SURREAL WEDDING: Say “I Do” to forever love. Adopt, don’t shop.

“As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.”

– Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

ON LOCATION: Royal Frenchmen Hotel

PHOTOGRAPHY: Trent Spann, Images by Robert T.

DRESSES: Pearl’s Place | Town & Country Bridal 

JEWELRY: The Bead Shop

FLORALS: Herbivore Floral Designs

CAKE: Gambino’s Bakery

COTTON CANDY: Poof Cotton Candy

GLITTER: Elektra Cosmetics

PARASOLS: Nola Fabiola

FLOWER GIRLS: Amelia-Grace Harper,  Makenzie Smith, Tinley Smith, and Corinne Zeller

FEATURING ADOPTABLE DOGS: Cash – Take Paws Rescue | Mikey – Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) | Gracie – DREAM Dachshund Rescue | Roxie, Alvar, Tiffany and Junebugg – Kismet Pet Adoptions

Located in New Orleans’ famous Frenchmen Street Entertainment District across from Washington Square Park, the Royal Frenchmen Hotel is a chic boutique hotel featuring 16 guest rooms and suites and a beautiful courtyard that’s perfect for intimate weddings of up to 150 guests. 

 

 Who’s a good girl? Tiffany is! This sweet little pup from Kismet Pet Adoptions is looking for her forever home.

 

 

This dapper fellow is named Alvar and he’s a Beagle and Hound mix. Alvar is a sweet, gentle soul and you can learn more about him through Kismet Pet Adoptions. 

 

 

Gracie, from DREAM Dachshund Rescue, looks beautiful in her floral collar designed by Herbivore Floral Designs. 

 

Mikey, a senior Chihuahua and Pomeranian mix from Animal Rescue New Orleans, struts his stuff down the aisle with Corrine. He loves squeaky toys and playing fetch! 

 

 

Roxie is such a sweet little lady. She’s a Wirehaired Terrier and Chihuahua mix known for snuggling. Find out more about Roxie from Kismet Pet Adoptions.

 

 

Ring dog, Cash, (left) from Take Paws Rescue, is just a sweetheart! He’s professionally trained and looking for his forever family. Flower dog, Junebugg, from Kismet Pet Adoptions, is an American Staffordshire Terrier mix and gets along great with kids and other dogs.

 

 

This 3-tier buttercream cake by Gambino’s Bakery “floats” on a cloud and is wrapped in poofs of purple and blue ombre cotton candy by Poof Cotton Candy. A pair of miniature balloon dog statuettes top the cake. 

 

 

 

 

We’d like to say a special thank you to Rena Sweeney of Alchemy Events for coordinating the efforts to bring together the adoptable dogs who are featured in this editorial. Rena serves on the board of the Humane Society of Louisiana and works tirelessly to help all animals in need.

 

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