After the ceremony, the newlyweds and their guest paraded the
city center with Benito our donkey, Mojigangas (the puppets)
and a Mariachi. We stopped in front of our main church to take
a picture and right at that moment Benito thought it would be a
great idea to try to eat the brides bouquet, everybody laughed!!
- GUADALUPE ALVAREZ, PENZI WEDDINGS
I consider myself a ‘crafty’ person so I
wanted to ensure something I wore on
my wedding day was handmade. I made
my veil from tulle I bought at a local
sewing shop.
Alvin designed my engagement ring with
the help of De Scenza Diamonds in
Boston, Massachusetts. I made Alvin’s
wedding band out of a quarter that I
searched for several years and finally
found it at a market in New York City. I
then hammered the edges of the quarter
against old Chattanooga railroad steel
while sitting on my grandfather’s dock. I
had the center professionally drilled out
to make a ring. You’re able to see each
hammer stroke on the ring, and the
inside reads “United States of America,”
“Liberty” and “1955.” 1955 is significant
to us as it is Alvin’s mother’s birthday
year and was also the year in which my
grandparents got married.
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