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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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It was the start of the pandemic and this sweet couple was forced to pivot from a destination wedding in Ireland, to a wedding right in their back yard… literally! The guests were greeted with the melodic tunes of a bag piper, and shots of scotch and whiskey in etched glasses from their favorite castle […]

An Intimate and Extravagant Dinner Reminiscent of Ireland’s Skibo Castle

Mar 18, 2024

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We just love winter weddings with a clean minimal palette, yet an abundance of layers and texture! This black and white, modern babys breath + orchid wedding at Il Mercato just makes us swoon! Classic, clean, and all the candlelight! Loved this wedding from the starting champagne tower to the ending fireworks! It was filled […]

Black and White Baby’s breath + Orchid Wedding at Il Mercato

Mar 15, 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 photo went VIRAL! Elyse Jennings Weddings’ most reposted, re-pinned, and shared photo! This moment was pure magic and joy and this Il Mercato reception only echoed that energy with a party never stopped! The courtyard flipped from this nighttime ceremony during an epic second line, into a cocktail hour under the stars! While inside, […]

Gina + Luke | New Orleans Wedding

Nov 21, 2023

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Follow us down memory lane to Sarah and Mike’s tented wedding in New Orleans at Ursuline Convent! What’s better than magical twinkle lights in the tent ceiling, lush blue florals, vintage hankies for the second line, and the biggest lily of the valley bouquet I’ve ever seen?? This whimsical New Orleans wedding was warm, lush, […]

New Orleans Tented Wedding at Ursuline Convent

Nov 21, 2023

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Planning and Design | Elyse Jennings Weddings Photography |  Greer Gattuso Photography Videography | byDesign Films Venue + Catering | The Chicory Dressing Location | Windsor Court Hotel Florist | Bella Blooms Floral Rentals | Event Rental Lounges | Distressed Rentals & Revival Linens | Nuage Designs Candles, Hedges, Neon Sign, + Afterparty decor | Luminous Events Lighting | See Hear Productions […]

Caitlin + Brooks | New Orleans Wedding

Feb 17, 2023

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Flowers on flowers on love on flowers! This Ritz-Carlton New Orleans destination wedding was just filled with flowers and candle light, so that’s the best way to describe it in one sentence! This precious couple prioritized their guest’s experience as they showed their loved ones a true New Orleans wedding! Follow along through their lush […]

Samantha + Hayden | Ritz-Carlton New Orleans Wedding

Sep 18, 2020

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Tented wedding dripping in greenery and hanging candlesby Elyse Jennings Weddings at the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, LA!

Kristen + Chase | Organic Tented Wedding

Sep 3, 2020

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Micro wedding in New Orleans at Il Mercato with Elyse Jennings Weddings and Haute Off the Rack!

Jennifer + Blake | New Orleans Micro Wedding

Aug 17, 2020

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Never have we had a more fun loving group than this Miami crowd! This group all showed up in white tuxedos, the most fabulously high-fashion gowns, dripping in jewels, yet they crowd surfed, drank tequila from the bottles and danced on the bar all night long! I guess that’s a testament to the uber elegant, […]

Tascha + Patch | Tented Wedding and Epic Dance Party

May 30, 2020