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Wedding Wednesday: The Shoes

I wore two different pairs of shoes for our wedding. Originally, I had bought the ones on the left, (Jeffrey Campbell wedge booties) first without trying them on with my dress, silly idea. When I tried the JC shoes and dress on together, I realized the shoes were too high for the dress…I should have known that, considering my dress fit perfectly, I didn’t get any alterations. So there I was, two days before our big day, shopping for another pair of wedding shoes! Hahaha, believe it or not, I was no stressed! 🙂 Anyways, it took me about 7 stores, and two hours later, to finally find the perfect LOW HEELED pair! It is so hard to find white shoes that are CUTE and 3inches or lower, seriously!

So, on my wedding day, I wore the cute, 3inch heels, on the left, for our photo session and to our religious ceremony. At our reception, I changed into the JC booties, which meant that my dress wasn’t touching the floor, and getting really dirty, jejeje.

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Wedding Wednesday: My Hair Style

Wednesday, is by far my favorite day of the week, not only because it’s “Wedding Wednesday” here on Nina on the Moon, but it’s also my day off! 🙂 Today is all about my wedding day hair style!

When I was first thinking of what to do with my hair a few months in advance, I had thought of doing something vintage and edgy, like the beehive, not so much a la Amy Winehouse, but more like, the classic 50’s way. I had even thought of dying my hair a totally different color, to mark the end and beginning of a chapter in this journey; life. But, then I decided that was to crazy; I realized that I wanted to look back at pictures and see me! So, months went by, I didn’t dye my hair and I didn’t have a hair do…

Anyways, before I knew it, it was my wedding day! My amazing makeup/hair stylist, Lucky, came over to the hotel and had asked me what I wanted to do with my hair….tick,tock, tick, tock, time is ticking! Hmm I visualized the ways I usually wear my hair: 1)high ponytail, 2)high bun, 3)down, and 4)braid. I knew I wanted to do something that was totally my style, nothing fancy or over the top; something elegant and simple 😉 It was settled, my classic high bun!

I also had this beautiful floral headband, that I had bought a few days in advance, to add the vintage touch to my hair style! You definitely don’t need to spend a lot of money on your hair accessories, or anything else for that matter. You can find beautiful things on a budget! This headband was $10 at Claire’s, what a steal, right?!

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Wedding Wednesday: My Bridal Shower

If I remember correctly, my bridal shower was on October 15th, 2011.

It was organized by my amazing mother and God-sister. This event, was a memorable one, as they made sure everyone was having an out of this world good time; eating, drinking, dancing and playing games.

They had all of my favorite foods; an assortment of vegetarian sushi, my madrina’s famous empanadas de camaron y carne molida, my moms famous taquitos con salsa verde, her delicious spinach dip, fruit, veggie and meat platters, and of course wings! There was also a surplus of alcohol; wine, sangria, tequila, beer, vodka and tequila strawberry jello shots! Oh, the jello shots were so delicious, I had totally forgotten how good they were…

My god sister decorated the space so nicely, with balloons, pinwheels, and some rather sexy things, which I got to keep! Hehehe. She also made me a personalized guestbook/scrapbook, which was so sweet. Guests passed the book from one to another during the evening/night/madrugada and wrote their sweet messages to me! There was a lot of thoughtful advice and tips for a “healthy, happy, and long lasting marriage” in the guestbook, probably since the majority of the woman have been married for 15+ years.

The games were so much fun to play. There was a memorization game, which was hilarious, but that’s all I can say about that one, hahaha. We also played “hot potato,” but replaced the potato with something else..take a wild guess, ahaha. There was also “pin the macho on the man…” Mhmmm. Oh, we also played “ring toss.” And the best activity of the night, in my opinion, was the pee-knee-ah-ta (pi~ata). It was awesome, I hadn’t hit a pi~ata in ages, probably since I was twelve, so it was incredible to do something that I always did (and loved) during my childhood. Memories!!! 🙂

I couldn’t have asked for a better bridal shower, it was incredbile! Thanks Ines, and mom for making my bridal shower such a memorable one! And a huge thank you to everyone who attended, for showering me with all your positive vibes and love…and gifts.

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Wedding Wednesday: My Makeup

I didn’t have a makeup trial, but was confident that my makeup artist, Lucky would do a great job. She is the makeup artist for Mexican singer, Belinda and did Katy Perry’s makeup for the MTV Latino Awards when they were in Guadalajara a few years ago.

When Lucky arrived, she asked me if I had any specific instructions for her. Yes, I did! I wanted my look to be natural, with a vintage, rock n roll flare! I also told her that I usually rock light gold shimmery eye shadow, thick black cat-eye liner and mascara.

Lucky applied the base stuff, I’m thinking primer, concealer and foundation? I don’t wear those products because I really don’t know how to apply them, eek, embarrassing, I know! I just moisturize..lol. Anyways, she did a great job matching everything to my skin tone. She also covered a heat rash I had on my cheek, brilliantly, it didn’t show up in pictures, phew!

