I'm a married women!!!

The most depressing feeling in the world is when you step off the plane at Pearson International from a 3 week holiday in Italy and the Canary Islands and the wind chills you to the bone!!!!! Seriously, it was minus 27 the day we returned. A little bit of a change from the plus 27 in the Canary Islands!!

That being said, the weather can't bring me down from the high I am currently on! My entire trip was AMAZING. The wedding day was the most overwhelming but beautiful experience of my life so far. I can't even put it in to words. It was beyond my wildest dreams.

I have attached a few photos of the unique aspects of our day.

We had a picture frame made in San Giorgio Morgeto by a local carpenter. Then we had every family come and get there picture taken with us in the frame. We are going to print a copy of each photo and send it with our thank you cards. Nice keep-sake for us and our guests!

We chose different backgrounds for a lot of our photos. It adds such a different element to the photos.

We also chose to be a bit different with the groomsmens outfits - scarves!

Don't be afraid to look like a dork! Andrea and I were doing the Tarantella (a traditional Italian dance) even though we had never done it before!


I chose a super long aisle-way and I am sure glad I did! It gave me time to let it all sink in.

Red carpet! This was a complete surprise to me when I walked around the corner. A nice surprise though!

All of my flowers - boquets, corsages, boutennieres - were all silk! Now my sisters (bridesmaids), parents, groomsmen and I get to keep these forever! No one could tell that they were fake either....

For our favours we chose to give olive oil to all the people who came from Canada and Australia and maple syrup for all of the people from Italy. THEY LOVED IT! Doing something that represents you as well as the area you are in sure goes over well. The oil is actually produced in the olive grove where we got married and it is Andrea's family business importing this oil into Canada.

We chose to do a ceremony program with tree astrology on the back. This gave people some entertainment while waiting for the ceremony to begin. It was also fitting because of our surroundings.

I still can't believe it's over. Huge rush of excitement......

That's why PHOTOS and VIDEOS are so incredibly important!!! Don't skimp on these. After it's all said and done it's all you have in the years to come :)