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Our second Invitation Giveaway Winner has chosen our Natural Oilcloth Elegance design, and I just thought you may like to see the invitation set example. We also announced our THIRD INVITATION GIVEAWAY today on our blog - we're getting a really great response from our winning couples and so excited to be introducing new designs! Â

Thanks everyone! Sorry if the information was confusing - from now through the end of May, we are simply hosting our contests to give away sets of the invitations as we launch our eight new invite designs. Each of them is hand-made, personalized with elements of traditional or modern Mexico and really beautiful! The cost is in-line with other handmade invitation companies, and we will be flexible and work with our clients! Â We are currently taking a limited amount of orders for the invite designs we have completed based on our schedule and beginning in June of 2011, we will be taking and processing unlimited invitation orders for weddings! For now, we'll continue to post our new designs (two more of which we'll be releasing this weekend!) and next summer, we'll be taking orders! Thanks to everyone who showed interest! Â

Our first free invitation contest winner is a Riviera Maya couple - yippee! Getting married January 21, 2011, they selected our Rosa Mexicana design, so I thought I'd share a few photos of the sample we put together for them! Hope you like it!

Just one little tidbit of info and piece of advice for Dreams Villamagna brides that I thought may be helpful! In general, the area of Nuevo Vallarta tends to get quite windy in the late afternoon (around 3ish) and usually stays that way until around sunset. Ladies, when you are thinking about your hairstyle for the wedding day, I suggest having it pulled back (for sure) and perhaps having the salon (or yourself, your mom, your friend, your own stylist) pull it back a bit tighter than you'd really like it as the wind will definitely loosen the style throughout the evening! Best wishes to you all!

I'm not entirely sure how it works in Cabo, but in Puerto Vallarta it is always recommended that each couple provide a "guideline form" to their coordinator to pass along to the DJ, particularly if you aren't familiar with him or are concerned about the music. List 10 artists/songs you love as well as songs/artists you really don't want to hear; any decent DJ should be able to use this as a guide to provide great music to start with and then continue to play what your guests are responding to in order to keep them on the dance floor all night long! Good luck!

Hi Joe! Congratulations - it is great to see a groom on the forum! My suggestion, if you are already a bit nervous, would be to look for an independent wedding coordinator who can help you from start to finish - finding a venue that suits you, working to contract your vendors, planning your day and being present to make sure that it goes smoothly while you enjoy every moment! I'm sure your wedding will be amazing! Best of luck with everything!

I agree. Tipping someone who has exceeded your expectations is a really great way to say Thank You! I think cash is honestly the most practical as gifts are difficult to purchase for someone you don't truly know! If your coordinator has been really helpful, definitely provide her with a thank you card and tip following your event!

Thanks - we love it too! And the invite that comes from the board is going to be absolutely amazing for whatever couple wins the set we are gifting!!!

Congratulations on your wedding! I LOVE the starfish towel idea - really unique! You've provided me with inspiration for a new wedding invitation design for our company to create! Thanks!!! (And happy to hear that your granddaughter is doing better!) Happy Marriage!

Seems like every couple is now putting so much more thought into their weddings these days - starting with the invitation! Good work, you guys! The invite really sets the tone for the celebration, and we've found so many couples looking for Mexican-themed wedding invitations lately (obviously, as we are located in Mexico), so we are responding! Just thought I'd share a peek of the photo collage we put together showing the materials for our new Rosa Mexicana invitation design! These are going to be super unique and a perfect way to get guests all ready for a destination wedding in Mexico! I love seeing everyone's invitation designs - so creative and fun to look at!

Thanks Smidge! Actually, this isn't for my wedding, it was created as an inspiration for a new wedding invitation we have designed for our business! But I love the ideas you mentioned; in fact, we did something similar with the tiles last month at a wedding in PV! Great idea for future brides! Sounds like you were a great help with creative ideas at your daughter's wedding!

Congratulations - great review!

Just wanted to give you Mexican destination brides a peek at the Rosa Mexicana design board we created for one of our new invitation designs! It is fresh, beachy and chic - we love it! Thought it may be of some inspiration to you all in the planning process! Good luck!

Thought some of you may like to see this as you are planning for your Mexican destination wedding! We created this design board as inspiration for one of our new Mexican-themed wedding invitation designs! We love it and are super excited about it! Thought it might serve as inspiration for some of you! Happy Planning!

You know, it may not hurt for you future Dreams brides to be honest with Rebeca and let her know that several past brides have not been happy with the hotel DJ. She is a very reasonable coordinator, and while it may not be in her hands to make a final decision about a change, she'd rather receive positive feedback than complaints from her couples, so I'm sure she'd at least do some inquiring into a possible solution! Sometimes it is better to go straight to the source!

