Italian Lakes Wedding Planner

Cindy and Christian asked me for a catholic wedding at lake Maggiore, their location was already fixed, the charming Villa Margherita in Oggebbio.
My proposal was to celebrate the church wedding in the roman chapel Sant’Agata in Novaglio near Oggebbio. This chapel was rebuilt and restored by the parish of Oggebbio and so the local priest is very proud to present this romantic and welcoming church, inside all worked out in rough granit stone.

A wonderful ceremony was prepared, but the most emotional moment were the trumpet music interludes from Cindy’s father and at the end an Italian song presented by one of their best friends being an opera singer.

There is enough outdoor-space to organize a toast afterwards and so we had special champagne from Lussemburg as Cindy parents are coming from there.

After enjoying a while the scenic views one has all over the lake we drove back to Villa Margherita and had the Italian aperitivo in their terraced gardens followed by a seated dinner.

Let me mention our deco-concept: it was all white and a smooth purple. Purple colored Hortensies matched with white Roses and white and lilac Lysianthus. Continue Reading »

Cindy und Christian haben mich um die Organisation Ihrer katholischen Trauung am Lago Maggiore gebeten. Verliebt hatten Sie sich schon in die Location Villa Margherita in Oggebbio. Mein Vorschlag war die romanische Kirche S. Agata in Novaglio, eine von der Gemeinde restaurierte romanische Kirche, an welcher der dortige Pfarrer sehr viel selbst mitgewirkt hatte und deshalb besonders stolz auf dieses kleine Juwel ist. Innen ist alles in hellem Granit-Stein erbaut.

Mit dem Pfarrer gemeinsam wurde eine wirklich rührselige Zeremonie ausgearbeitet. Aber besonders individuell war das Trompetenspiel von Cindys Vater und am Schluss trug dann ein guter Freund der Familie auch noch ein italienisches Lied in Opernmanier vor.

Vor der Kirche befindet sich ein geräumiger Terrassenplatz, sodass dies ein geeigneter Ort für einen Umtrunk ist. Cindys Eltern hatten einen speziellen Champagner aus ihrer Heimat Luxemburg mitgebracht.
Nach ausreichendem Genuss, vor allem aber auch der wunderschönen Blicke über den gesamten Lago Maggiore fuhren wir zurück zur Villa Margherita und wurden dort mit einem Welcome-Cocktail in deren Terrassengärten empfangen. Gefolgt von einem servierten Hochzeitsdinner im Garten.
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As the administrator for Italian Lakes Wedding it is rare that I have the opportunity to meet our brides and grooms ‘to be’ in person. Face to face meetings are usually the perogative of the wedding planner, floral designers, photographers and other professionals involved with the wedding day itself. I was fortunate enough to have met Lina quite by chance during Melanie and David’s ceremony at Villa Rusconi. In my modest opinion Lina and Borja’s wedding at Lake Maggiore was indeed the event of the year, making July 17th 2010 a memorable date!

Lina is a young girl of Chinese origin but 100% Italian. Born and raised in Verbania, she has travelled extensively including Japan, China and The United States before choosing to live with Borja in Spain. What struck me most about Lina was her great enthusiasm and profound affection for her home town and the surrounding area of Lago Maggiore. This played a huge part in her decision to select Verbania as the destination of her wedding day, also because it was an opportuntity to share her love of the area with guests, in order that they too could experience the pleasure of discovering the extraordinary beauty of this area.
Her emotional attachment transformed Lina into a kind of honourary Ambassador for Lake Maggiore, at least for a day!

Lina and Borja’s wedding was indeed a fantastic blend of different cultures and traditions: more than 200 guests coming especially from all over the world attended, notably those from Spain, America, Japan, Italy and China (some of whom are also residents of Italy).

We felt extremely fortunate about how things turned out and had decided that it would be wonderful to marry in my home town, especially because we will spend most of our time in Madrid.
For me Verbania is the place in which I was born as well as a beautiful location. I feel so proud to have been able to share this wonderful place with others who have never visited and perhaps didn’t even know about its existence. All of our friends from elsewhere were very impressed by what they saw and by all the close attention to detail.
- Lina

Great attention to detail was definitely a main feature of Lina and Borja’s wedding. Nothing was left to chance… from the wedding decorations for the ceremony and dinner, the video set up complete with steady cam and crane, to the flower arrangements, music and above all… the bride’s especially designed wedding dress and groom’s unique apparel.

My wedding dress was designed by Rosario Diaz, a stylist from Madrid. Rosario Diaz is an expert in designing and creating individual wedding dresses. We chose Rosario because he exclusively designed a wedding dress for Borja’s sister.
The hunt for my own dress started with other ateliers but none of them convinced me completely. Rosario showed us various kinds of fabric that had just arrived and I completely fell in love with material with a floral motif and ‘shredded’ effect made by laser that became the base of the gown. Continue Reading »

For one year we were planning all details together, Stephanie and Thomas, bride and groom and Romana and Britta, the wedding planners from Creative Wedding – Italian Lakes Wedding team.

Of course it had to be a special day – We think all brides do have this idea!

After a long day visiting all possible locations Stephanie and Thomas decided for the fabulous Villa Teodolinda at Laglio, Lake Como.
Who knows, if they thought of their important neighbourhood, George Clooneys house is just 500m away from this place.

