Blame Her Ranch

Hiring Blame Her Ranch to host our wedding was the best decision we could have made! Not only is the ranch gorgeous but the people there were nothing but wonderful to us, especially Randy, he exceeded all our needs and helped make it the most perfect weekend! We traveled all the way from Florida and the family can’t get enough of the wonderful experience and are already talking about going back! We hope to see you again soon!

We have been planning this wedding for 2 years and Randy has been there w us every step of the way!! He even helped us day off run the music! The views are spectacular the lodging is comfortable and gorgeous! We couldn’t ask for a better weekend! Our guests said it was the most beautiful venue they’ve ever been to!

We stumbled upon Blame Her Ranch while searching for a wedding venue. What we loved about this place was that you can book the ranch for multiple nights and customize your wedding however you’d like. It was perfect to have our bridal party, close friends and even some vendors stay on the ranch with us! Randy the Ranch Hand was awesome and quick to respond to emails and phone calls if we needed to ask about random logistical questions. Even during our stay, he answered all my questions via text and was right there close by if we ever needed anything! He’s great and the Ranch is so lucky to have him.

For those of you wondering if Blame Her Ranch is the place for you, here are some insights, helpful tips and vendors we used.

When you’re in New Mexico in late June, early Monsoon season can sneak up on you! So be prepared! We were totally planning for a HOT wedding, but to our surprise the temps during late June were mid-80s and beautiful! We enjoyed the pool most mornings, afternoons and evenings. It was great! On the morning of our wedding, people were in the pool and tanning outside. By mid-day clouds rolled in and the monsoons lasted for a few hours which prevented us from using the ceremony area. Luckily with the help of our wedding planner and Randy, they were able to come up with an alternative and we had a lovely ceremony inside the House with all our guests. It wasn’t what we were expecting, but it was still such an intimate and beautiful moment for us. About an hour later, the rain stopped, the sun came out and we were all able to dance outside and enjoy the evening!

Our rehearsal dinner was held in the barn on Friday. It was all very DIY, with wine and beer we brought to the ranch, and catered BBQ from Uncle DTs. They actually delivered all the way to the ranch which was so helpful. It was a relaxing and fun dinner and I loved that we had the option to customize it how we wanted.

Did I mention how amazing Randy was? He could have very well been our wedding planner for the ranch, but we needed more help in advance and we were lucky to hire Shelby from La Luz Wedding and Events. For hair and makeup we hired Kerbi Kendrick. She’s from Albuquerque and was willing to travel for the day with an assistant to do hair and makeup for me and my wedding party. Our photographer was Taylor Pettigrew from Taos. I found her on Instagram and she’s absolutely awesome! Our florist was Christine from Something Special with Flowers. For the Ceremony, I hired a violinist from Arizona, Selin Eskandarin. She was willing to drive to the Ranch and was absolutely the best! She played for the ceremony and cocktail hour. For dinner, toasts, first dance and some dancing, we hired Tapestry to play for two hours. For the last few hours of fun and dancing we hired DJ Styles! For our cake and desserts we hired the pastry chef from the restaurant Mesa Provisions out of Albuquerque. Our caterer, Jordan Ruiz who used to cook with my husband, made an amazing appetizer and buffet dinner. Starting with Gazpacho shooters and pork rillette to a taco bar with various smoked meats, grilled calabacitas, shrimp ceviche, salsas and much more. I purchased wine from a winery I’m a member of in the PNW and had it shipped to my husband's parent’s home. We purchased beer from Total Wine and actually used the “wedding drink estimator” on the website to determine how much alcohol to purchase. It was spot on. We put holds on a few hotels in Santa Fe and hired RoadRunner to shuttle our guests in for the event. The only required vendor that you need to rent for your wedding at the ranch are porta potties! We rented the 3 Porta Lisa from AAA plumbing which worked out great for the number of guests we had.

We rented the ranch for three nights (Thursday - Sunday). If we had thought about it, we would have actually had our wedding on Friday to give us an extra day to clean up and lounge after our wedding. But, you may not get much of a rehearsal dinner the night before if you have guests flying in at random times. The drive to the ranch from Santa Fe is quite the drive and we had several guests get lost despite the very helpful driving instructions from Randy. I cannot say more good things about this place. It’s beautiful, the owners are so nice and Randy was there for the weekend whenever we needed something. We are 100% planning to come back to the ranch with friends in a few years. We love this place!