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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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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 blushing brunette is the twin sister of the beautiful blonde in our last post! We were so honored to help both twins plan their weddings, along with their cousin Ellie from the post before! We figured we’d share the whole family one right after the other so you can watch all of the little […]

Mackenzie + JP | White Blooms and an Outdoor Dance Floor

Oct 18, 2019

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A timeless wedding full of high fashion! Krewe du Loupe was that wedding you’ll look back on in 20 years and still love every single detail! The one where the lace wedding dress breaks the internet! The one fit for a royal couple, but with the most down to earth, genuine and in love bride […]

Olivia + Zach | A Fashion Forward Blush Wedding

Sep 13, 2019

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If I can describe this wedding in one sentence, I would call it the classic-meets-over-the-top extravaganza so filled with love and fun that I dare you not to smile while scrolling! Challenge accepted? Ellie and Alexander (or Big Al as everyone calls him) had a wedding fit for royals, but they couldn’t have been more […]

Ellie + Alexander | The More Flowers the Better at New Orleans Country Club

Jul 14, 2019

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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