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Jeremiah and Heaven beneath an “8 YEARS” drone display, surrounded by ballerinas and flowers at Vaux-le-Vicomte.

LUXURY PROPOSAL PLANNING · FRANCE

A Vaux-le-Vicomte ultra-luxury proposal

In six days, we produced Jeremiah and Heaven’s six-figure château proposal: ballet, a drone show and fireworks.

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Jeremiah and Heaven beneath an eight-year anniversary drone display, surrounded by ballerinas and flowers at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — Film by Lumos Produzioni · Planning and production by Kiss Me in Paris · 4:48

Jeremiah and Heaven at Vaux-le-Vicomte

Heaven came to Vaux-le-Vicomte for her twenty-fourth birthday. Jeremiah had a question to ask, and eight years of shared memories to draw on.

Chantelle Streete, Nadia and the Kiss Me in Paris proposal planning team brought together an evening of live performance, a proposal in the gardens and a birthday dinner inside the château. The details kept returning to the two people at its center.

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte reflected in a still pool behind a crown ornament and sculpted fountain head. — Vaux-le-Vicomte, before the evening moved indoors.

Arrival at the château

The final “Be My Guest” invitation had named the château. A Rolls-Royce brought Jeremiah and Heaven out of Paris, while inside, the ballerinas made their last preparations. One final adjustment to a pointe shoe, then into position.

A private tour led the couple toward the Grand Salon. The evening was ready to begin.

Jeremiah and Heaven walk toward the château steps with a black Rolls-Royce behind them. — The Rolls-Royce had brought them to the ball.

A ballerina bends to adjust her pointe shoe in a chandelier-lit room at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — One last adjustment before the music began.

Two ballerinas in white dresses stand en pointe beside an open window at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — One last adjustment before the music began.

Two ballerinas in white costumes gesture to one another inside an ornate room at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — Inside, the ballerinas were making their final preparations.

Jeremiah and Heaven kiss beside a black Rolls-Royce in the courtyard at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — Inside, the ballerinas were making their final preparations.

The Grand Salon begins to change

A violinist and two ballerinas opened the performance. A violin solo followed. For “A Whole New World,” piano and a singer joined four dancers as blue light spread across the walls and ceiling.

Years earlier, at homecoming, Jeremiah and Heaven had leaned toward a kiss during a slow dance. The lights came on before it happened. That unfinished dance was one of the memories we carried into the evening.

Two ballerinas dance in the Grand Salon while Jeremiah and Heaven watch from the foreground. — Tatevik Baghmanian of Euterpe Paris, with two ballerinas in the Grand Salon.

Tatevik Baghmanian of Euterpe Paris plays violin in a turquoise gown with two ballerinas in the Grand Salon at Vaux-le-Vicomte, seen from above. — Tatevik Baghmanian of Euterpe Paris, with two ballerinas in the Grand Salon.

A ballerina performs beyond the silhouetted viewers in the Grand Salon at Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Heaven smiles beside Jeremiah in a close black-and-white view during the Grand Salon performance.

Grand Salon concept plan showing four ballerinas, piano and singer, lighting on the couple, and Blue Particles projections on the walls and ceiling. — The plan for “A Whole New World”: four ballerinas, piano and singer, with light on the couple and blue projections across the walls and ceiling.

Four ballerinas perform amid blue wall projections while Jeremiah and Heaven watch in the Grand Salon. — The plan for “A Whole New World”: four ballerinas, piano and singer, with light on the couple and blue projections across the walls and ceiling.

Jeremiah and Heaven smile beside blue light projections on a Grand Salon doorway at Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Four ballerinas perform on the patterned Grand Salon floor, viewed over Jeremiah and Heaven’s shoulders.

Into the gardens

The same four ballerinas accompanied Jeremiah and Heaven out of the salon and toward the gardens. Ahead of them, blue hydrangeas and pink roses framed an illuminated, reflective platform.

They paused together along the aisle and looked up. Above the flowers, the drone show was telling their story.

Jeremiah and Heaven walk hand in hand through the Grand Salon with ballerinas following behind.

Jeremiah and Heaven stand in the illuminated garden doorway of Vaux-le-Vicomte, with ballerinas behind them.

Ballerinas accompany Jeremiah and Heaven down the château steps toward the illuminated proposal setting. — The ballerinas accompanied them outside. At the end of the path, another surprise was waiting.

