A Southern Spring Wedding Infused With the Spirit of an Italian Villa

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We mostly designed around our Italian villa venue, soft colors, and things we liked. I would say we would categorize it as southern spring Italian, but we didn’t stick with one theme. The vision was to showcase the romantic vibe that Bella Cosa is! We loved the soft colors and textures that were brought into our tablescapes.

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Elliott proposed to me in Charleston, SC, on his birthday weekend. We had planned the trip to visit some friends. It was unusual that he did most of the planning when, typically for traveling I do. When we got there, my friends and he were talking about potential ideas for Saturday, which is when all my suspicions went out the window. I was thinking, how do they not have a plan? Am I not getting proposed to? To my surprise, Elliott had said we were meeting our friends before dinner, we walked to the Pipp Street bridge, and there was a blanket with champagne and photos of us. He proposed, a photographer came out and snapped photos, and then our friends came out from hiding. I was so overjoyed and wanted to call my parents as soon as we got back into the car. He said no and claimed he did not want to be driving. When we got back to our rented house, my parents, my 2 brothers, my brother’s now fiancée, my best friend and her husband, and Elliott’s mom and stepdad were all there waiting to surprise me. It was so sweet of him to coordinate them to come and celebrate with us. We went out to dinner and celebrated the rest of the weekend.

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Arava Polak, Felia (First Gown) from Flair Bridal, Boston / Custom Aston Bridal for my reception dress. My wedding dresses were such a fun experience, something I had dreamt of for as long as I can remember. My ceremony gown was straight from a runway collection, not yet released. Although I had dreamt of dress shopping, I was so torn on what I wanted. All I went shopping for was a long train. I went with a classy yet whimsical dress that blew in the wind and made me feel both bridal and beautiful. For my second look, I customized a mini from ASTON bridal. This was such a fun experience working with the design team over Zoom calls since they are based in Australia. I added pearls to match my mother’s pearls I wore. The drop waist and bubble skirt were perfect for our DJ/ Sax dance party!

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Our bridesmaids all had different dresses. I had given them a color and said they could get whatever they wanted! Some of the brands were Show Me Your Mumu, Birdy Grey, Reformation, and Pepper Mayo

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Suit Supply – custom jacket

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For food, we went with items we tried at our tasting and loved. Having our wedding at an Italian villa and planning our honeymoon in Italy, it only felt right for one of our main dishes to be chicken Florentine. The food was an absolute showstopper.

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Florals, I wanted a timeless look, but with a pop of spring. I showed Alyssa and Kelsey my mood board, and they completely ran with it! Alyssa saw my vision and helped me bring it to life. We went with a lot of white and green to keep the feeling classic, but brought in the colors my bridesmaids were wearing, baby blue, pale yellow, and sage green to tie things together.

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Sweet Cakes by Andrea. We chose to take the modern cherry trend and match it to our color palette, and had blue dipped cherries!

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Elliott’s brother Benjamin wrote our wedding ceremony. We had Elliott’s sister Carly read Love Like a River by Whitney Hanson during our ceremony

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Our vision for photography was VOUGE, chic, magazine worthy dreamy photos. I wanted both traditional photos, but also editorial. These are the photos we will show our friends, family, and future children. I wanted these photos to capture Elliott and I’s love for each other. We didn’t trust just anyone with this, Tiffany was the FIRST vendor we booked. We wanted our photos to be detailed, candid, and chic all at the same time and Tiffany absolutely delivered.

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