French Wedding

Ideal Venue for the ceremony in the French Wedding will be some castle around a beautiful park or for example in the front of the Eiffel tower. If the weather is good and wedding held in the summer the celebration could happen outside doors, otherwise inside of the castle.

Wedding attire

Wedding attire for the bride and the groom will be classical French style. Dress should be high fashion from the good quality fabrics. The colour should definitely be white. Groom’s suite should be classical black coloured.

Food and beverages

Food in the French wedding will be some pasta, different salads, and beef with some potatoes. There should also be many croissants, macaroons, pies and different cakes that are usual in France. As drinks there will be different kind of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails and different coffees offered as well. Wedding cake will be big and has many details in the decoration. There could be some strawberries in it.

Floral decoration

Flowers will be used a lot in the decoration. They will be in many colours, red, yellow, orange and white for example. Flowers could be for example roses, tulips, daisies.

 

Music and entertainment

For music there could be used some live music, someone could play guitar for example. There will be a lot of singing and dancing together.

Transportation

Transportation to the ceremony and from there to the celebration venue will be organized for guests by horse ride. There will be beautiful white horses with the decorated carts waiting for the guests and bride and the groom.

Autumn Wedding

Fall is a great time of year to have a wedding. The temperature is great, venues and photographers will be easier to book and the season offers a natural beauty that can only be created by our one and only Mother Nature.

 The venue

There are a lot of amazing place to do a beautiful wedding with the autumn theme.

One of the ideal venues is in a castle during the period of mid-September to late October. This castle is located in Blantyre in Lenox, Massachusetts.

This country property, comprised of a main house, a carriage house, and four cottages, feels like something straight out of the pages of a Jane Austen novel—all 22 guest bedrooms are uniquely decorated with cosy details like overstuffed chairs, fresh flowers, fireplaces, and four-post beds. It’s also a great place to do a hot-air balloon ride over the mountains. Hold a wedding on the property’s lawn, where the ivy along the side of the Main House turns a vivid scarlet during the fall.

                     

  Wedding attire for the bride and groom

When choosing a wedding dress for the fall season, it is always essential to choose colours or styles that best incorporate the season. A dress that flows naturally or provides a great accent of golden tones; or a simple sash is the best way to go. Also colours such as purple, light pink, champagne and ivory are great compliments for a bride on her special day, which creates a feeling of warmth that is often associated with autumn.

Concerning the groom, he will wear a black suit with a white shirt and tie or off-white. In addition he will have an orange boutonniere.

Flower girls can carry furry hand muffs with coordinating ribbons that match the bride’s bouquet.

                         

 Food and beverage

There are a lot of great menu for an autumn wedding. For our concept we have chosen this menu:

First course:

Roasted Red Pepper Bisque with Cilantro Crème Fraiche

 

Second course:

Petite Hearts of Romaine with Shaved Parmigiano,

Toasted Focaccia Croutons and Zesty Citrus Dressing

Entrée:

Cabernet Filet Mignon

With Truffled Potatoes and California Baby Vegetables

Or

Grilled Salmon over Lemon Dill

With Wilted Spinach and Tomato Coulis

Or

Quinoa with Tempeh over Roasted Asparagus

Dessert:

Wedding Cake

Moreover, it will have some side dish and cocktails like:

–          Caramel Apples

Treat guests to the quintessential fall indulgence — caramel apples.

–          Soy Candles

Soy candles in shades of burnt orange, yellow, or brown. It’s possible to double as place cards, or pack it into pretty boxes that match the colour palette.

–          Autumnal-Shaped Chocolates

Chocolate is always a favourite favour so consider chocolates in the shapes of maple leaves and acorns. It’s nice to display them in individual boxes at each place setting or on trays near the dessert table.

–          Mini Maple Syrup Bottles

Few things represent the fall season better than maple syrup. An idea is to give mini maple syrup bottles to the guests as a sweet thank-you.

–          Apple Cider Mix

Packets of apple cider mix are perfect for welcome baskets and reception favors alike.

–          Hunter’s Cocktail

–          Fresh Candied Pecans

–          Warm pecans coated in brown sugar can satisfied the guest.

About the wedding cake, it will be white with autumn flowers decorated on the cake.

                            

  Floral decoration

In autumn there are  a lot of flowers like Acashia, Allium, Alstromeria, Amaranthus, Anemone, Baby’s Breath, Bittersweet, Carnation, China berry, Chrysanthemum, Cockscomb, Cosmos, Echinops, Freesia, Gerbera Daisy, Gladiolus, Hypericum, Iris, Juniper, Kangaroo paw, Kalancheo, Liatrus, Lily, Asiatic, Lily, Gloriosa, Misty Blue, Orchid, Pepper berry, Protea, Queen Ann’s Lace, Quince, Rover, Roses, Rowen berry, Salvia, Solidago, Statice, Star of Bethlehem, Sunflower, Yarrow, Zinnia.

