The Sedona Weddings and Corporate Events Guide

Sedona Wedding Planners,

Venues, Vendors and Services

The Sedona Wedding Studio

Over 75 Leading Sedona wedding professionals, including wedding planners and venues have joined to become the unsurpassed, SEDONA WEDDING STUDIO. HERE, brides can find fantastic information and links to an elite, “invitation only” membership of the best Sedona wedding professionals available today, all represented under one roof in a beautiful West Sedona studio and showroom.  Brides can save time and money, avoid worry and have the confidence of knowing that they have found the ultimate source for the best Sedona wedding services.  The SWS membership list reads as a who’s who in the Sedona wedding industry.  The SEDONA WEDDING STUDIO is Northern Arizona’s most comprehensive wedding professionals network with the largest membership represented in 20 great categories.

The most stringent stipulations and standards are required before being invited to join this exclusive group of award winning experts and wedding planners.  Members are pre-screened for excellence in their field.  S.W.S. members are consistently the busiest, simply because they are among the most popular, trusted and referred experts in Sedona.

Among the many qualifications considered are at least 5 years of experience. Peer and industry recognition is extremely important. Exquisite talent, dependability and value of services is mandatory.  Publication in recognized industry magazines is also taken into account.

The standards required of members involve much more than simply paying dues to be on a listing.  The Sedona Wedding Studio does not restrict membership to only those vendors who live in or around Sedona.  The S.W.S is a private membership and is not modeled after any other organization.  Quality is priority at The Sedona Wedding Studio.

By selecting Sedona Wedding Studio vendors, Sedona brides can go straight to the best and avoid long, unreliable, confusing lists.  A Sedona Wedding Studio bride can plan her wedding in an unbelievably appointed showroom.  Brides can arrange meetings and discussions in lovely conferencing areas and meet vendors in person.

Helpful resources are everywhere in the SWS.  Video, slide shows  and photography showcase the talent of all the SWS members.  Brides can listen to music selections by talented Sedona Wedding Studio musicians and even have make-up trials by studio make-up and hair artists.  Catalogues, fabulous displays, merchandise, samples and more complete the Sedona Wedding Studio experience.

Sedona’s Top 75

Wedding Professionals

With this exciting group of talented Sedona artists and professionals, The Sedona Wedding Studio has become the hub of the Sedona wedding community!  The SWS is much more than just an on line resources guide.

The SWS has an actual location as well. Stop by and see why no wedding will be complete without a visit to The Sedona Wedding Studio, located in beautiful West Sedona at 1710 West State Route 89A. Suite # 2. Brides now have the convenience of having the most celebrated Sedona vendors coming to them in pre-arranged consecutive appointments instead of spending their limited time traveling all over town seeking meetings and information.

SEDONA BRIDE PHOTOGRAPHY

Sedona Bride Photography is known for their quality, style and ability to capture a moment in time that many of us never really see.  It is a real talent to capture the emotion of the moment and turn it into art.  Andrew Mejia of Sedona Bride does just that.  Watch a lovely slideshow of his work here: Often Andrew is the, all so important, second shooter for the husband and wife team Sedona Bride Photography. But Andrew is just as likely to be the primary shooter at smaller weddings as well.  The scope of a wedding has no bearing on the quality of photography coming from Sedona Bride Photography.  Andrew is just as concerned about a bride’s elopement or her lavish affair.  He understands that every wedding is someone’s special day and he makes sure it is beautifully captured forever.

Andrew has a gift for seeing detail, as well as overall documentation.  Many of the outstanding images coming from Sedona Bride Photography are Andrew’s. He wallows in the grass, balances on rocks, climbs up hills, tip toes and squats but always gets his shot.  So many of the images of grooms and groomsmen getting ready are Andrew’s images.  While Katrina may be shooting the bride and groom at special moments during the ceremony, Andrew is shooting the guests and those all-so-sweet teary eyes.  It takes two great photographers to capture all the moments and that is exactly why Sedona Bride is so great.

Show Stopper’s loves Sedona Bride because they totally get how to shoot flowers and decor.  Andrew makes sure the lighting is perfect while Katrina gets the shot.  We all have learned so much from each other and can second guess what needs to be done to get the images.  They have learned to think like decorators and we have learned to think like photographers.  It works.