Lucky picked some gold shimmery eye shadows and asked which I preferred, they ranged from light to dark gold. She recommended that I wear a dark gold, to pop! I went for it! Oh yeah, I was also looking forward to wearing fake eye lashes for the fourth time in my life. Yeah, I should wear them more often, they are so much fun and glamorous.

She applied the eye liner, asked me to look in the mirror to see if I like it. It was nice, but not thick enough, and not as exaggerated as I would have liked it, so I informed her and she applied it again! I told her that I usually do mine like Amy Winehouse, but a little tamer, hehehe.She filled in my eye brows, just how I like them! Oh, and my lips got to rock MAC’s Wonder Woman “red” lipstick, to top off my vintage inspired look.

Don’t be afraid to tell your MUA your vision or any inspiration for your makeup, it is YOUR WEDDING! 😉

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Wedding Wednesday: My Makeup

Don’t be afraid to tell your MUA your vision or any inspiration for your makeup, it is YOUR WEDDING! 😉

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Wedding Wednesday: The Flowers

It is that day of the week again, Wedding Wednesday!

I am having so much fun posting photos and writing about our wedding, and the planning that came with it! Especially because I get to remember all the fun my husband and I had during the whole process. A big thank you to our family, who also helped a lot in bringing this memorable event together.

Today, is all about the flowers!

Two days before the wedding, I’m for real, my husband went to a flower market in Guadalajara and ordered 8 bouquets for the bridesmaids, 1 for the Virgen de Guadalupe, and 1 bouquet for me, the bride! A friend of ours picked up the bouquets the morning of our wedding.

The bridesmaid bouquets, were white roses with “nubes.” I don’t know what nubes (means clouds in Spanish) are called in English, but they are the tiny white flowers surrounding the roses. Check them out in the picture above, and if you know what they are called, please let me know! Greatly appreciated.

My second bouquet for La Virgen de Guadalupe, was made up of light peach roses. In Catholic ceremonies, the bride offers one of her bouquets to the Virgen, asking for her to bless the new family with happiness and fulfillment.

During the ceremony, this bouquet is held by one of the bridesmaids and at the end of the wedding ceremony is given to the bride, so she and her husband can offer it to the Virgen. In our case, I asked my mother if she would do us the honour.

My bouquet, was beautiful; simple and elegant. It was made up of lillies and orchid

The day we were deciding on the flowers, Magii, my sister in law, showed me a picture of one of the bouquets that Jacky Bracamontes used for her wedding. We decided that a much simpler version would be perfect for me, and voila, it was! Gracias Magi, por la inspiracion y ayuda!

The flowers that decorated the interior of the church were provided and arranged by the church. It was included in the fee we paid for the service, very convenient and VERY affordable! Yeah, I was pretty happy they matched my bouquet, everything worked out perfectly.

Besos, bendiciones y buenas vibras!

What’s your favorite kind of flowers?

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Wedding Wednesday: La Degustacion. Food Tasting

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -V.Woolf

On Friday, November 5th, 2011, my husband and I arrived at Hacienda Herradero Viejo for our dinner sampling! We were going to decide on an appetizer, soup, and entree. Going into the tasting, all we knew is that we wanted the entree to be chicken.

Appetizers

The first option for the appetizer was a creamy seafood mix on top of a flaky, baked, type of pastry bread. I didn’t like this one, but my husband did.

The second was a spinach crepe. I forget what type of sauce it was drenched in, but I do remember it being too salty for my liking. My husband did like it, but agreed that it was too salty. This was a maybe, if the salt was adjusted.

The third option, were mini empanadas. There were five different kinds of filling; mushroom, broccoli, cauliflower, potato and a mixed one. They were topped off a delicious chipotle sauce. These were our favourite! Sooo yummy!

Crema: Cream based soups

I absolutely loved the presentation of the soups! It’s perfect, a soup in a round bun! Get to dip the top, and work your way down.

There were three options for la cream; cream of broccoli, cream of mushroom, and cream of cilantro. Each soup had a different type of cheese in it too. But, the only one I can remember is the cream of cilantro with panel cheese. I loved the cream of broccoli, my husband was very fond of the cream of cilantro with panela.

Entree

There were two choices of meat for the main dish; chicken or pork. As I mentioned before, we knew we wanted chicken. We tried the pork, it was good, but too dry. Even the delicious chipotle sauce couldn’t rescue it. We did not want to take that risk of presenting a dry meal to our guests.

Chicken entree, was presented in two ways: (1) Drenched with delicious pistachio olive oil and nuts, and dried fruits inside. (2) Drenched in a savoury cream, which at this time, can’t recall! Hahaha, but it was good!

The next part of the main dish had to be decided, the accompanying side. There were four options;(1) Kebab of seasonal veggies, (2) Warm fruit puree on top of a baked apple slice, (3) Baked potato, or (4) Baked spinach roll topped with sesame seeds.

