A French-Chateau Garden Soirée of Classic Elegance and Carefree Joy

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An elegant, summer-inspired palette that exudes the feelings of an upscale garden party set within a classic European estate. A beautiful juxtaposition of pastel colors intertwined with delicate touches of bolder shades in the same color family, which blend seamlessly to create an airy and robust color story. Consisting of varying shades of champagne, pastel peach, cantaloupe, soft blush, pastel rose, French blue + creamy whites. Sparsely intertwined with richer colors: buttercup, tangerine, + summer orange. A palette that evokes the feelings of carefree joy at an opulent summer garden party.

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Arielle Fera Events pulled together an incredibly creative team featuring Twisted Willow Flowers, Thoughtfully Yours Stationery, Papertree Studio, and White Glove Rentals to bring to life a romantically elegant, summer soirée, reminiscent of an upscale, classically influenced garden party. Arielle Fera wanted the wedding to evoke the feelings of dancing in a French chateau garden, with the warmth of the sun and the sweet smell of wildflowers,s; bringing the couple’s hopes to life through design. The beautiful juxtaposition of classic elegance and carefree joy blends seamlessly to create a timeless, refined, and elevated experience. The beauty was captured on the day of the wedding by the talented Bianca Tang.

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Isao proposed shortly before Christmas in Washington, DC (where Aileen is from) at the Georgetown waterfront. The couple is college sweethearts and the proposal was a total surprise. Although Aileen’s family gave a lot of it away by their behavior!

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The meal was a seasonal delight, including sautéed crab cake, an arugula salad with lemon and fennel, an entrée duo of steak and lobster, and seasonal signature drinks that embodied the garden party design – a Paloma and an Aperol Spritz.

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From romantic florals to luxurious textures, the florals and design were rooted in intention and classic elegance. The florals were at the center of the design, Twisted Willow adorned TPC Jasna Polana in luscious, romantic, and stunning florals, from a gorgeous statement floral arch used during the ceremony and repurposed during the reception behind the sweetheart table, to a garden of florals that lead the couple down the aisle, to luscious blooms cascading down the grand staircase the florals truly telling a romantic story for this elevated garden party wedding. Arielle Fera Events partnered with White Glove Rentals to create gorgeous tablescapes, layered with texture – from the varying patterns of white linens, to dusty blue chargers, to the menus inspired by the venue’s architecture, no detail was left unturned.

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A beautiful three-tiered wedding cake made with lemon cake and adorned with vanilla buttercream, nestled in a stunning cake meadow of luscious flowers, is truly a work of art.

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Day-of Stationery: From the menus to the escort cards, the day-of stationery reflected the color palette of this garden party day, luxe paper, romantic details like hand calligraphy, and a custom champagne colored wax seal, and was filled with intentional design to tell the couple’s love story. Specifically, the menu design included a hand drawing of the iconic TPC Jasna Polana entrance arch adorned with painted acrylic florals inspired by the bride and groom’s roots on the east coast: morning glory and poppy (their birth month flowers), jacob’s ladder, clematis, and asters (native to their northern east coast roots between NYC and D.C.), and roses and peony (iconic to European gardens and symbolic of romance, happiness in marriage, honour, and prosperity).

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