We do spoil you folks you know. Yep it's true. Why this afternoon we have a beautiful wedding in a fairytale Chateau with the most gorgeous blooms and two hotties. What more could you want...?

Danielle and Frits indulged in an intimate wedding at the picturesque Chateau de Lisse filled to the brim with portraits in cornfields, pretty blooms, sugared almonds and bunting topped off with a healthy dollop of love and laughter.

It's clear from looking at all the images that every single guest was thrilled to be there, from the more mature members of the wedding party dancing their hearts out on the lawn to the littlest child complete with dirty feet - now that's when you know you've been to a good wedding.

And lastly Danielle's bouquet is utterly dreamy. I'm off to pin it right away!

Danielle The Bride:As a bride, I think one of the most important things to the wedding day is being happy and comfortable in your dress. I always wanted a dress that would be elegant, flowing, made from silk and lace, but that would allow me to dance to jazz and run through the fields! One irritating thing about dress shopping when you are less than 5ft in height is trying to image yourself being able to do all these things while wearing a dress that is four sizes too big and double your height. Fortunately, I had already fallen in love with the primrose dress online that was made to measure by the wonderful Louise Selby in London.

After several months of frustrating dress searching in Ireland, I finally made the decision to fly to London with my mum and visit her studio. I am so glad I did! Louise uses the highest quality silk and lace, and with years of dress-making experience, she was able to make a dress that fitted perfectly and made me feel amazing on the day. She even made me a short veil with the lace pattern on the trim. It was the most beautiful dress I have ever been lucky enough to wear and the Avalanche shoes by Freya Rose complimented it both in style and comfort.

Since this was always going to be a summer wedding in the south of France, Frits set out looking for a suit that would hold its shape but be light and comfortable. He wanted something modern, a bit different than a traditional suit and after endless searching, he came across this advert by Hugo Boss showing a man not unlike me wearing just the suit I was looking for!

We couldn't find the suit anywhere (since it wasn't out yet) but by a stroke of luck decided to pop by Louis Copeland, and they had just gotten the exact suit he had been looking for - it was a near perfect fit straight off the rack. A light-grey shirt with contrasting white collar and patterned blue and grey tie finished the look.

After an unfruitful search for small wedding venues in our area, my fiancée asked me to close my eyes and imagine my perfect wedding venue. Pretending that we had won the lottery, I said that I would love to get married in a chateau in France, and in a fit of laughter, we agreed to do a bit of a search during our next holiday to Bordeaux. Since we had not won the lottery, our budget was capped at a self-catering chateau that would be able to hold our family and a few friends. With a list of six chateaus, we decided to drive around the south of France and visit our prospective venues.

Our first venue was Chateau de Lisse where we met the wedding planner Joanne Braham. Even though it was the wettest day in June, we have to say that the Chateau rooms, the 500 acre grounds, and the pool looked fantastic. Joanne put us at ease immediately with her sense of humour but also how clear she was regarding our budget, and her role as the wedding planner. We left the chateau with a great feeling, and made our final decision to hold our wedding at Chateau de Lisse after a few days. We rented the Chateau for the wedding, and held a small wedding of fifty people in the adjoining medieval chapel.

Joanne organised everything for us - flowers, band, catering, candles- and the church itself was decorated to the highest standard. Overall it was an amazing day and as an added bonus we got the front-door key for the rest of the week so that we could relax by the pool and throw barbeques with our guests.

Our decoration was made by our closest friends and family. The bride and mother-in-law spent a year collecting tea cups and lace baskets from second hand stores in the Netherlands. My mother made the bunting, the ring cushion, and hung colourful Mexican banners around the outside of the chateau. Our two families worked together to decorate the inside of the chateau with wicker hearts, lace, and flower vases.

Our special moments were actually the moments when we got to sneak away by ourselves just to relax and be with each other. After the ceremony, while our friends went to get ready for the confetti throwing, we snuck back into the church to take a look at the decorations, and to reflect on our vows. This was really important to us because the wedding ceremony itself had been a bit of a blur with all the nerves and emotion. Later on, with our photographers, we got some great moments together such as hiding from farmers in cornfields, dancing the night away on our own, and relaxing on the stone steps to the chateau.

For the reception, we went super French with an accordion player treating us to classic French songs - what a great choice this turned out to be! She was very talented and had a great voice to accompany the beautiful tunes. For the night time, I always wanted a proper jazz band, with at least five members, and a good voice to match - music is very important to us, and so after looking through tons of local bands, we ended up being lucky enough to find the Rix'Tet, a super talented jazz-quintet from the area. They played amazing songs, from Frank Sinatra (which we listened to endlessly when we first met, and still do!) to Nat King Cole and their own gypsy-style pieces. It complemented the setting perfectly and they got everyone dancing well into the night.

For our dessert, we had two cakes (lucky us). The French classic Croquembouche (profiterole tower) and a wedding cake from M&S that was decorated with roses by my mum.

The photography was one of the most important aspects of our wedding. We wanted natural photography that showed ourselves and our family looking their best but in a relaxed and unobtrusive way. Luckily I'd attended secondary school with Louise McMaster, one half of the amazing wedding duo known as ' The Lous ', who specialise in natural, artistic and quirky wedding shots. We were amazed and thrilled when Louise and her husband Louie agreed to take time out of their holiday week to come to France and take our wedding pictures. We cannot recommend these guys enough for any bride and groom wanting something special for their wedding pictures. They put so much effort into making every shot unique, making us relax, and letting us focus on each other during those rare moments we had together during the wedding day rather than worrying about a camera lens being pointed towards you. As you can see for yourself, the wedding pictures turned out amazing and beyond our wildest dreams. Thank you again to The Lous!

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Photography by The Lous
Venue Chateau de Lisse, France | Dress 'Primrose by Louise Selby | Veil/Headpiece Louise Selby | Shoes 'Avalanche' by Freya Rose | Groom's outfit Louis Copeland | Wedding Planner Joanne Braham at Chateau De Lisse | Cake Marks and Spencer | Jewellery John Brereton | Caterer Soren Hawes- Bocal Private Chef.

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