September's Bliss

I went to Paris last weekend and one of my favourite places there especially during Christmas is Ile Saint-Louis, It's so peaceful though It's in the middle of Paris, we have the feeling to be in a village and It's so beautiful ! I took some photographs of this beautiful café, Le Saint-Regis, I love the vintage Parisian style of this place !

I was wandering in Paris and just stopped to check some photographs on my camera and then I realized that I stopped rue de Verneuil. This street is very famous in France because the singer Serge Gainsbourg was used to live here. I couldn't help myself to search his house. It wasn't difficult, even nearly 30 years after his death there are still so many people who are coming in front of this house and taking pictures. Fans have painted on the house some beautiful portraits of the singer, that was very touching.

Emilie is French and Tim is english, they chose to get married in the most romantic town in the world, Paris. The religious celebration took place in the beautiful American Church of Paris (I was surprised to learn there was such a place in Paris) and the party was at the Pavillon Dauphine, were I had already the chance to shoot the wedding of Melissa and Charles last year.

A very dangerous shop for my credit card : "boutique Les Fleurs" in Paris. I find everything I love there imported from USA or made by emerging and very creative artists.

Melissa wanted the circus to be the theme of her reception with that slogan : "Life is a circus, love is forever". The reception took place in the very classy "Pavillon Dauphine" in Paris. Melissa designed everything herself, she really could become a wedding decorator ! The only thing she didn't make herself was the fantastic wedding cake which was beautifully made by Sugarplum Cakeshop (congratulations by the way!). The candy bar was full of American sweets and peanuts, all the things I love !

There are so many nice places to shoot a couple in Paris that It's always hard to make a choice. But the Trocadero Carousel is one of my favourite ones and It was to occasion to get an ice-cream !

Melissa is American and lives in Paris with Charles who became her husband last month. I knew as soon as I met them last year in my favourite bakery "Sugarplum Cakeshop" that this wedding was going to be unique. And It was even more wonderful than I expected ! This first part was shooted at Splendid Etoile Hotel in Paris which offers a magnificient view on the Arc de Triomphe. Melissa's bridesmaids were gathered here too, It was obviously a very emotional moment for Melissa to have her friends coming from so far away to share her beautiful day.

Here are some new illustrations I created for the agencies I work for. Some of them are going to be used as template for websites, business cards, packaging, logo or wedding invitations. I'm a flower girl, I can't help drawing some of them in my designs.