A Château Wedding in the Loire Valley – Part 2

The reception room we started with was a bare room with stone vaulted ceilings so all the decoration needed to be brought in. In keeping with the château chic theme, the tables were dressed in gold damask tablecloths with high gold candlelabra centerpieces and gold candles. Different aged gold picture frames denoted table names each named after a different Loire Valley chateau.
Lighting was essential to pulling the room together and our expert lighting technicians lit bathed the room in soft gold and rose-colored light and projected damask and leaf patterns on to the vaulted ceilings.
The bride and groom had two cakes – One a traditional American wedding cake and a Pierre Hermé macaron cake.

Have a look at some of the pictures…

All photos courtesy of Olivier Lalin.

Eco-wedding idea: Paperless Post

We love it when we learn about something new from one of our brides.  Case in point:  Paperless Post.

Paperless Post is an online invitation service that has an elegant selection of stationery and myriad ways to customize.  Clean and modern in style, it is unlike the Evites and Send-o-matics of the world, and truly has a tactile, high-end stationery feel to it.

We received a Paperless Post invite and were charmed by the paper-meets-online experience:  the email you receive has an image of an envelope (which has your name inscribed on it, natch) and when you click on it, you’re directed to the Paperless Post website where you see an animation of an envelope opening and then the invitation/note/announcement comes sliding out.

It’s not free (150 Paperless Post “stamps” go for $10) but it’s still a great deal and has many of the great qualities of stationery without the hours of stuffing envelopes.  So you can keep it posh but save on postage.

A Château Wedding in the Loire Valley – Part 1

The theme was château-chic. The colors gold, pink and ivory. Here’s how it all came together.

All photos except top photo courtesy of Olivier Lalin.

First look: Sharon & Fred’s wedding

After over a year of planning, three action-packed days of set-up and clean-up, and one day of rest, we’re super excited to share a few first look photos of Sharon & Fred’s wedding from this past weekend.

There will definitely be more to come and we can’t wait to show you the amazing decoration and lighting that turned the reception space from “wow” into “WOW!”

Photos courtesy of Olivier Lalin

Romantic Small Wedding in Paris

We were contacted by a couple at Christmas time this year looking to have a romantic elopement in Paris.  With only one month of planning and the holidays in between we sprung into action to make their wedding vision come true.  Here are some pictures from their day which included getting ready at a private apartment by the Eiffel Tower, a wedding ceremony in an elegant salon of a 5 star hotel and then a tour of Paris for pictures.  They and their two friends ended the special day with a dinner at a restaurant under the Eiffel Tower.

PS. His green suit fortunately was just for laughs