Papermonkey's bespoke wedding stationery

When it comes to personalising your wedding and setting the scene, what could be better than bespoke hand painted wedding stationery? Straight off the bat with your 'save the date' cards, you have put your individuality stamp on your wedding celebrations.

Papermonkey's in the UK, design beautiful personalised wedding stationery. Using water coloured illustrations of the location or venue for your wedding in Italy, they create wedding stationery keepsakes.  

You can also frame the original art work making it a lovely reminder of your wedding!

The wonderful thing about their designs is they are fun, capture your personality and  are different from all the other wedding invitations out there! 

Check out Papermonkey's website for more examples of their work.

The Festa del Redentore

Getting married in Venice at any time of the year is incredibly special, but there are a few dates throughout the year which depending on your point of view, could add to your very special day. This weekend has seen the Festa del Redentore, some of you may not have heard of this popular Venitian celebration as it is not as well known as the Venice carnival,but it is  a spectacular celebration that attracts thousands of visitors. 

I can imagine some of you might be thinking that the idea of this beautiful city filling with thousands of visitors on your wedding weekend might not be a great idea, but The Italian Wedding Planner would organise your wedding day so that you would get the opportunity to experience this spectacular festival without having to deal with the crowds or lose out on the romance of the city of Venice. 



Just picture a beautiful wedding celebration in Venice, this could be a civil ceremony, religious ceremony or a symbolic celebration, on the Saturday morning. After the ceremony celebrate your marriage with a mouthwatering lunch over looking the grand canal and then as the sun is setting, take to the water in a privately chartered boat and join the flock of boats who have taken to the water on this day as they have for centuries. 

 Cruise along with all the boats decked out with balloons, decorations and brightly coloured lanterns,  flock into St. Mark’s Bay and the Giudecca Canal. The boats then moor alongside each other and along with all the participants enjoy a sumptuous dinner of traditionalVenetian specialities while you wait for the firework display that begins at 11.30pm and lasts until well past midnight.

Depending on the size of your wedding and the size of boat you would like, it would be possible to arrange music and dancing onboard. You could be cutting your wedding cake as the sky erupts in colour... 


The following day enjoy a series of gondola races, organised as part of the “Voga alla Veneta” rowing season. 

The Festa del Redentore is a tradition that dates back to 1577. It was first held to celebrate the city’s deliverance from a terrible plague and the construction of Palladio’s “Redentore” (Redeemer) Church, commissioned for the same reason.
The Church, built on the Island of the Giudecca, can still be reached by pilgrims during the festival by means of an impressive 330-metre-long pontoon bridge.


If you like the idea of getting married in Venice during this historical event, please contact us for more information. Please note If you wish to host your wedding in Venice in the month of July, specifically during the Redentore, it would be advisable to start planning you wedding before the end of the year.

www.theitalianweddingplanner.com

Italian Wedding Destination: Aeolian Island Salina Part One

When one first thinks of getting married in Italy, one automatically thinks of the beautiful country and all it has to offer.  From Venice and Tuscany, to Rome and the Amalfi Coast there are stunning views, spectacular architecture, delicious food, and amazing people making Italy a fantastic place to get married. But that is just the mainland....  

I recently ventured south and discovered some lovely hidden jewels. During our week of touring the Aeolian Islands, staying on the island of Salina with a few friends, I could not help thinking what a perfect place it was for a wedding in Italy. 

The view from our villa.

Nestled between two inactive volcanoes, the town of Malfa was the perfect town to settle in for a week in paradise.  The people were kind and welcoming, and even brought us fresh vegetables from their garden! Salina offers a plethora of activities for the active couple as well. You can go kayaking or hiking or just rent scooters for the day and cruise around this magnificent Island.  Or take a more relaxed approach and peruse the unique shops or grab a gelato and stop to take in the view.  Almost everywhere you go on the island, there is a view of the sparkling blue Tyrrhenian Sea.  The perfect backdrop for a gorgeous wedding in Italy!

The rich volcanic soil results in the most breathtaking, vibrant flowers all over the island.

In the main piazza of Malfa, this beautiful church is the main focus. Every day the soft dreamy bells rang out from Chiesa dell’Immacolata letting everyone know when lunch is ready or to come in from the rolling hills where they have been picking Capers or tending their grape vines. 

On one of the first evening of our stay, we sat on the terrace enjoying a glass of the local vino and drinking in the view, we heard the bells calling the locals to the church for the wedding celebration of two of the towns residence.  

To our delight the ceremony was broadcasted out over the town so the whole community could listen and celebrate with the couple.  As the priest spoke about love, it was so rhythmic and melodic that all four of us were deeply moved by the romance of the moment. 

We could then hear the bride and groom, each taking a turn to declare their vows to one another.  After the priest declared them husband and wife, their wedding ceremony concluded with the pleasant sounds of a children’s choir. I’m sure for the bride and groom it was a very moving moment, personally it is one that will stay with me forever... 

I have to admit, after just a couple days on this magical island, and experiencing this beautiful Italian wedding, I couldn’t help but think how I might like to have a wedding there in Salina one day…

By 

Stacey