As if Italy, in general, wasn’t romantic enough – a “summer in Tuscany” themed affair? Truly whimsical. Tayma and Dave’s vibrantly colored wedding had everything on our dream destination wedding wishlist: the prettiest florals by Tuscany Flowers, a gorgeous watercolor map welcome suite by Arabella June, and sweet family moments (Tayma’s uncle officiated the wedding!). Every detail planned by Infinity Weddings was meaningful and oh-so-romantic… just fawn over these lovely photographs by Gianluca and Mary Adovasio along with us!
From the couple…Dave and I met at ABC in NYC at a lecture on food as medicine where we chatted over a vegan cheese plate. For the proposal, he recreated this scene by sneaking in a vegan cheese plate (that was on a plate he made with pictures of us and our pets and on it said “will you marry me?” He had the florist at the store put flowers and petals all around with candles. The ring was inside a hole he hollowed out inside the first book we read together as we love reading (The Course of Love was the book title and the ring was on the chapter titled “The Proposal.” On the cover of the book was a poem he wrote for Tayma out of words he cut out from the book.
We wanted a more rustic, natural, enchanted forest feel to the wedding. We didn’t want it too formal and wanted to keep authentic to the place. The design had been done considered the special venue, Il Borro in Tuscany. So the decor was based on the concept “summer in Tuscany” using vibrant colored flowers and seasonal fruits perfectly mixed by the florist. The whole weekend was a triumph of colors, tailormade tablecloths, great music, and entertainment. For the welcome night, the concept was “Italian market” offering to the guests a special experience of different Italian food stations like a mozzarella station, BBQ, vegetable station and a bar station with lemons and bougainvilleas. But the masterpiece was a special corner with the calligraphy Betty Soldi writing special bespoke sentences on straw hats’ ribbons. Guests had a very funny moment and they loved to do pictures with these special hats…..a simple but super nice idea! Something for us very special was the tailormade tablecloths with ivory and pale rose stripes…..they made the medieval village very bright and unique.
The wedding day was the most romantic day of our life and the flowers have been the protagonist…..Scabiosa, sweet peas, English roses, digitalis, delphinium, dahlia, eucalyptus and olive branches with a palette mixing pale rose, salmon and green. We had embroidered bags with a crest that was made by a South African artist, June Arabella. The crest had our dog and cat on it as well as flowers. We had this crest also engraved on the bottom of a traditional Middle Eastern silver watermelon with sugared almonds inside. We had fireworks that were curated to songs we selected “Lucy in the sky with diamonds by the Beatles” “Benny and the Jets by Elton John” and “Can’t Stop Me Now” by Queen. We also had a vegan wedding cake and most of the food was plant-based.
We had Tayma’s uncle officiate the wedding in a very humorous, light-hearted, and philosophical way. We did not follow many traditional elements such as first dance and “I Do’s” as we wanted a wedding that was unique to our personalities and more low-key. Our favorite moment was the wedding ceremony, the fireworks, speeches, and dancing. And finally our advice for future couples…Don’t try to please everyone all the time and remember to stay true to what you want as it is your day and everyone will have differing opinions. The day itself is worth all the planning and stress.
Photography: Gianluca And Mary Adovasio | Videographer: Marco Caputo Films | Wedding Planning: Infinity Weddings | Floral Design: Tuscany Flowers | Stationery: The Write Occasion | Jewelry: Briony Raymond | Catering: Federico Salza | Make up and hair: Cherie Spisso | Wedding Venue: Il Borro | Art Work: Arabella June Design Studio | Bridal Dress: Reem Acra | Special decor for straw hats: Betty Soldi