{"id":11219,"date":"2017-02-20T15:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsiena2021.ave25.com\/wedding-talk\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2017-02-20T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:57:51","slug":"alexis-derek-september-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/alexis-derek-september-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis &#038; Derek ~ September 22, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11220 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-15.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>Alexis and Derek were married on Thursday, September 22, 2016, with a festive black, white, and red colored wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Alexis donned a sleeveless wedding gown with a textured bodice and jewel neckline, and kept her hair down for all the festivities. She held a posy-tied bouquet of classic red roses, as did her two bridesmaids. The bridesmaid wore sleeveless, tea-length dresses in elegant black.<\/p>\n<p>Derek sported a black suit and dress shirt, accented with a red vest, bowtie, and pocket square. A simple red rose adorned the lapel of his jacket. His two groomsmen matched his attire \u2013 black suits with red vests, bow ties, pocket squares, and ornamental roses.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11222 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-12.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Alexis and Derek\u2019s outdoor ceremony was held at the end of a plush white carpet strewn with red rose petals. The Flower Girl kicked things off while wearing a little white dress, belted with a black ribbon, and completed with a black bow in her curly blonde hair. The ceremony itself can be recalled as \u201cshort and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dinner was served atop black tablecloths decorated with red rose petals. The meal started with Caesar salads and bruschetta, followed by chicken alfredo and baked ziti. A vanilla and chocolate-flavored wedding cake came in three tiers \u2013 one white, one red, and one black. The middle layer featured a large \u201cR\u201d for Reischmann, while the topper was a little black banner that read \u201cLove\u201d \u2013 each letter written on a little black heart.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11224 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Red-Black-Wedding-Villa-Siena-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Alexis and Derek\u2019s First Dance was to Christina Perri\u2019s \u201cA Thousand Years.\u201d The reception area also featured a large frame with photos of the couple starting off as children, and the timeline of images lead through the years, all the way until they met.<\/p>\n<p>Alexis and Derek left their wedding under a hail of rose petals, and we wish them all the happiness in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleyblakephotography.com\/\">Ashley Blake Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view more photos from this wedding, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/VillaSiena\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1584009438293120\">Facebook <\/a>or view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/photo-gallery\/photostream.html?album=858\">Photo Gallery<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis and Derek were married on Thursday, September 22, 2016, with a festive black, white, and red colored wedding. Alexis donned a sleeveless wedding gown with a textured bodice and jewel neckline, and kept her hair down for all the festivities. She held a posy-tied bouquet of classic red roses, as did her two bridesmaids&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/alexis-derek-september-22-2016\/\" title=\"Read Alexis &#038; Derek ~ September 22, 2016\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-ceremony-and-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11225,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions\/11225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}