{"id":11494,"date":"2017-06-26T16:10:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T23:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsiena2021.ave25.com\/wedding-talk\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2017-06-26T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T23:10:16","slug":"sophie-ben-january-11-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/sophie-ben-january-11-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie &#038; Ben ~ January 11, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11495 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-6.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-6-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>Sophie and Ben were married January 11, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie wore a ballgown with a full tulle bottom and a corset top with ribbons and ruffles. She added a full veil, and silk arm sleeves for the traditional ceremony. Her two bridesmaids wore strapless gowns with elaborate beadwork. The bridal party carried white bouquets.<\/p>\n<p>Ben wore a traditional tuxedo with a black shirt and white bow tie. His two groomsmen wore tuxedos with black shirts, white vests, and white bow ties. Each man wore a white rose boutonniere.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11497 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-12.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-12-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Sophie and Ben were baptized together the night before, and during the ceremony, the officiant gave Communion to the couple. They lit a unity candle to signify their new life as husband and wife.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the reception, guests started their meal with a mixed green salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing, then moved on to beef Wellington or chicken marsala with potatoes and steamed vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>During the toasts, both of Ben&#8217;s best men spoke&#8211;one expressed hopes that Sophie and Ben have a long a beautiful life together, while the other shared how honored he was to be a part of the wedding, and wished the couple the best. Sophie&#8217;s matron of honor said how well the newlyweds go together.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-23.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Villa-Siena-Wedding-23-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Ben and Sophie danced their first dance together as man and wife to &#8220;Have I Told You Lately,&#8221; performed by Rod Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding cake was actually a five-tiered cupcake tower topped by a white vintage decoration Sophie and her mother found at an antique sale.<\/p>\n<p>As Sophie and Ben left the wedding, their guests sent them off with a bubble exit.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Sophie and Ben a marriage full of joy and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by: <a href=\"http:\/\/onefinedayphotography.com\/#!\/HOME\">One Fine Day 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=1731831483510914\">Facebook <\/a>or view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/photo-gallery\/photostream.html?album=895\">Photo Gallery<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie and Ben were married January 11, 2017. Sophie wore a ballgown with a full tulle bottom and a corset top with ribbons and ruffles. She added a full veil, and silk arm sleeves for the traditional ceremony. Her two bridesmaids wore strapless gowns with elaborate beadwork. The bridal party carried white bouquets. Ben wore&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/sophie-ben-january-11-2017\/\" title=\"Read Sophie &#038; Ben ~ January 11, 2017\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11494","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\/11494","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=11494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11500,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11494\/revisions\/11500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}