July and September Shout-Outs!

A few belated shout-outs to some awesome brides! First we have a big congratulations to give to Colleen who tied the knot this past 4th of July at the popular Dreams Riviera Cancun! She chose a beautiful green color for her base and Yazmine did a great job :).

(based on white flowers)

Shout-out to Sara who said her "i dos" this July 21st in Dreams Tulum. We don't get many orders for this maraca but I love the way it turned out and I like the feel of them.

(based on faces)

Congratulations to Marlene who tied the knot this past September 3rd in Playa Carmen. I think her maracas just say "beach beach beach" and "fun" all at the same time ;).

(based on palm trees)

Felicidades to Jenna who tied the knot this September 3rd at the Excellence Playa Mujeres. I heart heart these maracas, which were custom designed based off a graphic she liked (pictured below) and painted by Antonio. If these don't end-up getting ordered again I would be highly surprised :).

(custom design)

I meant to do all sorts of fun design blogs this summer but I was way busier than I thought I would be. I'm still going to try to do something so don't give up on me yet ;).

Palm Trees, Silver Flowers and Purple Star Fish!

Two huge shout-outs to Jessica who tied the knot this past Friday at Dreams PV, and Lyndsay who tied the knot in Playa del Carmen! And another shout-out to Natalie who said her "i dos" at the H10 Coral & Turquoise Resort in the Riviera Maya!

Jessica had a beautiful turqouise blue and white color scheme and she knew what she wanted right away which were palm trees! I love the color combination!

Lyndsay loved the ever popular Lacy Romance as well as White Flowers ... so we did both, but changed the main flower in lacy romance to surprise her (and to make the maracas look more like a set) ... I love the hot pink and silver color combination and would be hard pressed to tell you which was my favorite. All of these maracas were painted by Israel & Antonio!!

Natalie fell in love with Joy's maracas the very first maracas we ever painted for a bride but, of course, wanted them in her colors - I loved the original color scheme but I have no idea which one is my favorite - I love them both! - Natalie's colors made this design very soft and romantic :).

Ashley's wedding is this Saturday and I'm so excited I can't hardly stand it! I can't wait to show you!!

Beautiful Fuschia & Orange - and WinWin Winner!

So, as I was saying earlier, big shout-out to our WINWIN winner, Shaye, who tied the knot this past Saturday in Las Caletas! Not only did Shaye win 20 of our hand-painted maracas, but we had a little surprise for her as well ... a hand-painted bridal fan! I absolutely ADORE these maracas and would heart heart them even if my husband Antonio hadn't painted them!

shaye's beautiful invite (sproullie designs!)

maracas

tags

hand-painted fan

We have three more brides tying the knot before our own Ashley & Dave say "I do" in the beautiful little village of San Pancho....this is a FUN month ya'all!

Gerbers & Teal

Sweet congratulations goes to Amanda who said "i do" yesterday in the beautiful Riviera Maya! Amanda's colors were teal and orange and she decided she wanted to do a gerber somehow - I think Omar created something truly unique - it wouldn't surprise me if this doesn't become a favorite design :).

We have 3 brides tying the knot tomorrow and our May design wedding is fast approaching - this time of year always feels like the days just speed up and speed up until - tada - the season is over and we take a small break before revving up for next year! Blogs just keep a-coming....

Win a Hand Painted Fan Continued....

Yes, Gisela is the winner of the hand-painted fan (please email me here so we can get your address details :)! I guess I shouldn't talk about when I make a mistake and, then, turn around and give away prizes to celebrate it, but, alas, I am not perfect and might as well turn a "holy cow what a ijit you are" moment into a "wow- cool - you won something" moment ;). Here is the before (wrong wrong wrong wrong and WRONG!):

And here is the correction the night before the wedding - lucky for us, Katie (and Kerry, her coordinator) has a wicked sense of humor ;).

Quite honestly, I have no idea where the wrong name or date came from - except that maybe I shouldn't work until 3 a.m. .... um .... like I am now!! This week we will have FIVE shout-outs so keep your eyes peeled ;).

Striking Fuchsia & Black!

The biggest Congratulations goes to Reymee & John who tied the knot this past Saturday at the Marriott! Reymee came to us last June with an idea, more or less, of what she was looking for - but, once she passed the invite, well we both knew that had to be the design! I absolutely love the invite which was created by Smock Paper.

These maracas were painted by none other than Omar himself - and I think, as usual, he did a sweet job!

Look like I might have a slight break this week before our next slew of maracas next weekend - so, I might post something OTHER than maracas and weddings and get back to the nitty gritty of DESIGN - haha! :)