Destination Wedding at Four Seasons Punta Mita
Everyone has a different aspect of their wedding with which they are particularly preoccupied. For some of us it's the dress, the food, or the ceremony, and for some of us (raises hand) it's the party. This is a HUGE day and I am a firm believer in an all-out celebration. Photographed by Jillian Mitchell, this Punta Mita bash is also totally gorgeous. You can see the whole pretty-packed fiesta right here in the gallery.
From the bride... Chris is super corporate America with a twist of hippie (since meeting me) and I'm totally a southern grown granola. Chris and I have always had a love hate relationship with Margaritas and Mexican food. Being from Texas, its our way of life - I don't think there has been a week in our alomst 5 years together where we haven't had Mexican food and Margaritas every Sunday - then come home for an afternoon siesta!
We didn't want a big wedding at all - and we knew if we had a Houston wedding, it would have been a 500 person event. Chris and I are both SUPER laid back and easy going. We wanted our wedding to reflect our personalities and our favorite things: spending time with our friends and margaritas!
We chose Punta Mita - because we have friends who have houses there and we think its a beautiful, quaint little spot. We also didn't want to ask our guests to fly more than 2 hours to our wedding destination. We wanted a resort that was killer, yet we wanted somewhere really fun for our guests to have a fun "vacation". We didn't want them to think they were traveling for a wedding. We wanted them to go on vacation - and happen to just go to a wedding during their trip!
We didn't want to choose between our friends - so we decided we wouldn't have a bridal/grooms party. We've both been in a ton of weddings and we agreed, its just too stressful and causes way too much drama. We agreed that our wedding was about two people: Chris and myself.
As far as vendors - I wanted to keep things super simple. Chris wore simple Bonobos blue pants (his favorite color) and a white linen shirt with his sleeves rolled up. I wanted him to feel comfortable, not stuffy. Shoes are always optional in our lives.. I absolutely hate wearing shoes. My dress, was Alvina Valenta purchased at Ivory Bridal Couture. I wanted a dress that was simple and reflected the beach - I didn't want too poofy or fancy looking - because that's not me. I didn't wear shoes.
The food was simple: Mexican. The drinks were our favorite: Margaritas, Corona's and Champagne with berries - we also had an open bar for our guests. We had tequila at each table - because why not? Our friends spent a ton of money coming to Mexico to party - we wanted to give them a party. I think we accomplished that!
Overall we had the best, most perfect wedding. People are STILL talking about it in Houston. It was wild, crazy, free spirited - just the way we wanted it.
We didn't want a big wedding at all - and we knew if we had a Houston wedding, it would have been a 500 person event. Chris and I are both SUPER laid back and easy going. We wanted our wedding to reflect our personalities and our favorite things: spending time with our friends and margaritas!
We chose Punta Mita - because we have friends who have houses there and we think its a beautiful, quaint little spot. We also didn't want to ask our guests to fly more than 2 hours to our wedding destination. We wanted a resort that was killer, yet we wanted somewhere really fun for our guests to have a fun "vacation". We didn't want them to think they were traveling for a wedding. We wanted them to go on vacation - and happen to just go to a wedding during their trip!
We didn't want to choose between our friends - so we decided we wouldn't have a bridal/grooms party. We've both been in a ton of weddings and we agreed, its just too stressful and causes way too much drama. We agreed that our wedding was about two people: Chris and myself.
As far as vendors - I wanted to keep things super simple. Chris wore simple Bonobos blue pants (his favorite color) and a white linen shirt with his sleeves rolled up. I wanted him to feel comfortable, not stuffy. Shoes are always optional in our lives.. I absolutely hate wearing shoes. My dress, was Alvina Valenta purchased at Ivory Bridal Couture. I wanted a dress that was simple and reflected the beach - I didn't want too poofy or fancy looking - because that's not me. I didn't wear shoes.
The food was simple: Mexican. The drinks were our favorite: Margaritas, Corona's and Champagne with berries - we also had an open bar for our guests. We had tequila at each table - because why not? Our friends spent a ton of money coming to Mexico to party - we wanted to give them a party. I think we accomplished that!
Overall we had the best, most perfect wedding. People are STILL talking about it in Houston. It was wild, crazy, free spirited - just the way we wanted it.