Spring wedding at Domaine de Verderonne – Valentine + Thibault

We started organizing everything when we got back from Las Vegas, 1 year before the wedding. I am a florist/event manager at Aude Rose, so organizing is kind of my job. So it was a pleasure to organize this day for us. I already knew some good service providers, which we validated together.

The meal was super important to us, being vegetarian, we were looking for a caterer who knew how to cook it creatively! We quickly booked the caterer Marie Julien Cuisine. 

The other key choice was our photographer! After much research, we kept coming back to Chloé Vollmer-Lo's work. We were seduced by her ability to capture moments, and her treatment of colors. We love bright colors, I absolutely wanted the flowers to stand out in the right color!

2 months before the wedding, I changed my mind on one point: I wanted a video souvenir of this day. Without telling Thibaut, I contacted Léa from Less is more, luckily she was available! I decided to offer us this souvenir. Without any regrets! We are more than happy with the result.

Once the providers were chosen, we tried, as much as possible, to spread everything out over the year so as not to have to do everything in the last month. 

And we avoided overloading ourselves. I love DIY, and I'm a great handyman. If I had listened to myself, I would have made homemade guest gifts for everyone. Thibaut calmed me down a lot, to prevent me from exhausting myself. Finally, the guest gift was a good meal and a crazy atmosphere! 

Spring wedding at Domaine de Verderonne © Chloé Vollmer-Lo

Quite quickly, we found it obvious to make Las Vegas the central theme of our day… Having a “theme” allows us to make certain choices more quickly!

We wanted a pop and festive atmosphere that reflects us. Starting with the stationery, created by Rébecca, aka Hello Poup Design, a graphic designer friend. A save the date, then a colorful announcement, not too classic. Our tables bore the names of the emblematic hotels of Vegas and Rebecca worked in illustrations the logos/storefronts of these hotels. The result was great!

Unsurprisingly, flowers were the central element of our decoration! This was a good thing because it was the season of my favorite flower: the poppy flower! I must admit that the date was not chosen by chance... We opted for bright colors highlighted by softer shades. We had desires, and Aude (my boss) knew how to create sublime atmospheres from the secular ceremony to the dinner. I didn't want to see anything in advance, and discovering everything as we went along was a fabulous gift. The head table was the greatest success. A colorful table runner, mixing flowers, tealight holders and mini disco balls. The result was beyond my expectations, it was magnificent. All our guests were captivated!

For the rest, just a few elements made by ourselves or by our relatives. We only did the essentials, because we didn't want a lot of little things that seemed like gadgets. Our 2 big projects were our urn in the shape of a slot machine and the neon "love". And my mother made a Vegas style welcome sign, which unfortunately was not put back in the room during the evening (everyone forgot).