{"id":591064,"date":"2016-06-10T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=591064"},"modified":"2020-03-23T09:39:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:39:31","slug":"french-meets-texan-wedding-justines-secret-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/french-meets-texan-wedding-justines-secret-house\/","title":{"rendered":"French Meets Texan Wedding at Justine&#8217;s Secret House"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591108\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e9\/e7\/e9e717dbdc5eb2ea.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-1-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p>This French-meets-Texan wedding was so full of love, the&nbsp;happy couple decided to throw two&nbsp;parties&nbsp;instead of one! Inspired by their favorite French restaurant, Jen and John chose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justines1937.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justine&rsquo;s Secret House<\/a> as the intimate venue for their tr&egrave;s fran&ccedil;ais ceremony and dinner.&nbsp;The couple&nbsp;embraced the fact that everything&rsquo;s bigger in Texas for their large next-day reception at the bride&rsquo;s parents&rsquo; ranch, inviting everyone that is near and dear to their hearts and passing out bandanas personalized with the ranch&rsquo;s brand as favors. We are so in love with how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambervickeryphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amber Vickery Photography<\/a>&nbsp;beautifully captured the couple&rsquo;s&nbsp;French Victorian ceremony vision&nbsp;as well as their&nbsp;country sensibilities&nbsp;for the ranch reception.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jen and John<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justines1937.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justine&rsquo;s Secret House<\/a>, Austin, Texas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591100\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/4c\/4f\/4c4fd8169650e2b7.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-33\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We chose our venue based on our favorite French restaurant in Austin, <span class=\"il\">Justine<\/span>&lsquo;s Brasserie. They happen to run a small event venue called The <span class=\"il\">Secret<\/span> <span class=\"il\">House<\/span>: A beautiful French Victorian <span class=\"il\">house<\/span> secluded from the business of E. 7th street by a magical fenced-in courtyard lined with palm and loquat trees draped delicately with cafe lights. A New Orleans vibe with a French flair and an oh-so-French attitude. It was beyond perfection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591090\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2e\/4f\/2e4fd4d0bae708a3.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591081\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/50\/a7\/50a75b9b62837c54.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591068\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/84\/f2\/84f237d792efec5a.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591097\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/46\/d3\/46d3e8c3e8dd5d0c.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-30\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591089\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/34\/9a\/349a61d710158efd.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-22\" width=\"600\" height=\"889\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591077\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/1a\/10\/1a104ecc28c1c1e1.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591078\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f4\/09\/f409d1fcd06b81de.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591079\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/8e\/5c\/8e5cf7303d984452.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591103\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/dc\/ea\/dcea617ba09c6a26.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-36\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591076\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/56\/de\/56de3907d57d354e.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>The most memorable part of the day for me was forgetting to carry my bouquet down the aisle. Yup, I forgot it. Never felt more naked standing at the altar sans-bouquet! Lucky for me, the bouquet magically made its way down the isle about a minute into the ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591083\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ff\/ad\/ffadf0616d1b04fd.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Having my grandfather officiate&nbsp;the ceremony (the same ceremony he performed 30 years ago when he officiated the wedding of my parents), was by far the most memorable and sentimental moment of the entire weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591084\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e9\/a4\/e9a44bf11d98a73a.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591085\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3a\/07\/3a0779b64bc78b1a.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591086\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2a\/97\/2a972ee07e4dd59c.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591069\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/77\/41\/7741e3694308ee28.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591072\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d2\/14\/d2146c25cbf339cc.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591082\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0f\/2c\/0f2ce7c4ad718ffc.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591088\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2c\/39\/2c3903f2fd4f3a98.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-21\" width=\"600\" height=\"906\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591091\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3c\/8e\/3c8ed442908b9f6d.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591095\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/de\/ac\/deacee82385bc4c9.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-28\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>As for a first dance, we did not plan one. It was not a super dancey event, but when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a8Xn4VWYwd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ken Griffin&rsquo;s Marea Baja<\/a> came on, we took to the front porch of the <span class=\"il\">house<\/span> and slow danced to the strange and beautiful instrumental track.