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WEDDINGS OF NEW YORK
Creative Civil Wedding Ceremonies: traditional, contemporary or unique
Conducted by New York Certified Marriage Officiants*
*all officiants certified by New York City Marriage Bureau: cityclerknyc.org

OTHER RESOURCES

Here are some local resources we have used:

MUSIC |PHOTOGRAPHY |CATERING |FLOWERS |HAIR

Check our wedding blog ElopeNewYork.com for useful articles, such as:

Checklist for Eloping
How to get your license at City Hall
How to Check Legal Registration of your officiant
More Location ideas
How to cater a Wedding Picnic in New York

Other useful articles can also be found at our Wedding FAQs
Check our environmental, ethical blogs ethicalceremonies.com and agreenbride.com for ideas for green and ethical weddings. Check our humorous Wedding2point0 blog for a discussion of questions such as:

Should you change your name at marriage?
When to sign the Marriage License?
Alternative marriage ceremony location spots

Music

Four Seasons Ensemble
Classical music for all occasions (trio/quartet)
646-591-9394 John Chang
212-531-3057 Karen Bogardus

Nicolo Ensembles
NicoloEnsembles.com
Elizabeth Miller
212-927-5674

Harp and Flute, Celtic or Classical music
Sneddon and Sneddon
875 West 181 Street 2-L
New York, NY 10033
(212) 928-5506 or (914) 715-8793
harpistmargaretsneddon@yahoo.com

Viola, Violin, string ensembles
Karen Waltuch
917-521-8259
violista.karen@gmail.com

Juniper Chamber ensembles
Quartets, trios, solo instruments for any occasion
Valerie Kuehne
(410) 350 4027
valeriekuehne@rcn.com

Ben Power
Traditional Irish Music
Flute, whistle, Bodhran, Song
917-324-4358
bepoq@liverpoolfc.net

Laura Cole
Irish Harp
973-594-9689
vixenfinn@aol.com

Nina's Music Book
Live ceremony and cocktail hour music, all women run, all conservatory musicians.
718-683-1432
memo@ninasmusicbook.com
Ninasmusicbook.com

Adam Tully, Guitar
Classical, Latin, Flamenco
adamtully@yahoo.com
adamtully.com
212-942-6854

Maria Bella Jeffers, Cello
600 W. 192 Apt 53
NY,NY, 10040
917-538-6463
mbj311@hotmail.com

Wedding Planner

Carol Duran-Campanello
917-623-1419
cc@carolevents.com

Limo

MKB Limousine
Radio City Station P>O> Box 0235, 10101
718-345-0858
bestnewyorklimo.net

Catering

The Raging Skillet
335 East Houston St.
NY, NY 10002
212-463-0872
theragingskillet.com

The Movable Feast
Contact: Ellen Berson
www.movablefeastcatering.com

The Cleaver Company
www.cleaverco.com/
 
Alex Brovenick Sage Events
alex@sageevents.com
212.729.4965

Photography

Beowulf Shaheen
http://beowulfweddings.com
mail@beowulfweddings.com
(917) 450 2345

Kim Coccagnia

kim@kimberlycoccagnia.com

KatHempel Photography
www.Kathempel.com
katje@kathempel.com
718-809-4428

Mike Skoglund, Photographer

stanmik@earthlink.net 

http://www.mskoglund.com/

Ryan Brenizer Photography
www.ryanbrenizer.com
blog: www.amazon.com/ryanbrenizer
phone: 917-232-1058

Maria Melin
www.mariamelinphotography.com
melinme@nyc.rr.com

Dave Joe, Videography and Photography
http://dmomentphotography.com
dmomentphotographer.com

Sarah Sloboda
917.279.3445
sarah@sarahsloboda.com
Weekday Weddings - photojournalism
www.slobodaweddings.blogspot.com

Kate & Georgina
Kate: 646-894-8484
Georgina: (347) 683-3693
kateandgeorgina.com
See a wedding Kate and Georgina photographed and Mary officiated, on Daily Candy:
look in the center of the page for the Library Hotel wedding.

