{"id":71861,"date":"2014-12-16T23:39:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T23:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=71861"},"modified":"2018-12-26T21:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T21:28:51","slug":"an-italian-inspired-wedding-in-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/an-italian-inspired-wedding-in-santa-barbara\/","title":{"rendered":"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the wedding of Kaitlin and Matthew that was sent in from <strong>Xsight\u00a0 Photography.<\/strong> The idea behind this couples wedding was to recreate the feel of Italy with the ocean as their backdrop, they chose both the Santa Barbara Mission and the Bacara Resort and Spa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ca742692-b726-4435-8011-b343da62eeb4.jpg\" alt=\"Bridesmaid Dresses\" width=\"789\" height=\"525\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ca742692-b726-4435-8011-b343da62eeb4.jpg\" alt=\"Bridesmaid Dresses\" width=\"789\" height=\"525\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/fb3c1c6e-1196-4675-b499-91d6aa3fa817.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Shoes\" width=\"792\" height=\"1189\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/fb3c1c6e-1196-4675-b499-91d6aa3fa817.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Shoes\" width=\"792\" height=\"1189\" \/><\/noscript>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/be0b91c1-d441-4987-8d52-33fa9e375edb.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara\" width=\"790\" height=\"1186\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/be0b91c1-d441-4987-8d52-33fa9e375edb.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara\" width=\"790\" height=\"1186\" \/><\/noscript>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/e6f68a0f-0059-4fe9-801c-70eda2f0f883.jpg\" alt=\"Bride Getting Ready\" width=\"787\" height=\"1181\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/e6f68a0f-0059-4fe9-801c-70eda2f0f883.jpg\" alt=\"Bride Getting Ready\" width=\"787\" height=\"1181\" \/><\/noscript>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/086e99f9-964d-4efe-843a-afc22f8c48b5.jpg\" alt=\"Bride and Bridesmaids \" width=\"795\" height=\"529\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/086e99f9-964d-4efe-843a-afc22f8c48b5.jpg\" alt=\"Bride and Bridesmaids \" width=\"795\" height=\"529\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 The wedding day was absolutely perfect, it was a sunny day in Santa Barbara. The bride and the groom were very relaxed and everyone was in the best of spirits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8b43dabe-2f97-44c4-b6c4-e27c3b71897f.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara\" width=\"805\" height=\"536\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8b43dabe-2f97-44c4-b6c4-e27c3b71897f.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara\" width=\"805\" height=\"536\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ed99be2-ba60-46fd-965d-f942fa8cefc1.jpg\" alt=\"Groomsmen\" width=\"802\" height=\"534\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1ed99be2-ba60-46fd-965d-f942fa8cefc1.jpg\" alt=\"Groomsmen\" width=\"802\" height=\"534\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 The ceremony took place at the Santa Barbara Mission with the cocktail hour and reception at the Bacara Resort&#8211; both extremely beautiful locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/92698672-af55-4103-8297-130a3589bdf9.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venue Santa Barbara\" width=\"814\" height=\"542\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/92698672-af55-4103-8297-130a3589bdf9.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Venue Santa Barbara\" width=\"814\" height=\"542\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2b52d2a4-c027-45d5-a267-7df194e95490.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Ceremony\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2b52d2a4-c027-45d5-a267-7df194e95490.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Ceremony\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/c0b88057-74d4-4793-8ef0-be6a15ff7601.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Ceremony Santa Barbara\" width=\"811\" height=\"540\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/c0b88057-74d4-4793-8ef0-be6a15ff7601.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Ceremony Santa Barbara\" width=\"811\" height=\"540\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ecdd7ad1-7199-41b0-b5af-1d3fed6cbabb.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Bouquet\" width=\"812\" height=\"1219\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ecdd7ad1-7199-41b0-b5af-1d3fed6cbabb.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Bouquet\" width=\"812\" height=\"1219\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The wedding had a Tuscan\/Old world feel. Both the bride and the groom are of Italian descent and Matt proposed in Italy so they wanted to tie that into the wedding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ff5d104b-cce9-4f99-81f8-42927e62ff7c.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil\" width=\"823\" height=\"548\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ff5d104b-cce9-4f99-81f8-42927e62ff7c.