Paola + Cristina

First came the +

Amore Maneggiare con Cura is a wedding planning studio in Sicily, but to really tell you who we are, we need to begin with a symbol. + Once, there were two businesses, two ways of working and two personalities that, from the outside at least, could hardly have seemed more different. Then we realised that together we could create something neither of us could have created alone. And along came the plus. Paola + Cristina. It is the same symbol we still use when we write our couples’ names on project notes and moodboards. Not an “and” that simply places two people beside each other, but a + that adds something, that transforms, that tells the story of what can happen when two people meet. Amore Maneggiare con Cura lives exactly there.

Paola Carloni

Wedding Planner

Hi, I’m Paola and I’m looking forward meeting you and knowing your story or whatever you would like to tell me.
The first things that you will notice about me are my calm nature, the sense of order and my yellow accessories.
Organization and planning are my DNA: I really love projecting and I’m extremely proud of me when Ifinish my to do lists. Sometimes, my pragmatism makes me too blunt refusing some “strange inquiry”, but at the end diplomacy prevails and lets me gently reply to all my clients’ requests. That’s why you will appreciate my way to get directly to the point…I promise! I also warn you:do not get upset if I don’t recognize you when I’m out of my office walking on the street: I love travelling around the world and I usually walk with my eyes upward looking for some top floor apartment with flowering terrace.
I always dream of cozy apartments and, why not, even of some boats. I also love going to the cinema or watchingTV series all in one breath…many TV series...
I even use an app to plan the perfect moments to watch them. One of the things that makes me happy and relaxed is just an evening “pizza margherita with few mozzarella” and movie…and I’m soon ready to plan a new tri...

Cristina Fazzi

Wedding Designer

... You are my playground love…Yes: I really love listening to your love story, the way you met and fell in love and the reasons why you would like to get married.
Some stories are romantic, others less but all the love stories are unique, and my talent is to grasp the essence of you and the sparkle back in your eyes to make them known to all your guests through the creation of a special atmosphere made up of concrete details imprinted of you.
I’m veryhonest but also extremely emphatic and that’s why sometimes, if you ask something particular to Paola, she simply replies: “please, that’s Cristina’s business”.
I generally spend my spare time with my family: Erik, our little daughter Clizia and some crazy friends on board of our Hymermobile, called “Orso”, living some strange retro style adventure. I draw inspiration by these adventures together with my escapes to London.
Sometimes, I disappear lost in some movie, living as Jesse and Celine in “Before Sunrise” trilogy o in the decadent “Paradise Lost”...in such a moment, I even don’t hear the phone: don’t worry ..I’m just dreaming..!

Siamo come il sole e la luna, entrambe necessarie per godere a pieno un intero giorno.

Dicono di noi

“Paola è la parte razionale del duo, il direttore d'orchestra, colei che scandisce i tempi e coordina ,Cristina è la parte creativa, il primo violino, con estro e genuinità riesce ad esaltare qualsiasi angolo con arte e praticità”.

DAVIDE E MARIAGIOVANNA

A “Paola è la mente sempre lucida e razionale, riesce a gestire qualsiasi imprevisto, ha il potere di rendere tutto chiaro e di tranquillizzarti all'istante. Cristina è la mente creativa, troverà sempre una soluzione interessante e mai banale”.

ALESSANDRO E FRANCESCA

"Assolutamente necessarie come le fedi nuziali"

WILIAM E MELISSA

“Paola arriva al dunque. Sempre. Riesce a smorzare ogni ansia mantenendo sempre un tono rassicurante e credibile. Perfetta organizzatrice e persona di cuore. Cristina crea e immagina. Intuitiva, scenografa, le piace azzardare senza mai strafare. Dice sempre quello che pensa senza troppi giri di parole”.

MATTIA E VALERIA

“Tante volte ci siamo ritrovati d'accordo su tutto senza nemmeno parlare, non so come ma loro sapevano già cosa avrebbe mosso il nostro entusiasmo e cosa no. Aggiungerei, tra le stelline, "Empatia", anche lì il voto sarebbe il massimo! Concediti il lusso di sognare, al resto penseranno loro”