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James + Catherine Welcome Party

Keeywaydin Welcome

To kick off a weekend of stellar wedding events, this couple hosted guests to a welcome party on Keeywaydin Island, located just off the coast of Naples, FL. On the island’s pristine white sands, Anna Lucia designed and built out a scenic beach party for more than 200 people.

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    Matt Rice
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    Naples, FL
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This event called for a five-day setup, including three days of transporting all the event’s infrastructure to the barrier island.

A Beach Pop-Up

Guests were greeted by a Tequila Bar which featured four Margarita offerings. We incorporated a mix of bamboo and fabric structures to give the various stations and seating an eclectic feel that felt coordinated and fresh. In addition to a custom dance floor, we brought in curated lawn games that matched the look and feel of the event.

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Months of research, virtual tours, and countless e Months of research, virtual tours, and countless emails later, we kept coming back to one place: Lake Como. Some venues are beautiful. Some feel like they were waiting for your story.

Time to see it for ourselves. We flew to Lake Como with Carly and her mom to walk the Villa of her choosing, meet the team, and sit down with the crew handling guest transportation. Nothing replaces standing where it will all happen.

Finding the perfect Villa helped shape our entire design and let us meet our Italian vendors face to face before working with them online for months. Relationships first, details second. That’s how destination weddings come together.

Stay tuned, as the story and process unfolds!

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The Dream Begins: Italy Wish List 🇮🇹 ✨ A villa on The Dream Begins: Italy Wish List 🇮🇹

✨ A villa on Lake Como
✨ A ceremony overlooking the water
✨ Guests arriving by boat
✨ A welcome party on the lake
✨ Perfect weather

Standing at the Villa, looking out over the water, it hit us: every guest should arrive by boat! Some ideas only come when you’re there.

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The vision we brought to life 🇮🇹✨ Two years befor The vision we brought to life 🇮🇹✨

Two years before the engagement, Carly found us at another wedding and told us all about her dream wedding: Italy, on Lake Como. We smiled, nodded, and filed it away.

Fast forward two years: she’s engaged, and it’s time to make that dream real. 💘

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Hi team! Want some fun facts about me? Buckle up… Hi team! Want some fun facts about me? Buckle up…

I was briefly switched at birth — true story, ask me about it sometime!

I had THREE weddings to the same person within 4 months of each other: a courthouse ceremony, one in St. Lucia, and one in Tampa. We really didn't want to miss any excuse to celebrate.

I own two Stanley Cup championship rings 🏆

My favorite hobbies are cooking and going to workout classes — though my husband would insist I mention golfing with him too.

I make the best spicy vodka pasta, and I've got plenty of friends and family who will vouch for that claim.

I've lived in Tampa my entire life and still have the same two best friends from high school — loyalty runs deep!

My cocktail of choice is a margarita 💃 Cheers!
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