The Meal

We decided on the vegetable empanadas for the appetizer, cilantro and panela for the cream based soup, and both ways of preparing the chicken, with the fruit puree and spinach roll.

The food was a hit at our reception. Everyone kept on complimenting our food choices and how everything tasted to amazing!!!!! Yay! 🙂

besos, bendiciones y buenas vibras.

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Wedding Wednesday: Templo de San Agustin, Saint Agustin [Guadalajara, Mexico]

El Templo de San Agustin, is where my husband and I had our religious ceremony on November eleventh, two thousand and eleven. It is located in “La Plaza de Libertad” in the heart of historic downtown Guadalajara, Mexico.

San Agustin is one of the oldest churches in Guadalajara, founded in 1573. Like many other churches built during the Sixteenth Century, they had convents that were attached. Presently, the convent (seen on the left, behind the tree) is home to the School of Music of the University of Guadalajara.

Initially, this was not the our first choice. The same day we were hunting for an hacienda for our reception, we had checked out a temple in the same municipality, and loved it. Unfortunately, or fortunately, another couple beat us! Hahaha. So here I was six months before our wedding, in Vancouver, researching temples in Guadalajara. We believe that “everything happens for a reason” and knew things would work out for the best! And that’s just what happened!

So thankfully, after several (about 15) failed attempts at finding an available church, I found San Agustin! It was available for our date and time! *phew* I had a good friend of ours check out San Agustin, to make sure it was what I had read, and seen in pictures, and it was! YAY!

QUE MI ALMA TE ALABE SEÑOR,

PARA QUE TE AME, Y QUE TE AME

PARA QUE TE ALABE.

– S.AGUSTIN CONF. IV 16,31.

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Wedding Wednesday: Templo de San Agustin, Saint Agustin [Guadalajara, Mexico]

QUE MI ALMA TE ALABE SEÑOR,

PARA QUE TE AME, Y QUE TE AME

PARA QUE TE ALABE.

– S.AGUSTIN CONF. IV 16,31.

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Wedding Wednesday: The bridesmaids and their attire

For my very special day, in Guadalajara, Mexico, I had the pleasure of being accompanied by eight of my of my closet friends. Four came from Vancouver, Canada; one from New Jersey, USA, one from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and the final two ladies, from Guadalajara!

How did I decided to have eight bridesmaids?

Actually, it was pretty easy. I wanted to have the girls who I’ve grown up with and shared incredibly special moments together; like winning soccer tournaments, doing my hair and make up for parties, sharing clothes, playing barbies, playing house, teaching me how to cart wheel, and trips to new cities. I also wanted to have my sister in laws, in the bridal party as well, because although we have only known each other for about four years, it feels like an eternity! Hahaha, we clicked the first day we met! We cry, we fight, we party, we have sleepovers, make overs, we laugh…everything that sisters, and best friends do! And that’s how I ended up with eight beautiful, strong women by my side on my wedding night!

How did I decide on the bridesmaid dress?

I wanted the bridesmaids to wear coral. I think it was about five months before the wedding, when I found the Coral dress. My mother, and father were kind enough to drive me and two of bridesmaids down to Everette, Washington, to look for bridesmaid dresses. The mission was to find the bridesmaid dress. We went to various department stores, like Nordstrom because I wasn’t looking for anything expensive and super fancy. Anyways, long story short, we ended up at David’s Bridal and after trying on what seemed to be 50 different dresses, in different colours and sizes…I found the one for them! Yahoo!

Dun, dun, dun, one of my sister in laws was living in New York at the time, and went to try on the dress at her local David’s Bridal and it did not fit. She is very slim, and their smallest size, a zero, fit her like a sac of potatoes. Ugh, so we decided that if it doesn’t fit her, it probably won’t fit my sister, her sister and sister in law. I did not want my bridesmaids to dish out one hundred and fifty dollars for alterations, considering the dress was just over one hundred dollars.

So, what did I do? I decided I would have my four sisters in one dress, and friends in another. This meant sending my sister in laws, in Mexico, on a mission, that wasn’t complete until, about three weeks before the wedding! Hahaha.

My bridesmaids, in coral, thankfully didn’t have to get alterations done! Their dresses fit them perfectly. Actually, I think some hemmed them up, sexy!

Their Accessories and Shoes

I know some brides have specific instructions their bridesmaids must follow regarding the accessories and shoes they will wear for the big event. I thought about it, but quickly realized it was not my style. Besides, I wanted the girls to be comfortable. So, they got to choose what earrings, bangles, rings, purse (if any), shoes they rocked that night.

Their Make up and Hair

Again, I did not have any specifics. They did their make up and hair as they pleased. I did have a MUA and hair stylist on hand in our hotel room, for those who wished to use their services.

Their bouquet

It was a few days before the wedding, when we decided they would carry a bouquet of white roses. We wanted something simple and romantic!

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