Your ultimate Italian Lakes Wedding planning resource Posts RSS Comments RSS

Archive for the Tag 'bridesmaid'

A wonderful young couple on Lake Orta

Today I would love to tell you about a very sweet and your couple coming from UK.
Hannah and James got married on late September 2010 on wonderful Lake Orta.
The day was blessed by a warm sun that brought a lot of joy to the event.

lake Orta weddings

We can say that Hannah and James were surely the youngest couple we planned the wedding for in 2010 and we really want to wish them all the best for their life together!

wedding on Lake Orta

Hannah and James decided for Orta without seeing it before. They thought once arrived here the lovely medieval village could be a sweet surprise for their guests and for them too.
And it was! The warm temperature of September welcomed the small group. Bride and groom decided for an intimate wedding on the shores of the lake.

Lilac bridal bouquet by La Piccola Selva florist - Lake Orta

Hannah’s tastes were on purple, lilac and white and she opted for a very elegant bouquet matching bridesmaid dress.
She decided to get ready in the amazing rooms of the Moorish Villa, one of the most luxurious venues in Orta San Giulio.

wedding hairdresser lake Orta

Hairdresser reached her here and she had all the time to get ready before reaching Orta main square to get on a rowing boat to reach James waiting for her to the town hall.

purple bridesmaid dress
Hannah & James's wedding was planned by Valentina Lombardi - Italian Lakes Wedding
wedding ceremony at the Town Hall of Orta

This time it was the bridesmaid to walk on the aisle with the bride. Have a look to the colors on the warm sun of September aren’t the two girls just stunning? Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet

A poetic blessing by the shores of Lake Maggiore

There is a special corner close to Stresa the pearl of the Lake, a wonderful luxury hotel just on the lake shore with gorgeous gardens and wonderful scenarios for a magic wedding.
And this is the place Darren and Leanne loved when they visit Lake Maggiore one year ago when they came over to find the perfect venue on this spot of Italy: the Grand Hotel Dino in Baveno.

wedding to Grand Hotel Dino

Darren’s words are fixed in my mind “One hour by plane, few minutes on the motor-way and you reach Paradise on Earth!
How could I describe better a place like this?

wedding florist in Baveno Lake Maggiore

Leanne and Darren come from Ireland and the choose Lake Maggiore for their destination wedding. We explored several venues but as soon as they reached Hotel Dino they simply fell in love with the venue and pleasant atmosphere you breath inside.

wedding ceremony by the shores of Lake Maggiore to Hotel Dino
outdoor wedding ceremony Hotel Dino Lake Maggiore
open air wedding ceremony Hotel Dino lake Maggiore

They really wanted a symbolic blessing in the grounds of the hotel. Their day was blessed with a wonderful sun and mild temperature and their dreams came true.
The blessing was set in the smaller and more private garden of the hotel. Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet

Irish Sky on Lake Orta

There is an Italian song called Cielo d’Irlanda (Irish Sky) by Italian singer Fiorella Mannoia. This is a real celebration to Irelend as Italians see it.
A wonderful green land where you can drawn in the blue (this is a verse of the song). This song is the perfect union between Ireland and Italy as Shauna and Marco wedding we would like to tell you about in our post today.
After Helen and Daehun’s wedding here is another very human and symbolic wedding on Lake Orta. Shauna is Irish and Marco is Italian. We love thinking that this wedding is a perfect union between two nation that has been always friends!
Both Ireland and Italy have this special human and natural feeling that goes beyond every difference.

lilac roses bridal bouquet
lake Orta wedding planners
Orta wedding photographer Enrico Mocci

A union begun centuries ago thanks to close relationship between Irish church an Vatican. You can see it with the Flight of the Earls back in 1608 one of the most famous event in Irish history.
We cannot forget about James Joyce who wrote in Italy many of his books. You can also see Italian classical tradition in rich Irish artistic patrimony.

These days Italy and Ireland are among the best supporters of European Union. From the touristy point of view Irish people love to come to Italy and Italians love travel to Ireland. Italy and Ireland are close also in soccer world, national soccer team’s coach is an Italian man: Giovanni Trapattoni.

wedding vintage Fiat 500 rental

For these and other reasons we love to think that Shauna and Marco’s wedding is another confirmation that Ireland and Italy are so close to each other. Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet

Today Italy and Ireland got together on Lake Orta!

Today Italy and Ireland got together on Lake Orta! Shauna is Irish and Marco is Italian. In the first hours of today afternoon Shauna and Marco got married in the wonderful church of Maria Assunta in the historical center of Orta San Giulio.

cream-lilac-bridal-bouquet
wedding-car-rental-500-fiat

Bride arrived on a wonderful vintage Fiat 500.
To symbolize a union between Italy and Ireland the car was decorated with some ribbons: green, white and orange (to recall Ireland) and green white and red (to recall Italy).

flower-girl-roses-bouquet
violet-bridesmaid-dress

Have a look to bridal bouquet created with big lilac and cream roses blossoms matching perfectly Shauna’s bridesmaid dress.

