Where NM Brides At?

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Just bored thinking about the wedding of course! Anyone in Albq getting married in May??

alicia_s · October 2009

May 29th bride here!

jengriego · October 2009

May 15th...almost to the 7th month mark!

jengriego · October 2009

we're date twins

how's your planning going?

TnJBonnell · October 2009

OMG!! Thats crazy! The planning is going great! Im so excited! I have so much done. Im actually at a stop and not sure what else to do! lol How is you planning going? What are your venues?

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Same to you Alicia, hows the planning going? What venues are u using?

kiddodarling2010 · October 2009

i'm may 15 as well! i got 2 weeks filled to the brim of photographers and bakers and florists! but other then choosing those three things and a dress i'm done with my planning

jengriego · October 2009

wow, sounds like everyone is getting a lot of planning done! Yay for date twins (or quads, in this case) Our ceremony is at the UNM Alumni Chapel and reception is at Hacienda Antigua B&B. Where are everyone elses? I did a bunch of planning earlier and took the summer off. I've got venues, photographer, florist, caterer, dress and BM dresses picked out (but not ordered). The save-the-dates went out today! Has anyone done their invites? I'm starting those later this month, but I'm starting to get a little worried that I took too much time off.

phantomskylar · October 2009

May 22nd, I will become Mrs. Williamson! woohoo!!

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Wow! This is great!! I'm glad you girls have gotten so much done! Like I said, I've gotten so much done, I really have nothing much to do till we get closer to our day.-I'm have the ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas.-Reception at Marriott Pyramid-Florist - Millie Fluer Flower (shes great!)-Natural Touch Photography - Great package at a great price!!-I already bought my wedding dress and already picked out the bridesmaid dresses but the girls havent bought them yet. I got them at Alfred Angelo.-Cake - Just a Bite Bakery. Mmm they are sooo good!-I bought blank inviations. I'm going to print them out myself. -I also bought the favors just have to put them together.-I have a DJ. its actually my cousin from Miami, FL. Hes a DJ out there for a radio station, clubs and he does weddings too for liike 15 years. So that will be fun.I'm originally from Miami, so its been hard for me to get things done not knowing of much around here. But I think I've done pretty good for myself. lolAll my family lives out there too. So, I'm sad that not alot of them will come cuz of the way the economy is going, but we'll see. I'm right now trying to find wedding music. We have our song and the father and mother dance but were just trying to figure out our entrance song. Any ideas?We have to keep in touch. If you girls have any ideas or can help me in anyway of stuff we can do for our wedding out here please let me know! Thank you!

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Hey Jen. I tried to add you as a friend but I cant. Add me! Thanx!

jengriego · October 2009

TNJ I've added you to my friends My colors are green, pink, and orange As far as my other vendors: Wedding Coordinator: Karen with Celebrations Caterer: Vivace Florist: I'm using Mille Fleur too! Photographer: Enchanted Light Photography (he's a friend of ours from Farmington) Invites: Elva Marie's Fine Paper Rehersal Dinner: Little Anita's Old Town DJ: Brian with DJ Cypher Dress: Alfred Angelo (I've already got it) BM Dresses: by the Dessy group - they carry them at Brides by Demetrius, but I found this great store in phoenix where you can buy the dresses online from them for less. www.thewasonline.com - my friend got her BM dresses from them and they were great Favors: spice jars from crate and barrell - we're filling them with different colored jelly beans

kiddodarling2010 · October 2009

hey jen how'd you like using a local vendor for invites? i have to order mine soon lol and i'm trying to decide if i should do online or go with someone local.... did you design yours or just pick some out?

kennyandanita · October 2009

Hi everyone. We are in the beginning stages of planning and we are looking at early fall 2010. We love New Mexico in the fall so we want an outdoor wedding. (Unless we decide to do a destination wedding iN Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, which we're looking into as well.) Our budget isn't huge but we will have quite a few guests. So therefore we are looking into the following venues: - Hyde Park Lodge - Alta Mae's - Hacienda Vargas And, our crazy idea that I think we might actually go with, is Heron Lake State Park, where the cliffs are. Anyone have any experience with any of these? Thanks for starting this thread, it's nice to talk to other NM brides to be.

tvroybal · October 2009

Another date twin here, yay for May 15! After reading fronm some of you, I'm a bit behind... Ceremony & Reception: Hotel Albuquerque Photography: Kevin's Photo Dress: Alfred Angelo I'm pretty behind on everything else. Better get on it, huh?

