Under God
I compose only Christian weddings — marriage as a sacrament, vowed before God, and kept for life. Should your intent be elsewhere, please say so, and I send you on to trusted colleagues with my blessing.
Christian Wedding Atelier — Under God
Christian sacrament · one wedding · from one hundred thousand · by appointment
Proposal planning — included on request
YH—GRAND WEDDING
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Photograph — John Towner
(01) — The Maison / The House of One Wedding
A wedding is not an event. It is a holy sacrament — two souls in Love, under God.
We build that sacrament the way couture is built — measured precisely, cut by hand, fitted to no one else. A Christian wedding atelier, not an agency: a small house that takes twelve weddings a year, with a production discipline borrowed from opera houses, not party rentals.
You will never see our name on a sign. You will feel us only in the fact that nothing, all day, asks anything of you.
Practice — worldwide
Languages — DE EN FR IT ES
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By appointment only
Languages — DE EN FR IT ES
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By appointment only
0Countries
0Commissions per year — no more
01Wedding per weekend, ever
01Pro-bono wedding per year
(02) — Credo / What a wedding is
A wedding is the sacrament of marriage — a loving bond between two souls, under God. I compose nothing else.
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I compose one wedding per couple — in a lifetime. A marriage is for life, and so is my part in it. Yet when the years have proven it, I will gladly return for the renewal of your vows.
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By Hand, Undivided
Twelve weddings a year, one to a weekend, each given a whole season of undivided attention. I would sooner decline a hundred than dilute a single one.
And upon request, I will perform the marriage myself — standing with you to speak your vows before God.
(03) — Services / Four disciplines, one fee
Total authorship, twelve to eighteen months. We hold the budget, the calendar, the contracts and the nerves — yours stay untouched. Every decision arrives at your door already curated to three options, each one correct.
- Budget architecture
- Venue search & negotiation
- Artisan curation
- Guest logistics
- Full production & show-calling
- The quiet Monday after
The whole of it — within the single fee
A cliffside monastery on the Amalfi Coast. A private island in the Stockholm archipelago. We scout in person, permit the unpermittable, and move a hundred guests across borders so smoothly they remember it as weather, not logistics.
- In-person scouting
- Permits & local counsel
- Charter & guest travel
- Multi-day choreography
- Bilingual production teams
Anywhere on earth — the fee does not change
The look, the light, the linen, the scent in the air when the doors open. One aesthetic argument carried from the first envelope to the last candle — drawn by hand, built by ateliers, never assembled from catalogues.
- Creative direction
- Floral & tablescape design
- Lighting & scenography
- Bespoke stationery
- Scent & sound direction
A discipline of the whole — never sold by the stem
Thursday arrival to Sunday farewell: rehearsal dinner, the day itself, the recovery brunch and everything your guests will call “the best weekend of our lives”. Composed as one continuous piece, not four separate parties.
- Welcome evening
- Rehearsal dinner
- The wedding day
- Farewell brunch
- Guest experience throughout
Thursday to Sunday — one continuous piece
(04) — The Work / Glimpsed, never staged
Nothing here was decided twice. Nothing arrived from a catalogue.
(05) — The Fee / One number
One wedding,
one fee —
one hundred
thousand.
The same number whether your wedding is composed for forty souls or four hundred, in a village chapel or a cathedral abroad. We accept no vendor commissions; every advantage we negotiate returns to you, never to us. The production budget is yours and wholly separate — our fee does not move with it.
Your three invoices
Invoice 01At signatureThe commission begins
Invoice 02At the midpointRoughly six months in
Invoice 03In the wedding weekThe final account
Then silence.
Once a year, one wedding is composed pro bono — chosen by its story, not its means, case by case. You are welcome to ask.
“I need do nothing.
Nothing.”
(06) — The Method / Five movements
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CorrespondenceWeeks 0–2
It begins with a letter, then a long table and longer questions. We listen for the wedding underneath the wedding — the one you would throw if nobody were watching.
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The BlueprintMonths 1–2
Budget architecture, date strategy, venue shortlist of three. Numbers first, romance second — so the romance never has to apologise to the numbers again.
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CurationMonths 3–9
Ateliers, florists, kitchens, voices. Tastings in good light and fittings without crowds. Three correct options for every decision; never thirty mediocre ones.
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ProductionFinal months
Minute-by-minute show calls, weather doctrines, rehearsals to the second. The day is built twice — once on paper, once in the room — before it is lived once.
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The HourThe day itself
We hold time still; you live it. Nothing reaches you but the day itself. And on the quiet Monday after, we close every account, return every deposit, and write last thank-yous in your name.
(07) — Words / From the couples
Our guests still talk about the wedding. We talk about the fact that we never once looked at our phones.
— I. & W., Stockholm Archipelago, 2025
They moved ninety people to a cliff in another country and somehow it felt like staying home.
— A. & M., Amalfi Coast, 2024
I expected a planner. What arrived was a small, silent opera house that happened to love us.
— L. & N., The Orangerie, 2023
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Destination Atelier of the Year — 2024
European Wedding Guild — Member
Noted by the international bridal press
Twelve weddings a year — one could be yours
Begin an Inquiry ↘(08) — Practicalities / Asked & answered
Questions
worth
asking.
Yes — without exception. We hold that a wedding is the sacrament of marriage: a loving bond between two souls, under God. We compose Christian weddings only. Should your union be something else, we will say so warmly and early, and wish you every joy elsewhere.
No.
Upon request, yes. Beyond composing the day, I will officiate it — standing with you to speak your vows before God. Where the law of the place asks for a separate civil act to make the marriage legal, we arrange that quietly alongside, so none of the paperwork ever touches your day.
Our fee is one flat number — one hundred thousand euros — the same for every wedding we compose, whatever its scale, wherever it is held. We take no vendor commissions. The production budget is yours and entirely separate; most of our couples invest well into seven figures in the wedding itself. You will receive three invoices and never an unpleasant surprise. And once a year we compose one wedding pro bono, chosen case by case — you are welcome to ask.
No — and we mean it tenderly: one wedding per couple, in a lifetime. A marriage is for life, and so is our part in it. What we will gladly compose again is the renewal of your vows — the same marriage, the same two souls, celebrated anew on a milestone year. A second wedding, though — never.
Constantly. The house keeps no fixed seat — it travels to the wedding, wherever the wedding is. We have composed in 26 countries and scout every destination in person before we let you fall in love with it.
Twelve a year. One per weekend, without exception — your date belongs to you alone. We decline far more commissions than we accept, which is precisely why the ones we accept go well.
Most of our couples plan from another time zone. We run the process by correspondence, video and two or three beautifully concentrated visits — and we are fluent in German, English, French and Italian.
(09) — Inquire / The first letter
Begin the beginning.
We compose Christian weddings only, and one per couple, once. If that is your union, tell us a little — we answer within two working days with honest first thoughts, and whether your date is still free. Or write directly: atelier@yhgrandwedding.com
Two working days · in strict confidence · no obligation
Planners & venues — write to us directly. Couples below this scale — ask, and we will gladly point you to trusted associates.
The first invitation
is on its way.
We answer within two working days — with honest first thoughts, and whether your date is still free.