I am a true believer in education. You can never know too much, or know it all. Something I am fascinated with, but have very limited skills with are wedding florals. So when I saw an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the wedding industries best, I took it!

I hopped on a plane to one of my favourite places on the planet (Riviera Maya, Mexico) to take a floral workshop with Vanessa Jaimes at the beautiful Grand Velas Riviera Maya.


Tuesday January 14th
10:30 AM Welcome – Introductions and Intro to Floristry
11:00 AM Hands-on Session / Personal Flowers
1:00 PM Delicious Lunch provided by Grand Velas Riviera Maya
2:00 PM Wedding Photography & Styling Session
3:00 PM Hand-on Session / Floral Display
5:30 PM End of Day






Wednesday January 15th
10:30 AM Hands-on Session / Centerpieces
12:00 PM Wedding Business Strategies Session
1:00 PM Delicious Lunch provided by Grand Velas Riviera Maya
2:00 PM Hands-on Session / Ceremony Set-up
4:00 PM Styled Photo Shoot and Attendee headshots
5:30 PM End of Day

We each had to do our own place settings (which is totally my jam) from a huge variety of props and below is mine.







Venue: Grand Velas Riviera Maya
Photo: Memorybox Photography
Video: Reelove Videos
Planner: Just Moments Events
Specialty Rentals: Archive Rentals
Glam: @gamalvarez_hairandmakeup
Wedding gown: Claudia Arce
Model: Cintia Vitos
Audio: Celtrev Audiovisual
Florals: Vanessa Jaimes Floral Design
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