Just started wedding planning, although I was a bridesmaid this past April so I am pretty familiar with The Knot

We are planning a spring wedding for 2012. Our budget is about $10,000 and I would love any venue, catering, photographer recommendations and of course tons of advice! Thank you ladies in advance
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There is also Palm Valley Golf Course and The Wigwam. All on the westside.
We actually got married at Arrowhead Country Club. We got there all-inclusive package special they were running. It was amazing.
I would recommend Suzanne Melissa Photography! She is AMAZING!!
(suzannemelissaphotography.com) Our wedding is on her blog (Sarah + Richard)
And Oscar with Got You Covered for DJ. He is soo great. We had our wedding last month and I am still getting compliments about him. LOVED HIM!
The Estrella Vista Reception Center is beautiful and on the westside. They do both the ceremony and reception and its a pretty nice place. Here the site if your interested
www.evrc.net
Corona Ranch, Laveen
Old Town Wedding, Peoria
Aldea, Phoenix
Windstar Gardens, Peoria
Secret Garden, Phoenix
Estrella Vista, Avondale
Boojum Tree, Phoenix
Regency Garden, Mesa
Stonebridge Manor, Mesa
Portico, Gilbert
Whew! Does anyone have any information about any of these venues? Good or bad?
Boojum Tree is gorgeous!! It was waaay out of our budget.
The photographer I'm using is amazing though! http://www.mikemaez.com/
Another that I would rec extremely highly would be Noyan Photography: http://noyanphotography.com/
Both are amazingly talented photographers. Mike does a lot of work with extra lighting and some things that no one else does. He's been very open to any suggestions that we've had, and we've had a lot of them, since my FI and I are both pretty big hobby photographers.
My Boidior pics are being done by Noyan Photography (I've also worked along side her before), and Mike did our e-pics, and will be doing out wedding.
It really comes down to what style you like best, but you can't go wrong with either of those two!
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I personally feel like it looks much more expensive than a $10,000 wedding. Absolutely beautiful.