Sunday, January 25, 2015

Fairy-Tale inspired wedding

I'm totally in love with this fairy-tale wedding found on the blog Green Wedding Shoes and captured by the photographer Jessie Holloway. It features a wedding in Tennessee in a botanical garden (Knoxville Garden and Arboretum), arranged by Whimsical Gardens.

With a theme such as "Fairy Tale", the main pitfall is, in my opinion, to go for a styling a bit too cheesy; in that wedding however, everything is absolutely tasteful and…magical!

I love how they combined perfectly the princess-like feel (the dresses, golden objects…) with the bewitching and more “rustic” magic of the woods.

The bride and her bridesmaids do look like graceful fairies in the groves and the decorative elements really tells a story: the giant open book, the chairs of all sorts of shapes and colours, the clocks and golden keys, etc…

This is another evidence that for a unique and splendid wedding, a wood or whimsical garden could be the only thing you need. First it has an atmosphere, a special light, and its own mysterious vibe. In addition trees always have a majestic aura and will allow you to take superb pictures. Hang golden clocks, masons jars, old keys or vintage frames, place upside down umbrellas or fairy lights and here you go, you will have created an enchanting fairy tale atmosphere...

Check Jessie Holloway website for more pictures...










Sunday, January 11, 2015

Night Ceremonies

I very much love the idea of a wedding ceremony that would take place during the night/the evening, in a Midsummer Night's Dream fashion.

I recently visited a wonderful venue that looked a lot like a hobbit enchanted village, overlooking a forest in Brittany. With its little stone houses and wonderful nature around, I was expecting to see elves coming out of every corner!

This venue also has a circular garden that would lend itself perfectly to ceremonies. In particular, I could imagine how nice and bewitching it would look during an evening/night, with some little fairy lights and candles on the path leading to it.

Ceremonies at night are pretty rare (I have never attended one myself) but I believe they can be particularly dream-like and make your event stand out. To go out with a bang, you could also consider to end your ceremony with Chinese lanterns to illuminate the sky.

To enjoy some daylight too, you could simply have the cocktail (nibbles and drinks) before the ceremony.

As an alternative you could also choose to have you ceremony during what photographers call "L'heure bleue" i.e. around sunset time, a special moment during which photographers can capture the wonderful blue light of the sky and do not need flash. It is known to be an ideal moment, an "instant magique" for taking pictures.

I have compiled for you a series of pictures about wedding ceremonies at night time...


Friday, January 2, 2015

Bonne Année!


The Chateau Bee wishes you a wonderful year 2015. May this year be full of romance, magic and inspiration!