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Your not behind at all!! We are just way too ahead! LoL. Everyone is always telling me that I'm just way ahead and have so much done. So, no worries. Just try to get a DJ b/c they book up fast. Jen, thanx for the request! I cant believe that we are both using the same florist! LoL Thats crazy!I'm so happy to see all you girls on May 15! How exciting! Thats going to be a beautiful day! If any of you need help or have any questions feel free to ask me! Hope things are going well. Keep in touch!

phantomskylar · October 2009

I thought I'd go ahead & share as well:Ceremony: Immaculate Conception ChurchReception: The Event PalaceColors: Lavender and SilverTheme: Cinderella/fairytaleCake: Le Paris French BakeryWedding Dress: Bridal Elegance by DarleneBridesmaids dresses: Alfred AngeloReception food: CajunPhotography: Destination Photography by LeahJust some advice, if you're really into healthy & organic stuff, Le Paris French Bakery only uses natural ingredients. I loved it, because it's a really small bakery, & I really got a good feeling from it. & The Event Palace is amazing! Their prices are incredible, & Fofo (the event planner) actually becomes like your wedding planner. She's even helping me find a fountain for my cake. & they take care of everything, food, decorations, coordinating the reception, etc. & Leah is an amazing photographer. Her prices are wonderful as well, & she has great ideas. We had our engagement pictures done with her, & they came out very well, so we're going with her for the wedding to. Our pictures are actually on her site, & she's a little under the radar, but if anyone is looking for a good-priced, amazing quality photographer, check out her site: www.dpbyleah.comThe only problems we're having is picking music for the actual ceremony. We're both musicians, & refuse to have Pachelbel's canon played (sorry girls...it's just too overdone) & we want to be really original. Problem is, we can't agree on a song for me to walk down the aisle to. We chose Bach's fugue in g minor for the bridal party, & leaning towards "If I Can't Love Her" from the broadway version of Beauty & the Beast for me to walk down the aisle to. But if anyone has any other ideas, that would be great

oh, fyi, it's most likely gonna be an arrangement for trumpet & organ or piano, but possibly a brass quartet or quintet

jengriego · October 2009

aardvark - i love working with Elva She did our save-the-dates and they came out fantastic. I'm meeting with her in a few weeks to start the invites. TNJ - i love geri's work at Mille Fleur 0 what are your flowers going to be? -- i forgot to mention we're getting our cake from Unique Cakes by Karyn as far as music goes, we're going the non traditional route too. i have a couple of guitar players who are going to play during the ceremony and cocktail hour. i'm going to walk in to an acoustic version of jack johnson's "angel" for the reception: 1st dance - either norah jones and adam levi "love me tender" or chris cornell "thank you" i love the song "girls are made to love" by sugar ray, if i were doing a bouquet toss (i'm not) i would definitel have this song playing -- i'm so happy there are NM Brides who are active on the boards -- let's keep this going

jengriego · October 2009

tvrobal you're not behind - i agree some of us are way ahead! if you (or anyone) needs any help, let me know -- anita - i looked into hacienda vargas, it was really pretty but i wanted to have my ceremony at the UNM Alumni Chapel and Hacienda Vargas is about a 45 minute drive from ABQ. The price was pretty reasonable as well

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Thanx for all the great info!! The bakery we chose is Just a Bite Bakery and they use all natural products too. They dont use lard. They use butter and everything is homemade and they dont freeze the cake for like weeks like ABC Cake does. So, we were really happy about that too!I love everyones locations and ideas!And it seems like you have really done all your research, you've been saving lots of money! That is great! I did the same. I'm sorry I dont have any ideas of songs, I'm trying to figure out what we want too!

