laganini beach club croatia wedding / christina + anthony

100 guests flew across the world to be with Christina and Anthony. What a spectacular time I had in Croatia. Venue: Laganini Beach Club / Wedding Planner: Ede by Jacqueline / Florals: Honeycomb Affairs / Music: John West / Hair: Dana Constantino / Makeup: Kate Ramic

Words from the bride:

We got married 8/8/17 at the courthouse in Laguna Hills since we had already started a family and didn't think it was necessary to have a big traditional wedding with all the fuss. We did think it would be fun to have a celebration with family and friends abroad somewhere a year later so we when thinking of a date, we thought... wouldn't it be cool to celebrate on 8-8-18

That meant that we should go to the courthouse 8.8.17 and what made that date just as sweet was 1+7 = 8. We're not superstitious nor Chinese but already heard 888 is a great combo in the Chinese culture. We loved our simple and intimate court ceremony since it was ALL ABOUT US. We didn't have to deal with the stress of pleasing family or people or pressures that weddings these days can entail. Fast forward a year later, we were blessed to be joined by 105 of our family and friends in Split, Croatia to celebrate us again. We couldn't ask for a more perfect day. Everything was perfect in our eyes, the backdrop was amazing and we had a blast celebrating with all of the people we wanted in attendance. I personally was never a fan of inviting guests out of obligation or having guests in attendance that you have no direct or personal connection with so I always knew I wanted a destination wedding. Getting my husband on board took some time in our relationship but when he attended a few destination weddings he completely understood and agreed and was on board. We were also blessed to be able to hire a wedding planner so that allowed us to enjoy every moment of the day and required very little planning and preparing.