September is coming and with it a lot of weddings on our lakes. But we can start with some here of this latest part of August. Today was Anne and Alan’s turn. They got married in the gardens of Villa Bossi – Orta San Giulio.
During the ceremony Anne, coming from France and Alan, coming from Ireland were accompanied by 4 wonderful flower girls all light pink dressed.
Color scheme was based on green and white with a touch of light pink.
You could see it in the lovely bridal dress Anne had, the bridal bouquet and centerpieces to San Rocco hotel for the reception.
We will come back soon talking about this special event on Lake Orta with a full post!
We’ve mentioned this lovely news in our Just Married section. This was one of the most important event of 2010 Summer Season on Italian Lakes: Daniel and Tessa’s wedding on Lake Maggiore.
Tessa Brix is a Dutch model. She is also famous in her country for many TV spots and catwalks.
In 2003 she was Miss Netherlands Universe and she represented Netherlands to selections for Miss Universe in Turkey.
In 2005 she was chosen again to represent the Netherlands to Miss Europe in Paris.
It was a real honor for Italian Lakes Wedding Team hosting Tessa Brix wedding. We worked hard to make this happen and to let Tessa and Daniel enjoy their event in every single detail. Valentina Lombardi – our planner for Lake Maggiore – followed the planning event, Monika Andenmatten followed floral design. Enrico Mocci was the photographer chosen by Tessa and Daniel to be their official photographer for their Big Day.
You will see here just few images of all the pictures but do not hesitate to see Tessa and Daniel’s PHOTO GALLERY. There are more than 60 images taken by Enrico Mocci who calibrated colors, lights and shades in a perfect way. Continue Reading »
For our Just Married section we go back on Lake Maggiore today. This time we are on Brissago Islands. Fiona and Scott have just got married there.
Brissago Islands are two little islands on Switzerland waters of Lake Maggiore. They are located just few kilometers from Italian border. Isola Grande is famous for his botanic park and wonderful Villa Emden.
Inside the villa there is now a lovely restaurant where Fiona and Scott hosted friends and family for their wedding reception.
Here you will see the first images of the event which are given to us by Raffaello Mazzoleni. Raffaello was the official photographer Fiona and Scott chose for their event on Lake Maggiore.
We wish all our best to Fiona and Scott!
We promise we will come back to you telling about this lovely English couple with more details about their wedding on Brissago Island. So stay tuned for more photos to come!
Here we are again time talking about Nadia and Michel and their fantastic wedding at Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como: Photo27 team followed for us the whole event not only with a great photo session, but also realizing an exceptional video.
We are happy today to show you a short clip of it.
Nadia and Michel: the Big Day has arrived!
First of all let us introduce you our bride and groom: Nadia and Michel both come from Germany. The groom has Italian heritage. His relatives came from Puglia Region in Southern Italy which is famous for its splendid sea.
Nadia and Michel always loved Lake Como. They visited it many times and they chose it as their wedding destination.
In order make their love dream come true they chosed a special romantic and exclusive venue. Choosing Villa del Balbianello has been more than natural, considering also how famous it is!
At their arrival Nadia and Micheal had a beautiful sunny day and they enjoyed a relaxing boat trip on Lake Como.
The day of their wedding started with a cloudy and rainy sky. Luckily, clouds left the space to the sun, creating a landscape even more evocative and unreal.
Micheal and guests’ arrival by motorboat to Villa del Balbianello, stood out in all its splendor, with the 2 gracious bell towers of the ancient Saint John Convent which stretched skywards in a myriad of clouds and shades.
Isn’t it stunning? Just look to images of the Villa seen from the Lake! The authors are again Estella & Diego of Photo27 who followed the 3 days event: boat trip on the Lake the first day, wedding to Villa del Balbianello and last but not least a beach party in Lenno on the third day, right after the wedding.
And here arrives Nadia, on board of a luxurious white motorboat. The clouds went away in the meanwhile, leaving the space to a clear sunny day…
It almost seemed that the planners arranged the sun coming too!
