New Jersey Wedding Podcast

Andrea Purtell and Celia Milton

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New Jersey wedding planning, venue by venue.

The gist

New Jersey Wedding Podcast walks through venues, vendors, ceremony options, and day-of logistics with a local officiant’s eye. Its conversations favor useful details: capacity, weather backup plans, catering rules, guest flow, personalization, and what couples can stop worrying about.

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About New Jersey Wedding Podcast

New Jersey Wedding Podcast is a locally rooted guide to wedding planning across New Jersey. Celia Milton and Andrea Purtell bring the perspective of professional wedding officiants who have seen how celebrations actually run. The show is less about fantasy and more about fit. Episodes often begin with a venue or vendor, then work steadily toward the practical questions behind a good event. A conversation about Brant Beach Yacht Club becomes a discussion of waterfront atmosphere, cocktail-hour furnishings, catering requirements, vendor flexibility, and how a couple can make a reception feel personal. A visit with The Madison Hotel highlights what couples do not have to manage when weather, lodging, guest movement, getting-ready space, and rehearsal events can happen in one place. Perona Farms gives the show room to compare several event spaces under one name, including the barn, the refinery, the reserve, and smaller settings for micro weddings. The Manor House at the Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart brings out the appeal of a gracious, slightly hidden venue with a built-in sense of theme. Merced Manor adds another planning angle, with personalization, outside food, bar flexibility, and milestone events beyond weddings. Vendor episodes widen the frame. Spur Jewelry turns inherited pieces into a conversation about memory, cleaning, redesign, wedding bands, engagement rings, and making heirlooms usable in daily life. Entertainment and weather planning come up through the Joe Baracata Band episode, where the hosts connect celebration energy with the need for a backup plan. The show also steps into baby blessings, especially for families who want a meaningful ceremony without a traditional baptism setting. Its pacing is relaxed. The hosts repeat concerns in plain language, ask follow-up questions, and let guests explain policies and possibilities without turning the conversation into a sales pitch. That makes the show useful for couples who are early in planning and still learning what matters. It also helps families compare styles: beach, hotel, farm, historic, manor, and intimate milestone gathering. The strongest through-line is reassurance through specifics. New Jersey Wedding Podcast makes planning feel less like a maze and more like a series of choices that can be talked through carefully.

Made for: Couples and families planning weddings, baby blessings, or milestone events in New Jersey. It is especially useful for people comparing venues, vendor policies, guest logistics, and ceremony options.

What sets it apart: The show combines local officiant experience with detailed vendor conversations, so the advice stays close to real timelines, spaces, weather concerns, and venue rules. It treats logistics and meaning as part of the same celebration.

In their own words

Join NJ Wedding Officiants Andrea Purtell & Celia Milton, for an insider's look at weddings in NJ! Each episode brings laughter, agreement, & cheers as they discuss fabulous venue & wedding pros! Top artists in the NJ wedding industry share trends, ideas, & tips for your wedding day. Be inspired by heartwarming stories, discover unique ideas, & gather essential details for your perfect wedding. With thousands of weddings between them, Andrea & Celia love sharing stories; yours might be next! Happy planning, let the fun begin! Subscribe & make us your go to companion on this exciting adventure.

As heard by us

Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Detailed, good-humored interviews make New Jersey wedding logistics legible, from venue restrictions and bridal styling to charitable giving.

Andrea Purtell and Celia Milton turn wedding planning into a practical conversation with the people responsible for its many moving parts. Their interviews stay close to decisions: what a venue includes, how hair trials prepare for changes, and how a bridal matching platform…

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A reception haircut becomes the villain when your wedding-day timeline has much better things to do.

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Andrea Purtell and Celia Milton to ask vendors the questions your mood board cannot answer
a bridal-gown search that starts with your personality instead of an endless rack of maybe

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New Jersey wedding venuesvenue capacity and layoutweather backup plansvendor policies and flexibilitypersonalized ceremoniesmicro-weddingsheirloom jewelry redesignbaby blessings

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Brant Beach Yacht Club!!Apr 16, 2026

A Shore venue discussion that turns practical logistics into a personal wedding plan.

The episode keeps its focus on Brant Beach Yacht Club as a wedding venue and gives Delia Sheridan and the hosts room to move from logistics to feel.

