A Vibrant Color Palette on the French Riviera at Restaurant Basile

Lauren Megerdichian
December 14, 2023
Categories: Real Weddings, The Blog, Whimsical

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[field title=”Wedding Colors”]The choice of colors was directly linked to our personalities and temperaments, I am a very joyful, very enthusiastic person and I could not imagine my wedding without colors. We therefore chose very colorful flowers, bright colors and others a little more pastel. When I look at the photos I tell myself that the result was everything we wanted.[/field]

[field title=”Design / Vibe / Vision”]The atmosphere of our wedding reflected our couple, in a magnificently hidden place like a secret garden hidden behind an old country house but vibrant with color and laughter. To the tune of bossa nova and jazz, we brought together all our loved ones, in an enclosed space where we were able to fully enjoy each speech, each tear shed and all the laughter exchanged.[/field]

[field title=”Proposal Story”]We are Julie and Christopher, 36 and 39 years old, we have been a couple for 15 years. We met at the time on the internet, the flash was direct, we never left each other!

We have a little girl who is 7 years old, and who was delighted with this wedding, I was surprised several times by her enthusiasm and the happiness she had in participating in the preparation of the wedding, the choice of her dress , his accessories, everything was just as important as mine!

We took a long time because life was punctuated by a lot of twists and turns, I started my business twice, it took me a while to achieve stability, I lost my two parents, we had to wait to find the desire to celebrate and welcome happiness, I think we really wanted to share our love with the people we love and also it took us a while to be ready to say to ourselves: ok we really choose each other for life.

We wanted this stage of serenity in life, and personal accomplishment for both of us.

The marriage proposal was quite simple: at home with our daughter, we looked at each other and said: what if we did it?[/field]

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[field title=”Wedding Gown”]I received great advice from the champs elysees 3 drôles de dames boutique in Toulon.

I wanted a fairly simple, sexy dress with lace, I tried 5 of them and as soon as I put this one on I felt comfortable straight away, it highlighted my shapes and I no longer wanted to take it off like a superhero costume!

I told myself this was it, you just had to follow your instincts.[/field]

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[section title=”The Details”]

[field title=”Food & Drink”]We wanted a good meal, starter, main course, cheese and dessert with good wine, which was the case, the guests were able to choose between 2 starters and 2 main courses.

in addition we had signature cocktails: ti ponch because my fiancé has Martinican paternal origins, rum was obligatory and I wanted a more feminine cocktail, gin ladies, with strawberry, a pure treat.[/field]

[field title=”Florals & Decor”]Working in the wedding industry, I knew exactly what to do as a floral design. I have a pretty happy personality and I wanted peppy colors. I dreamed of my bridal bouquet with 150 pink sweet peas.

Then I wanted flowered tablecloths, in fact flowers everywhere as a theme: the stationery, the napkin ring, the guest gift, candles etc..

I put together my file as I do for my clients: I adapted the flowers to the dimensions of the tables: the guests’ long tables were narrow so I provided small vases all along the table.

Our head table was very large so I planned a floral cascade which was the central element of the dinner

stationery[/field]

[field title=”Wedding Cake”]Christopher, my husband now, let me organize the wedding according to my tastes, he had 2 requests: rum and his favorite dessert: croque en bouche. So I also added the mini tropéziennes, we ordered the pièce montée and the mini tropéziennes from “la tarte tropézienne” which are obviously the best.[/field]

[field title=”Readings, Ceremony Music, Reception Songs”]The singer’s name is Lyla, she’s a friend, she sings divinely well, when I asked her if she wanted to sing for my wedding she was so happy.

We discussed several songs, I wanted jazz and bossa nova music for the cocktail and with her warm voice and talent, she really managed to give an elegant and romantic atmosphere to the reception.[/field]

[field title=”Special Detail #1″]For my wedding rings, I chose it in a small Parisian boutique Sophie Dagon Paris, I loved the fact that the ring represented a bouquet of diamond flowers, and also that the designer used recycled gold and truly has an ethical manufacturing process.

For Christopher’s, he wanted to call on his cousin @jeremy.boueilh who is a jeweler-setter in Geneva and he made him a unique ring.[/field]

[field title=”Special Detail #2″]I am lucky to have that amazing team to coordinate our wedding, i work with the Wanderlust wedding team in collaboration all year round because i am a wedding floral designer, we talked about my wedding a little beforehand but I organized the main one on my side because we already had a very busy wedding schedule for our season!

Their helping hand was a breath of fresh air. Marion took up all my ideas, got in touch with my family and friends to coordinate on the big day all the surprises they had prepared for us, the whole evening went smoothly, which allowed us to enjoy.[/field]

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