The National Wedding Show

Getting ready for the great event tomorrow! Direction: London! To participate at "The National Wedding Show" in London (28-30 September 2012) and Birmingham (05-07 October 2012).

Here's my ticket!
 

Of course the excitement is so great, because of the importance of the event. I invite you to visit the website http://www.nationalweddingshow.co.uk/  for all the information and to have a look at the photo gallery.

When I come back I'll tell you everything about it!

Have a good week end folks! :) 

The National Wedding Show

Tutto pronto per la grande partenza di domani! Direzione: Londra! Per partecipare finalmente al tanto atteso "National Wedding Show" che si terrà a Londra dal 28 al 30 Settembre e a Birmingham dal 5 al 7 Ottobre.

 

Ecco qui il mio biglietto!

 

 

Naturalmente l'emozione è tanta, data la grandezza e l'importanza dell'evento. Vi invito a guardare il sito http://www.nationalweddingshow.co.uk/ per tutte le informazioni a riguardo e per visionare la gallery con le fotografie dell'evento.

 

Al mio ritorno vi racconterò tutto!

 

Buon week end a tutti! :)

Wedding at Villa Grabau

Here is another special wedding made in Tuscany that was a real great success and I'm proud of having worked on it. The wedding took place at Villa Grabau, one of the most famous villas in Lucca of the Renaissance. My colleagues of the ilbiancoeilrosa and I went very early to the villa to set it up.

Villa Grabau

 

 Villa Grabau's gardens

The theme of the wedding were the cakes. The tables were then identified  with the name of a cake each: Saint Honoré, Apple Pie, Sacher, Paradiso, Delizia, Caprese and we put on each table white and pink decorated cakes with the name of the table as identification. Even the tableau de mariage was a huge decorated cake and we placed it on a table so as to divide the buffet area from the dining room. The placeholders were cookies in the shape of cakes, good to eat, so as to be a delicious gift for each guest. We placed a bigger cake on the bridal couple's table, the Cheese Cake table. We then rolled towels placing them in the menu and positioned the placeholder biscuits in each plate.

Placeholder biscuit

 Placeholder biscuit and towel in the menu. At bottom, the cake identifying the table 

 

 

Tableau de mariage

 

 

As soon as the florist came to give us the garlands as centerpieces, we placed them on each table and around the candles, which illuminated the whole ambience with their soft light. In addition, were also placed pink and fuchsia lights, to create a characteristic play of lights under the arches of the Limonaia.

We placed citronella candles all along the path of the Villa, so as to make it bright for guests as soon as the sun had set.

Decoration of the table

 

Candles along the path

Fuchsia lights in Limonaia

After dinner we set up the table for the candy buffet, with a tasting of candies-flavored Espresso Coffee, Almond, Torta Caprese, Champagne and Lemon Delizia. We set up the table for the wedding cake outside on the lawn of the Limonaia and decorated it with rose petals and candles. We handed sparks out to each guest for lighting them especially during the cutting of the wedding cake, so as to recreate a romantic and full of emotions moment.

The cake was fabulous for its beauty and taste, creation of the famous Le Torte di Toni.

The candy buffet

 

The table for the wedding cake

 

The wedding cake

 

 

We set up the table of favors also outside, using floating candles and roses and the guest book to leave nice messages to the newlyweds.

 

 The table of favors

Guest book

 

And also this time everything was perfect, signed ilbiancoeilrosa, which is a guarantee!

Matrimonio a Villa Grabau

Eccomi qui per raccontarvi un altro successone al quale sono fiera di aver collaborato. Si tratta di un matrimonio avvenuto a Villa Grabau, una tra le più famose ville lucchesi risalente al rinascimento. Io e le mie colleghe del ilbiancoeilrosa, ci siamo recate molto presto per allestirla.

