Eco-friendly weddings in Italy
WE LOVE GREEN: Quick guide to your eco-friendly wedding in Italy! Everybody cares about having an healthy life, that’s a fact! Being that our health depends most of all on how and where we live, we are becoming everyday more concerned about our impact on the environment. Day by day we try to make anything we can to preserve planet heart by recycling, using public transportation and so on but do we think about it even when we are planning our wedding? Is it really possible to arrange the best day of a couple’s life being respectful of our...
Read MoreFloral decorations ideas for long tables
I wanted to share with you a couple of ideas on how to decorate long rectangular tables at wedding receptions. Some of them are stunning settings of very talented event designers I admire, while others have been sent by clients who wanted to reproduce the same style and decor. This kind of table setting looks wonderful and make the table plan much easier because the groups can seat along the table without being separated. Floral decors, candles and lantern look gorgeous on long rectangular tables and they create a fabulous visual effect....
Read MoreItalian wedding favors ideas
Italian Favor boxes are a tradition that originated many centuries ago in France and Italy. The Italian word “Bomboniera” (favor) comes from the French “Bombonnière” that was a precious small box made of crystal or porcelain containing sugar sweets. In that era, sugar was considered a really expensive delicacy and was thought to have medical properties. When sugar became more affordable, the sweets were substituted by almonds and in the thirteenth century almonds coated with sugar, the modern “confetti”, were introduced. In...
Read MoreChild-friendly Italian wedding venues
Children are adorable and unpredictable, they are often part of a wedding party and we have to do everything we can to make them feel comfortable with what is going on.Exclusive Italy Wedding Planners are not only experienced and talented Designers but above all mothers of small children. For this reason we never underestimate the role of babies and kids in the events we plan. Bride and Groom decide if they want to include children or not, yes, it is their decision and everybody must respect it. It isn’t proper etiquette to have your...
Read MoreSpectacular 15h century Villa in Tuscany
This is absolutely one of the most wonderful countryside venues for weddings I have ever seen. It is truly a refined and spectacular villa for a romantic wedding in Tuscany. Suitable for intimate wedding or events up to 200 people. The property lies on the hills overlooking a beautiful valley in Southern Tuscany. Its position allows its guests to reach easily renaissance and medieval gems such as Siena, Perugia andAssisi. The Villa was built in the 15th century as a hostel for pilgrims and merchants. In the twentieth century the property...
Read MoreMediterranean blue jeans wedding
Cindy and Peter Jaciuk, a lovely canadian couple, contacted me in May 2011 to plan a destination wedding in Italy in September 2011. It was the second wedding for both of them and they wanted to get away and have a beautiful and intimate ceremony in Italy. They were booked in to stay at the Hotel Ambasciatori in Sorrento from the 31st of August until the 7th of September and they wanted to get married during their vacation. I recommended them to marry on September 2nd, on the first days of vacation so that they could honeymoon after the...
Read MoreValentine’s Day in Venice
Valentine’s Day this year exceeded all expectation in Venice! This year Valentine’s day fell on Carnival time and Exclusive Italy Weddings team was in Venice to celebrate a unique combination of bright coloured masks, Valentine’s Day and also the romantic Wedding of Leigh and Alistair! The sun blessed this Special Day and Leigh on her beautiful wedding dress caught the attention of the crowds while crossing St Mark’s square! In this cold day the most romantic city in the world built on water was warmed up by a mixture...
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