We’re Mabe and Kalo. And this is Pachanga.
A wedding design studio where paper and digital are created under the same creative direction. We work from Granada with couples in Spain and abroad. Since 2015, more than 450 weddings, communions and celebrations have passed through the studio with one idea in common: if it does not move us, it is not finished.
How it started
In 2015 we left Paraguay and moved to Spain with our young daughter. We came from advertising, where we had worked with brands including Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Unilever. Moving countries forced us to ask how we wanted to work and what we wanted to build from scratch.
Mabe needed a project that could fit around family life without giving up the creative work that had always defined her. She began by designing our daughter’s first birthday and christening. Then came other families, communions and, almost without looking for them, the first weddings.
Pachanga grew through word of mouth. What began at home became a studio where illustration, graphic design, print, hand finishing and digital experiences now meet across weddings and celebrations.
Design starts long before anything goes to print.
We listen, propose, design and test until the tone feels right. We work across invitations, day-of stationery and wedding websites without separating aesthetics from the way each piece will actually be used. That is how a menu, an invitation and a website can feel like part of the same celebration instead of three unrelated commissions.
Two ways of looking at the same project
Mabe
Before opening a design file, Mabe needs to understand the couple: who they are, what they want to tell and how they imagine the celebration. Some arrive with a very clear idea; others need help bringing it into focus. In both cases, the design grows from that conversation and keeps evolving until it genuinely feels like theirs. Her work sits behind the invitations, illustrations, compositions, finishes and all those small decisions that turn something correct into something with character.
Kalo
Kalo has been the other half of Pachanga from the beginning. He leads digital strategy, wedding website development and SEO, and joins production whenever the project needs it. That combination allowed Pachanga to grow beyond paper and give weddings a digital side built with the same visual criteria. In advertising he is Carlos Armoa. In Granada everyone knows him as Kalo — in Guaraní, simply Carlos.
From paper to digital
The studio brings together different disciplines because celebrations do too. Paper, websites, print and special pieces are designed so every touchpoint makes sense with the rest.
Wedding invitations & stationery
From the invitation to menus, seating plans and day-of details.
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Communions
Invitations, keepsakes and personalised pieces for celebrations with their own identity.
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Wedding websites
A digital extension of the celebration for information, logistics and RSVP.
Explore wedding websites →
What supports our work
Seen from the outside
We also like seeing Pachanga through someone else’s eyes. This is where we collect interviews, features and publications that have told parts of our story.
How two advertising creatives ended up building a wedding studio
La Vanguardia told the story of how Pachanga began, our move away from advertising and why we still believe a project is not finished until it makes us feel something.
Coronavirus: what to consider when your wedding plans are at risk
A collaboration published by Trece Petunias during one of the most uncertain moments for many couples, as part of its selection of wedding professionals and resources.
Happy Twenties
Una Boda Original featured our work in a bridal editorial, one of the earliest external publications we still have in the Pachanga archive.
The studio is in Granada
Calle Santa Catalina Baja, 3 · 18009 Granada. Visits are by appointment. If you would like to see papers and finishes, talk through your idea or simply put faces to Pachanga before starting, write to us and we will find a time.