preferred

Vendors



  • Lace & Bow Bridal: Provides custom planning with a blend of creativity and organization.





  • Wild In Wonder: Specializes in creating whimsical, romantic, and creative weddings and events.


  • Just Lovely Weddings: Offers day-of coordination that takes care of all the details for a stress-free wedding.

  • Corazón Events: A passionate team specializing in curating beautiful, unique events.

  • A Beautiful Theme: Offers full-service event planning with a focus on personalized touche
  • David’s Bridal: Offers a wide range of bridal dresses with various styles and budgets.

  • Ann Matthews Bridal: A boutique known for its upscale selection of bridal gowns and accessories.

  • Bougie on a Budget: Offers stylish and affordable bridal wear for the budget-conscious bride.


  • Uptown Bride: Known for its contemporary, chic bridal styles with a modern twist.

Wedding & Event Coordinators

Wedding Dress Boutiques

  • Genicalee: A talented makeup artist with a focus on natural beauty and enhancing features.

  • Something Ginger: Specializes in creating unique, beautiful, and personalized hair and makeup styles.

  • A Salon: A full-service salon offering professional hair and makeup services for weddings.

  • Betty Rose by Alanna: Expertise in vintage and contemporary hair and makeup, bringing out the best in every bride.


  • Misha Beauty: A beauty service known for flawless and long-lasting makeup and hair for any wedding style.

  • Waves Salon: Offers a variety of hair services, including styling, cutting, and coloring, perfect for bridal parties.


  • Hair by Adrian: A highly skilled stylist offering chic and elegant looks for brides and bridal parties.

  • Kerbi Helen Artistry: A creative artist with a flair for both soft and dramatic looks, tailoring to each individual.

  • Jackie Sue Artistry: Focuses on creating customized beauty looks to enhance each client’s natural beauty.

  • Salon Black: A stylish, upscale salon known for its high-quality hair and makeup services.

  • Men’s Wearhouse: A well-known retailer offering formalwear for grooms and groomsmen.

  • Mr. Tux: Specializes in tuxedo and suit rentals for weddings and formal events.


  • Suits Unlimited: Provides a variety of formalwear options for weddings and other formal events.

  • The Black Tux: Specializes in high-quality tuxedo rentals and custom suits for weddings.

  • Indochino: Custom suit brand offering personalized wedding attire.




  • Kyle Nordin (Lavel’s husband): Offers officiating services with a personal touch.

  • Life's moments: Offers personalized wedding officiating tailored to the couple's vision.




hair & Makeup

Groom's Attire

Officiants

Flowers

Rentals & Decor

  • Albuquerque Florist: Offers beautiful floral arrangements for all wedding styles, specializing in vibrant, fresh flowers.

  • People’s Flowers: Known for creating stunning and personalized floral designs for weddings and events.

  • Agave Florist: Specializes in unique, artistic floral arrangements with a modern touch.



  • Mauldin's flowers: Known for their bold and beautiful designs, offering unique and stylish florals.


  • La Flora Floristry: Offers organic, natural, and beautifully crafted floral arrangements for weddings.

  • Floral Dilemma: Known for its bold and creative floral designs with a modern aesthetic.

  • Silver Stem Floral: Offers elegant floral arrangements that combine classic beauty with a contemporary touch.



  • Simply Décor: Offers beautiful, simple decor that adds elegance to any event.

  • Dirty Dishes: Specializes in unique dishware and glassware rentals for weddings.

  • Co Party Rentals: Provides event rentals with a wide variety of decor options for any style.


  • Black Bow Events: Elegant table settings and event rentals for a sophisticated wedding experience.

  • Rust Vintage Rentals: Specializes in unique vintage and boho furniture pieces for an eclectic touch.




  • Jars & Crys Films: A husband and wife team capturing raw, emotional wedding moments through film. With an edgy, cinematic style, they craft bold, authentic stories that feel as real as your love.


