Have you been keeping up with our series of local love stories, written by real-life newlyweds and engaged couples in New Mexico? We’ve been swooning over steampunk fairy tales and whirlwind romances recently, but we just can’t get enough. The love story waiting for you below totally stole our hearts. Thank you, Sam and Jon, […]
ALMOST TOO PRETTY TO EAT: NM’S 3 FAVORITE WEDDING BAKERS
As we usher in the season of gourds, gobbles, and gorging on good eats, it seems only right that we take a moment to slow down and savor one of the most delicious parts of life. Your wedding, of course! More specifically, your wedding desserts. After drooling over the gourmet gold that was this real […]
STEAMPUNK SENTIMENT: A NEW MEXICO LOVE STORY {GUEST POST!}
It’s that time again, friends! We, your Wedding Collective New Mexico team, are passing the mic over to Monica, a gorgeous bride-turned-newlywed from our desert state. What follows is, truly, a real-life fairytale: missed flights, adorable pups in costume, multiple proposal attempts, and the culmination of a storybook kind of devotion into a perfectly curated […]
ROMANCE IN THE ‘AYER’: A REAL WEDDING WITH BLACK BOW EVENTS
“Love was in the ‘Ayer’ as we put together this elopement! We couldn’t have had a more perfect family. We showcased so many thoughtful details that signified their love for one another and their story” – black bow events There’s no doubt in our minds that our local wedding community is the best of the […]
Romance in Full Bloom: A Real Wedding with Briana Nicole Photography
“Our wedding day was quite literally, the perfect date (April 25th Miss Congeniality). We couldn’t have asked for a better day. All of our vendors were amazing, but we have to give a special shoutout to Briana and her magic behind the camera. Because of her, we get to relive our wedding day every time […]
Real Wedding at The Event Center at Sandia Golf Club
The venue had everything we were hoping for: gorgeous scenery (the best we saw and we looked at more than seven venues), a diverse menu to choose from, the perfect amount of privacy for our intimate evening, and the staff was untouchable when it came to accommodations and service. While searching for our venue we […]
Rick Saul Photography {Professional Spotlight}
We’re sure you’ve gleaned this from our endless scroll of real wedding and styled shoot content, but in case you haven’t: we. love. wedding. inspiration. But as far-reaching and all-encomapssing as our love is for heartwarming, tear-jerking love stories, our adoration for local wedding professionals is twice as intense. Why is it that so? Because […]
Albuquerque’s Most Beloved Bakery: The Cake Boutique
Florists, officiants, and DJs, oh my! We say this a lot, but planning your wedding really is quite the task. You’ve got vendors to meet and book, aunts and uncles to invite (or not invite — we don’t judge), shoes to find, makeup trials, gowns to get fitted — and that’s not even the half […]
Casi Sueno: Elegance in Action
A lifetime of beautiful memories starts with a beautiful beginning. When we first had the pleasure of working with Genevieve, of Casi Sueno Weddings + Events, it was at our 2017 Wedding Gallery wedding show. We had asked our participating business owners to style their booths and space with “greek chic” in mind, and, yes, […]
The Most Blissful Bed+Breakfast: Hacienda Vargas
There’s a new theme emerging among all the incredible weddings of the world, especially here in New Mexico… Have you noticed it yet, brides and wedding lovers? We’ve taken note, from our little perch between local wedding professionals and engaged couples, that brides and grooms are putting more and more emphasis on the cultural and […]