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Our Habitas Hotel, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
bhava + adam
A 3 day, south indian/american Wedding
Nestled in the heart of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende’s colorful desert canvas was the perfect backdrop for Bhavna and Adam’s multi-cultural wedding weekend. From the welcome dinner on Halloween at The Rosewood, to the Sangeet on Diwali, to a wedding day that transformed into a Day of the Dead party at midnight - this 3 day celebration was wildly stylish, insanely fun, and one for the books for our team.
Walking the streets of San Miguel and bar hopping with your entire wedding crew is the best way to start the most epic wedding weekend in Mexico. We designed a welcome dinner at the Luna Rooftop of San Miguel’s luxury Rosewood Hotel, pulling inspiration from the town's vivid hues below. From hand painted invitations to locally sourced textiles, the design echoed the deep blush of the surrounding colonial buildings and highlighted the golden yellows of blooming jacarandas.
From the start of the Halloween welcome dinner, we knew Bhava and Adam’s celebration promised to deliver elevated elegance and infectious fun. Wedding guests traveled to Our Habitas San Miguel for an all-inclusive hotel experience, starting with a traditional Indian Sangeet celebration. Guests dressed in silk sarees and classic sherwani, ready to step into the sangeet, traditional pre-wedding "music night" that felt anything but conventional.
Decorated with marigolds, satsumas and papayas, we leaned into the sunset hues to set the stage for choreographed dance numbers. We took the hotel’s glasshouse restaurant, cleared it out completely, and turned it into a full on dance club that lasted until 4am – building beautiful spaces where there was nothing before is our specialty.
When the last guest cleared the dance floor and the sun started to rise, we set out to transform spaces throughout the Habitas hotel property for the wedding day.
Set above the sprawling valley below, we worked with Noble Floral Co to design a lush ceremony space in “La Troje” –a cultural agora and roman-style ruin space. Florals came via planes, suitcases, cars and trucks all to be designed into one of our favorite ceremony set ups ever. Golden amaranth and cymbidium orchids climbed the altar, creating an elevated design that contrasted against the harsh stone, mirroring the native blooms that crack upward from the surrounding desert floor.
After the ceremony, guests made their way to the firepit to enjoy dirty martinis and spritzes before stepping into a beautiful, custom tented reception.
Olive green curtains pulled back to reveal a dinner set up that spared no expense. With an overheard fabric installation and a custom-built stage, we transformed the outdoor space into a lavish dinner party – the perfect prelude for a night of music and dancing. Reception details included handwritten menus and paper goods, ornate printed dishware and art deco chandeliers to create a space that feels equally edgy and timeless.
Adam and Bhava’s Mexico destination wedding in San Miguel de Allende is the perfect example of the extraordinary and one-of-a-kind events that we love. From representing the traditional Indian details through experience, style and sound to designing a vibrant, magical setting from scratch, this event was a true representation of everything Adam and Bhava love – and we couldn’t be more grateful to be part of it.
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Photo: Anni GrahamDesign, styling and planning: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Noble Floral CoVENUEs: The Rosewood san miguel & Our Habitas San Miguel de AllendeRentals: WAREHOUSE RENTALSBand: Ben MallareDJ: BGolden ProductionsPaper goods and signage: Wildhouse InkPHOTOBOOTH: FOX & DARLINGHAIR & MAKEUP: TEAM DANIPAL MAKEUP & HAIRLet us plan your dream day
Casa Adela, San Miguel De Allende Mexico
An intimate wedding
Sometimes the most luxurious details look the simplest, and this intimate, luxury wedding day at Casa Adela is no exception. Set just outside San Miguel de Allende, Casa Adela offers couples a private slice of serenity away from all the city hustle. It’s one of the most unique wedding venues in Mexico, with a dynamic range of styles, textures and landscapes filling every corner of the property. Casa Adela bridges vintage Spanish influence with modern Italian flair, making the venue – and the couples it attracts and the designs it inspires – wholly unique.
On a wedding weekend, every little detail matters. From the flowers to the napkins to the place cards, taking time to capture each element helps to create timeless memories that reflect the feeling of a place, and the story of the couple. As luxury wedding designers, we create everything with intention. And for this Mexico destination wedding at Casa Adela, every texture, color and design element we chose had to be a perfect complement for the foliage, landscape and architecture of this luxury wedding venue.
Our tablescape was the crescendo of this intimate dinner – set intentionally in the courtyard surrounded by pops of green foliage and peachy, stucco walls. As a nod to the venue’s juxtaposition of old-world Spanish elegance and modern Italian minimalism, we leaned into creating moments that paired contrasting elements to elevate the two defining personalities of Casa Adela.
At the heart of it all, we wanted to let the dimension of the space for itself. We designed a simple set up that would complement Casa Adela’s colors and textures, focusing on a muted and neutral color palette of whites, ivories and soft pops of green. We leveraged negative space between tablescape elements and monobloom floral clusters to create a simple design that wouldn’t compete with the surroundings. But as a nod to the venue’s juxtaposition of Italian and Spanish detail, we chose place setting elements that both heightened luxurious details and showcased countryside comfort to create an overall elevated and classic vibe.
We paired intricate vintage plates with simple glassware, marrying that old Spanish opulence with modern minimalism. And in the vintage, patterned plates, we opted for pieces with green filigree to play off the surrounding greens in the courtyard. Grapes and limes on the tabletop heighten the color continuity throughout the space, creating an organic contrast to the clear glassware and soft whites of the linens, flowers and candlelight.
Every detail of this wedding tablescape, from the color to the textures down to the location of the dinner, works in tandem to tell a story. A story about a space defined by two identities, a perfect reflection of a marriage represented by two individuals, coming together as one for an evening under the stars in the heart of San Miguel’s desert oasis.
Photo: Anni GrahamDesign, styling and planning: Mae&Co Creative Venue: Casa AdelaVideo: Emma K FilmsRentals: Warehouse GuanajuatoDress: BHLDN