My good friend Jill got married this past weekend. Jill is a massage therapist, yogi, a talented singer, an expert on essential oils and an all around great person! I was so flattered when she asked me to cater her wedding! I haven’t done much catering in the past 10 years and I was a little nervous, but definitely up for the challenge! Jill shared with me that she and Tony (her fiance at the time) were going to Paris for their honeymoon, so I decided to create a menu with a French theme. The wedding was small, only 50 people were expected to attend and the reception was to be held from 5:00 to 6:30 pm so the food needed to be somewhat light. I started preparation early in the week and finished up everything on Friday and Saturday morning. It was a beautiful ceremony and a very lovely day for a wedding and now they are off to Paris! I can’t imagine a better place to be in love!
Beautiful strawberries and fresh asparagus from Iseley Farms!
The preparations were mostly done ahead, but I had to reheat some things before the reception started.
Even though the menu had a French flair, I had to make some Southern cheese wafers!
Deviled eggs with Cornichons!
Grilled chicken skewers…these were a huge hit!
The wedding cake was made by Brittany Brown of Baked by Britt. It was truly one of the most amazing wedding cakes I’ve ever tasted and it was beautiful!
Smoked salmon on toasted French bread with cognac mayonnaise!
Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Boursin and Gruyere Cheeses
Mr. Crazy Blonde was the best kitchen help I could have had!
The couple had a beautiful Champagne toast after the ceremony!
As you can see I had a really busy but very nice weekend! I hope your weekend was everything you wanted it to be! Follow me on Instagram @Crazyblondelifeblog to see more from the wedding!
Paris is always fabulous! Everything looked beautiful!
Thank you Britt! I’m ready to go back to Paris soon!
Everything looked delicious and what a clever way to incorporate Paris!
Thanks Julie!
I am in awe of how talented you are..everything looks delicious..you are truly blessed and such an inspiration..good to know your friend is an expert with essential oils, I have just in the last 3 or 4 months started experimenting with them and do love the way they are working but have some questions now and again and would love to ask someone who is so familiar with them..have a great day and thanks for sharing…love your blog!!!!!
I’ll do a post on essential oils soon! Maybe Jill would guest post for me since she’s the expert!
Suzanne, you are still just as amazing as I remember you from 20 years ago!
Thank you Leslie! I appreciate that you are reading my blog!! Hope you’re doing well!
Yes she is!! Can we get recipes!?
Yes I’m going to post most of the recipes this week! Thanks Anita!