{"id":1340,"date":"2009-05-07T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T08:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2011-01-07T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T10:43:08","slug":"a-wedding-in-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/07\/a-wedding-in-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wedding in Tuscany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a few crazy weeks, which is why I&#8217;m announcing the winner to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/pocket-coffee-real-italian-espresso-covered-in-chocolate-giveaway\/\">Pocket Coffee giveaway<\/a> today instead of Tuesday. Forgive me! I&#8217;m also trying to get your feedback about the blog through the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ms-Adventures-in-Italy\/75532982803\">Ms. Adventures in Italy Facebook fan page<\/a> about what type of content you&#8217;d like more of.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t taken a look at the comments from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/pocket-coffee-real-italian-espresso-covered-in-chocolate-giveaway\/\">Pocket Coffee giveaway<\/a>, be sure to check out over <strong>80 tips and encouragements for keeping up your energy<\/strong>! Thanks to everyone for participating. The winner of the Pocket Coffee giveaway is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comment #3\u00a0 Paula<\/strong> : Send me your address!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The truth is I haven&#8217;t been in my own kitchen in a month of weekends, due to the move, having company and this weekend will be no different as I&#8217;ll be heading to <strong>Dublin <\/strong>to see my father for a few hours. If you have tips \/ sites \/ links, please leave them in the comments or send them to my twitter account with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rosso\">@rosso<\/a> reply!<\/p>\n<p>One of those lovely weekends I spent deep in the heart of Tuscany at a friend&#8217;s wedding. I&#8217;m going to share a few pictures here with you of &#8220;before the ceremony&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>vintage car<\/strong> she had to take her, her father and her daughter to the ceremony and the bridal couple &#8220;<strong><em>gli sposi \/ sposini<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; to the reception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The vintage car for the bride at a Tuscan Wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509031197\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3304\/3509031197_5df385acbd.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"The vintage car for the bride at a wedding in Tuscany\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flower girl, also her daughter, tugging at an itchy tag on her beautiful dress. Later, she would run around the reception in comfortable clothes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Flower girl scratching an itchy tag on a pretty white dress at a Tuscan wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509028629\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3581\/3509028629_bd23045615.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Flower girl scratching an itchy tag on a pretty white dress at a wedding in Tuscany\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Italians are known for their fashion sense, and weddings are a great time to get some inspiration&#8230;or to laugh at some of the outlandish outfits. But I loved the purple Converse that the bride&#8217;s teenage brother wore with his suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Black suit and purple Converse in grass at a Tuscan wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509839922\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3570\/3509839922_9ee1140cc4.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Black suit and purple Converse in grass at a Tuscan wedding\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I loved the bride&#8217;s dress, especially the little shrug she had to keep her shoulders covered. I find more and more brides are straying away from pure white dresses and are moving toward cream &#8211; my own was an off-white.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The bride in a Tuscan wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509840440\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3376\/3509840440_bae80e702e.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" alt=\"The bride's dress in a wedding in Tuscany\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bouquet is one of my favorite things about weddings, especially when vibrant colors are framed by a creamy dress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The bride's rose bouquet at a Tuscan wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509029871\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3628\/3509029871_07f1262cc4.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"The bride's rose bouquet at a wedding in Tuscany\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was unfortunately overcast for most of the weekend, and while it didn&#8217;t rain on the bride, the sun did come out right as they were exiting the church to give us a bit of blue sky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sun shining on the church in a Tuscan wedding by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/3509839456\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3332\/3509839456_abdd4ff9ca.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Sun shining on the church at a wedding in Tuscany\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favorite scenes from a wedding? Do you have a favorite pose or behind-the-scenes photo you love seeing? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next&#8230;.after the ceremony, the couple gets showered with rice&#8230;and pasta!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a few crazy weeks, which is why I&#8217;m announcing the winner to the Pocket Coffee giveaway today instead of Tuesday. Forgive me! I&#8217;m also trying to get your feedback about the blog through the new Ms. Adventures in Italy Facebook fan page about what type of content you&#8217;d like more of. If you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/07\/a-wedding-in-tuscany\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,2,9,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-behind-the-scenes","7":"category-italy","8":"category-tuscany","9":"category-wedding","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-lC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1327,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/30\/pocket-coffee-real-italian-espresso-covered-in-chocolate-giveaway\/","url_meta":{"origin":1340,"position":0},"title":"Pocket Coffee: Real Italian Espresso covered in Chocolate (Giveaway!)","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"April 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This week it's rained an incredible amount in Milan. 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