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil\" width=\"823\" height=\"548\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/0ab33c4a-6fa8-417d-b914-8f4ed0ffbb52.jpg\" alt=\"Bride and Groom\" width=\"823\" height=\"1235\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/0ab33c4a-6fa8-417d-b914-8f4ed0ffbb52.jpg\" alt=\"Bride and Groom\" width=\"823\" height=\"1235\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The colors were soft pinks, peaches, white and golds. Ambiance Floral did an amazing job incorporating vintage broaches into the floral arrangements. The reception site had tons of candles and market lights strung above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/00a5d69e-bb70-420a-b3d7-4bb05fe3b3ed.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Flowers\" width=\"813\" height=\"541\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/00a5d69e-bb70-420a-b3d7-4bb05fe3b3ed.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Flowers\" width=\"813\" height=\"541\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/199a9898-bedc-47de-bf2b-4a1ba3d7bd0e.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Table\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/199a9898-bedc-47de-bf2b-4a1ba3d7bd0e.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Table\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/e36c82cd-712d-42c8-8883-396e3c5b0ce8.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Table Decoration\" width=\"813\" height=\"541\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/e36c82cd-712d-42c8-8883-396e3c5b0ce8.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Table Decoration\" width=\"813\" height=\"541\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/d2c4778b-9b81-4660-8ae0-5548446bebfa.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara \" width=\"815\" height=\"542\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/d2c4778b-9b81-4660-8ae0-5548446bebfa.jpg\" alt=\"Real Wedding Santa Barbara \" width=\"815\" height=\"542\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The reception was very warm and inviting. During the reception, Matt and Kaitlin&#8217;s father surprised Kaitlin during the father daughter dance with a special recorded version of Kaitlin&#8217;s father singing Blackbird. She had always loved his rendition of the song so she was extremely touched. The reception concluded with a cover band.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/9456a667-df61-4d15-bb07-f2c76258f12d.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert table\" width=\"817\" height=\"544\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/9456a667-df61-4d15-bb07-f2c76258f12d.jpg\" alt=\"Dessert table\" width=\"817\" height=\"544\" \/><\/noscript> \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2829dd59-2daf-4676-bcc9-853eeef5e277.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Catering\" width=\"819\" height=\"545\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2829dd59-2daf-4676-bcc9-853eeef5e277.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Catering\" width=\"819\" height=\"545\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8b5233a7-0001-46be-903d-da97fc1e030a.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Food\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/8b5233a7-0001-46be-903d-da97fc1e030a.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Food\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" \/><\/noscript>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/15797b61-943d-4621-8627-c0f7d0b9d442.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing\" width=\"798\" height=\"531\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/15797b61-943d-4621-8627-c0f7d0b9d442.jpg\" alt=\"Dancing\" width=\"798\" height=\"531\" \/><\/noscript>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/78181746-92e8-4f1e-97a5-19422604ac96.jpg\" alt=\"Groom Kissing Bride\" width=\"795\" height=\"529\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Italian Inspired Wedding In Santa Barbara\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/78181746-92e8-4f1e-97a5-19422604ac96.jpg\" alt=\"Groom Kissing Bride\" width=\"795\" height=\"529\" \/><\/noscript>At the end of the wedding, everyone was so sad that it was over and wanted to continue celebrating Kaitlin and Matt &#8212; so the party traveled to the Bacara&#8217;s bar and everyone continued to celebrate alongside the bride and groom until their departure.\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Suppliers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Photography: xsightusa.com<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Venue: <a href=\"http:\/\/bacararesort.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bacara Resort &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Flowers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AmbienceFloral.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambiance Floral<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the wedding of Kaitlin and Matthew that was sent in from Xsight Photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[566,567,187,568,569],"class_list":["post-71861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-luxury-weddings","tag-beige","tag-golds","tag-real-wedding","tag-santa-barbara-wedding","tag-soft-pink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}