The bride and groom are married in the bride's native village of Tunjice in Slovenia.  The groom's family hosts a stateside wedding celebration featuring some of the traditional Jewish customs.  To honor the memory of the Italian woman who cared for the groom as a boy, the family uses her wedding blanket as the canopy of their chuppah.  The floral theme revolves around the groom's mother's scarf collection gathered from travels to Europe and Russia and given to her by dear friends and family.  The red bridal bouquet is a nod to the bride's Slovenian bouquet. 