Laura & Gene's Mountain Elopement in Ireland /  by This Modern Love

Laura & Gene’s Mountain Elopement in Ireland

Let us tell you about Laura and Gene... Two old souls, deeply, deeply in love... Alabamans, possibly the world's greatest Felice Brothers fans, minimalists, nature-lovers, amazing human beings...

They didn't want a big traditional wedding. Instead, a small ceremony, an elopement, just the two of them, up a mountain in Ireland - where they had never been before! Plans were hatched over Skype and flights were booked. On the day, we collected the cake* and drove south to Carlingford. The kids from the guesthouse picked Laura a bouquet from their garden, we met the minister** in the forest, and things suddenly began to take shape...

Such an intimate, wind-swept and magical day. One we'll remember for a long time...

* From the genius that is Cakes by James

** The legendary Rev. Reuben McCormick, who was up for an adventure.

Alice + Nick - Toulouse Wedding Photography /  by This Modern Love

Places are so important. We'll always remember the north coast beach where Tim proposed to Claire, our favourite pub at the time - the Spaniard - where we held a most raucous engagement party, and the rickety old barn down the road we got married in.

So when a couple gets married at a place that means something to them, we get excited. For Alice & Nick, this was St Victor et Melvieu in the South of France. Specifically Montrozier, the once ramshackle hotel that Alice's parents have painstakingly restored over the last 10 years into an absolute gem of a house. It's easy to see how everyone has completely fallen in love with the place.

Their wedding was beautiful. Close-knit family and friends having the time of their lives. Handmade everything, a jaw-dropping church, a jazz skiffle band processing through the village, food we'll all remember for a long time, an outdoor party at the Gite... and these two... grinning their heads off and completely at home.