BUILDING YOUR BUDGET: TOP SECRET TIPS FROM WEDDING PROS (PART 2)

By now, we’re sure you’ve heard it all.  Wedding planning is stressful, it’s time consuming, it’s expensive, it’s downright impossible to do alone if you’re working full time or have life responsibilities, et cetera.  For too long, the narrative that planning for one of the happiest moments of your life is and has to be […]

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FREE STUFF FOR LOVEBIRDS: 12 MONTHS OF GIVEAWAYS

Last week, we got a little lost in the love-sauce while fawning over this local wedding shot by T. Rayne Photography. This week, we’re getting back on track!  (Can you blame us though? Who wouldn’t want to eat a tower of donuts at their wedding with an amazing local photographer capturing every delicious bite?!) We […]

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THE WEDDING PLANNING APP YOU NEED ASAP

Chic, helpful, and easy to navigate. This app is both a great resource for local engaged couple to connect with wedding vendors and a precious little gem filled with inspiration. Everything you need for your wedding can be found easily and intuitively! KM Creative | 5 stars If you’ve read our recent posts — like […]

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3 REASONS TO BE THERE: VEILS + COCKTAILS

From our little perch between engaged couples in New Mexico and the wedding vendors who make their dreams a reality – we get to see a lot of love happening. (It’s kind of our dream!) When we write here, then, we’re writing to a few different people – small businesses looking to stay in the […]

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FIRST 5 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU GET ENGAGED

We don’t know if you’ve noticed, but a big part of what we’ve been doing in this labor of love known as Wedding Collective is helping local engaged couples plan their wedding.  If you scroll through our blog, you’ll see hundreds and hundreds of posts written by yours truly, other members of our team, and […]

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PLAN YOUR WEDDING IN JUST ONE DAY

The title of this blog is not clickbait! We promise. But just so we’re clear right from the jump – we don’t necessarily recommend planning your entire wedding in one day. All we’re saying is that, if you attend our first wedding show of 2022 this Sunday, you can plan your wedding in just one […]

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LIVE: COLORADO’S NEWEST DIGITAL WEDDING MAG

The rumors are TRUE. In 2021, we were pretty busy hosting wedding shows and networking luncheons, designing our local print magazine for engaged couples, and collaborating with local wedding professionals. You know, the regular stuff! But thankfully, we weren’t too busy to accomplish one of our secret longterm goals: Wedding Collective has officially expanded into […]

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15 YEARS OF LOVE: WCNM ANNIVERSARY

Collective: [Noun] Pros working together to create an unstoppable wedding community in New Mexico cities. A lot can change in 15 years! Married couples — and now your Wedding Collective New Mexico team, too — can attest to that.  If you’ve been hanging out in this corner of the internet with us for a little […]

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WEDDINGS V. ELOPEMENTS IN NEW MEXICO

For some readers, the title of this blog might seem a little confusing — like, is it really any question that weddings, with all their grandeur and glamor, are better than elopements?  And for others, the opposite might be running through your brain. Some of us adore a well-done elopement, and would prefer to focus […]

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YOU COULD USE A NIGHT OUT: FIRST IN-PERSON WEDDING SHOW OF 2021!

Maura Jane Photography

Thank you Maura Jane Photography for the gorgeous header image! This year had brought a lot of changes to the world of weddings here in New Mexico – in case you hadn’t noticed.  Despite all its challenges though, this pandemic has given us a lot of gifts, too. Wedding ceremonies might have whittled down a […]

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