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Thanks for sharing, seen it before but forgotten what it was called

Brilliant thanks x

Fab, I love these!

Wow, its fab! Thanks for the templates and ideas!!! F x

These are brilliant - love the palm tree on the jacket.

They are great - thanks so much!

Wow, took me all morning to read this thread! Thanks so much, got loads of tips. F x

Quote: Originally Posted by GracieBebe Thank goodness you had me ask my WC about photographers! She informs me that the original person we booked forgot and booked another wedding in Thailand around the same time!!!! Argh!!!! Luckily, she found us another photographer, Javon Longieliere. He will also be in France during the time of our wedding and has agreed to do our photos. He also did our WC's daughter's wedding so if she thinks he's good enough for her own daughter, he must be all right. His website is Javon Longieliere Photography 770-715-4410 Atlanta Valdosta Destination Georgia. Unfortunately, she didn't have any photographers who were local. The other photographer she uses is Duncan Kerridge and he is from England. His website is Duncan Kerridge Photography. Sorry I couldn't find more info. Phew, that was lucky! Glad you sorted it out though. Thanks for the 2 reccommendations. Have since spoke to the lady that owns the chateau where our venue is and she has emailed some photographer details. Fi x

Quote: Originally Posted by sunandrun Kate, I love your postcard idea...I am planning on stealing the idea, however I can't seem to get my logo on the postcard. How did you download yours? Everytime I try I get a white box around mind. Thanks! To get rid of the white box around your logo, you need to save the image as PNG (Portable Network Graphic). When you go to save the image, click on transparency and choose the same colour of the background that you want transparent. It should save the image not the colour background that you chose. I am using Paint Shop Pro, which is a great program. Best of luck! F x

Quote: Originally Posted by GracieBebe Our WC suggested a photographer she has worked with on other weddings who is from Australia but will be in France during the time of our wedding. His name is Daniel Griffiths and his website is Sydney Wedding Photographer - Daniel Griffiths Photography and the photos he has on there look amazing!!! He was one of 2 photojournalists chosen to shoot they Sydney Olympics! I thought that was pretty cool. He is a bit pricey though. Our WC also has 2 other photographers she uses also that I believe are local to France. I can ask her what their names are if you are interested. Let me know. :-) That would be great! If they have a website, even better. Also it would help if they spoke english as my french is aweful! Thanks for the help. F x

Quote: Originally Posted by GracieBebe That's so great that you found a WC!!! Who'd you end up going with? At least that's one less thing to stress about! Hi GracieBebe Just wanted to ask who you have got as your photographer? Have you found someone yourself or did your WC reccommend someone to you? Thanks Fi

Quote: Originally Posted by GracieBebe Hi! As Hannah has mentioned above, we are also getting married in France in a chateau in the Loire Valley (located near Angers and Nantes). Your chateau looks so beautiful and contemporary! I bet you are so excited! We also found our chateau through the internet. I found a lot of chateaux online, but when FH saw pics of the one we picked, he knew that was the place we wanted. You can see pics of our chateau on our wedding website (link is in my siggy), or you can see pics of the place at Chateau de Challain, home of castle weddings France | Where fairytales begin | Chateau, Castle, One, France, Her. Hope you like it! We too are only doing a symbolic ceremony because the legalities in France are complicated and will have a private legal ceremony here in the States. Our chateau owner is also a wedding coordinator and we are using her to plan our whole wedding. She has been absolutely wonderful and extremely helpful! Are all of your guests staying at the chateau with you? We are limiting our guest count because our chateau can only accommodate a max of 34 people and because we want everyone to stay at the same location (for convenience purposes), we have let all of our guests know that their accommodations will be taken care of. Because of the distance and cost of the trip, we hoped it would ease the burden for our guests. Anyway, best wishes on your planning! I look forward to reading more about it! :-) WOW WOW WOW............. can't think of anything else to say about your venue! Im so jealous now! That is so stunning, its breath taking!!!!! I love your website too, Im going to steal your idea for page on learning french, brilliant idea! Ok back to what I was going to say, (still stunned by that chateau!) Yes most of our wedding party are going to stay with us in the chateau but we have overflow accommodation nearby. Our guest numbers are about 40 so have provided a different range of accommodation for them to fit in with everyones budget. We are not paying for everyone as we can't afford it and most of our guests will only be travelling from the UK and therefore can get cheap flights. Oh and I noticed that you are getting married a day before my birthday! You must be soooo excited by now, not long to go. What are you giving for favors? Are you having a traditonal French wedding cake? This is a great thread, so glad I have found some French brides! Fi x

Please can you tell the website where you got the pens? Thanks

Those are great, I love the postcard and pens idea!

brilliant, just what i was looking for!

Quote: Originally Posted by hmlwilliams Hi, We're getting married in Lavardens, a tiny village just north of Auch. Because of French law we're being married in the Mairie then we're skipping the religious ceremony and going on to a local auberge for a huge feast. We're having a north african lamb roast, or meshui, the night before the wedding to make it the traditional two-day event. We looked at chateau in the area but decided that rustic france would be much more us; there are some lovely ones in the area. Have you set a date yet? Are you using a co-ordinator? We aren't and there are a lot of cultural differences - many good - the idea of corkage is totally alien! But some are harder for a stressed bride to deal with - it is almost impossible to pin down prices and expectations with suppliers, they merely shrug! Hannah Hello Hannah Sounds like you are going to have a great wedding! We are also doing a wedding weekend, as everyone is travelling from all over the world. We are not doing the legal bit in France as the paperwork is complicated and we wanted a easy life! LOL.... Im not using a wedding planner, although the lady that owns the chateau speaks french and is going to help organise the caterers etc. I am trying to make a lot of things to keep the budget down. Lucky for us we don't have to pay corkage, we are having a pay bar and providing guests with champagne drink, wine with the meal and toast drink, after that they can pay for their own!! I have picked the venue over the internet but not actually visited the chateau. I am travelling over to France in June with my mum to visit for the first time. I am really excited about it, as it looks lovely! Our date is June next year, which my H2B thinks is a long time away!! Here's the website for the venue, what do you think? Welcome to Chateau Dumas, large 18th century chateau South West France Fi x

That is a brilliant idea, I really want these and never thought about making them!! Thanks x

I have seen templates for a fan program but they have no instructions on how it fits together. Please can someone show me a picture of what one looks like? I would like to make them as they are a really cool idea and nice for guests to take away with them. Hope someone can help!!! F

We own a house not far from Montauban and have found a gorgeous chateau just up the road. Not getting married till next year tho. We love the area so much and wanted our family and friends to experience it too. What kind of venue are you getting married in?

Congrats - We're getting married in South West France, not far from Toulouse, 2010.

They look great, are you giving them out as favours?

Thanks for that!

Great idea! Well done

I love your logo, gorgeous colors!

Please can i ask how you got the backgrounds on the boarding passes? I really like the idea of the map! Great job, look very professional!