FEATURED IN LAURA WINFREE'S Mexico Travel Blog

I was very excited when

Laura Winfree one of the 24 bloggers for

Mexico Travel by the Cancun Turism Board

interviewed me for her Blog:

This is the short story, Laura contacted me trough Twitter and asked to interview me for her Blog I said Yes and she asked if I had a wedding this weekend so she could take photos for the post.

I took this photo of Laura at the Candy Cain Wedding

So I invited Laura to a Wedding this saturday at The Royal Resort in Cancun

where the DESTINATION WEDDING EXPERT Candy Cain Coordinated a Wedding

and allowed us to witness her magic.

Thank You very much for this POST I really love to read GOOD things about Cancun!

YOU GUYS CAN READ THE POST BY CLICKING ON THE BANNER BELOW:

MY Guest POST Featured in

http://northwoodsloves.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/feature-post-ilse-of-secret-jewel-celebration/

Learning a Wedding Tradition: The Ribbon Bouquet

I JUST LOVE THIS TRADITION! The tradition of creating a ribbon bouquet for the bride at her bridal shower to use at her rehearsal dinner as a stand in bouquet. Each ribbon or bow that was that extra detail on the gifts at the bridal shower is saved for this ribbon bouquet as the bride opens her gifts.

And I only knew about it when we had the Wedding rehearsal of Joe at Secret Jewel Celebrations and she had a funny thing on her hands.

I came near her and said, what is that?

And she just smiled and told me it's my Ribbon Bouquet made from the ribbons on the presents I got on my different Bridal Showers.

Then I just thought I had to share this great idea and this is how I have started the Ribbon Bouquet tradition with my friends. Actually we have just made 2 of them (most of my Friends (the girls) got married before I knew the tradition)

Since in México this is not a tradition we do, I had to have it on my BLOG to give ideas to all those Mexican (or other Country) Brides that can do something different at their Bridal Showers and better Yet give a wedding related activity to that eager aunt or cousin who really wants to help you out with something, have her in charge of your: RIBBON BOUQUET

Now I leave you with Laura Winfree 's Ribbon Bouquet True Story.

It's just so exciting:

I'm an American but I live in Cancun, and married my now - husband Jorge in July 2010.

My entire American family came down to Mexico for the wedding.

My aunts and grandma hosted my bridal shower at their villa in Puerto Morelos (where they were staying),and these ribbons are from that shower. My 2 older sisters made the bouquet and gave it to me on the morning of the wedding, right before the rehearsal. The wedding was at Hacienda Teya in the city of Merida.

I hope you enjoyed reading my Post as much as I enjoyed learning a cool Bridal tradition!

DIAMANT EVENTS in Beach Wedding Design

The story goes this way:

I am friends with a friend of the Bride. In other words a friend of mine from Puebla called me about 4 months ago and told me her Friend Claudia was getting married in Cancun and she needed my help to make this possible.

Civil Ceremony from Bride and Groom's point of view.

So after many changes in decoration, illumination, and other specific details Wedding involved we finally came up with the perfect Design for her Beach Wedding.

She wanted to have a Classic Elegant Wedding but right in front of the ocean and she was very happy when we managed to transform the Beach right in front of Le Meridien Hotel & Spa Cancun where in the morning there was nothing and after the Ceremony in the hotel's Gazebo the Dinner area just shined across the amazing white sand & turquoise waters of the Caribbean sea.

I was honored to be a part of this amazing Wedding.

CANCUN, MEXICO

I LOVE CANCUN by Diamant Events

The wedding today at

Le Meridien Hotel & Spa

was just perfect.

photo by Me (original)

with my Nikon 3000

The weather, the ocean, the sand, the sky, the clouds.

I've been living in Cancun for as long as I remember and

I just can't stop feeling overwhelmed with such a

gift from God.

Vintage + Beach

Who would of guessed that Vintage and Beach

were a match made in heaven?

Tonight as I was in the studio of my dear friend

Dany from Sweet Caribbean Photo

I ran across an amazing photo-shooting they made

in Riviera Maya and just

could not help to dream and imagine the

magic of this amazing mix:

my eyes can only see how this

Bohemian atmosphere meets total Glamour and Elegance!

Visit Riviera Maya we have every single option

for your DESTINATION DREAMED WEDDING.

Hello Kitty Bday Party

Not the usual wedding POST but I got to organize this party for my visiting niece from Switzerland, and I am very excited about the result.

We had it at one of the nicest Hotels in Cancun: Presidente Intercontinetal Hotel and the photos are just too cute not to share.

And I think you can get some ideas of some activities

you can do if you are having kids at your wedding:

We did cool hand painted T-shirts and it took us a couple hours.

And also did a Bee and a monkey lantern activity that was so much fun.

Piñata is always a fun option even if it's not a birthday.

We had an amazing sunny beach day

Happy Bday Sereina!!!

OUR VENUE FEATURED IN MEXICO TRAVEL SURESTE MAGAZINE

SO EXCITED OUR VENUE GOT FEATURED IN

THE MEXICO TRAVEL SURESTE MAGAZINE

WE ARE SO EXCITED

Secret Jewel Celebrations Venue

Riviera Maya

México

RECOMMENDED FLOWERS FOR JULY & AUGUST

SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR RECOMMENDED

SUMMER FLOWERS ARE:

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a perennial herb. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum, though classified by some botanists in a related genus asPeucedanum graveolens (L.) C.B.Clarke.

Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos vegetation.

Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as snapdragons from the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed (thus the 'snap').

Astilbe (pronounced /əˈstɪlbiː/)^[1] is a genus of 18 species of perennial, herbaceous flowering plants, within the family Saxifragaceae. Some species are commonly known as False Goat's Beard, and False Spirea. Astilbe species are native to Asia and North America
Clarkia amoena (Farewell to Spring or Godetia; syn. Godetia amoena) is a flowering plant native to western North America, found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Campanula (pronounced /kæmˈpænjuːlə/)^[2] is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".

If you get this season's flowers you save a lot on your summer wedding!

SLEEPING BEAUTY

photo by crystalgenes photographer

I recently had to reorganize my life in order to sleep at least 7hrs.

In this busy days sometimes is just not that easy.

So I want to leave this POST for all of you busy girls out there who don't

quite give your body the SLEEP hours it needs in order to have a healthy life!

It is well known that the correct amount of sleep is essential for your general physical and mental health; but what exactly is the right amount of sleep and why is that?

Although it varies slightly according to factors such as age, the general optimum amount of bed time for adults is around 7 to 8 hours, and by spending either too much or too little time in bed you might be actually be risking your health down the line.

Too Little Sleep

Sometimes it isn’t possible to achieve the ideal amount of bed time, perhaps due to work or family commitments (we’ve all been there!) however frequent sleepless nights can have a variety of negative health effects.

Specifically, too little sleep can lead to energy problems throughout the day, which can impair your judgment and is potentially very dangerous if you’re working, for example.

But as well as fairly obvious problems associated with too little sleep, there are also some issues you might not be aware of, for example research has suggested that too little sleep can actually lead to obesity! ( I bet you didn't know that one)

Too Much Sleep

It has long been thought that sleep and especially too much sleep doesn’t have any negative health effects and can even bolster certain aspects of your health such as skin quality, however this isn’t in fact the case; and a University of California study has actually suggested that people who spend too much time in a quality bed actually die younger!

SO THE SLEEPING BEAUTY TALE IS JUST A MYTH???

.... what??

.... YES It is!

So Brides to BE it doesn't matter how many things you still have to Do, organize your selves and get your 8hr sleep. Not only before wedding day is here, but make this a healthy habit that you'll acquire for life!