Italian Wedding Timeline: A Planner’s Day-of Schedule
At an American wedding, the choreography is familiar to many. The ceremony usually begins around 4 PM, followed by a tight cocktail hour, grand entrance, toasts, first dance, cake, and then the send-off. Almost every moment of the event is announced, and most guests generally know what to expect. Italy plays by different rules, and…
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Storia Mia Events is an upscale wedding and event planning studio specializing in curated celebrations across Southern California and destination Italy. Founded by Martina Di Napoli, the studio blends European-inspired design sensibility with refined hospitality and meticulous production management.
For Storia Mia Events, luxury is not defined by aesthetics alone, it is an experience shaped by intention, seamless execution, and deeply personal design, where every detail is thoughtfully orchestrated to feel meaningful and unforgettable.
Read MoreTimeless Tuscany Wedding Inspiration
When visionary event planner JoAnn Gregoli and renowned photographer Chris J. Evans collaborated on this Italian styled shoot, their goal extended beyond creating a striking Tuscany wedding inspiration. Together, they curated a masterclass in quiet luxury, organic movement and authentic destination storytelling designed to inspire couples worldwide. Designing with the Landscape Gregoli built the concept…
Read MoreA Multi-Day Sorrento Wedding Celebrating Community
Imagine flying to Italy to celebrate a loved one’s wedding and discovering that you are a featured part of the main event. At the ceremony, tucked under your seat is a customized card bearing your name. Before the couple’s vows are wrapped up, you might even find yourself standing before the crowd to read a…
Read MoreInterfaith Wedding at Villa Corsini in the Tuscan Countryside
For a couple whose first date was over Aperol Spritzes, only Italy, specifically Villa Corsini in the Tuscan countryside, would do to celebrate their wedding properly. New Yorkers Peter and Sydney traveled together to Italy in 2023. They visited Rome and Florence, and with all its intrigue and romance, the couple began picturing what returning…
Read MoreSunny Styled Wedding at Grand Hotel Europa Palace in Sorrento
This styled wedding shoot in Sorrento, Italy is all about showing what it truly means to allow a destination to speak for itself. “La Dolce Living,” as its creators are calling it, was set against the sea-facing terraces of the Grand Hotel Europa Palace in Sorrento. Conceived by wedding planner and designer Benedetta Terzaghi of…
Read MoreVilla Cimbrone Cliffside Wedding on Italy’s Amalfi Coast
Giana had a blank space when she crossed paths with Brian in high school at none other than a Taylor Swift concert that a mutual friend brought them to. A love story began that day, one that would eventually lead Brian and Giana to a scenic outlook over Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where they’d make one…
Read MoreZimbabwean Wedding at I Borghi Dell’Eremo in Umbria, Italy
When Alexio first messaged Natasha on Facebook, she didn’t respond. He tried again and again. After a few months of what she generously describes as “patient and persistent” outreach, she finally replied, and they arranged to meet in Dallas. It was the beginning of something they’d eventually celebrate on an Umbrian hillside with 50 guests,…
Read MoreEnchanting Castle Wedding in Beautiful Puglia, Italy
What is a stellar wedding planner and designer to do when it’s finally their turn to get married? For Gionata, the answer was to go to Puglia, Italy, and join with the love of his life, Stefano, on historic castle grounds highlighted by designs so beautifully out-of-the-ordinary you can’t help but be mesmerized and inspired.…
Read MoreDazzling Wedding at Italy’s Villa Valentini Bonaparte
There’s a reason people don’t come back from the Umbria region of Italy the same. While it’s not as well-known as Tuscany, what it has instead is a kind of stillness that gets under your skin: romantic rolling green hills, historic charming villages, and food and wine that tastes better than it has any right…
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