  • LJM Films: Specializes in creating artistic and emotional wedding films that tell your unique love story.

  • Journey home media: Known for their professional and creative wedding videography with a modern touch.

  • The Sisco Kid: Offers cinematic wedding videography with a focus on capturing raw, real moments.


  • clear shot productions: A videography service offering modern and artistic wedding films that capture the essence of your wedding.

  • cheyenne films: Specializes in documentary-style videography that captures the raw emotions of the day.

  • Hotel Albuquerque: A beautiful historic venue perfect for weddings with a Southwestern charm.

  • Old Town Farm: A rustic, intimate outdoor venue with lush scenery for a unique wedding setting.

  • Hyatt Tamaya: A luxurious resort with stunning views, ideal for a beautiful wedding.

  • El Sueño Ruidoso: A beautiful venue located in Ruidoso, offering a breathtaking mountain backdrop.

  • Sandia Resort: Offers a picturesque setting with stunning views and exceptional service.

  • Prairie Star: A unique venue offering Southwest elegance with beautiful desert vistas.



  • La Fonda Santa Fe: An iconic venue with a Southwestern feel, perfect for a memorable wedding.



  • Europa: A stunning venue offering a unique blend of sophistication and organic charm.


  • Casa De Sueños: A beautiful and intimate venue offering the perfect space for an elegant wedding.

Venues

Videography

  • Cake Fetish: A popular bakery specializing in custom wedding cakes and desserts with creative designs and delicious flavors.

  • Tully’s: Known for their gorgeous, delicious wedding cakes and sweets.

  • Simply Sweet by Darci: A bakery that creates custom wedding cakes with a focus on unique flavors and designs.

  • ABC Cake Shop: Offers custom cakes and desserts, known for their quality and beautiful decorations.

  • Three Baby Birds Baking: Specializes in custom cakes and desserts for weddings, with a focus on fresh ingredients.

  • Nothing Bundt Cakes: Known for delicious, moist bundt cakes with various flavors and sizes perfect for weddings.

  • Churro Bar: Offers a fun and interactive churro bar with a variety of toppings and dipping sauces.

  • Figs & Honey Cake Co.: Specializes in cakes and desserts made with fresh, high-quality ingredients.


  • The Cake Bar ABQ: Offers a wide variety of wedding cakes and desserts with creative designs.

  • Planty Sweet: A plant-based bakery that specializes in vegan wedding cakes and desserts.


  • Umami Moto: A modern asian-inspired catering service offering creative and flavorful dishes.

  • M’tucci’s: A catering service known for its Italian-inspired cuisine and locally sourced ingredients.


  • Walter Burke: Specializes in gourmet catering with a focus on fresh, high-quality ingredients.

  • Daily Grind : Offers coffee catering with artisanal brews and specialty drinks.

  • Garcia’s: A New Mexico favorite known for serving delicious, authentic Mexican cuisine.

  • Atrios Catering: Known for its refined menu options and elegant presentation for weddings and events.



  • The Bougie Brie: A cheese and charcuterie-focused catering service offering gourmet platters.

  • Scarpas Italian: Italian catering offering authentic, flavorful dishes perfect for weddings.

  • Whole hog cafe : is an award-winning BBQ restaurant in Albuquerque, known for its slow-smoked meats and signature sauces


Cakes & Desserts

Catering

  • Cutmaster Music: A DJ service known for mixing a variety of music styles to keep guests dancing all night. We highly recommend this crew!


  • Too Hot To Stop: A DJ service specializing in high-energy music and crowd interaction.

  • Desert Disco Music: Known for curating the perfect music selection for weddings and events.

  • Complete We Do: Provides DJ services with a focus on seamless transitions and a high-energy atmosphere.


  • Icy Jams: Offers a wide range of music options and a fun, interactive DJ experience.

  • Red Sapphire: A DJ service known for their vibrant energy and ability to create a lively party atmosphere.