During the weddings, access to Villa del Balbianello, is exclusively allowed from the Lake. You are welcome by the motto “Fay ce que voudras” (do what you want) which the Cardinal Durini wanted to be engraved on the small pier. Continue Reading »
When the wedding day is close, bride and groom sometimes can be nervous and excited. Many times the day before the wedding is the most overwhelmed day! Here the wedding planner role is important. She or he takes care of all the arrangements, in order to let the bride and groom live and enjoy their big day!
They can be sure that each aspect of the wedding is firmly under control.
This what happened to Nadia and Michel.
Their event was totally stress-free thank to the excellent job done by the planners who coordinated any details for the wedding day to Villa del Balbianello.
Bride and groom this way could enjoy their day before!
In our next post we’ll talk of the wedding day but today we’d like to focus on the stunning boat trip that the bride and groom to be decided to enjoy the day before the wedding.
This took place while planners were working for them.
Boat trip on Lake Como started early in the morning, under a beautiful sunny weather. Nadia and Michel went on Hotel Victoria pier in Menaggio. A luxury motorboat was waiting for them together with by Estella and Diego, the photographers of Photo27 who were in charge to follow the whole event. Nadia and Michel chose Estella and Diego for the style fresh and dynamism of their photo sessions, both bride and groom fell in love with their wonderful style.
Leaving Menaggio, motorboat toured the waters of the lake to reach first Bellagio tip and then Varenna, another famous wedding destination on Lake Como. Varenna was built on a rock vertically on the lake.
It is an ancient and picturesque fishermen village with beautiful villas facing the lake which are destination of many events organized by Italian Lakes Wedding Team. Continue Reading »
Since almost a month we’ve posted a with our Just Married section special preview of weddings on our lakes. This way we are able to show you weddings in real time, just the same day of the event itself.
Thanks to quick post production skills of our Team’s photographers who are able to give us best shots of the day we can post all almost at the same time of the event.
Today Alessandro Balossi photographer has given us Cinzia and Christian’s wedding photographs in just few hours from the event which took place on late afternoon on Lake Orta.
As floral designer I created for Cinzia a round shaped bouquet with Red Roses Passion embellished with many little Swarovski crystals and tied in a compact baby’s breath crown.
Have a look to great impact of this picture lied on wonderful 60s Bentley. This great car accompanied the bride up to entrance of the church. Continue Reading »
Our bride and groom Yvonne and Stephen have a great Scottish wedding.
For their Italian wedding they decided romantic atmosphere of Lake Orta and is Villa Bossi.
An evocative arrival for the bride on rowing boat accompanied by wonderful and vibrant sound of pipes bag playing traditional Scottish songs. Continue Reading »
For our Just Married section today, just few hours ago on Lake Orta, Rebecca and Marcus (from Australia) got married.
The Italian Lakes Wedding team has taken care of every detail to make sure the wedding of Rebecca and Marcus is special.
Stay tuned for more details about Rebecca and Marcus wedding we will tell you more in a little while! Congratulation to the newlyweds!!!
At Italian Lakes Wedding we are always looking for something new to suggest our couples.
Music for example!
Are you thinking about something elegant like a string quartet but you also think that this solution could be too classical? Are you thinking about some classical music but with a touch of vitality to add some freshness to your event? Electric violin music is the right choice!
Electric violin is a very high tech instrument. It can play every kind of music from classical, rock, jazz, swing, tango and latin. It can match with every instrument, piano in particular, electric guitar or flute. It is so versatile and perfect that can fit to every occasion from wedding ceremony to aperitif and dances for the after dinner party.
Musicians of Joy Ensemble prepared for you several short demos to let you know the great potentiality and magic of electric violin.
You can listen from Beatles to movies soundtracks such as Chocolat, Amelie, and the Royal Tenenbaums.
Just click on Ipod button to listen to the music.
If you would like to receive more information or book Joy Ensemble “plugged” for your wedding just fill the form below. Continue Reading »
