My Italian Wedding

A Vivienne Westwood dress for Nina Zilli at Sanremo

Stefania — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:12:10 +0000

Hello ladies! How are you today? How did you spend your Valentine’s Day? As for me I got completely amazed by Nina Zilli’s dress she wore yesterday evening at San Remo Festival, simply fab! Yes I know, I should have spent my Valentine’s watching the oldest song festival in the whole world, but I quite [...]

A spicy chocolate fondant on my husband pillow…

Sylvie — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:57:39 +0000

Hi lovely brides-to-be, Happy Valentine’s day from Italy! We’ve had some snow over the week end, and since we spent the week-end at home because I was not very well myself nor my Troussepinette, then I dedicated some time to cook something special and em>hot for Mr G for our Valentine’s day ( he’s not [...]

DIY lamp

Stefania — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:55:31 +0000

Hi girls, I hope you are doing well! It has been a very busy time at work in the last couple of weeks…so to keep my mind free this week end I decided to have a break and spend my time doing some DIY! Music, an old lamp and a bit of creativity have been [...]

Italian coffe and red buttons on your Valentine’s day…

Sylvie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:34:13 +0000

Hi girls, Happy Saturday sleepy morning! Have spent this week two lovely moments chatting with Gaelle about our lovely daughters, our personal life and professional projects, in front of a good cup of Italian caffè macchiato! Valentine’s day is getting closer, and she designed some fab Valentines cards I’m happy to share with you girls! [...]

A masquerade ball at the Venice carnival

Sylvie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:25:34 +0000

Hello girls, With the Venice Carnival approaching I’d love to give you another tip if you are around and want to take part in one of the glamorous masquerade parties in Venice. After mentioning the one in villa Pisani-Moretta on Thursday the 16th, there is another one to mention: the Venezia Romantica Gala dinner and [...]

DIY Christmas at home

Stefania — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:47:43 +0000

Hello lovely ladies! I’ve just come back from Italy where I spent some amazing Christmas holiday! I’m a bit sad but happy to go back to my little house too! On Christmas day I organised a big fat Italian dinner at mine (there were 13 of us!) and had fun with my sister and MrB [...]

Handmade cards just for us!

Stefania — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:38:01 +0000

Hello girls, Two days left and then I will be back to Italy for a Christmas full of friends, chats and food…I can’t wait! As you can imagine it means we will be a bit quiet with the writing in the blog…so we thought to leave you with the Christmas creation of our friend Gaelle. She [...]

Under the Christmas tree…

Sylvie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:53:47 +0000

Hi girls, Have just made it! A couple of weeks right before Christmas! I was thinking the other week I would never complete my DIY Christmas gifts on time! Thank you Maya for sleeping so well last saturday afternoon! Here I am with my almost-ready-to-bake chocolate muffins glass jars! A cure idea I have to [...]

Jenny + Graziano: A summer wedding in Veneto

Stefania — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:21:25 +0000

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I want to show you Jenny and Graziano’s wedding in our beautiful Veneto! Yes, you do not need go to Tuscany to find a stunning countryside – if you want to be a bit different and taste a real Italian style wedding you can choose for an unusual destination such as [...]

Little treats with ricotta cheese…

Stefania — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:31:51 +0000

Hi girls, Are you already in bed or still in front of your computer looking for some inspiration for Christmas. I’m scratching my head trying to get to a final version of the Christmas menu, but we are still quite far from it. MrB and I have volunteered to cook the Christmas dinner which will [...]