 

Villa Grabau

 

Giardini di Villa Grabau

 

 

Il tema del matrimonio sono state le torte. I tavoli quindi sono stati nominati ognuno con il nome di una torta: Saint Honorè, Apple Pie, Sacher, Paradiso, Delizia, Caprese e per identificare ogni tavolo abbiamo messo delle torte finte, decorate coi colori del bianco e del rosa, con su scritto il nome del tavolo. Persino il tableau de mariage era a forma di una enorme torta, tutta decorata e l'abbiamo posizionato su un tavolo in modo da dividere la zona buffet dalla sala per la cena. I segnaposto erano anche questi dei biscotti a forma di tortine, buoni da mangiare, in modo da costituire un piccolo cadeau per ogni invitato. Sul tavolo degli sposi, il tavolo Cheese Cake, abbiamo posizionato una tortina più grande. Abbiamo quindi arrotolato i tovaglioli inserendoli nel menu e posizionato i biscotti segnaposto in ogni sottopiatto.

 

Biscotto segnaposto

Biscotto segnaposto e tovagliolo nel menu. In fondo, la torta identificativa del tavolo

 

 

Tableau de mariage

 

Appena è arrivato il fioraio a consegnarci le ghirlande centrotavola, le abbiamo posizionate su ogni tavolo e intorno ai candelabri, che illuminavano, con la luce soffusa delle loro candele, tutto l'ambiente. Inoltre, sono state sistemate anche delle luci rosa e fucsia, così da creare un caratteristico gioco di luci sotto gli archi della Limonaia.  

Lungo tutto il viale della Villa abbiamo posizionato delle candele citronelle, così da renderlo luminoso per gli ospiti al calar del sole.

 

 

Addobbo del tavolo

 

Candele lungo il percorso

 

Luci fucsia in Limonaia

 

 

Dopo cena abbiamo allestito il tavolo della confettata, con una degustazione di confetti al Caffè Espresso, Mandorla, Torta Caprese, Champagne e Delizia al Limone.

Il tavolo per il taglio della torta l'abbiamo allestito all'esterno, nel prato della Limonaia e decorato con petali di rosa e candele. Abbiamo consegnato ad ogni invitato delle scintilline da accendere appositamente per questo momento, così da ricreare un'atmosfera romantica e ricca di emozioni.

La torta era favolosa, sia di bellezza che di sapore, opera del famosissimo Le Torte di Toni.

 

La confettata

 

Il tavolo per il taglio della torta

 

La torta

 

 

Sempre all'esterno, abbiamo allestito il tavolo delle bomboniere con candele galleggianti e rose e il guest book a disposizione degli invitati per lasciare una dedica agli sposi.

 

 

 Tavolo delle bomboniere

Guest book

 

 E anche stavolta tutto è stato perfetto, firmato ilbiancoeilrosa, che è a dir poco una garanzia! 

 

Advertising video

Here's for you the advertising video of our company  on Youtube! This video will be shown at the Scalford Hall Wedding Show on October 14th in Leicester, to show our italian weddings in East Midlands!

Click on the link below and enjoy the video! I hope you like it :)

 

http://youtu.be/RB3OOuqlQJU

Video pubblicitario!

Ecco a voi il video pubblicitario della nostra azienda su Youtube! Questo video sarà mostrato alla fiera del 14 Ottobre qui a Leicester, allo Scalford Hall Wedding Show, per far vedere i nostri lavori italiani in East Midlands!

 

Cliccate sul link e... spero vi piaccia :)

 

http://youtu.be/RB3OOuqlQJU

The wedding of your dreams

After a long year of planning, finally the Big Day came! It was very funny to organize everything in details and I'm really pleased the guests enjoyed their time and had much fun. Everything was perfect, just as I wanted and I received many compliments. The wedding was marine-themed with butterflies: pink, orange and blue were the favorite colors chosen by the bride and groom. At the bride's house the florist mounted a magnificent arch with roses, ribbons and butterflies, that after the leaving of the bride, was delivered to the restaurant.

