Ok I have been absent for a whole week but of the sneak peek of the result Is this ,who can blame me?
Just a preview of the wonderful Wedding of Rachel&Brandon
My team
Venue @villadiloro
Caterer @valerio.ricevimenti
Bar @pourevents
MUAH @bezal_makeup
Ph @studio_fotografico_bacci
Flowers @silviamattera_tuscanyflorist
Stationery @cateegelli
Dj @betto.dj
I will be back soon
Love
Silvia
4 days ago
THIS Is what you should look for: the two of you, the place of your hearts and a talented photographer (and of course your fav people and a good pizza 😏)
Ph @alessiaangelotti
Venue @cetinale
2 weeks ago
THIS LEVEL of soft classic elegance comes from measuring the level of accessories leaving the beauty of the place , of the colors, of the light to speak BEAUTY aloud
My wonderful team
Venue @villapazzialparugiano
Ph @andreaskgeorgiou
Caterer @martina_wedding_e_catering
Flowers @lepetitjardinitaly
Music @betto.dj
3 weeks ago
Ok let's be real
Firenze Is Firenze
Period
For your Destination Wedding in Florence contact me , can you really Imagine yourself without THIS back drop??
Come on
Love
Silvia
3 weeks ago
A little provocative? Probably. But here we are 😌
September and October have somehow become the busiest months of wedding season and right now my brain is very happily occupied with actual weddings, actual people, actual decisions, actual problems to solve and beautiful things to bring to life
While being online matters , of course it does , I also believe there is a difference between simply keeping a page active and actually having something to say
This page has always been very personal to me.VERY.
The thoughts I share here usually come from conversations with my couples, decisions I have had to make, things I have seen changing in the industry, mistakes, beautiful surprises, little revelations in the middle of a project and those random thoughts that arrive while I am doing something completely unrelated
ALL of that needs a little space in my head
Right now, there isn't much 😂
I'm not disappearing. God forbid 🥸 I've been here since January and apparently resilience is one of my less subtle personality traits, But for the next few weeks, you may see a little more autopilot Magnolia
Beautiful weddings. New projects. Archive photographs I still love and never properly shared. Details. Places. People. Things happening behind the scenes.
Probably fewer of my usual philosophical investigations into why a seating plan is secretly a metaphor for life (It Is ! )
Yes, consistency matters, but I would much rather be a little quieter for a while than manufacture thoughts simply because the algorithm expects me to have one today
There will be plenty to say again.
Actually, considering what is coming over the next few weeks, I suspect there will be far too much. 🤍
Love
Silvia
3 weeks ago
When Persian beauty meets Roma
Full glam ladies squad 🔥 in the wonderful @villamiani_official
Ph @fabrizioandromina_wedding
MUAH @anastasiagarba
4 weeks ago
When you look for someone to guide you on your Destination Wedding in Italy, look deep, talk deep, analize deep
Wedding industry Is moving fast and sometimes in a direction that I don't agree with, a movement into pushing too much couples to "perform"
One of the most important skills a Wedding Planner needs to assure you is being above judgments and professionally support you to express who you are and what you wish deep inside
A Wedding Is build on you not on expectations
2028 season Is now open
Get in contact for your Discovery call with Magnolia
Love
Silvia
4 weeks ago
I mean it's hot still, it's really still hot and just because of this I need to immerse my memories in nice cozy autumn Weddings , it's about time don't you agree?
This is the wonderful tablescapes of Chirstine & Louis from a mid October Wedding dinner in Tuscany
My great team
Venue @borgodipietrafitta
Caterer @class_ricevimenti
Flowers @silviamattera_tuscanyflorist
Ph @noniin_studio
Lights @betto.dj
Love
Silvia
1 month ago
I call the wedding timeline The Bible
And believe me, I treat it accordingly ❤️
It should be almost military: incredibly detailed, shared with the entire team and precise enough to include every speech, entrance, transition, cue and tiny moving part holding the day together
But a professional coordinator is not there simply to worship the timeline and tick boxes or to have a nervous breakdown because dinner starts 20 minutes late
The real skill is understanding why time is being lost
Sometimes time is simply leaking and it needs to be recovered
Sometimes life has entered the wedding: a conversation becomes too special to interrupt, a speech touches everyone more deeply than expected, or the couple is having an extraordinary moment with the people they love 🔥
Nobody with good judgement would cut that joy simply to keep the sacred spreadsheet happy
Of course, delays must remain manageable and never compromise the services or the overall flow of the wedding, but within those boundaries, the timeline must serve life, not bully it
Choose carefully who coordinates your wedding my loves
Writing a timeline is one thing
Knowing when to protect it, when to reshape it and when to let joy take the lead is the real profession.
And if 30 extra minutes give you a memory you will keep forever?
Thank God for the delay
Love
Silvia
1 month ago