Destination Wedding in Fredericksburg, Texas with Jake & Lynn

While we love our home and there really is no place quite like New Orleans, its always a treat when we’re able to visit other places, especially when its our job that takes us there. Having the privilege of being hired and flown out to another place to create art and document people’s lives has to be one of the most fulfilling parts of our job.

We spoke with Jake & Lynn about their wedding back in September of 2020 when everyone was trying to make and re-arrange their wedding plans due to the pandemic that shuttered pretty much everything.

They told us about their plans to get married out in Texas Hill Country with all of their closest friends and family and how they wanted to keep it small and have a more intimate and personal wedding. Jake is the Chief Product Officer for a company that plans Hackathons and events in Dallas and ended up planning the whole thing with Lynn.

It was the most amazing, emotional and intimate wedding out at the Ginger Ranch. The weather that weekend was particularly gorgeous, clear skies, crisp air, and the right amount of sun to leave you burned after a full day of photographing such an awesome wedding. Mom cried a lot. It was sweet. The whole affair was beautifully blended and incorporated different cultures and Vietnamese traditions such as an Ao Dai, and even some of their incredible food like egg noodles and Vietnamese pastries.

Their wedding was the perfect send off for Jake and Lynn since immediately following their big day they moved to Arizona for Lynn who is starting her residency as a Psychiatrist.

Congrats Jake & Lynn and we wish y’all the best of luck on your next adventure!

New Orleans Destination Wedding at Brennan's - Kelsey & Justin

One of the most enticing things about New Orleans is it’s charm, but the one thing nobody really tells you about, is what that charm actually is.

Some folks believe it’s the old world architecture, the food, and the sort of laissez faire attitude that us residents tend to live by. Those things are all charming, and they definitely are part of the makeup of New Orleans, but what that charm actually is, is it’s people. The way our city bands together in times of happiness and strife, the way it’s people make you feel at home by inviting you in and making you feel like you belong, like you’re just part of the family.

It’s the welcoming arms of the city and it’s unbeatable food that brought Kelsey and Justin back down to New Orleans with their all of the closest friends and family in tow for an all out beautiful celebration deep in the heart of New Orleans. They fell in love with how the city embraced them and made them feel welcome. Their guests felt the same and everyone threw care into the wind and had a long, fun night of dancing and celebrating the love between these two. We love when people love New Orleans.

Venue: Brennan’s Restaurant

Coordination & Planning: Girls in Black Events

Music: Calfee Productions

An Intimate New Orleans Wedding at Bevolo - Alayna & Justin

Our awesome clients Alayna and Justin got married at the Bevolo Gas and Electric Lighting Museum in the French Quarter. It was a smaller, more intimate affair which is always a treat because the pace is a little more casual and relaxed, which really allows us time to focus in on all the feelings and emotions going around. They both began they day at the Ace Hotel downtown; the girls from PreauxFace putting the finishing touches on Alayna as we arrived. They met each other in front of the hotel for a emotional first look, where there were some definite tears, before heading into the French Quarter for beautiful intimate ceremony in the Bevolo Museum, in which only their closest friends and family attended.

Venue: Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights

Coordination: Clark & Kelly

MUA: PreauxFace

Hotel: Ace Hotel

Entertainment: Aaron Lane

New Orleans Destination Wedding at Napoleon House - Emily & Dustin

Let us just start by saying that we have some of the coolest, chillest, most down to earth clients. Take Emily and Dustin here for example, an awesome couple from New York City who came all the way down here to New Orleans, friends and family in tow, and threw one hell of a party. They didn’t just come down to NOLA for the incredible scenery and great food. Nah, they came to have a good time, to live in the moment, to be present, to let the good times roll. Emily & Dustin’s celebration was exactly the way it should be, full of good vibes, laughter and genuine happiness all rolled together with a laissez faire attitude that even the locals were proud to be a part of.

Venue: Napoleon House

Coordination: Girls in Black Events

Floral Arrangements: Fat Cat Flowers

Dress: RK Bridal

Brass Band: Kinfolk Brass Band

A New Orleans Wedding at The Marigny Opera House starring Maura & Deegan

“Do whatcha wanna.”

That’s probably the best way to describe Maura & Deegan, and their swanky celebration at The Marigny Opera House.

It was the kind of celebration that was true to who they are with a full embrace of what New Orleans is all about, and that’s just not giving a damn and being yourself.

So it made sense that Maura, an architect, and Deegan a chef in New York, would host their friends and family from all over the world in Deegan’s hometown of New Orleans. They created their own traditions, did things their way and created their own unique slice of history that they’ll never forget.

There was a realness with this wedding that kind of really hit home with us and we’re forever thankful we were able to be there and share those memories with them.

Here are the amazing groups of professionals that made this happen:

Planning & Coordination - Swan Blue Events

Food / Catering - Calcasieu

Floral Arrangements - Pistil & Stamen

Music - The Essentials

Brass Band - Where Ya At Brass Band