Their story in the sky

Every anniversary, Jeremiah wrote Heaven a message. This time, we helped him give that message a larger canvas.

Twenty-four appeared for her birthday. “Like Heaven in the Sky?” returned to the question about her name that had started their first conversation. Eight years became an infinity sign; their initials and a heart followed, then a ring box and the question he had brought to France.

We planned the aerial messages to lead into Jeremiah’s own proposal speech. As their LoveBook put it: “The sky could help him ask. The voice had to be his.”

Planning animation excerpt · 0:10. The words take shape. · Drone show: Crystal Drones

Drones spell “LIKE HEAVEN IN THE SKY” above the couple and four ballerinas at the floral proposal setting. — “Like Heaven in the Sky,” written above them.

Drones form the number 24 and a star above Jeremiah, Heaven, and four ballerinas in the gardens.

Drones trace a castle with tall towers above the couple and ballerinas in the gardens.

Three original drone storyboard panels: 24, Like Heaven in the Sky?, and 8 Years, numbered 2, 3 and 5. — Selected frames from the planned drone sequence: twenty-four for her birthday, the question about her name, and eight years together. The messages were designed to lead toward Jeremiah’s own words.

Drones form a large 8 above the word YEARS over the couple and ballerinas. — Selected frames from the planned drone sequence: twenty-four for her birthday, the question about her name, and eight years together. The messages were designed to lead toward Jeremiah’s own words.

The question and the fireworks

Jeremiah knelt. Heaven said yes. Fireworks rose over the grounds.

Jeremiah kneels before Heaven beneath an open ring box formed by drones, surrounded by pink and blue flowers. — The ring appeared in the sky as Jeremiah knelt below it.

Fireworks above Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte reflected in water during Jeremiah and Heaven’s proposal celebration. — The ring appeared in the sky as Jeremiah knelt below it.

Planning animation · 0:10. The burst planned around the ring exchange. · Fireworks: Grand Final Fireworks

Jeremiah kneels before Heaven while ballerinas extend their arms beside the floral platform and fireworks arc overhead. — The proposal, with the ballerinas still surrounding them.

Jeremiah kneels holding Heaven’s hand while bright firework trails cross the sky above the flower-lined aisle. — Jeremiah on one knee as white trails crossed the sky.

Jeremiah kneels and places the engagement ring on Heaven’s finger beneath blue and white flowers.

Heaven holds a pale pink rose with her marquise engagement ring resting among the petals.

Then the ring was on her hand, and they could turn toward the sky together. The homecoming lights had interrupted them. These lights had a different part to play. In the book’s words: “This time, the lights were applause.”

Jeremiah and Heaven watch a broad firework display over the formal gardens, framed by flowers and four ballerinas.

Jeremiah and Heaven stand together beneath gold fireworks with four ballerinas around the floral platform. — Then they could turn toward the sky together.

Jeremiah and Heaven stand embraced on the garden platform as four ballerinas extend their arms around them. — Then they could turn toward the sky together.

Champagne followed, with time to look at the ring, hold each other and take in what had just happened.

Jeremiah sprays Champagne while Heaven raises one arm and smiles beside the flowers. — The Champagne did not stay in the bottle.

A white-gloved server in a pale blue bow tie holds a Champagne bottle beside a tray of filled flutes. — Pale blue bow ties carried the evening’s colors into the Champagne service.

Heaven raises her Champagne flute beside Jeremiah among the illuminated garden flowers. — Pale blue bow ties carried the evening’s colors into the Champagne service.

A little time at the château

The flower-lined aisle became a place for portraits after the proposal. Back at the château, they paused beneath the arches and in the rooms inside while the team prepared dinner.

There was time for a few photographs together before the next part of the evening.

In black and white, Jeremiah and Heaven walk hand in hand along the illuminated floral aisle. — A walk back along the aisle, hand in hand.

Jeremiah smiles in his black tuxedo in a warmly lit château room. — A closer look at the ring.

Heaven holds her left hand beside her face, showing her engagement ring. — A closer look at the ring.

Jeremiah and Heaven kiss beneath a chandelier beside a large framed painting in an ornate château room.

Heaven sits in an ornate chair with Jeremiah behind her, seen past a softly blurred golden chandelier.

Back to the Grand Salon

The Grand Salon had changed again. A table stood beneath a canopy of flowers, with blue linen, candlelight and a live trio: piano, voice and drums. A horse appeared in projection high above them.

