Wedding Bells!

My dearest friend Michelle and I met freshman year in college. We have ever since been the closest of friends, leading symbiotic lives.

A couple of months ago, she annouced: Alice is getting married! My heart sank, Alice...but she still is so young, how can our children even think of getting married? What does that make us? I still feel in my heart and mind (alas, not body) like that young, free spirited adventurous young girl who decided to study in the States... Once the shock set in, I called Michelle and said: "OK, Alice is getting married, I'll come over, bring wine and let's plan a wedding.

My role was to convince Alice to have flowers at the wedding...I couldn't visualize a wedding without colors. I went to the flowers market in New York and picked flowers according to Alice's favorite colors, purple, yellow and white:

The setting: Stowe, Vermont

Famous Trapp Family Lodge

Stowe is a beautiful quaint town

The wedding

Chairs and tables are set by the amazing bride's maids. A wonderful group of girls... who said that M.I.T girls can't have fun?

The flowers... 5 hours in the making...

photo by http://geoffhansen.com

Here comes the bride accompanied by her mother.

Thank you Laura Mercier for your waterproof mascara...At this moment when "no longer... little Alice" walked down the aisle, I was absolutely bawling

photo: http://geoffhansen.com

Mr and Mrs Friedman

photo: http://geoffhansen.com

Did i mention? ...Michelle and I are starting an event business

The planners (my humble self wearing a necklace , created by our very own Marsha of SPLENDEROSA)

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A Bientôt,

Francine

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Estera is getting married...

I am blessed to work with such a tight wonderful team. When it all started, I was the only married one at Interieurs, then Krista tied the knot, Interieurs team celebrating with her on her grand wedding day, followed by Greg and Victor who pronounced their vows in my living room, an intimate warm, elegant wedding on a December snowy night. Our intern even chose to elope to return to Interieurs as Mrs....

Ania, our marketing wizard came to Interieurs as a rather new bride.

I have worked with Estera for quite a few years and followed her path from being a young intern, fresh out of school, shy, quiet, to this beautiful, smart and talented woman who has risen to the sometimes thankless job of being project manager. Estera loves life, beauty, her family, friends and everything about her showed on her wedding day. She and Will planned the entire event on a beautiful quaint farm and I felt privileged to have  shared with her all the small steps.

Bach was being played by the violinists while waiting for the bride

 My contribution was to make all her flower arrangements and supervise the decors... well, it turned out to be a bit more, as I was referred to by guest as ...the wedding planner?? no, the caterer...oh dear no, I can't even boil an egg, so "what are you then, the farm girl? one guest desperate to find his table asked me... that I really am at heart, a farm girl...my good customer service training kicked in really fast, and my answer to everyone question was...hold that thought! I will get you that chair, here sir you may sit in the shade...it is only 105 degrees today...yes, I will be happy (in my sinking stiletto heels) to move all the chair from the sunny side to under that tree... here is a fan...the bride...she is almost here...

And here she comes...

Her mom gave her away... a very sweet moment

Next...behind the scene

A Bientot

It's wedding bells time!!!

It seems that it was yesterday that I said yes to this charming fun loving handsome young man that completely swept me off my feet...We were married on May 16th at his beautiful family  house in Brooline, Massachusetts..... a month later on June 16th, we said yes in God's  12th century church in my village of Clermont Dessous, France. I had met Luke by pure chance just a few months prior.

It has been an amazing journey ever since, with bumps and laugh's, tears and joy, adventures, simple pleasures of watching my children grow, constantly being put to the test, but never, dull, boring. I have never taken any day for granted and always thankful for this extraordinary gift of life.


This is the month of wedding bells and the time for the future brides and grooms to receive tokens of love from family and friends...Newlywish, crated and designed by the beautiful, smart, talented Amanda Allen is the perfect registry for traditional and creative, one of a kind gifts.
As Martha Stewart says... "I am always on the look out for new on line registry sites, and I'm thrilled about this one..."


We were very pleased to be asked by Amanda to be part of Newly Wish...I always have a soft spot for future brides...my first assistant planned her wedding seating next to my desk, I hosted our head designer Greg's wedding in our house,which took place on a perfect snowy evening. My dearest friend in the world Suzanne was married on the grounds of my house...a stunningly beautiful enchanting wedding. She looked like a dream and silly me, exhausted from the stress of preparation, would cry everytime I would look at her.


Presently, Estera our project manager is engaged to marry her long time fiance Will in a beautiful country farm....I'll try my very best with decoration and flower arrangements...


So it is really fit and appropriate that this hopeless romantic blogger should be part of a bridal registry
And this is no ordinary bridal registry, it so interesting and fun that you do not even need to be a bride. Anytime a gift is needed, just leave the site open on your husband's / boyfriend's / girlfriend's computer....   hint...

Enjoy...