We are super excited to share with you our first Wildflower feature wedding! In keeping with our latest theme of vineyard inspired weddings, we thought there wouldn’t be a better location to kick things off with than Tuscany…after all, who doesn’t think of wine when they think of Italy. Dave & Dominique are two of the loveliest most down to earth people you could ever meet, and we think that their choice venue, The Lazy Olive, embodies just that with its abundance of natural beauty and rolling green hills. Congratulations Dave & Dominique and thank you for sharing your beautifully romantic celebration with us!
Flower embelishment on shoes by Misun Bridal; Earings and Bracelet by Treasures 570
Bride’s dress Denia by La SPosa; Bridesmaids dresses by J Crew & Shoshanna
We love these high school sweethearts’ choice of locally produced olive oil as favours. The olive oil (pictured above left) is produced by The Lazy Olive itself and is a wonderful take home momento for guests. This choice was inspired by Dave & Dominique’s love for great food. For a DIY touch to this romantic destination wedding, Dominique crafted the favour tags, as well as the menus and place cards…. great choices for DIY projects that fit into a suitcase!
The wine cork place card holders purchased on Etsy; by tigerlilly878.
A few words of advice from the bride: “It’s hard to come up with words of advice since I think everyone’s vision for their wedding is so different! For ours, we wanted the wedding to be small, intimate, romantic with a vintage look and feel. Dave and I both share a passion for traveling, good food and good wine, and we wanted to incorporate that in our celebration. We got engaged in Venice, so it was only fitting that we go back to Italy, a country that we love, to celebrate our union. We chose The Lazy Olive in Asciano, Tuscany, because of its natural beauty, peaceful setting, and the fact that it was big enough to accommodate most of our guests for the week.
For future brides and grooms, I offer the following advice: Have the wedding that you want to have (not the wedding that others expect you to have). This will ensure that you have no regrets; Don’t forget what the day is about (sharing your love for each other with your closest friends and family); Getting a wedding planner and/or day-of coordinator reduces so much stress and is worth every penny (and with the discounts they can get you, they often pay for themselves); Don’t sweat the small stuff, have fun and enjoy every minute of the day because it goes by so fast; Find ways to personalize your wedding so that it’s representative of both of you. For example, we asked our string duo to learn one of our favourite rock songs (“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey) to play at the end of our ceremony. This song was especially appropriate considering we’d been together fourteen years before tying the knot.”
Credits: Photography: Cristiano Brizzi; Event Planning: Boutique Events
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