The next steps was to choose a very special place for their civil ceremony. We proposed Ossuccio where the celebration is held under their historic arcades. So this was an outside-ceremony, almost open air. And the vice-major put all her emotions into her text, Romana as interpreter almost had tears in her eyes, when Stephanie and Thomas had to say yes in front of all their 45 guests.
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Für ein Jahr haben wir alles zusammen geplant, Spehanie die Braut, Thomas der Bräutigam und Romana und Britta als Wedding Planner von Creative Wedding – Italian Lakes Wedding team.

Natürlich sollte es ein wunderschöner Tag werden- das wünschen sich wohl alle Bräute !

Nach einem langen Tag, an welchem wir alle möglichen Locations rund um den Comersee besichtigten, fiel die Entscheidung auf die Villa Teodolinda in Laglio, kaum 500m weit von George Clooney entfernt.

Der nächste Schritt war, einen besonders schönen Ort für die standesamtliche Trauung zu finden. Unser Vorschlag war Ossuccio, wo die Trauungen quasi open air unter den historischen Arkaden stattfindet. Und die Vize-Bürgermeisterin hatte alle Ihre Emotionen in den vorzulesenden Gesetzestext gesteckt, sodass Romana als Übersetzerin mit den Tränen kämpfte, als sich Stephanie und Thomas vor 45 Gästen schliessllich das Si zuflüsterten. Continue Reading »

Thinking about a wedding we can imagine big parties, wonderful dresses and big wedding cakes.
If you are thinking about all this, Helen and Daheun’s wedding could be really out of ordinary!
But in its dimension and semplicity it was one of the loveliest wedding on Lake Orta.
An event full of emotions and symbols which is rare to face nowadays.

It was special also for wedding images: Helen and Daehun chose Luca Rajna – Ajn Luca Rajna Progetti Fotografici – as their photographer. We met him in occasion of Loretta and Scott’s wedding on Lake Maggiore last year. Luca Rajna is a creative and innovative photographer.

For this occasion all images has been edited with a special technique called Polaroid Transfer.
Polaroid is the legendary camera of the 70s which was able to develop pictures immediately.
Polaroid transfer technique is simply pressing a just-shot photo with a Polaroid on watercolor paper. The result is really artistic an vintage with some irregolar shaped edges. Luca Rajna created the same effect for great shots of Helen and Daheun’s wedding. Have a look to PHOTO GALLERY with 70 polaroid transfers photo in it.

Helen was born in Illinois she is optimist and loves nature. She is vegetarian and loves colors and scent of flowers. After her degree to Columbia University in Manhattan she moved to South Corea where met Daehun her groom.
Helen loves South Corea and people there. After the wedding she came back over there where she teach English to elementary school to Siheung City.

Helen wanted to get married and have a lovely honeymoon across Europe. She never been over here.
It was not easy choose the right destination… then browsing on the internet Helen found out Italian Lakes Wedding and decided immediately for Madonna del Sasso church.

This lovely church was built on a rock right above Lake Orta. Madonna del Sasso church is one of the most wanted churches on the lakes and one of the most scenographic in Italy.
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As a flower designer, we have to admit that the wedding of Loretta and Scott were one of the most stimulating ones. It was months of work, 3 meetings with the bride and groom, lots of emails with decisions and re-decisions before arriving at the final go.

Loretta and Scott are a very nice couple from England who decided to get married at Lake Maggiore. Both have origins in Italy, both are born in London but the bride’s parents are from Parma and Piacenza and the groom’s father is British but his mother is from Salerno.

Both have Italian origins, that’s why they met for the first time in St Peter’s Italian church in London. After 9 years finally they wished to become husband and wife. Their decision to come to Italy for the wedding was crystal clear, but where? They wanted somewhere which is neither near his or her family backgrounds, so it was the beautiful setting of Villa Rusconi Clerici and the fantastic landscape around Lake Maggiore.

Their choice of photographer was also made with the highest attention, he had to be professional, very special and with a photo-reportage style. Indeed, it is very important to select a good photographer, because what he is producing will last forever.

So it was Luca Rajna, one of the most appreciated and best photographers in the lakes area.
Have a look yourself www.ajn.it.

The church for the wedding was San Leonardo’s at Pallanza, built in 1537, it overlooks the Piazza San Leonardo and the lakeshore.
For the flowers Loretta wanted a focus on the main altar with 2 large compositions of ivory Rose Vendela on some high basements of metal.

Then some smaller compositions combined with tulle and organza in white, emerald green and ivory on the ends of each row of pews. This was the colour theme throughout all the decoration, sometimes added by a touch of lilac.

The bridal bouquet of Loretta was round and very compact and resembled the colours used in church, from the white and ivory of the roses into the emerald green of the ribbons that hold it all together, decorated with some pearls here and there.

A fantastic advantage of this church was the small walking distance to Villa Rusconi Clerici, just 300m.
For Loretta and Scott it was easy to decide for the Villa Rusconi Clerici, they were in love with the location from the beginning. It is really a wonderful place as the villa is situated directly on the shore of the lake, has splendid views and a huge garden. As the wedding day was very warm, the welcome drinks were prepared outside on the lakeshore. Accompanied with some wonderful music from a string quartet.

The dinner itself was inside the white gazebo, this is an elegant structure of tents finished with metal that was normally used at the beginning of the 19th hundred century. Continue Reading »