I had the opportunity to stay at Vallarta Palace two years ago and found the resort to be excellent! We were there in the summertime so it was particularly hot but really enjoyable! The hotel has an on-site coordinator but I did recently hear that they are opening their doors to outside coordinators as well, so that may be something to ask about if you aren't completely satisfied with the service through the hotel! Best wishes!

Have you checked out Villa Garza Blanca? Price can be negotiated at times! They are set apart from other homes on the beach and don't have restrictions in terms of end time! Also, some of the villas in the Bucerias area (about 30 minutes north of PV) are much more affordable than the ones situated right downtown PV - particularly look at the Casa Rana/Casa Playita Estate (not huge and expansive but GREAT beach space!) Also, later on in July/August, we will be gifting a set of Mexican-themed invitations in return for feedback on them as well - just a way for you to possibly keep overall wedding costs down - info at the blog below if you are interested!

Jess, we heard that your wedding already came out in the magazine - true? Did we miss it?

Ladies, you are all right on track with planning! Keep in mind that planning a wedding in Mexico requires more foresight but also additional patience as certain vendors and other services simply don't handle a calendar as far in advance as what you may be expecting or used to! February will come fast, but take it one step at a time! If any of you haven't ordered invites yet, your February date qualifies you to check out two of our new Mexican-themed invitation designs and enter our gift-a-way. You can see details at our blog below - but something uniquely Mexican in your guests' mailboxes will truly set the tone for your upcoming celebration! Good luck to you all - you've picked an amazing location and your weddings will be fabulous!

Lots of great options to look at! If you want something more natural and crisp, you could go with green flowers - anything from tuberoses to Irish Bells! If you want a pop, orange/corals would be beautiful as it goes well with blue, brown and ivory! (Circus roses would be particularly lovely!) You know, we are designing a new invitation for our collection in a light blue, ivory and green - it is absolutely stunning! We're going to be gifting a set of them in return for feedback starting at the end of July (in our second gift-a-way!). If you are interested, check out our blog post below - sounds like it would go really well with your wedding!

I lived near San Miguel de Allende for a few years when I first moved to Mexico, and the city is spectacular. I think you need to balance the advantages/disadvantages of hosting your wedding at this location: you may, for example, end up having less guests attend BUT costs would go down! You may not be supplying a beach, BUT guests would experience an amazing part of Mexico that they may otherwise not get to visit! San Miguel would allow you to have a "Real Mexico" wedding - and while there isn't the parasailing and dolphin-swimming, there is culture, culture, culture that you would never find in a beach town! Not sure what your wedding date is, but if you haven't picked out invitations yet, you may qualify for our invite gifting! Check it out at our blog below!

Just be careful with that palm mat aisle runner! It seems like a perfect solution for those who want to wear shoes on the beach, but heels get stuck in them very easily! They work really well for flip flops, flats and wedges but save the heels for the dancing!

You may want to consider hitting up the marketplace for something uniquely Mexican - hand-painted masks, talavera (hand-painted pottery) pieces such as shot glasses, candy dishes, salsa servers, etc. or vintage lime squeezers, maracas (not all that original but definitely Mexican!), tiles-turned-coasters by placing cork squares on them, etc. You could also provide recipes for authentic Mexican salsas and sauces and provide your guests with a molcajete (google it). Lots of great ideas out there! Also, your wedding date qualifies for our first Mexican-themed invitation giveaway (check it out at our blog link below) if you are really into setting the tone for a unique Mexican celebration (and haven't already purchased invites)! Good luck! Let us know what you decide on!

Sealed with Spice specializes in hand-made, unique invitations for your Mexican celebration! From the moment your guests open the envelope, they’ll understand what a one-of-a-kind wedding they are about to attend! Each invitation will wear a unique mark of Mexico – from flaming heart milagro charms or vintage Mexican postage stamps to boldly-bright Mexican oilcloth or Day-of-the-Dead figurines. Your wedding vision will be established from the start through personalized invitations! Sealed with Spice is sister company to The Dazzling Details, a wedding coordination and design company based in Puerto Vallarta. Through our experience with unique weddings, we’ve learned that the destination experience begins with the Save-the-Date and continues through the final moment of the celebration! In order to offer destination wedding couples an opportunity to provide a cohesive wedding experience, Sealed with Spice will offer a variety of Save-the-Dates, wedding invitations and stationery (ceremony programs, escort and place cards, menu cards, etc.) for your Mexican celebration. Throughout the next year, Sealed with Spice will be introducing eight hand-made, Mexican-themed invitation designs, and we will be gifting four sets of invitations. Before we actually begin to offer the invitations at a cost, we want to make sure that our clients are fully satisfied with the product! The gifted invitations are our way of providing a service to destination wedding couples at no charge while receiving feedback on our products in an effort to ensure that they are the best they can be when we open our doors to sales! For more information on our invite designs and how to sign up for the gifted invitations, please visit our blog.