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Leslie and Gianluca
Country wedding, September 2009

Leslie and Gianluca have varied cultural and lingual backgrounds, with family in Sardegna and France, and guests from Europe and the Far East. They celebrated a blessing in a private house, in French and Italian, with a strong country theme. Guests were encouraged to dress (and behave!) informally, and the theme and style, with sunflowers, strong oranges, intense greens and refined and abundant local cuisine gave the event the structure and linearity an elegant wedding requires.

The ceremony setting in the gardens, under and ancient oak.

The emphasis was on close family and friends - and the children. The ring bearer.

The floral theme was autumnal: strong oranges and greens.

The floral theme was autumnal: strong oranges and greens.

The bride arrives in an old Fiat cinquecento.

The rings, with local ivy.

Father brings Leslie to the blessing.

The newly married couple, in the villas cornfields.

Guests congregated from family homes in France and Sardegna: Tuscany was a great central point.

The newly married couple, in the villas cornfields.

The wedding cake - individual portions of tiramisu' with a mirror and sunflower decoration

The wedding cake - individual portions of tiramisu' with a mirror and sunflower decoration