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

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Welcome to Christina and Matt’s Lush Il Mercato Wedding with European Elegance, which was recently featured on LOVERLY! This is a showcase in how to trust your planning and vendor team and truly ENJOY your day! This couple was all smiles from sun up to sun down and it shows just how much they love […]

Lush Il Mercato Wedding with European Elegance

Dec 27, 2024

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Allyson and Brent had a perfect pink wedding at the Four Seasons in New Orleans! Ironically happening on the same weekend as the Barbie Movie release, this ballroom soiree featured all the flowers and all the custom details! There was no details spared when personalizing this wedding – from the acrylic drink markers, to the […]

Pink Perfection at the Four Seasons New Orleans

Dec 26, 2024

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This Sparkling Winter Wedding at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans featured twinkling lights and floral arches in the French blue ballroom! Katie and Will wanted all the cozy winter feels with a million points of light, but also the lushest floral impact! Bella Blooms helped bring our vision to life with THREE 34 foot […]

Ritz Carlton Ballroom Winter Wedding

Oct 18, 2024

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Once upon a time, at the dawn of the pandemic, two lovebirds were set to marry in New Orleans at the Ritz Carlton. Shutdown after shutdown later, we picked up their plans with less than 3 months notice, booked a new venue out of town, and the magic (albeit different) came alive! Follow along on […]

Draped Tented Wedding at Southern Hotel

Aug 8, 2024

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All hail Krewe du Drackett! Since we’re getting in the Mardi Gras spirit here in New Orleans, we are throwing it back to this winter wedding around carnival time in 2019! The sweet couple got married at Felicity Church, a restored venue preserving the history of the church, but bringing new life to wedding ceremonies in […]

Felicity Church + Il Mercato | New Orleans Wedding full of greens, velvet and love!

Jan 4, 2024

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This photo went VIRAL! Elyse Jennings Weddings’ most reposted, re-pinned, and shared photo! This moment was pure magic and joy and this Il Mercato reception only echoed that energy with a party never stopped! The courtyard flipped from this nighttime ceremony during an epic second line, into a cocktail hour under the stars! While inside, […]

Italian Organic Wedding at Il Mercato

Nov 21, 2023

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Planning and Design | Elyse Jennings Weddings Photography |  Greer Gattuso Photography Videography | byDesign Films Venue + Catering | The Chicory Dressing Location | Windsor Court Hotel Florist | Bella Blooms Floral Rentals | Event Rental Lounges | Distressed Rentals & Revival Linens | Nuage Designs Candles, Hedges, Neon Sign, + Afterparty decor | Luminous Events Lighting | See Hear Productions […]

Caitlin + Brooks | New Orleans Wedding

Feb 17, 2023

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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