{"id":9476,"date":"2014-02-26T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T21:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsiena2021.ave25.com\/wedding-talk\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2014-02-26T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T21:30:16","slug":"holly-michael-november-23-2013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/holly-michael-november-23-2013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly &amp; Michael ~ November 23, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6876\" alt=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/126.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Holly and Michael\u2019s wedding at Villa Siena, the couple invited a Catholic priest to oversee the ceremony. The couple was stunning together. Holly wore her hair up with a veil. Her wedding gown was lace with a belt of silver detailing under the bust followed by layers of lace that folded over each other throughout the skirt. Pearl buttons ran down the back of the dress. Simple diamond earrings were the only jewelry accent for the bride\u2019s ensemble.\u00a0 Under the dress was a pair of strappy silver and crystal shoes. The bridal bouquet brought together blush and white roses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6877\" alt=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/222.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bridesmaids wore pale grey strapless dresses with high waists and flowing skirts.<\/p>\n<p>The groom and groomsmen wore black tuxedos with white shirts and ties. Michael had a white rose in his lapel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6878\" alt=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/484.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The altar was decorated with two vases of flowers and candles of varying sizes giving a warm glow to the occasion. Flower petals lined the aisles of chairs and had white candles burning at the end of each row of chairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6879\" alt=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/351.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reception table had pictures of the couple framed with a \u2018love\u2019 sign. A cigar rolling station was set up for guests and favors included wrapped cigars for the men and flip-flops for the women.<\/p>\n<p>As the reception began, guests were offered hand-passed wine with their hors d\u2019oeurvres.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/573.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6880\" alt=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/573.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the couple\u2019s grand entrance, Holly and Michael invited all the guests to come on the dance floor and dance after the first dance. But for the moment, the spotlight of attention shone on Holly and Michael as he dipped her deeply.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding cake was a three-tiered ivory white cake. Pink roses circled each layer of ruffled frosting while the top was overflowing with flowers. A signature Villa Siena sparkler farewell ended the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/650.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6881\" alt=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/650.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Holly and Michael. May your religion, family and friends bring you peace and strength throughout your days together. We wish you the best.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottenglishphoto.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott English Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view more photos from this wedding, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.810154632345275.1073741959.106979202662825&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or view our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/photostream.php?setid=9751171458\" target=\"_blank\">Photostream<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Holly and Michael\u2019s wedding at Villa Siena, the couple invited a Catholic priest to oversee the ceremony. The couple was stunning together. Holly wore her hair up with a veil. Her wedding gown was lace with a belt of silver detailing under the bust followed by layers of lace that folded over each other&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/holly-michael-november-23-2013-2\/\" title=\"Read Holly &amp; Michael ~ November 23, 2013\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-ceremony-and-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}