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.

Grace + Gareth - Mount Druid Wedding by This Modern Love

Grace + Gareth - Mount Druid Wedding Photography

I arrived in pitch black the night before the wedding and eventually managed to find the shepherd's hut where I was staying. The embers were still glowing in the stove in the morning when I woke up, and stumbled out the door to see where I was... the free and wild eco-glamping playground in Westmeath that is Mount Druid.

It was a perfect fit for the wonderful mayhem that was Grace and Gareth's wedding. These guys took handmade to a new level, and their creative stamp was everywhere. We're not usually ones for blogging the details, but everything here just looked so damned fantastic!

Heartfelt and hilarious Co. Clare camaraderie. With robot drawings. All kinds of amazing. Big thanks to Grace & Gareth for having us along.