navigate

SEATED DINNERS

BALLROOM WEDDINGS

IL MERCATO WEDDINGS

TENTED WEDDINGS

PRESS

More Categories

Browse Posts

FAVORITES

Browse Posts

STYLED SHOOTS

Browse Posts

Weddings

find me elsewhere:

Luxury wedding planner + designer based in New Orleans. Personalizing traditional, yet custom + timeless, yet modern weddings. Named Martha Stewart’s Top Planner!

HI, I'M ELYSE

arrow

open post

An Il Mercato wedding with flowers galore, hanging candles that created a starry sky, and monogrammed cocktails, and a cake sitting within a floral “linen!”

Lizzy + Chandler | Thousands of Hanging Candles in this Tented Wedding

Mar 12, 2019

arrow

open post

The goal for this shoot was to design a wedding for my ideal client! Something elegant and gorgeous with traditional roots, but a design that pushes the boundaries of tradition. Neutral and timeless, yet a little organic and free flowing. Overall, just magical. I love the way that every design element feels full of life and even […]

Styled Shoot | Organic Elegance at Il Mercato

Mar 28, 2016

arrow

open post

This beautifully gilded wedding of a former pageant girl and her Dr. is still making me smile! The wedding’s backdrop was the chippy and charming Race and Religious in New Orleans, LA and Greer Gattuso Photography captured every emotion and detail through film so perfectly! We designed the wedding with the idea of pure timeless […]

Morgan + Lonnie | Gilded Glamour at Race & Religious

Feb 20, 2016

arrow

open post

From the very moment we started planning with Megan and Phil, we knew their wedding should be the epitome of Southern elegance- just like them! Her delicate Monique Lhuillier dress set the tone for the design: soft, feminine, and custom. We incorporated light colors, fluffy flowers, custom calligraphy monograms, ceiling drapes and chandeliers to bring their wedding […]

Megan + Phil | New Orleans Wedding Filled with Love

Dec 30, 2015

arrow

open post

                    This award is one of the most meaningful I could ever receive because it’s based solely on my clients and their experiences in working with us! Not because we pay for advertisement, not because an editor deemed us qualified, but because we exceeded our couples expectations […]

Featured | The Knot’s Best of Weddings 2016

Dec 28, 2015

arrow

open post

Genny and Barr’s all white wedding highlights everything that New Orleans weddings are known for! The only color- Genny wore a mint colored Monique Lhuillier gown! They were married in the golden glamour of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and celebrated at their seated dinner reception at the iconic Waldorf Astoria Roosevelt Hotel in the French Quarter! […]

Genny + Barr | A Ballroom Wedding Dripping in Orchids

Nov 16, 2015

arrow

open post

I was that little girl who dreamed about her wedding since she knew what weddings were! I remember the princess Halloween costume that evolved into a bride the next year, then a dead bride the following. I always doodled wedding dresses, bouquets and the occasional groom, all while dreaming of what my wedding day would […]

Elyse + Jack | My Very Own Tented Wedding

Nov 6, 2015

arrow

open post

Design : the most fulfilling part of the planning process for me. (well, second only to my clients hugs at the end of wedding day) Our brides and grooms come to us at all stages of their design generation- some just with colors and a theme, others with ideas as specific as linens, cakes, flowers and […]

Design Portfolio

Oct 22, 2015

arrow

open post

It’s 2015 and we’re kicking this new year off with some new goals and some new news! One of our main goals is to blog more often, and our first blog post of 2015 is sharing some big news! We’ve been named Best of Weddings by the Knot for the THIRD year in a row! […]

Featured | The Knot’s Best of Weddings 2015

Jan 6, 2015

arrow

open post

When I started Tying the Knot from my bed in the sorority house, I had countless dreams for what I wanted my new little company to become. I was shooting for the stars, but I never thought to shoot this high. I have been honored by Martha Stewart Weddings as a Top Planner for 2014- […]

Featured | Martha Stewart Weddings Top Planner

Dec 28, 2014