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Sunflowers

Alstromeria

 Daffodil   

Freesia

Iris

Lillium Stargazer

Magnolia

Orchid Paphionopedilum

Orchid Cymbidium

Roses

Groom:

William Guerra

Wedding date?

 March 23, 2013

Wedding theme?

Black and White

Designer and name of gown?

Palazzo “Collette”, fascinator by Marcie Craig, Shoes by Oscar de la Renta, 

make up by Veronica Hurtado, hair by Brandy Perez

Wedding gown style?

Elegant and timeless

What was your experience at Casa de Novia ?

Fantastic! It was the first and only place I went to search for my dress. They took the time to sit down with you and discuss the style of dress you were looking for and then helped with all of the options available. I wanted a very simple but elegant dress and I knew it was the right one the minute I put it on!

Your Love story –

We were both out in Midtown one evening, he was at a work happy hour and I was at a birthday celebration.  He approached me towards the end of the night asking for my phone number to take me out to dinner. He said he remembered seeing me a year ago at a restaurant on a date with someone else and he knew if he did not approach me now that next time he would see me I would be out on another date. He could even tell me exactly what I was wearing and where I was sitting in the restaurant where he saw me. The next day he called and invited me out and the story continued from there. 7 months later we went to Colombia, his home country, to visit his family. We finished our trip staying the in Centro Historico of Cartagena with a carriage ride through the old town and he proposed in front of the Santa Teresa Hotel with a view of the ocean and the city skyline. A year and a half later we celebrated our wedding in Houston in front of all of our family and friends. Natalie Laskowski from Belle of the Ball and Mitra from Houston Flowery helped me to coordinate the perfect wedding celebration. The ceremony was at Saint Cecilia Catholic Church and the reception at The Bell Tower on the Street. Guests celebrated together until 2:00AM to the music of Mango Punch. William is an Oncologist finishing his fellowship with M.D. Anderson and Kirsten is a real estate agent with Monark Realty. 

Photographer

JP Beato III

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Wedding date? 

October 28, 2006

Wedding theme?

Fall harvest

Designer and name of gown?

Pronovias “Tunez” with a custom Casa de Novia veil and Monique Lhuillier lace bolero.

Wedding gown style?

Trumpet

What was your experience at Casa de Novia 

I wanted an elegant gown with delicate details, feminine but not fussy, and I absolutely didn’t want a 

“princess” ball gown.  I had spent several months searching for my gown and it seemed that every salon 

in Houston was full of puff. 

A co-worker who was also getting married suggested Casa de Novia, the owner, Luvi, was known for a 

unique style.  I came in alone one evening and Kalie Sanders took care of me, she listened carefully to 

my requests and provided thoughtful opinions.  In other salons I would try gown after gown without 

satisfaction, that evening I tried on two dresses and I knew the tulle trumpet dress with the cathedral 

train was what I had been looking for all those months.  I went home and thought about it, called my 

mom and my friend Laura and told them I had found my gown, no reassurance needed.  In the course of 

that first visit I also learned that Luvi was originally from Nicaragua, where I’m also from, and somehow 

that confirmed in my mind that the dress was meant to be.  I bought my gown a week later while Kalie 

toasted me with champagne.  

After that it was smooth sailing, Casa de Novia made sure the gown was perfectly proportioned to my 

body down to the height of the heels I’d be wearing; my gown had a long way to travel from Barcelona 

but I had plenty of time until my wedding date and that allowed for alterations to be carried out calmly 

and to perfection.  I was also fitted with a custom, cathedral drop veil that matched the cut of my train 

beautifully, and Carmen helped me get a gorgeous Monique Lhuillier bolero to complete my look.  

Your Love story

John and I met at lunch during our senior year at the University of Notre Dame.  Our mutual friend Rudy 

introduced me to John, who had just returned from a year abroad in Mexico, was fluent in Spanish, 

majored in engineering, was incredibly smart, and loved all things Hispanic.   John and I would run 

into each other at dinner time and pretty soon he was asking me out, and pretty soon we became 

inseparable.

John and I dated, traveled together, and had the best time for 4 years. He proposed while on a trip to 

Nicaragua, he called my father aside one evening and asked for his blessing, then asked my parents 

where would be the best place to pop the question; my parents suggested the summit of the (active) 

Masaya volcano, so atop the barren landscape and surrounded by clouds, John got down on one knee, 

pulled out some mementos from our first dates, presented me with his great-grandmother’s ring, and 

asked me to marry him.  We were engaged for a year and married at the Basilica of the Sacred at the 

University of Notre Dame, we held our reception at South Dining Hall, the place where we first met.

  Photographer

Rebecca Burkett Photography

Don't forget, we are having two amazing Trunk shows during the month of July