Happy Monday folks and welcome to another wonderful autumn week here at French Wedding Style. Today we have for you a sweet rustic hilltop real wedding in Drôme at La Cour de Crest.

Our lovely bride and groom enjoyed a fabulous celebration with their close friends and family in the medieval town of Crest, France.

Megan and Jean Patrick were on a strict budget and decided to go down the DIY route for their big day. All their guests worked together and created a wonderful day for these two love birds. DIY weddings can be a challenge at times but all the hard work pays off when all the personal touches come together.

We do love that in France you can hire the local tables, chairs, games and festoon lighting that they use for village fetes for free or a small fee from your local village. One wedding we featured back in 2014 used their hired festoon lighting to create an outdoor disco under the stars.

I'll pass you over to Megan who will walk us through her pretty DIY hilltop wedding...

"I found my dress from an awesome Romanian dress maker online."

"My girlfriends went to the local market that morning to buy flowers for the tables and surprised me with a bouquet."

We weren't interested in the typical grand wedding venue... we wanted something more warm and with a homely feeling. After looking for ages, we finally found THE ONE located in the pretty medieval town, Crest. We took a trip there and it was exactly what we envisioned... a large house to hold 20+ guests with a pool for lounging, an open-air barn for the welcome party, a lovely hilltop for our ceremony, a gorgeous courtyard for the cocktail hour, and a funky wine cave for our jazz club reception." "Some other friends brought and strung up bistro lights, we hired a local gypsy band that my husband knew, another friend DJ'ed, we bought the wine in bulk from a local producer near Nantes." "We hired my talented friend Marjorie to photograph, my dear friend and colleague Tatiana filmed the day in magical super 8, other friends created the specialty cocktails (lavender vodka lemonade and lethal Caipirinhas)." Rustic Hilltop Real Wedding In Drôme Snapshot

"We had our American friend and French friend perform our ceremony in both French and English, our Native American friend did a special hand tying and saging ceremony."

Congratulations to Megan and Jean Patrick from all of us here at FWS!

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Wedding Vendors

Photographer: Marjorie Prvl | Venue: La Cour de Crest | Dress: Chotronette | Shoes: Chelsea Crew | Grooms Outfit: Zara | Videographer: Hello Super Studios | Catering: Gastronhome | Entertainment: Marion Bandoï Trio