A Charming Welcome Dinner at a Pizzeria in Amalfi, Italy

When Nick Leyh first requested Priyanka Panjak to be his girlfriend in heart school, he led her alongside a scavenger hunt spherical The Plaza sooner than popping the question. When he decided to recommend to her in 2021, Nick as quickly as as soon as extra despatched Priyanka on an journey—this time via Kansas Metropolis. “He recreated an equivalent scavenger hunt with it ending the place the Kansas and Missouri Rivers met,” remembers Priyanka. Their subsequent huge mission could possibly be to tie the knot in Amalfi, Italy.

Sooner than saying “I do,” the couple hosted a welcome celebration for his or her 55 firm on the Pizzeria Donna Stella. “We had initially picked a definite venue that was incredible nonetheless located near the precept freeway and seashore,” explains the bride. “We had been nervous about it being too loud and small for our welcome celebration, so ended up altering closing minute to Pizzeria Donna Stella, which was a bit further secluded and intimate.” Their imaginative and prescient for the celebration? “We wished one factor that felt casual and pleasing! We beloved incorporating the considered pizza into the weekend,” Priyanka gives.

Although they arrived to the event on a moist day, the pair held a charming celebration shielded by a ceiling crammed with Amalfi lemon timber. Ahead, see all the details from their intimate Italian welcome celebration, deliberate by Ema Giangreco and photographed by Jenny Quicksall.

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Whereas it may need been powerful planning from afar, the couple says the unimaginable service from the restaurant’s staff made their different the correct match. “Finalizing a menu and selecting a venue mainly with out seeing it in particular person was most certainly the hardest, nonetheless luckily there have been quite a lot of good footage and evaluations on-line,” the bride shares. “And, our planner Ema was able to go to this venue when she was there!”

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For his or her attire, the couple each wished to choose vibrant outfits that match the venue and weren’t too formal. Nick regarded sharp in a blue and white Houndstooth jacket with a pink button-down. Priyanka went with a white printed robe from Farm Rio, accessorizing with daring floral earrings and pearl-accented pumps. “It took a while to look out the correct robe,” she remembers. “I tried on quite a lot of selections, nonetheless in the long run found one I beloved!”

As for her magnificence look, she really labored alongside together with her wedding ceremony make-up artists for the first time. “My make-up the night sooner than was really a trial for the wedding as I hadn’t travelled to Italy in the midst of the planning course of,” the bride explains. “It was good though, because of we had been able to make modifications for the next day.”

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In order so as to add to the ambiance, the couple employed a musician trio that carried out standard Italian songs all by way of the night. The bride shares definitely considered one of her favorite recollections from the night was when firm began singing and dancing along with the tunes.

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When firm arrived, they obtained woven welcome baggage, full with limoncello to take pleasure in on their journey. “Inserting collectively our reward baggage was a DIY problem that we had been able to full with the help of our incredible buddies,” says the bride. “We created a bit assembly line and obtained it carried out so much sooner!”

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Specialty cocktails, along with an Aperol spritz, a negroni, and a limoncello spritz, obtained a start to the festivities. “We picked drinks on our cocktail menu that we every appreciated and had cups with our two pugs printed on them! We beloved this little contact as they couldn’t be part of us for the wedding,” shares Priyanka.

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The blue tile throughout the restaurant helped operate inspiration for the tablescapes, which had been accented with napkins of the equivalent shade. “We had vegetation as our centerpieces with little tomatoes and peppers which ended up being a really pleasing contact,” shares Priyanka. “A whole lot of our firm really beloved consuming them and attempting the spicy peppers!”

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The evening was a blast, full with delicious pizza, music, and time spent with buddies. Reflecting on the night, the couple share, “We beloved so many points about it, nonetheless notably the ambiance, lemon timber overlaying the very best of the patio, their willingness to work with us with our menu, and, in actual fact, the meals!”