Today, French Wedding Style, a wonderful blog for all interested in destination weddings throughout France and all things French, has featured Levie and Jason’s elopement! We are so thrilled so see their lovely photos up on the site by our talented photographer, Olivier Lalin of WeddingLight Photography.
Thank you once again to Monique Truelove!
Fly Away Bride is a beautiful blog with tons of inspiration for destination weddings. We just received an email from them that they published Roxanne and Dennis’ Parc Monceau elopement on their blog. Of course, we are so happy to share our work. It was such a pleasure helping Roxanne and Dennis plan their special day in our lovely city.
Lisa and Frank originally contacted us in August with hopes of eloping to Paris in early September. So with only a few weeks to plan, we helped them create something truly special just for the two of them.
The day began in the cozy Eiffel Tower suite of the Radisson Blu Le Dokhan Hotel situated ideally between the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower. Frank had surprised his beautiful bride with the special room, as well a lovely bouquet of flowers. How sweet! With a gorgeous natural light shining into the rooms and clear blue skies, the day was starting well. Both Frank and Lisa decided that they did not want to see each other before the ceremony. Lisa stayed in her intimate room to quietly think and write down her vows before being pampered by the hair and makeup team, while Frank positioned himself in the salon near the large window overlooking the city’s iconic monument to write his vows. Soon after Fred, our fabulous makeup artist arrived to begin Lisa’s bridal session. She opted for a plum-colored eye and light pink lip. As for her hair, Muriel, our wonderful hairstylist arrived and helped create a romantic, loosely curled and braided updo with some floral accessories to finish the look. After stepping into her dreamy cream and gold strapless gown, our talented photographer, Olivier Lalin came in for some getting ready portraits. Alternating his time between the bride and groom, Olivier snaps shots of Lisa in her room preparing her final affairs and Frank getting into his suit and spending some quality time with his Swedish cousin that stopped by between flights for the big day. Isn’t that nice! After some fun photos, Frank and his cousin left for the church. Olivier was able to get some beautiful portrait shots of Lisa’s before the vintage cream and navy Bentley S1 arrived to pick her up and take her to the church. At there, Pastor McKall met with the lovely couple before beginning the ceremony. At the sound of Wagner Lohengrin’s “Bridal Chorus,” Frank and Lisa walked down the isle to begin their ceremony. After saying their traditional vows, the lovely couple read their personal remarks to one another. Pastor McKall pronounced them husband and wife at the American church of Paris.
To view even more of Lisa and Frank’s beautiful photos, please go to WeddingLight Photography’s blog, HERE.
Levie had contacted us in March to begin planning her intimate elopement in Paris with her fiancé, Jason. Although they were planning larger festivities back at home in Canada beforehand, they wanted something that was truly special just for the two of them while in the City of Love. Every couple is different, but it is heartwarming when they want to focus on the simple details and make some time for themselves to let each other know how much they mean to the other.
The day began with the delivery of Levie and Jason’s flowers at their cozy Marais apartment. Levie’s favorite flowers were baby’s breath and her colors were peach tones. So naturally, our wonderful florist, Estelle, created a lovely peach-colored rose and baby’s breath bouquet for her with a matching boutonnière for Jason. Then our dynamic duo: Fred and Muriel arrived to pamper Levie for her bridal hair and makeup session. She opted for a more natural look with a cool brown-toned smokey eye and nude lip paired with an elegant updo. Our in-house photographer, Olivier Lalin stopped by for a few photos before their chauffeur arrived in an adorable gray classic Citröen 2CV to take them to their ceremony location. Levie and Jason were looking for an outdoor location with beautiful Parisian architecture with a view of the Eiffel Tower. Right away we knew the best place! A special location for them with just those exact descriptions! Not far from the iconic Eiffel Tower is a gorgeously built museum that first opened back 1895. Surrounded by a beautiful garden, the neo-renaissance building was inspired by Palladianism and exemplifies what is known as the “Beaux-arts” style that was popular in the 19th century. Thus, it was the perfect location for Levie and Jason’s ceremony. Centered among two glorious pillars and an amazing sculpture serving as a backdrop, the two exchanged personal hand-written vows and a lovely speech was prepared by Igor, one of our wonderful officiants. After a few touching tears were shed, the two walked away with a framed certificate to commemorate their special day. After a few more photos with Olivier around the sublime location, their chauffeur picked them up to begin their photo tour through Paris. After several hours of shots around the French capital, their chauffeur drove them back to their apartment for a quiet, romantic dinner to end their very special day.
Congratulations Levie and Jason. We wish you all the best!
For more of their incredible photos, please go to our photographer’s blog.
Roxanne and Dennis contacted us a few months ago to help them plan a small ceremony in Paris with their two teenage daughters. The lovely California family were traveling through Europe and were in London before having planned to pop over to Paris for the big Roland Garros tennis tournament. Their ceremony was schedule for the day before and after arriving from the train station, Roxanne was pampered by our fabulous hair and makeup team in their Paris apartment in the 1st arrondissement. Our wonderful florist handled the bride’s bouquet: a beautiful arrangement of vibrant pink peonies, cream and peach coloured roses and some soft greens to compliment. The couple and their two girls were then whisked away by our friendly car service to their ceremony location: Park Monceau. The intimate ceremony was held on a beautiful bridge overlooking the rest of the park and officiated by our amazing officiant, Igor. Then the group was off to tour the rest of the city with our incredible photographer, Olivier Lalin.
To see more of their gorgeous photos, head on over to WeddingLight Photography’s blog.