Heaven raises both arms as she and Jeremiah enter the Grand Salon, with candles and flowers in the foreground. — Heaven’s entrance, with both arms in the air.

Heaven came through the doors with both arms raised. Beside the table, her hand went to her chest. The room that had held the opening performances now held their birthday dinner.

Heaven holds one hand to her chest and reaches toward Jeremiah beside the dinner flowers. — The Grand Salon, ready for their return.

A wide view of the Grand Salon shows the candlelit dinner table, floral canopy, and mirrored cake table. — The Grand Salon, ready for their return.

The blue dinner table and floral canopy are framed by open doors into the Grand Salon. — The Grand Salon became part of the performance.

A singer performs at a microphone beside a white grand piano, with the pianist visible behind her. — The Grand Salon became part of the performance.

There was time to dance, too. The lighting plan had made room for that homecoming memory: this time, the lights would stay low.

Heaven and Jeremiah kiss on the black-and-white tiled floor of Vaux-le-Vicomte’s Grand Salon.

Jeremiah and Heaven turn toward each other at their candlelit dinner table beneath the flowers.

Jeremiah and Heaven sit at a blue-covered table beneath a tall floral canopy, with the birthday cake in the foreground. — Blue linen, candlelight, and a canopy of flowers for two.

Still her birthday too

Bastien Blanc-Tailleur, named the World’s Most Creative Pastry Chef by La Liste in 2024, created Heaven’s birthday cake and delivered it personally to Chantelle.

They cut it together, fed each other a little, and laughed. The proposal had given the evening another reason to celebrate. Her birthday still had its place.

Two team members lift a dark protective box from the birthday cake on its crystal-edged table. — Before the first slice, the careful unboxing.

Blue tiered cake with white garlands and gold details, surrounded by candles and pastel flowers. — Before the first slice, the careful unboxing.

Two attendants in white gloves light the slender candles around a blue tiered cake at Vaux-le-Vicomte. — The last candles, lit by hand.

Close view of white garlands, decorative medallions, and gold leaves on the blue birthday cake. — The last candles, lit by hand.

Heaven leans toward the lit candles on her blue birthday cake while Jeremiah smiles behind her. — A birthday wish, with her fiancé beside her.

Heaven cuts into the blue tiered cake while Jeremiah stands behind her with an arm around her waist. — A little frosting, and the new ring.

Black-and-white portrait of Jeremiah feeding Heaven a bite of cake beside the decorated tiers. — A little frosting, and the new ring.

The next words were theirs

There was still a book waiting to be opened.

Heaven lifts the white gift-box lid while Jeremiah smiles beside her at the candlelit table. — One more gift was waiting at her place.

Like Heaven in the Sky gathered eight years of Jeremiah and Heaven’s life together, from their first conversation and the kiss that had to wait to shared traditions, travels and the ways they had supported each other. Jeremiah supplied the memories. We turned them into an illustrated book they could keep.

Black-and-white close view of Heaven pulling the ribbon from a white gift box at the dinner table. — The homecoming almost-kiss had found its way onto the page.

Close view of two open blue books titled Like Heaven in the Sky in the couple’s hands. — The homecoming almost-kiss had found its way onto the page.

They read it together at the table. There were smiles, then tears. On the final page, the story left room for them.

Heaven smiles down at her open book while Jeremiah smiles toward her at the candlelit table.

Heaven holds a hand to her chest as she looks down at the open book, with Jeremiah smiling behind her. — Their wishes, in their own handwriting.

Jeremiah looks down at his open book with his fist against his mouth, framed by candlelight. — Their wishes, in their own handwriting.

Heaven wraps her arms around Jeremiah as they sit at the table, with an open book beside them. — A pause in the reading.

The chapter was called “The Wish.” Before returning to Paris, they added their own hopes for what would come next.

The Wish page with the printed invitation to write their next wish together, blank ruled lines, and spaces for Heaven and Jeremiah. — The final page of their book was left for them. Before the evening ended, they began to fill it.

Heaven writes in the open book while Jeremiah sits close beside her and smiles. — The final page of their book was left for them. Before the evening ended, they began to fill it.

A message on the way home

Three days later, on the way to the airport, Jeremiah wrote:

“This proposal is something she is going to remember for decades and something we will both look back on years and years from now. You all helped make it more special than I could have ever imagined.”

— Jeremiah, WhatsApp message after the proposal

Heaven recorded a thank-you for the team.