Klaus Schoenwiese
www.tribeofman.com/events
Klaus Schoenwiese
66 Hausman St Apt #3
Brooklyn, NY 11222
718 218 8090

Joanne Chan
917-723-6493
www.jchanphoto.com
http://jchanphoto.com/wedsample/

Mike Canzoniero
www.nynyweddingvideo.com
(correct phone) 917-279-2482
see his film! marconibros.com

Laurie Rhodes, Photographer
LaurieRhodes.com
646-734-2591
lr@laurierhodes.com

Steve Gerrard
Birmingham, UK
http://stevegerrardphotography.com
See:  http://stevegerrardphotography.com/a-new-york-wedding

Linda Smith Photography
www.lcphotos.com
212-249-2408 (NY)
203-524-5005  (mobile)
07956 064456 (London)

Mariann Szucs Photography
New York New York
917 439 0348
718 626 2182
www.mariannszucs.com
bluedaisyweddings.com
212.431.1827

Hair and Make-up

SENSES NY Salon and Spa
135 Fifth Ave, 2nd Floor (at 19th)
NY 10011
212-242-7979
sensesny.com

Private hair and makeup (will come to you)
referred by Photographer Kim Coccagnia

Cati James
catijames@hotmail.com

Accessories

Handmade Bridal Headpieces
Vivien Bridal, 1385 Broadway, Room 1224
Diana Maing Chan, 212-944-7074

Flower recycling

Think twice about tossing those beautiful flowers. Give them to Flowerpower, a charitable organization that donates blooms from weddings, funerals, and corporate events. With the help of a nominal donation from you or your company, the flowers are reassembled into bouquets for patients in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals. see flowerpowernyc.org

Flower wholesalers

Starbright Floral Design
150 West 28th Street
StarFlor.com
NY, NY, 10001
800-520-8999

Wedding Florist

Shields Warendorff Flowers
62 West 56th Street
NY, NY 10019
212-246-6147
marshasflowers@aol.com



Link Exchanges

American Association of Wedding Officiants
an association of professional wedding ministers, celebrants, officials, and Justices of the Peace who..are all legally certified to perform wedding ceremonies in their jurisdictions.
Affairnet.com
Wedding and event planning resources.
Anna Bellagio
Affordable wedding and bridal jewelry
Arte Bride
Unique designer wedding accessories and bridal accessories including tiaras, bridal jewelry,
Blissweddings.com
"To achieve wedded bliss, you first must plan for it."
Blueberryweddings.com
Bridalhood.com
local wedding vendor reviews and information.
Clickwed.com
Wedding Directory resources for brides.
Decidio.com
Lists Leading New York Officiants and other wedding services.
Favors Direct
Keepsakes, favors, pewter placeframes, of exceptional materials and unmatchable quality for your next event.
GatheringGuide.com
Event locations, and many other support services. A comprehensive guide.
InterfaithOfficiants.com
Ordained Marriage Officiants, and interfaith and nondenominational clergy for life cycle events.
Letsrunoff.com
A guide to Destination Weddings and Elopement venues and resources.
ModelBride.com
Model Bride
MyPartyPlanner.com and Wedding Planning
Wedding and Party Planning Service, New York, NY,
mywedding.com
New York Wedding Planning
Onewed.com
Wedding planning guide, and wedding flowers
Princessbands
Freshwater pearl and Swarovski crystal handmade tiaras, Our unique tiaras double as necklaces after the big day is long gone.
Seekwedding.com
A wedding resource diretory
SearchBridal.com
"Comprehensive Wedding Web Directory"
TeamWedding.com - Home of the New York Top Wedding Sites
"WedNet - The Internet's Premier Wedding Planning Site"
Weddings.co.uk.
Large site for wedding planning in the UK.
WedAlert.com
"Your Wedding Planning Just Got Easier" Find local wedding professionals, articles, and much more. Visit now for your chance to win a free honeymoon.
Wedding Gazette
Transform your wedding into reality with helpful articles on wedding flowers, bridal showers, wedding favors, making a budget, and more.
The-Wedding-Planner.com
Wedding planning resource with a national and international wedding vendor directory, step-by-step planning, classified ads, and much more.
WeddingLocal.com
directory and bridal resources guide
Weddingofficiants.net
Search any U.S. state or city for wedding clergy: ministers, priests, rabbis, officiants, judges, notaries, justices of the peace.  See our listing
Wedding Experts.com
Wedding Planning made easy with WedDepot.com
Wednet.com
Weddingsolutions.com
Weddingyellowpage.com
Wedding yellow page and directory for brides, grooms, bridemaids planning weddings.
Web Directory a family friendly directory offering full web services.
Livedir.net Promote your websites and add to our directory. Human-reviewed directory of the web.
Look Directory, Links to Resources and Information websites
DirPedia.com - combining a dictionary, an encyclopedia and a web directory