Enrico-Mocci-wedding-photographer-Orta

These are just few images of Shauna and Marco’s wedding that Enrico Mocci from ArteFoto Arona gave us. Thanks again for his quickness and great editing!
We will come again soon talking about some details of this new wonderful wedding on Lake Orta!

Share This Post

No responses yet

Summer Season Weddings in Orta, part 2: Laura & Kieran

We are back with the second part of the special session of posts on couples that on Summer 2009 chose Orta and Villa Bossi for their wedding in Italy.

Orta-San-Giulio-Town-Hall

Even if these couples chose similar options they personalized their wedding making it unique and very different from each other.

Italian-Style-Bridal-Gowns

Laura and Kieran chose for their wedding cranberry red as theme color. They added a touch of this shade of red in every detail starting from bridesmaid dress. She was nice Laura’s sister.

Red-Cranberry-bridesmaid-dress

Cranberry Red was the color that Manuela the flower designer used to create bridal bouquet. It was made of wonderful Lily Stargazer.

stargazer-lily-bridal-bouquet

At the end of the ceremony newly weds and their guests had a pretty walk along the pretty roads of Orta village up to the main square to take wonderful wedding pictures. Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet

Summer Season Weddings in Orta, part 1: Nathalie & Tim

There are many couples that during Summer 2009 chose Orta San Giulio as their wedding destination. I will tell you more about some of them in following posts, such as Amy and Tom or Cassy and Gary.
In the meanwhile I’m here to tell you some of the details I will always keep in my heart of several lovely couples I’ve planned the wedding for.

Summer-Season-Weddings-in-Orta

Starting from today we will present here short posts in which you will know some couples that this summer chose Orta San Giulio.

Lago-d'Orta-Wedding

Side to Orta as destination these couples all chose the same venue for their civil ceremony:
Villa Bossi the town hall of Orta San Giulio.
Orta-Town-Hall-Weddings

Villa Bossi is an extremely appealing venue. There is no other venue like this in Italy. Bride arrives with a rowing boat (or motor boat) with bridesmaids, by herself but most of of the times with her father.

Get-married-on-Lake-Orta

Just after getting off the boat, bride walks on the aisle with a hundreds of rose petals on. Groom and guests are all waiting for her under the villa porch where the civil ceremony is going to be held.

Walking-up-the-aisle-at-Orta-Town-Hall

Each of the couple that chose Orta and Villa Bossi for their wedding personalized every single detail of the ceremony itself and reception to follow making it unique and wonderful.

Independent-Pictures-Photographer-Torino

The first couple I would like to tell you about are Nathalie and Tim. The images you see here are taken from their wedding.

Nathalie-&-Tim's-Wedding-on-Lake-Orta

Theme color Nathalie and Tim chose was lime yellow wonderfully worn by pretty bridesmaid, the sister of the bride.

Lime-yellow-bridesmaid-dress

Both bridal and bridesmaid bouquets were lime yellow too. Nathaile chose a great color for her wedding! Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet

Wedding dresses from Greenville, South Carolina

Today we would like to show you a post on Italian Lakes Wedding and our team of wedding planners. It has been published some days ago on Dimitra Design’s blog. It is a Greenville atelier in South Carolina USA.
Greenville is a lovely city set on the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is located in a green area not close to lakes of the region. It has the deep savor of warm city of South.

wedding-in-Greenville-South-Carolina

Dimitra Designs atelier is just here. The business has been settled by Dimitra Mandala a skillful designer with more than 30 years of dressmaking experience.
Dimitra Designs is specialized in bridal attire, prom and pageant dresses. In an area with over than 15,00 squared feet of dimension you could find a huge range of beautiful wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride dresses, formal wear and more.

Wedding-Bridal-Dresses

We are pleased to invite you to visit Dimitra Design blog and read her posts on weddings, her favorite dresses and more. Be sure to keep reading!

Share This Post

3 responses so far

We love Italy, we love its people, its language, its food…

Photography by Enrico Mocci, ArteFotoArona

We love Italy: we love its people, its language, its food, its culture, its nature, etc. Therefore, getting married in Italy was the obvious choice.
But where? After thorough research and multiple research weekends in Italy (oh, the sacrifices one has to make…) we came to the conclusion that it would have to be in the picturesque Orta San Giulio. This lovely town even has its town hall on the lake (Lago d’Orta), allowing the bride and groom (or in our case: bride and bridesmaid) to arrive in a (rowing) boat!

We (bride, groom and guests) all stayed at hotel Leon d’Oro, that is situated right in the heart of the town (Piazza Motta) on the lake. Our rooms were immaculate and the friendly assistance we received from the staff really made us feel very welcome! We had welcome drinks for our guests on one of the terraces of the hotel overlooking the lake and the Isola San Giulio. Just perfect!

When the flowers arrived on our wedding day, we knew for sure that La Piccola Selva had been the right choice for the floral arrangements. We had had quite specific ideas about what the bouquet and corsages would have to look like and were very happy to see that La Piccola Selva had been able to bring it all together so beautifully. As per our request, it had also provided us with a special flower decoration for the stroller of our little niece. Great Paola, thank you! Continue Reading »

Share This Post

No responses yet


SEO Powered By SEOPressor