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woohoo !   eline & joppe are home … so here’s part I of their wonderfully happy wedding at  the chateau d’aigle at the end of lake geneva.

eline & joppe are an amazing couple – they are just so full of fun and happiness that i knew it was going to be a brilliant day !   they had arranged to meet at their flat before the ceremony and when joppe arrived with eline’s beautiful bouquet the sheer happiness was just magic !   they were travelling to the chateau d’aigle in eline’s dad’s car which he’d driven down from the netherlands (wow! i want one), and after me leaning out of the window on the motorway to get a few shots we got there early enough to do some gorgeous couple shots with the chateau as a backdrop.    then they greeted their guests and everyone went inside to a beautiful old beamed room in the 13th century castle for the wedding ceremony given in both french and dutch so that their friends and family could follow.

part II and the train ride up to the mountains for the reception very soon  – promise

Mr & Mrs B thank you for allowing me to be part of your fantastic day !

Sonia Grimm propose des spectacles tendres et colorés, dans lesquels elle est accompagnée d’enfants comédiens qui chantent, dansent et se déguisent en divers personnages tendres et amusants. Ses spectacles se jouent toute l’année à guichets fermés et ses spectacles de Noël font salle comble dans les plus grandes salles de Suisse Romande (Montreux, Géneve, Lausanne, ..)

Amoureuse des enfants et de la nature, Sonia ne trouvait pas dans le commerce les chansons tendres et entraînantes qu’elle rêvait de faire écouter à ses enfants.  Elle a comblé cette lacune en composant de superbes mélodies qu’elle accompagne de sa voix douce et chaleureuse et dont les textes sont emprunts d’une poésie pleine de fraîcheur.

Pour la deuxième fois à Massingy, nous avons eu le plaisir d’accueillir Sonia Grimm le samedi 26 juin à la salle des fêtes.  L’APE et son producteur ce sont donné les moyens d’amener, enfants et parents pour la découvrir ou redécouvrir pendant plus d’une heure.  A la fin du spectacle Sonia a pris le temps pour chacun de faire une dédicace, un bisous aux petits comme aux grands.

www.sonia-grimm.com

billetterie : nouveau spectacle de noël  : L’incroyable Destin de M. Boule de Neige

un grand merci à Sonia et tout son équipe pour cet magnifique spectacle ! 

well i can’t resist another quick post of some of the images i took at the venetien carnival in annecy.  i had an amazing time both on the evening and the following day at the carnival and chatted to quite a few of the "costumiers" parading, (walking doesn’t seem a grand enough term), around in their finery.  they told me that they can spend a whole year creating these beautiful, beautiful costumes – the attention to detail is stunning.   whilst creating a gallery for the stars of the show i realised just how many of my favorite shots i had left out….

if you are near annecy 2 weekends after mardi gras (so around 20th March 2011) it really is worth the trip and the ‘costumiers’ parade round the old town of annecy for three days

i can’t wait for next year   x

woohoo !   kate and sebastien are back from honeymoon so i can finally share some of their wedding shots with you,  forgive me for the delay but i wanted them to be first to see them and i wasn’t sure of the internet connections on the beautiful sun drenched island they had chosen to escape to !  

the wedding which was held at the palace de menthon in annecy was gorgeous – the happy couple were gorgeous and their friends and family were gorgeous too !    the weather did it’s best to put a dampener on things but quite honestly i don’t think anybody noticed that much,  i felt really lucky to be included in such a close group of friends and family, everyone was incredibly welcoming – all in all a very, very, very happy day  !!!

following are a few of my favourites…

and then the party started !!

i can’t wait to show the whole selection to Mr & Mrs Cramon very soon

and i wish them a very long, happy and healthy life together full of giggles and fun !  x

last weekend i had a fantastic time at the Venetien Carnival in Annecy – i took some shots of amazing costumes.  their creators often spend the whole year preparing a new costume, the work and the creativity that goes into them is mindblowing !  here is just a very quick taster post of a few of those costumes…  more to follow … promise

a very BIG thank you to all the fabulous people who created the costumes … and a special thanks to marie-christine, solange & jean michel

wow -  what an amazing New Years Eve !!!!    Jeanette and Peter had a brilliant masquerade ball to celebrate their first 24 hours of wedded bliss,  at the very gorgeous Palace de Menthon, by the lake in Annecy.

friends and family from all over the world had come to celebrate their wedding on the 30th december here in france and everyone stayed on to bring in the New Year with the newly weds.   the happy couple were radiating happiness and were dressed in exquisite indian costumes, the guests were having a great time, the masks were gorgeous, there were some amazing costumes – mr & mrs ‘mozart’ won the prize.   jeanette and peter , helped by their wedding organiser – Caroline Berthe, had looked after all the little details to make sure the party was a memorably special night and had arranged for a totally talented and totally gorgeous belly dancer to perform -  what can i say wow – she was superb and even managed to convince some of the guests to get up there and shake their stuff too !

i had a fantastic time and the atmosphere was pure party thanks to Peter Stone of RiveriaDJ who kept everybody dancing until the small hours with music from all round the world – and boy did the polish guests know how to party !!! 

wow – j’ai passé un 31 décembre d’enfer !!!  Jeanette et Peter ont organisé un bal masqué genial pour fêter leur première journée de mariage … et la saint sylvestre !   le lieu ?  le magnifique Palace de Menthon au bord du lac d’Annecy.    Leurs familles et amis sont venus des quatre coins du monde pour se réunir à annecy pour assister à leur mariage féerique le 30 décembre – et tout le monde est resté pour célébrer le debut de 2010 ensemble au palace.   

les jeunes mariés étaient habillés en prince et princesse indiens dans des costumes de soie somptueux,  les invités, également déguisés portaient des masques fabuleux.  Jeanette et Peter, aidés de leur organisatrice de mariage, Caroline Berthe, ont fait que la soirée etait magique, mémorable, magnifique, merveilleuse, …..  une des nombreuse surprises de la soirée etait la visite d’une danceuse du ventre  – wow -  tout simplement wow ! – super talenteuse elle a même reussi à faire dancer les invitées et les invités !!!

Peter Stone de RivieraDJ nous a fait dancer jusqu’au petit matin avec la musique de fête pour tous – la soirée était la façon parfaite de commencer la décennie!

Jeanette and Peter thank you so much for inviting me along to your masquerade ball and i wish you both a very long, happy & healthy life together ! x

un très grand merci à Jeanette et Peter de m’avoir invitée à leur bal masqué – je leur souhaite beaucoup de bonheur pour leur vie à deux !