Andrew is doing many of the packages offered by resorts and hotels.  His reputation is growing fast because of his quality and charming personality. He is being seen more and more at L’Auberge, Tlaquepaque and other major wedding destinations.  His packages are outstanding.  Brides still receive that oh-so-important post production detail which is so tedious and time consuming.  Many laymen think that images are taken and just returned on a disc.  Unfortunately, in many cases that it true.  The exceptional images, however, are always achieved through thoughtful consideration during the post production phase.

It’s all Sedona Bride Photography.  It’s all Katrina and Andrew.  Sedona Bride is simply a terrific choice and brides are never disappointed.  We are true fans.

Laura Marolakos is one of Sedona’s busiest wedding planners.  At well-known Heart of Sedona Weddings, Laura creates unforgettable dream weddings on every scale, in every style, in every environment indoors or out.  Simply put, Laura’s Sedona weddings are exquisite.  Her goal is to bring her bride’s dreams to fruition through organization, style and arranging all the details. As a valued partner in The Sedona Wedding Studio, Laura directs her brides to the best vendors available in Sedona today thereby making her bride’s special day completely stress free.

Laura’s professional career began twenty-five years ago.  As a graduate of the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York City, she embarked on her own ambitious dreams of creating her own Couture and Bridal Collections business for major fashion houses around the country.  Her clients read as a who’s who in the fashion industry….  Neiman Marcus, Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bergdorf  Goodman among many others.

Hollywood called.  So, Laura redirected her talents in beauty and harmony towards an exciting new career in costume design.  She gained experience as a wardrobe supervisor and costumer for major Hollywood films and television.  Not only did she create the perfect look and wardrobe for characters and scenes, but her work involved organizing and coordinating crew members, craftsmen and support teams facilitating wardrobe budgets and working directly with actors, directors and producers to create a common vision.

Laura came to Sedona in 2005.  Free from a high-profile life style and nourished daily by Sedona’s natural beauty, she is now able to direct her creative energies to finding beauty and harmony of soul.  Serenity, peace and a simpler lifestyle, along with the unique opportunities found in Sedona, have opened new avenues for the use of her gifts and talents.  Producing and planning gorgeous Sedona Weddings was a perfect fit.  Laura Marolakos really will make your dream wedding in Sedona come true.

One of Sedona’s best known and most popular officiants is Reverend Andrew Murphy, M. Div. Show Stoppers has worked alongside Andrew many, many times.  His popularity stems from the fact that his ceremonies are both touching and sentimental.  He is well-liked and respected in the Sedona wedding professional’s community making him simply one of the best officiants available in Sedona.  He books very fast.  Our best advise is to secure his services as soon as you can.  A huge plus is that Andrew is fluent in Spanish.  In fact, every year he spends time in Mexico for his many clients who fly him there just for their special wedding days.

Andrew’s company, Heart of Sedona Weddings, provides valuable information and advise through his gorgeous website, HeartOfSedonaWeddings.com Show Stoppers gives our highest recommendation to Reverend Andrew and urge you to visit his website and then speak with him before making any final decisions.  Andrew is a regular at Tlaquepaque, L’Auberge and all the major venues.  He is also a valued member of The Sedona Wedding Studio.

Admittedly, we do not know the first thing about make-up, but we do know when we see stunning brides that look like professional models.  Liz Margin has the exceptional talent of bringing out the most flattering features of her clients.  Her credentials are lengthy and impressive.  The best thing to do is visit her website, lizmargin.com and judge for yourself when you read her profile and see the stunning women in her gallery.

In ever increasing numbers, Liz Margin is working with the same brides as Show Stoppers.  It is no accident that the best Sedona vendors seem to always wind up working with the same brides.  Brides seem to gravitate towards those Sedona vendors who provide the highest quality.

Liz Margin is a huge addition to our vendor endorsements.  We are so pleased to include her among our very favorite Sedona wedding vendors.  Liz is truly a professional in a league above all the rest.

This gorgeous portrait was taken by Katrina Wallace, Sedonabride.com

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