Photo: James Moes1/30We worked with the incredibly talented Happy Menocal to design our crest and invitation suite. I love the fun weekend guide to Tulum, mapping out the wedding festivities including welcome margaritas, yoga with Kyle Miller, and our pre-wedding fiesta.
Photo: James Moes2/30David and I awaiting the guests at our pre-wedding fiesta at our favorite restaurant in Tulum, Él Tabano. I wore an Oscar de la Renta caftan and a Céline clutch.
Photo: James Moes3/30Mariachis greeted the guests as they entered the fiesta.
Photo: James Moes4/30Our wedding planners, Bash Please, totally transformed the restaurant to the point that we hardly recognized the space. Dinner menus consisting of Chaya and Black Bean Salad, Caramel and Tomato Shrimp and of course, Tacos, were hand written and placed on each table alongside festive floral arrangements and table runners.
Photo: James Moes5/30A special moment surrounded by friends during David’s sister’s speech. She ended by stating that what binds the two of us together is kindness.
Photo: James Moes6/30My Valentino dress hanging in our hotel room as I was getting ready. I will never love a dress more.
Photo: James Moes7/30My sister and best friend zipping me into my dress before the ceremony.
Photo: James Moes8/30David was so nervous to get ready without me, as normally I’d be the one to make sure his collar was straight and everything was in place. But of course, he looked perfect.
Photo: James Moes9/30I loved how David’s simple boutonniere made of an orange bougainvillea brought out the faint pinstripe in his Façonnable linen suit.
Photo: James Moes10/30David picked out vintage pocketknives for each of the men in our wedding party that he gave to them before the ceremony.
Photo: James Moes11/30Taking a moment to myself before walking down the aisle. Butterflies.
Photo: James Moes12/30We were so lucky to have our favorite florist, Moon Canyon, come out to Tulum for the wedding. Kristen Caissie created a delicate bouquet made of bougainvillea, chrysanthemums, butter marigolds, roses, tuberose, anthurium, ranunculus, and rice flower with hints of tropical greens. Inside of the bouquet I carried a heart-shaped locket, which held a photograph of my mother, as I wanted her to walk down the aisle with me. My sister had carried this locket down the aisle at her wedding, and she lent it to me as my something borrowed.
Photo: James Moes13/30The wedding started at 4:00 p.m., so we decided to greet guests with coconuts as opposed to cocktails to help hydrate before the long night ahead.
Photo: James Moes14/30Each guest was given a sea grass pouch filled with dried chamomile and rose petals to throw at us as we walked up the aisle, taking our first steps as husband and wife.
Photo: James Moes15/30My brother-in-law, Alejandro, walking my niece and nephew, Francesca and Luca, down the aisle.
Photo: James Moes16/30I love the proud look on my dad’s face as he walked me down the aisle. Of course, all I could see was David.
Photo: James Moes17/30David watching me walk down the aisle, as his best man, Kevin, played the guitar in the background.
Photo: James Moes18/30We stood under an arch made of palm fronds, surrounded by jungle greenery.
Photo: James Moes19/30Our officiant and friend, Jason, was hilarious. I was either laughing or crying throughout the entire ceremony.
Photo: James Moes20/30A few of our friends watching the ceremony, feeling the love.
Photo: James Moes21/30The kiss!
Photo: James Moes22/30Walking up the aisle as our friends and family showered us with love, cheers, and dried flowers.
Photo: James Moes23/30One kiss just wasn’t enough!
Photo: James Moes24/30Our first moment alone as husband and wife. I’m pretty sure I was crying.
Photo: James Moes25/30The dinner was held inside of a thatched-roof palapa. Long tables were placed close together, and both dinner and wine were served family style, to give that intimate dinner-party feel. We worked with our florist to create rustic centerpieces that looked more gathered than arranged—featuring wooden bowls filled with tropical greens, aloe vera, and local fruits and flowers.
Photo: James Moes26/30Friends and family greeting us as we entered the reception. So much love.
Photo: James Moes27/30We opted for simple, rustic place settings with fringed napkins and teak flatware. Happy Menocal painted our menus, which consisted of watermelon salad with edible flowers, grouper al pastor, short rib in pre-Hispanic sauce, grilled vegetables and roasted potatoes, and tres leches cake for dessert.
Photo: James Moes28/30After beautiful speeches from our friends and family, David and I had planned on making a final toast to all of our guests. Instead, David stole the mic and made an impromptu toast to me. It was my favorite moment of the weekend, and there was not a dry eye in the place.
Photo: James Moes29/30During our first dance to The Zombies’s “This Will Be Our Year.”
Photo: James Moes30/30Our DJ, Austin Peters, was so amazing—he kept us dancing for nearly seven hours. The best part was that David and I didn’t leave each other’s side all night long.