How we produced it in six days

Jeremiah’s initial idea was a proposal overlooking the Eiffel Tower. As we learned more about him and Heaven through our planning questionnaire, it grew into a day of personal discoveries, ending with a celebration at a château. His ideas for music, ballet, drones and fireworks gave us the starting point.

Six days meant choosing people we could trust, making decisions quickly and keeping several parts of the production moving at once. Chantelle, Nadia and the team worked with the château and our creative partners to make room for an ambitious commission on a very short calendar.

The château made room

Vaux-le-Vicomte had events on the two preceding days and an internal event on the evening we needed. Through our relationship with the château team, that gathering moved to another building. The rooms and gardens became available for Jeremiah and Heaven.

The estate gave the evening several settings: the Grand Salon for live performance and dinner, the gardens for the proposal and sky shows, and rooms inside for portraits. Its long garden axis carried the view far beyond the place where they stood.

The château is in Maincy, France, outside Paris. Private hire is arranged around its calendar and the spaces your celebration needs. We coordinate those decisions with the venue, together with the transport, setup and specialist permissions the evening needs. If you’re considering a château for your wedding, our Paris wedding planners can help you choose spaces for the ceremony, dinner and dancing.

A stone sphinx at Vaux-le-Vicomte, with warm evening light and the château softly blurred behind it.

A sculpted fountain head and crown ornament reflected in a still garden pool at Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte seen above garden flowers and tall stems in evening light.

The right people and the same plan

With many specialists already booked, we searched internationally to bring the right filmmakers, photographers and creative partners together. Over several long days, we compared proposals and secured availability.

Several partners rearranged schedules to accommodate the celebration. Behind the scenes, the team coordinated piano transport, lighting, artist rehearsals and dining preparations. A detailed lighting plan guided each scene in the Grand Salon, where live performance and projected images shared the same historic room.

Heaven sits on a sofa in the château library while a photographer and an assistant with a light work in front of her. — A portrait in the library, seen from the other side of the camera.

Permissions and timing

The drone and fireworks teams worked with us on technical plans, insurance and authorizations. We worked with the prefecture to secure an earlier display window, making use of the remaining evening light. The preparations also included permissions and insurance for the filming drone and the grand piano inside the château.

Friday traffic and road closures complicated the drive out of Paris. The planners kept the drivers, venue and production teams in contact while the couple moved through their day. Every part of the evening depended on people knowing what was happening beyond their own task.

A printer found time for the last detail

Our usual printer could not meet the deadline for the LoveBook. We found another lab in Paris that could. The château, the shows and the cake were coming together; their story had to be there, too.

Your questions

What did this proposal cost?

Jeremiah and Heaven’s celebration had a six-figure budget. A different proposal will have its own venue, creative and production requirements. Chantelle can discuss those with you before preparing an estimate. Our Paris proposal cost guide explains the wider budget.

Can you arrange a proposal on a short timeline?

This celebration was planned in six days. What is possible for another date depends on venue access, specialist availability and the authorizations required. Contact Chantelle as early as you can so the team can assess your plans.

Who will help me plan from abroad?

Chantelle and the Paris-based planning team coordinate the venue and specialist partners in English. Tell them your date, ideas and the decisions you would like help making. See how our proposal planning works.

Team credits

Planning & design

Kiss Me in Paris

Lead planner

Chantelle Streete

Venue

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Photography

The Paris Photographer
Kiss Me in Paris

Film

Florals

Décor

Structures

Lighting

Projection mapping

Drone show

Fireworks

Grand Final Fireworks

Live band

Violin

Ballet

Catering

Cake

Collection Paris · Bastien Blanc-Tailleur

Earlier that day in Paris

Before the château, five “Be My Guest” invitations had led Heaven through her birthday in Paris, revealing one surprise at a time: a private Seine cruise, lunch at Shangri-La, a macaron-making experience at École Ducasse and time to get ready at the Bulgari. The final card named Vaux-le-Vicomte. A Rolls-Royce was waiting to take her to the ball.

Black-and-white portrait of Heaven leaning against Jeremiah on a boat, with the Eiffel Tower behind them. — Earlier in Paris, a little time on the Seine.

Jeremiah pipes rounds of macaron batter onto a tray while Heaven works at the counter behind him. — Earlier in Paris, a little time on the Seine.

The illuminated façade of Vaux-le-Vicomte seen between stone balusters at dusk.

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