TnJBonnell · October 2009

The flowers I'm having Geri prepare for me are:Bridesmaid and I will haveWhite Asian Lily's, Bear Grass & stephanotis flowerThe church flowers will be same but with delphinium flowerCenter piece will be white & bably blue hydrangea and bear grass with white roses.She gave me the idea of the center piece. I love love love her ideas! she is great!The songs we are dancing:Groom & Bride: Jesse Powell - YouDad & Bride: Bob Carlisle - Butterfly KissesMom & Groom: Boyz II Men - A Song for MamaBouquet Toss: Beyonce - Single LadiesGarter Toss: Dont know yetEntrance Song: Have no idea (need help!)I like the Alumni Chapel at UNM but I really like my church that I currently attend and I thought it would be nice to have it there also since my FI did his communion there and my sis aswell.I'm on here every Mon, Wed, Fri and some Sunday. (those are the days I work and the only time I pretty much go on and have time to relpy to posts)

LFraga · October 2009

Wow. I feel really behind too. My date is May 15 as well. The only thing we have planned is the Chapel, UNM Allumni. Looks like we will be having a backyard reception so I don't have to worry about some of the extras like center pieces. We are trying to decide if we want a wedding party, bm and such or not. I haven't even started looking for a dress yet.

jengriego · October 2009

LFraga We're having our ceremony at UNM Alumni Chapel too. What time is yours scheduled? What colors are you using?

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Wow so many people on May 15. Dont worry, your not too behind. Use your checklist! Its helped me very much! At least your got your chuch booked! Thats important. GL If you need any help, or any questions dont be affraid to post up!

kiddodarling2010 · October 2009

lets see what i've done so far:i have my church bookedcolors: white, black and redreception: 4 hills country clubcake: say it with cakefavors: black chinese takeout boxes with a red ribbon and filled with m&ms and chocolate covered espresso beanscenterpieces: red and white roses and 6 candles surrounding them.i know what i want for bouquets and flower arrangements, but i still need to find a florist and a photographer. and a dress lol and thats it i think.

alicia_s · October 2009

i think im severely behind, hopefully i have an excuse because I dont live in Albuquerque. Wedding at the Balloon Museum - outdoor lawn area with a tent.Photographer - Openfield Photography - a friendor of mine who's flying in for the eventCaterer - Slate Street CafeAnd that's about all I've gotten. Planning on flying in for the bridal show this weekend though, so I'm hoping that will help push me along

HopeStrife · October 2009

Hey there. Well, here in the ABQ but my wedding date is a bit after may. I am July 31st. Heres my list Ceremony and Reception -- Nativo Lodge Cake - Say it with Cake Flowers - Savon Wholesale Photographer - Creative Portraits by Dolores Invites - DIY from Michaels Dresses - Davids Bridal (if you havent gotten yours yet and are going to DB on Menual, do NOT work with Bess. The others are super nice) DJ - Icon Entertainment - we are booking with Adrian Honeymoon - VEGAS!!!! So stinkin excited! Hair/nails - Chez Salon. Working with Anna! hmmm... anything else? Who knows. I feel pretty good about where I am at.

LFraga · October 2009

JengriegoWe are booked for 5:30 to 7:30. I saw that someone was booked earlier before us.Not totally sure on colors. I was thinking brown and pink, but that could definitely change. Its a police wedding, so we've got to work with the uniform colors. Unfortunately its even more complicated because the groom works for Sheriffs, tan uniforms; and his best man work for Rio Rancho which is a dark navy uniform. I may just go with brown and navy for simplicity, but I just wasn't sure about those colors for a summer wedding.

TnJBonnell · October 2009

Those colors are very nice for a spring wedding! Kaki is a very earthy color and spring is all about earth! Your girls can wear the navy blue with a beige sash or something. It should be very nice! GL!

TnJBonnell · October 2009

alicia_s - slate street caters? I thought they were a bar in rio rancho. I never had the food there b/c its just bar food. Is it any good?

alicia_s · October 2009

Slate Street Cafe is actually a restaurant in downtown albuquerque - super cool atmosphere with a wine loft and they do a fun upscale twist on comfort food. They do everything from mac and cheese to a killer ahi tuna. www.slatestreetcafe.com

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