That’s why we have a lot of opportunies for the floral decoration. For example, the Wedding centrepiece can be constituted by cymbidium orchids, nigella, scabiosa, artichokes, rosemary, croc fern, myrtle, bush ivy, and Japanese plum by Blossom and Branch.

Another possibility for the wedding centrepiece is constituted by heirloom pumpkins, poppy pods, scabiosa pods, lisianthuses, succulents, dusty miller, broomcorn, reindeer moss, and amaranthus by Love ‘n Fresh Flowers.

                              

 Music and entertainment

About the music, it will have some famous song related to the autumn theme like :

–           Harvest Moon – Neil Young

–           Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo

–          September – Earth Wind & Fire-

–          Try to Remember – from The Fantastiks

–          Autumn Leaves – Frank Sinatra

Morever, a violonist will play some romantics songs!

Then, to encourage guests to dance, we will assign each table a love song, when the violonist plays that song that table should get up to dance. They will aslo try to caricaturist to do caricatures of their guests.

Transportation

For the transportation we have chosen  a 1955 Bentley S1 Wedding Limousine. It’s an original and romantic way of transport and it’s related with the epoque of the castle where takes place the wedding.

Written by Coline Dheyriat, Miguel Angel Lozano, Coralie Maysounabe

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Middleage-inspired Wedding

Venue: Burg Colmberg is an all-in-one solution. The castle offers a chapel, the reception venue as well as accommodation for the couple and their guests.  Everything can be easily reached on foot and is even in the same building. Therefore no further transportation will be necessary.

Wedding attire: The bride wears a beautiful medieval dress; the groom can choose between a classic suit and an also more medieval attire.

Food, beverage and wedding cake: Franconian delicacies and venison from the hunt are the specialities of Burg Colmberg and these are good basics for a medieval buffet. But the kitchen leaves no wish unfulfilled, vegetarian and fish is also possible to offer, without destroying the medieval theme.
A real medieval drink is of course met, a honey wine, but this is not everyone’s taste, so the more usual alternatives have to be offered as well, like wine, beer and non-alcoholics.
The wedding cake takes up the medieval theme as well as the chosen colours.

Decor: The castle itself is the medieval decoration; with suits of armor, old furniture and thick walls it does not need any extra decoration.

Music and entertainment: Medieval music and performances by fire-eaters, dancers and a jester provide the right ambiance.

     

Text by Ute Kehrs
Pictures found on http://www.burg-colmberg.de
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Wedding Theme: Disney Princess

This wedding theme is made for brides who want to be real princesses on their wedding day. The wedding is inspired by Disney princess movies. The wedding is held on summer and both ceremony and reception is held in a castle. The ceremony is held on the yard depending on weather and the reception is inside the castle. The colors of pastel pink, white, gold and silver are used in the whole picture of the wedding. The bride will arrive to the venue with white horse drawn carriage- pumpkin shape style.

Examples: Majvik – Jugendlinna, Tjöholms slott – Sweden, Imatran Valtionhotelli

                     

The bride wears a ball gown dress and the color is white or ivory. The accessories will include colors of pink and gold. The bride will wear tiara, diamond jewelries and pink diamond shoes. The hair will be open and curly or up with bun. The bouquet is made of pastel pink and white peonies and roses with diamond details. The bridesmaids will wear dresses themed by Disney princess movies, for example Snow white or Belle. Their bouquets are made of the same flowers as bride’s but in smaller size.  Their hair will be up and curly. The groom will wear classic black or white tailcoat with white and silver details. The outfit includes peony corsage, tie and fine black leather shoes.

                  

The ceiling of the reception area is covered with white fabric which drops down smoothly. There will be many chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The tables will be round and chairs covered with fine fabric and bows. The centerpiece is made of the same flowers as bouquets and there will be petals, gold and diamonds too.  The wedding couple has majestic chairs and own area. The food will be served in tables. The appetizer will be a mix of cocktail pieces, the main course is French style steak and dessert a princess or castle style cake. The cake will include lots of details: ruffles, lace, diamonds, roses and sparkle. On the top of the cake there will be golden figure based on Disney theme.

     

The entertainment is based on music, there will be a small band playing jazz and later a famous DJ. The bridesmaids have made a princess theme show.  Finally there will be a big, great fire work show in the end. The guests will arrive to the venue with their own cars. No transportation is needed because everything happens in the same place.  The castle is playing a major role in this wedding theme.

Text By: Senja Korhonen & Johanna Nivakoski

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