KAREEN & ALEX: Green is the color of their dreams!!!

KAREEN & ALEX DEFINED THEIR WEDDING DAY

WITH A VERY FRESH AND YOUNG

GREEN COLOR explosion

MAKE UP ARTIST Carolina BellaVista

Getting ready at the Bride's Suite

to make our Bride even more beautiful.

WEDDING COORDINATED BY THE TEAM OF

LOVE MEMORIES

AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH

THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ALSO.

THE SWEETHEART'S TABLE WAS JUST

IN FRONT OF THE ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

SIGN AT SECRET JEWEL CELEBRATIONS VENUE

IN PLAYA DEL SECRETO, RIVIERA MAYA.

ON A VERY sunny friday, this wedding

took place right on the beach. Getting together more than 150 friends

and family members to witness their exchange of vows in

the middle of a natural and very exclusive location.

BRIDE AND GROOM WHERE VERY PARTICULAR

ABOUT SOME DETAILS

THEY HAD NAMES OF LOVE SONGS

IN EACH TABLE INSTEAD

OF NUMBERS.

THEY ALSO PROVIDED TOE RING SANDALS FOR THE LADIES

AND THERE WAS A BAG OF MUNCHIES

IN EVERY TABLE SO THAT IF SOMEONE

GOT A LITTLE EXTRA HUNGRY AFTER THE

COCKTAIL PARTY THEY COULD ENTERTAIN

THEM SELVES WITH SOME CARBS BEFORE DINNER.

As the usual MEXICAN destination wedding

the party kept on going till 3am when

the busses came to pick up all the guests

and drive them back safety to their

Hotel in Playa del Carmen.

Including mexican traditions on your #destinationwedding

Today is February the 2nd and in Mexico we celebrate the DIA DE LA CANDELARIA.

"LA CANDELARIA" Is a Virgin just like Virgin Mary. And this tradition follows the ROSCA DE REYES on January the 6th tradition of cutting the bread and who ever gets in their slice a "hidden" baby jesus must buy TAMALES

(corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture

then wrapped in corn husks and steamed)

and invite their friends over on the 2nd of february.

So today is our day for TAMALES and ATOLE.

According to Mama Latina tamales are one of Mexico's favorite dishes. You can find them all year long almost everywhere. Most people know about savory tamales, but there are also sweet tamales. The tradition is to have your Tamal with a hot beverage called Atole. It's sweet and corn based very delicious and we have different flavors to chocolate, vanilla, strawberry or plain.

But how is this culinary tradition even important for my DESTINATION WEDDING?

Well this is where the story gets its twist. You know how we are always looking for ways to incorporate traditions of the place where our Wedding will take place, so that our guests and family can have the complete DESTINATION experience?

Well we are adding bite size "Tamales" to your Hors d'oeuvre (literally "apart

from the main work or translated into the food items served before the first course), and serve them at the beach on your cocktail party after your ceremony.

This is an amazing way to add the mexican flavor, TAMALES can be a VEGETARIAN

option also and they are full of flavor.

You can fill them with beef, pork, chicken or cheese; and if you want to try them sweet you can fill them with almost any fruity flavor, they are the best.

There is no reason not to get GOURMET on your "Tamales"

you can add a little culinary twist by filling them with duck,

roasted turkey or even a signature dish by Bride & Groom.

What ever you do don't stop surprising your guests and familly INCORPORATE MEXICAN TRADITIONS TO YOUR WEDDING its a fun way to say I DO and VIVA MEXICO!!!

All photos provided by my FRIEND and amazing Mexican Chef

MICHEL BUNNY from TRES DE AZUCAR signature kitchen, poetry and more ....