{"id":18516,"date":"2022-06-09T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/?p=18516"},"modified":"2022-06-09T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:57:01","slug":"a-free-portable-daydream-the-spring-summer-print-mag-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/09\/a-free-portable-daydream-the-spring-summer-print-mag-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"A FREE, PORTABLE DAYDREAM: THE SPRING\/SUMMER PRINT MAG IS OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Psst – want to skip to the good part? Click here to snag your free copy<\/a> of the Spring\/Summer print magazine<\/a>.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re here, on this Wedding Collective blog, reading about the magic of weddings in New Mexico, chances are, you’re a little bit whimsical.<\/p>\n

And if you don\u2019t identify as whimsical, that\u2019s okay, and we mean no offense!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just that, we\u2019ve spent over 15 years doing this labor of love<\/a>, and we\u2019ve learned a few things about weddings in the southwest<\/a>. Our labor of love <\/i>being, of course, fostering connections between the dream-makers we call wedding vendor friends<\/a> (friendors for short, occasionally), and the engaged couples<\/a> who make the whole wedding world go \u2018round.<\/p>\n

After being a fly on the wall for quite literally thousands of weddings in New Mexico<\/a>, and now growing into Colorado<\/a> as well, we\u2019ve learned that the more we learn<\/b> about love, whimsy, business, community, creativity, and those important things in life, the more we still have left to learn<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve seen even the most stubborn of Great-Great Aunt Betty\u2019s get out on the dance floor and break a move; we\u2019ve seen the most calm, professional, and coolheaded business men turn into party animals when they clock in for their job as the DJ who gets Great-Great Aunt Betty on the dance floor<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen how our friendors<\/a>, even in their most dedicated, most straightforward, most professional moments can still hold on to the thread of passion that makes all the hard work worth it. (That thread being connected to the idea of love<\/em>, of course.) If any of our wedding pro friends<\/a> are reading this, we\u2019re sorry to spill the beans, but what you and our community of lovebirds have taught us is this: you can be both professional and<\/i> whimsical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The two states are not mutually exclusive!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keara Lloyd Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And, believe it or not, there\u2019s nothing wrong with being a little corny. Love is that thing that makes us all a little corny, a little cliche \u2014 perhaps that\u2019s why we, as humans, came up with so many cliche phrases in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, following this metaphor into the actual point of this blog, you might be surprised to learn that despite our new-fangled, high tech, modern-century approach to wedding planning<\/a> that we showcase on our website, our team is still pretty flipping whimsical.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t mind being corny, we don\u2019t mind being earnest about how much we love our jobs, and frankly, we don\u2019t believe the rumors that print is dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sarah Kathryn D Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After 15+ years at this, there\u2019s basically no hope for changing our minds. We have heard too many delightful squeals at the adorably-portable size of our print magazine<\/a> \u2014 if we hadn\u2019t, we\u2019d have stopped printing it long ago. Trust us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have heard just one too many mothers-turned-wedding-planner-assistants say things along the lines of: \u201cI always read your magazine<\/a> when I\u2019m in line, or waiting at the dentist, or basically any time I\u2019d rather get lost in the daydream of my child\u2019s upcoming wedding.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Or: \u201cI actually stole 15 copies from my favorite bar<\/a> because my best friend\u2019s wedding announcement is in it and I want to have as many keepsakes as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(That last one always makes us laugh \u2014 it\u2019s a free magazine<\/b>, people! You can\u2019t steal what is a gift from us to you.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maura Jane Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whether you\u2019re jumping in on your computer, like a good and sound modern person to read all the way through this insanely whimsical blog post, or getting lost in the love-sauce through our new edition of the Wedding Collective New Mexico print magazine<\/a> \u2014 we all know the truth.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re just a little whimsical, that’s all!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And don\u2019t worry, your secret is safe with us. We all fully accept the fact that we humans love to daydream about love<\/a>, and if you need a reminder that daydreaming about love is perfectly okay: we\u2019ve got one<\/a> that will fit perfectly in your purse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to either view the magazine from the comfort of a screen or to order a physical copy delivered to your door.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stephany Taylor Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Psst – want to skip to the good part? Click here to snag your free copy of the Spring\/Summer print magazine.)\u00a0 – If you\u2019re here, on this Wedding Collective blog, reading about the magic of weddings in New Mexico, chances are, you’re a little bit whimsical. And if you don\u2019t identify as whimsical, that\u2019s okay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,14,23,24,27,29,32,33,43,47,48,52,54],"tags":[3532,2942,3534,3533,3537,3536,3066,3531,2572,3529,3438,3530,3535],"class_list":["post-18516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-engagement","category-local-wedding-businesses","category-marriage","category-planning-tips","category-real-weddings","category-romantic-photography","category-styled-weddings","category-wedding-inspiration","category-wedding-photography","category-wedding-planning","category-wedding-trends","category-wedding-veteran","tag-best-wedding-vendors-new-mexico","tag-free-wedding-planning-tools","tag-print-magazine-launch","tag-wedding-collective-new-mexico-magazine","tag-wedding-planning-discounts","tag-wedding-planning-freebies-and-deals","tag-wedding-planning-in-colorado","tag-wedding-planning-in-denver","tag-wedding-planning-in-new-mexico","tag-wedding-planning-tips-for-albuquerque","tag-wedding-planning-tips-santa-fe","tag-wedding-planning-tips-southwest-desert","tag-wedding-planning-tools-for-couples"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/StephanyTaylorPhotography-veil-wedding-couple.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18522,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516\/revisions\/18522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}