We work exclusively with inspiration boards and never skip this step—it's the most important part of the planning process. Please read this guide carefully and follow each step, as your organized inspiration is 80% of a successful wedding.
Please create your Pinterest board using your wedding date and both your first names. Be sure to avoid general titles like 'Paris elopement' or 'Our Wedding in Paris,' since we handle over 40 boards each season. Using the correct title makes it easier for us to find your board and stay organized.
May 24, 2026 Anna & David
24/05/26 Anna & David
YES
V
V
Our wedding
Paris elopement
Our wedding in France
NO
X
X
X
If you're worried about family members seeing your board, feel free to create it using an anonymous email and Pinterest account, but please still include your real first names and wedding date.
Please avoid using fake names or dates, as it can cause confusion. If I see mismatched names or dates, I might panic, thinking there’s been a double booking or two couples have the same plans.
And then, please create folders inside your board.
For perfect organization, we ask that you create a folder for each category. If everything is cluttered together on the main board, it becomes really difficult for us to work with. We need separate folders to share with vendors, like the florist and photographer.
Inside your Pinterest board, please create the following folders:
This helps us get to know you and understand your style. It's important not just for our makeup artist but also for Tim to plan poses. Please include:
- Bridal dress photo
- Groom's suit photo
- Accessories
- Selfies
- Full-body photos so we can see your height difference
Folder 2 - Hair and Makeup:
This is for our hair and makeup artist. Please include:
- At least 2 makeup looks you like
- At least 2-3 hairstyle examples you like
This folder helps us order the right flowers. Make sure all bouquets match your season and have a consistent style. Please add at least 3 bouquet examples you like.
Folder 4 - Ceremony:
Name this folder based on your ceremony location (e.g., "Trocadéro Ceremony" or "Tuileries Ceremony"). Please include:
- Specific ceremony shots you like from that location
- Detail shots
- Any other poses or ideas for the ceremony
About us folder:
Hair and makeup folder, Hairstyles I saved are similar to my own hair:
Flowers folder. All bouquet examples have the same look and style, it is easy to understand what I want:
COMPARING DREAMS WITH REALITY: UNDERSTANDING BRIDAL BOUQUETS
As a wedding planner, my mission is to bring your wedding dreams to life, ensuring every detail reflects your vision and style. A significant part of this vision often revolves around the bridal bouquet. When we receive inspo from the brides, we sometimes find there non-real silk flowers like black roses, light blue peonies, or navy blue lillies. While the idea of a brightly colored bouquet might seem appealing, it's essential to know these flowers do not exist in real life. Those are silk flowers, artificial. To check if your bouquet is real or not, follow the link that Pin has. Where it goes? If the destination is Etsy seller of silk flowers, most likely those are not real.
Understanding whether your chosen bouquet consists of real or artificially colored silk flowers is crucial for achieving the desired aesthetic. Here are some key points to help you differentiate between the two.
How to understand if your chosen bouquet is real or human-made colored silk flowers?
If you are not sure whether your dream bouquet can be recreated, please send us an email.
Let's continue with your dream board
Ceremony folder. Please note that we include photos at the ceremony spot only. If you like to take other portrait photos at this location, please create a separate folder and count this as a photoshoot location:
- Final kiss ideas
- Champagne ideas
- Vows
- Hands holding vows or rings
Please copy a full location name. If it is a Trocadero location, please copy the word "Trocadero", don't just write "Eiffel Tower location". We need very specific and precise info:
You can add both couples and solo shots. Here is what a good folder might look like:
You can also add some folders for props, details, or solo shoots. When you are saving poses, please always analyze if they are possible with your wedding dress. Before saving a pose, imagine you wearing your dress, heels and veil and think if this pose will be doable:
Some couples want to focus on Paris landmarks. But others want to add some candid moments to the photoshoot. If you like to have some motion and candid moments of the day, just two of you, without any landmarks, please add a folder named "Candid photos" and add 3-5 pins there as well. Not more than 5. It can be the bride inside the car, bridal solo shots in motion, details, couple closeup etc. As well as dancing, walking, laughing, and enjoying yourself. For example:
But please be very specific and make sure that every photo is doable. Please be careful with car photos and poses. Please do not add any convertible vintage car poses if you do not plan on renting one. Because we have a regular normal car, not possible to recreate some of them inside our car:
3. What not to save
Do not save random pretty pictures you like, if they are not relevant for your Paris elopement shoot. For example, pictures of cakes, food, decorations, props you don't plan to buy, etc:
This board is the most time-consuming part when planning your elopement. When it's ready, 80% of planning is done.
And if you decided to change your mind on some options, please delete pins that are no longer relevant. Before sending the board, make sure all photos are representative and can be used as references. Because we don't want to make a bouquet based on some old image that you don't like anymore.
Please, add every image to the board. Previously we had brides who sent some inspirational images by email, part as Instagram posts and the last part saved on the board. It is difficult to find them after, all over different social media and collect. Please, save all images to your board, even if you already sent them by email. Let's organize everything in one safe place.
4. How to share it
We will need this board multiple times from different devices during the whole planning process. So please make sure your link works, your board is not private and all pins are visible. If you are worried that your family might see your selfies/dress etc, please don't post any selfies and send them privately by email to Helene. But overall we need your board to be public.
Before sharing the board, please go through all your pins one last time and delete everything that is no longer relevant that you saved before.
We ask you for one working link that leads to your full board and will be accessible from any device anytime.
Here are the steps to make a Pinterest board public and send it to Helene:
1. Log in to your Pinterest account and navigate to the board you want to make public
2. Click on the board to open it
3. On the top right corner of the board, you will see a "three-dot" icon. Click on it to open the dropdown menu
4. From the dropdown menu, select "Edit Board"
5. On the next window, scroll down to "Visibility". If the board is currently marked as "Secret", click the toggle to make it "Public"
6. Once the board is public, you can share it with Helene by sending the link to the board. To get the link to the board, go back to the board and click on the "three-dot" icon again. This time, choose "Copy link" from the dropdown menu.
When I click on the link, I will be able to view your Pinterest board and its content. For example, when I am at a floral shop and need to place an order for your flowers, I can open my email, check your board from my iPhone and select your flowers.
"Bonjour all the beautiful, adventurous, and ambitious ladies, our wonderful brides. And our respect to the intelligent handsome future grooms. Hope you have a good time reading. Let's begin!"
Article by — HELEN
will help you with your dream elopement
1. Creating your board and
naming it
2. Folders inside your board
