{"id":573962,"date":"2015-12-22T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=573962"},"modified":"2015-12-18T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T16:25:46","slug":"understated-venice-wedding-belmond-hotel-cipriani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/understated-venice-wedding-belmond-hotel-cipriani\/","title":{"rendered":"Understated Venice Wedding at The Belmond Hotel Cipriani"},"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-574012\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/89\/39\/8939e7b48557fa78.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p>Caroline and James&rsquo; intimate and understated Venice wedding didn&rsquo;t skimp on the beauty thanks to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/myitalianweddingplanner.com\/\">My Italian Wedding Planner<\/a>. Large gold candle-holders sat in the center of each reception table, surrounded by an array of feminine florals arranged by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.munarettoflowers.com\/\">Munaretto Flowers<\/a>. Caroline carried a simply elegant bouquet of peonies and looked like a princess in her&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepebotella.co.uk\/\">Pepe Botella<\/a>&nbsp;gown.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caroline and James<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemond.com\/hotel-cipriani-venice\">The Belmond Hotel Cipriani<\/a>, Venice, Italy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573982\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/26\/48\/2648379fb053d582.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573984\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fc\/3e\/fc3e65c476d70bcb.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574013\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/7d\/f8\/7df81ba0843eb3f5.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573986\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/36\/84\/3684ee3c4e024d3f.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573994\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/75\/06\/7506dcfcf49698ac.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Before the wedding, I arranged for our String Quartet to play the composer Craig Armstrong&rsquo;s piece of music &ldquo;The Balcony Scene&rdquo; as I walked down the aisle, as a surprise for my husband. We both love this piece of music. Craig Armstrong is a Scottish composer and the music features in the film Romeo and Juliet. I could not think of a more perfect, romantic piece of music to play in such beautiful surroundings as an overture to our special day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573995\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f8\/17\/f817482722da0c28.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573996\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b2\/c0\/b2c05c169652f5b9.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573997\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3d\/16\/3d16fdd8e279f212.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573998\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fb\/1e\/fb1ec00e5a2ddf5e.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573980\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c2\/44\/c2446bdb73b6bb59.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573999\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/36\/fe\/36fe073c0da63811.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574000\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0f\/1f\/0f1fd6042eddc4a6.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574011\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b4\/14\/b41449e7f35cd793.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-22\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574001\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ae\/5e\/ae5eada6617f3cd1.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574002\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/13\/e2\/13e2be520ea9755c.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574003\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/99\/d1\/99d1bf7e895099d3.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We wanted a small, intimate, understated wedding in beautiful surroundings, with all of our closest friends and family around us. It was important to us that everyone enjoyed themselves in a relaxed, sumptuous environment and we could not think of anywhere more romantic than Venice. With Stefania&rsquo;s help, the decor was classic and simple, timeless, with a hint of romance and mysticism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574004\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/11\/bf\/11bf3fcbfa1febc2.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574006\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/61\/eb\/61eba1736dc44dc2.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574007\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/47\/10\/4710ea71ccc1c531.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>I absolutely loved planning my wedding and I only wish I could do it all again. I would advise any couple to try and enjoy it and make the most of every moment, as it all passes too quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574008\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/83\/2f\/832fb78141e77224.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574009\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/01\/bc\/01bc59dacebd2056.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574010\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/1b\/e8\/1be89a5eeddca574.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-21\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574005\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/94\/22\/9422f7f7be2857f7.jpg\" alt=\"Understated-Venice-Wedding-at-The-Belmond-Hotel-Cipriani-My-Italian-Wedding-Planner-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"goldbox\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljosavidetic.com\/\">Aljosa Viditec<\/a><br>\nEvent Planning &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/myitalianweddingplanner.com\/\">My Italian Wedding Planner<\/a><br>\nCeremony Venue &ndash;&nbsp;The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore<br>\nReception Venue &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemond.com\/hotel-cipriani-venice\">The Belmond Hotel Cipriani<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.munarettoflowers.com\/\">Munaretto Flowers<\/a><br>\nCatering &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bemond.com\/hotel-cipriani-venice\">The Belmond Hotel Cipriani<\/a><br>\nLive Music &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faebook.com\/weddingmusicians.tv\/info\">The Musicians Ensemble<\/a><br>\nVideography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljosavidetic.com\/\">Aljosa Viditec<\/a><br>\nInvitations &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianlacroix.com\/\">Christian Lacroix<\/a><br>\nHair &amp; Makeup Styling&nbsp;&ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgmakeup.it\/\">Paola Giancola<\/a><br>\nWedding Dress &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepebotella.co.uk\/\">Pepe Botella<\/a>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiecouture.co.uk\/\">Christie Couture Bridal Boutique<\/a><br>\nBridal Accessories &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pepebotella.co.uk\/\">Pepe Botella<\/a><br>\nBridesmaids&rsquo; Apparel &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dessy.com\/\">Dessy<\/a><br>\nGroom&rsquo;s Apparel &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedbaker.com\/\">Ted Baker<\/a><br>\nGroomsmen&rsquo;s Apparel &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedbaker.com\/\">Ted Baker<\/a><br>\nRings &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffany.com\/\">Tiffany &amp; Co.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omegawatches.com\/\">Omega<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A special&nbsp;thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/top-wedding-planners-famous-celebrity-designers\/Central-Italy\/My-Italian-Wedding-Planner\">My Italian Wedding Planner<\/a> for sharing Caroline and James&rsquo; Venice wedding with Junebug! For more understated wedding inspiration, check out Alexandra and Nicholas&rsquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/simply-elegant-croatian-wedding-spanjola-fortress\/\">simply elegant Croatian wedding at Spanjola Fortress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/xoxoNicole14.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>Caroline and James&rsquo; intimate and understated Venice wedding didn&rsquo;t skimp on the beauty thanks to&nbsp;My Italian Wedding Planner. Large gold candle-holders sat in the center of each reception table, surrounded by an array of feminine florals arranged by&nbsp;Munaretto Flowers. Caroline carried a simply elegant bouquet of peonies and looked like a princess in her&nbsp;Pepe Botella&nbsp;gown. The Couple: Caroline and James The Wedding: The Belmond Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy Before the wedding, I arranged for our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1052,1072,1346,1076,1236,1005,1087,1090,1238,1096],"tags":[1110,1109,1106,1097],"class_list":["post-573962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-wedding-photography","category-chateau-or-villa-wedding","category-church-wedding","category-elegant-wedding","category-italy-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-romantic-wedding","category-traditional-wedding","category-venice-wedding","category-waterfront-wedding","tag-dark-pink","tag-light-pink","tag-orange","tag-yellow"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}