  • Diamond Empire: A high-energy band offering a variety of live music genres for weddings.

  • Brandon Saiz Band: A local band offering live music with a range of genres to fit any wedding

  • east avenue band: This talented troupe of musicians can provide their performances as a duo, trio, 6-piece, or 9-piece depending on your style and preferences.

  • smooth Soul Live: A band known for their smooth, soulful music, perfect for a relaxed and romantic vibe.





  • Justin Nunez Music: A versatile musician offering acoustic guitar music for wedding ceremonies and receptions.

  • Bosque Quartet Strings: A string quartet offering live music with a mix of classical and contemporary songs for weddings.

  • Mariachi tenampa : is a premier mariachi ensemble, known for vibrant, authentic performances at festivals, weddings, and special events.




DJ's

bands

Musicians


  • Pennysmith paper: A local company offering customized wedding stationery and invitations.

  • Truly Inspired Paper: A boutique paper goods company specializing in custom-designed wedding stationery.

  • Canva: An online platform offering customizable templates for wedding invitations and paper goods.

  • Minted: Offers a wide range of custom wedding invitations and paper goods, known for their unique designs.

  • Truly Engaging: A wedding invitation company known for their beautiful, customizable designs.

  • Shutterfly: An online service for creating custom wedding invitations, thank-you cards, and more.

  • Vista Prints: Known for offering affordable, customizable wedding stationery and paper goods.

  • Zazzle: An online marketplace offering a wide selection of customizable wedding invitations and stationery.

  • And Received: Specializes in creating custom paper goods for weddings, including invites and thank-you cards.




  • Complete We Do: Offers a complete photo booth experience with high-quality photos and fun props.


  • Pink Mustache Photo Booth – Sleek, modern open-air booths with high-quality photos, social media integration, and luxury backdrops.



  • 360 memories ABQ : offers a unique and fun way to capture and share your special moments in 360 degrees

  • Shutter booth albuquerque : offer animated gifs, custom filters, green screen, boomerang and social media sharing so your photo booth experience can be one of a kind.


  • Santa Fe Valet: Provides valet services and transportation for weddings and events.


  • Star Limo ABQ : Luxury limos, SUVs, and sedans for weddings, proms, and corporate events in Albuquerque.




Invitation & Paper goods

Photo booths

Transportation

jessica

"I chose Lavel Marie Photography for my daughters senior pictures, and I couldn’t be more obsessed with how they came out! Lavel made the entire session fun for my daughter and made her feel so comfortable. Will be using Lavel again in the future!"

"lavel made the entire session fun for my daughter and made her feel so comfortable."

cristina

"Lavel is a truly a gifted and talented photographer. I recommend her 100%. She photographed my husband and I for our 5th Wedding Anniversary...She was friendly, professional, and gave wonderful direction throughout the shoot. We had a lot of fun. Her turnaround time on the photos was amazingly fast. Thank you Lavel for helping us document this special milestone in our relationship and lives together. We LOVE our photographs! They were all so gorgeous!"

"she was friendly, professional and gave wonderful direction."

gabrielle

"We recently had our engagement session with Lavel and Matt and they were both amazing to work with! My fiancé and I were a bit nervous at the start, but Lavel made us feel so comfortable and we ended up having a blast! Lavel has made this process so easy and enjoyable and I can not wait for the wedding!!"

"lavel made us feel so comfortable and we ended up having a blast!"

crystal

"Lavel is incredible! She is truly the best of the best in the photography industry. She communicates very well, is professional, extremely talented, and wonderful to work with! She’s taken our family photos as well as my daughter’s Senior photos. Lavel always goes above and beyond our expectations. She is very quick to send a “sneak peek” of the photos after the session as well as a quick turnaround time in receiving the full gallery of gorgeous photos. She makes taking pictures a fun and enjoyable experience. I HIGHLY recommend her for all of your photography needs, you won’t be disappointed."

"she makes taking pictures a fun and enjoyable experience."