&nbsp;The rest of the night was almost entirely French music to the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591092\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/50\/9f\/509f38ed33eba9dd.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-25\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591094\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/66\/49\/66493e7554f57215.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-27\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591093\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fd\/fa\/fdfa4aa554d41b3e.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-26\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591096\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ba\/2f\/ba2f2101875da676.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-29\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>The most important part about planning our wedding was making sure we kept it as intimate and personal as possible. This was hard because there are so many people near and dear to our hearts. Ultimately we were able to find a balance with a small intimate ceremony followed by a larger reception the next day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591104\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b6\/3c\/b63ccf5504070b03.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-37\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591070\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b2\/0d\/b20da20a033648e8.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"865\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591099\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/24\/b7\/24b7a0402e6d3577.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-32\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591098\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/49\/dd\/49dd7c4131968d01.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-31\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>While our wedding reception was heavily French inspired, our reception was quite opposite. Held outside of Austin at my family&rsquo;s ranch, we decided to make custom bandanas for our guests to take with them. With the help of our uber talented friends in Spain, we were able to design our own traditional bandana complete with a cactus design and family ranch logo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591102\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/7b\/59\/7b59a8430a31b3d1.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-35\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591101\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c0\/15\/c0154e51b68f208e.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-34\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591074\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2c\/84\/2c846bbb70cafd07.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591075\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/de\/2f\/de2fab7fc02e6f93.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591071\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/61\/de\/61de3270d120b8b6.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591073\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c5\/9e\/c59e9df192e181f9.jpg\" alt=\"french-meets-texan-wedding-at-justines-secret-house-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"goldbox\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambervickeryphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amber Vickery Photography<\/a><br>\nCeremony Venue and Event Planning &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justines1937.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justine&rsquo;s Secret House<\/a><br>\nReception Event Planning &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/longshorecollins.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Longshore Collins<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sproutflowers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sprout<\/a><br>\nDay One Catering &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/justines1937.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justine&rsquo;s Brasserie<br>\n<\/a>Day Two Catering &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/august-es.com\/\">August E&rsquo;s<\/a><br>\nCake &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophiesbakeryinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sophie&rsquo;s Bakery<\/a><br>\nHair Styling &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubenrosales.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruben Rosales<\/a><br>\nWedding Dress &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/AmyKuschel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Kuschel<br>\n<\/a>Rentals &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/whimhospitality.com\/home\/\">Whim<br>\n<\/a>DJ &ndash; Chino Casino<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Jen and John on your gorgeous two-day extravaganza wedding, and thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambervickeryphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amber Vickery Photography<\/a>&nbsp;for capturing it! For some more French-inspired wedding ideas, take a look at this&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/rustic-french-inspired-wedding-cadhay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rustic French Inspired Wedding at Cadhay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xoxoGabby3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-gabby.jpg\" alt=\"xoxoGabby\" width=\"97\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This French-meets-Texan wedding was so full of love, the&nbsp;happy couple decided to throw two&nbsp;parties&nbsp;instead of one! Inspired by their favorite French restaurant, Jen and John chose Justine&rsquo;s Secret House as the intimate venue for their tr&egrave;s fran&ccedil;ais ceremony and dinner.&nbsp;The couple&nbsp;embraced the fact that everything&rsquo;s bigger in Texas for their large next-day reception at the bride&rsquo;s parents&rsquo; ranch, inviting everyone that is near and dear to their hearts and passing out bandanas personalized with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1191,1368,1079,1081,1005,1086,1088,1266,1189],"tags":[1597,1109,1106,1099,1097],"class_list":["post-591064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin-wedding-texas-wedding","category-backyard-wedding","category-garden-wedding","category-intimate-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-retro-wedding","category-rustic-wedding","category-southern-wedding","category-texas-wedding","tag-lavender","tag-light-pink","tag-orange","tag-sage-green","tag-yellow"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}