerpiece: preserved florals by lizann, boutonniere: the headband shoppe, table number card: medley invitation design, peacock clutch: redrubyrose
