{"id":553880,"date":"2015-06-09T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=553880"},"modified":"2015-06-08T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T17:05:07","slug":"romantic-croatian-wedding-novi-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/romantic-croatian-wedding-novi-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Romantic Croatian Wedding at NOVI Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553900\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ef\/9c\/ef9ccdadac2ba589.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (19 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p>When two people come together as one, they may not always envision the same day for their wedding. Luckily, Sabina and Lovro came to the perfect compromise by inviting all of their friends and family to a seaside celebration in their lovely home country of Croatia. The laid-back feeling of the day fit Sabina&rsquo;s wish for casual festivities, while being surrounded by their loved ones was Lovro&rsquo;s main priority. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DTstudio<\/a> captured the entire affair so beautifully in both photography and film, so be sure to check out the romantic wedding video at the bottom of this post!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sabina and Lovro<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.novi.hr\/en\" target=\"_blank\">NOVI Spa<\/a>,&nbsp;Crikvenica, Croatia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Inspiration:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>We compromised. He wanted a big wedding with the whole family and all our friends, and I wanted to run away and &ldquo;let&rsquo;s get married outdoors by the sea.&rdquo; In the end, we took everybody and had a wonderful big wedding by the sea. We&rsquo;re lucky that we live in a small country with a beautiful coastline and in only an hour and a half driving distance from the capital we have wonderful coast and the beautiful sea. In June it was warm enough to have an outdoor wedding so we decided to make a celebration on the terrace overlooking the sea. The only condition about decoration and design was that everything is fresh, colorful and informal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553882\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0c\/54\/0c54d2f819f151a1.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (1 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553883\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/69\/7f\/697f326ee5dd14cb.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (2 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553884\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d0\/9e\/d09ed416f98d1b99.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (3 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553885\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/85\/ae\/85ae0399d984403e.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (4 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553886\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/aa\/1b\/aa1b94485692eec8.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (5 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553891\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e2\/32\/e2327e5a7f7b460f.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (10 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553892\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/50\/bc\/50bc4e7f43d52292.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (11 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553893\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/02\/dd\/02dd13d936ab3d2d.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (12 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553894\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fe\/50\/fe50c432a6ef6201.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (13 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553895\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/27\/ea\/27eaec5306ee8417.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (14 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553896\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/8b\/d2\/8bd279f24ca0969c.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (15 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553897\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/78\/56\/78564592924c2163.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (16 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553898\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d7\/23\/d723fcfcdb8927c4.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (17 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553887\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/60\/bd\/60bda458042f1852.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (6 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553888\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/9e\/13\/9e13f96316ff7428.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (7 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553889\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c5\/b5\/c5b5aa3cd4ed7c9a.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (8 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553899\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/7c\/0e\/7c0e16255920c7b5.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (18 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553890\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/8e\/c3\/8ec3bc2d7e4143a6.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (9 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553901\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d9\/9f\/d99fb070324f4774.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (20 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553902\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f2\/f9\/f2f9536010a3a426.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (21 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553904\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/08\/80\/0880a21405c5a189.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (23 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553905\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ac\/3a\/ac3a1f65eb4ee8ae.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (24 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553906\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/08\/a9\/08a908c83f341484.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (25 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553908\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/15\/ba\/15bacc067cf72a34.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (27 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553907\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d3\/19\/d319f0baca4e0eac.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (26 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-553909\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/08\/7a\/087afbe442b5478b.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic-Croatian-Wedding-NOVI-Spa-DT-Studio (28 of 28)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><\/p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/47232868?color=bfbebd&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Moments:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The whole party lasted for three days, and I had many favorite moments. Aside from fooling around with the girls and their few wonderful surprises for me, the most special moment was when we were alone after the ceremony in the church &mdash; the first time as husband and wife.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DTstudio<\/a><br>\nCeremony Venue &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ri-nadbiskupija.com\/index.php\/adresar-zupa\/23-novi-vinodolski-sv-filip-i-jakov-apostoli\" target=\"_blank\">Crkva sv. Filip i Jakov<\/a><br>\nReception Venue &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novi.hr\/en\" target=\"_blank\">NOVI Spa<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cvjetna.galerijad\" target=\"_blank\">Dubravka Krizmani&#263; &Scaron;imi&#263;<\/a><br>\nCake &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torte-i-to.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Torte i to<\/a><br>\nVideography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DTstudio<\/a><br>\nInvitations &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mdotonstyle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martina &#268;ili&#263;<\/a><br>\nMakeup Artist &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonantonovic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simona Antonovic<\/a><br>\nHair Styling &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opium.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opium<\/a><br>\nWedding Dress &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ik-studio.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivica Klari&#263;<\/a><br>\nRings &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koci.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\">KOCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Sabina and Lovro on their romantic Croatian wedding! For more of <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/best-wedding-photographers\/Croatia-photography\/DTstudio\" target=\"_blank\">DTstudio<\/a>&lsquo;s beautiful work, check out Dune and Francios&rsquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/parisian-inspired-wedding-croatia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parisian inspired wedding in Croatia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/xoxoNicole5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-nicole.jpg\" alt=\"xoxoNicole\" width=\"105\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When two people come together as one, they may not always envision the same day for their wedding. Luckily, Sabina and Lovro came to the perfect compromise by inviting all of their friends and family to a seaside celebration in their lovely home country of Croatia. 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