Arch at the bride's house

The bride under the arch
 

Detail of the arch

The arch at the restaurant

The bride chose a long cascade bouquet, with flowers of the same color of all the decorations and of the bride's make-up. Butterflies were put everywhere, even in the bride's hair.

Long cascade bouquet

 

Bride's hairstyle with gypsophila and butterflies

In the Church were created floral arrangements with canes, sterlizie and anthurium, while baskets containing rice, ribbons for cars, maps to get to the restaurant and two ornamental plants were placed outside the door of the Church. Baskets and plants were decorated with roses and colorful butterflies.

Decorations in the Church

 

Floral arrangements

 

Floral arrangements next to the bridal couple

Decorations outside the Church

Basket for rice

Ornamental plant outside the Church

 

While the bridal couple went around for doing their photo shoot, the guests went to the restaurant for having a wonderful and rich aperitif on the beach.
The whole location was theme-decorated: ribbons in white organza tied with colored raffia and  candles were placed along the path that leads to the beach from the restaurant. The  marine-themed centerpieces were with seashells, sand, fresh flowers and butterflies.

Centerpiece

Ribbon

Buffet area

Detail of the dining room

Floral arrangement

Ceiling

Butterflies descended from the ceiling and were also put on the curtains and around the buffet area. The tableau de mariage was marine-themed: each table was represented by a tropical fish, which was also placed in the center of each table as identification. Multicolored butterfly were used as  placeholder  and marine-themed menus were placed on each table for each guest. On the bridal couple's table was placed a large floral arrangement, two large hearts and butterflies and on the back.

A table

The lounge with the bridal couple's table in background

The lounge

Decoration behind the bridal couple's table

Floral arrangement on the bridal couple's table

Bridal couple's table indicated on the tableau de mariage

Tableau de mariage

Detail of a table on the tableau de mariage

Bridal couple's table

During the party

Detail of butterflies descending from the ceiling

Centerpiece with a fish as identification of the table

Detail of the tableau de mariage

Detail of a butterfly around the buffet area

Details of the decorations around the buffet area

 

After the aperitif on the beach the guests went to the outer room of the restaurant for having a rich buffet of delicious and decorated appetizers.
The dinner was held in the dining room and it was really appreciated by everyone, not only for the quality of courses, but also for their presentation.
 

Carved watermelon

Cascade ham

Shrimp cocktail

Ham and melon

Detail of decorated watermelon

Detail of floral arrangement on the bridal couple's table

Detail of a centerpiece

The guests enjoying the buffet

 

After the buffet the guests took their seats at their table, following the directions on the Tableau de Mariage. They were served with two first courses, two second courses, seafood and meat, lemon sorbet, red wine, white wine and drinks.

The whole evening was accompanied by the voice of a singer with a specially selected repertoire chosen by the bride and groom, containing italian, neapolitan and international songs. The guests enjoyed themselves dancing and singing at the karaoke.

Even during the cutting of the wedding cake the wishes of the bridal couple were fulfilled, putting the music of their choice as background, as well as during other special moments. So the music desired by the bride and groom was always present as soundtrack for the best moments.

Moreover a table was set up for a tasting of various flavors of sugared almonds: chocolate, smarties, tiramisu, baba and cream, rum, sicilian cassata.

The table of sweets was decorated using an orange net, butterflies and flowers. Baskets and glass jars were used to hold the sugared almonds and red hearts to specify the different tastes. The guests could fill  special cones with their favorite flavors.
 

Detail of the table of sweets

Table of sweets

The wedding cake

The cake topper

 

A table was set up for the wedding favors using a net, shells, ribbons, colorful butterflies and a floral arrangement with canes.

The evening continued on the beach with the romantic launch of  lanterns, where all the guests had fun for lighting and throwing them high in the sky.
 

Table of wedding favors

Launch of lanterns

 

The wedding ended late after disco, which entertained the bride and groom and their guests during the night.

This is just an example of wedding organized in detail by a Wedding Planner to emphasize once again that having a Wedding Planner makes the difference!