Meet Your Wedding Gown AI CO-Pilot My Bria the First AI Bridal Co-Pilot Feb 10, 2026

An early bridal dress matching platform built around questionnaire based personalization and designer fit.

Bridal shopping here is framed as a search for fit, not just fabric. Becca Wenning's Dress It and My Bria try to make that search feel less random by using a questionnaire, designer matching, and bridal personality to narrow the field.

Creature Comfort Pet TherapyJan 29, 2026

Therapy dogs, wedding giving, and a quiet reminder that small visits can matter.

Creature Comfort Pet Therapy is a wedding-show conversation that keeps its focus on what therapy dogs actually do. It names schools, libraries, hospitals, long-term care settings, and corporate visits, and the reading-to-a-dog idea gives the piece a practical anchor.

Kathleen Benjamin Wedding Hair and Makeup Artist Jan 27, 2026

A practical look at bridal glam, timing, and the choices that can make a wedding day feel calmer.

Kathleen Benjamin's wedding hair and makeup discussion stays grounded in the practical choices that shape the getting-ready part of a wedding day.

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Brant Beach Yacht Club!!

Spur Jewelry ~Transforms your existing pieces and heirlooms into beautifully reimagined, bespoke fine jewelry

Historic Charm, Modern Magic. The Perfect Wedding Venue!

Joe Baracata Band!!

Oh Baby!

Perona Farms; 100 Years of Fabulous Celebrations

The Manor House at the Princeton Academy

Merced Manor in Ringwood New Jersey

Micro weddings;Intimate by design, unforgettable by nature!

An Elegant Barn, a Beautiful Setting and a Burro named Natcho! The Perfect Venue for your wedding!

Allaire Chapel

Ward's Farm

The Best Wedding Favor Ever.

ML&B Parking Solutions. First Impressions Start at the Curb ✨ Professional Valet for Your Wedding or Event!

M & M Photo Booth Events!!

If your coolest friend was also a talented videographer; Scott Montague from Montague Films

The Dessert Ladies' Sweet Creations

Meet Your Wedding Gown AI CO-Pilot My Bria the First AI Bridal Co-Pilot

The Whistling Swan Inn

David Alan's The Rockwood

Andrea and Celia have a conversation with Ashley Meyer owner of Meyer Photo Video.

Creature Comfort Pet Therapy

Kathleen Benjamin Wedding Hair and Makeup Artist

Your Venue Hunt!~

Oink! Moo! We talk to the Tamerlaine Animal Preserve and Sanctuary!

Trends 2026; Joyful, Smarter, More Personal ways to celebrate!

Our latest weddings, Notable fun dates to get married, venues and micro weddings

Puppies Behind Bars ~ When Your Wedding Love Story Helps Others 🐶❤️

"Creating Memories, One Dance Floor at a Time 🎉"

Apple Blossom Farm Events and Oasis Coordination.

Red Rover ~ Bringing Animals from Crisis to Care.

Hannah Roze Founder of Plannerd! The Wedding Planning App for Modern Couples and Wedding Pros!

Ambient DJ's

"Ivorie: Connecting Couples for Honest Wedding Conversations, Not Star Ratings"

Wild Hearts NJ Photography

Adam J of Don’t Miss A Beat Events!

Fantasy Production DJ's

Andre Frueh owner of Storytellers video

Thinking of your wedding soundtrack? We talk to DLE, a collision of cutting edge DJ's and live musicians! The best kind of collision!

Cinema Roll Films!

Sitting Pretty Intimates! What every bride needs!

Spotlight on Celia MIltion NJ Wedding Officiant Interview with Canvas Rebel!

Quiet Life Wedding Trend ~Making Big Memories With Small Gatherings

Love Blooms with Flowers on the RIdge

Andrea, Michael and Celia chat about their busy autumn weekend and especially Il Tulipano in Cedar Grover.

We talk trends; which ones worked this fall. And a bonus discussion on microphones.

Rev. Phil A. Passantino NJ Wedding Officiant

Discover Venue 622

The Wedding Nanny NYC!

One month to go? 💍 Don’t panic — prepare!

Some Stunning NJ Venues & Pro Tips on bridal gown and more!

Devoted to your New Jersey Wedding? We have you covered!!

Hoboken Bride Guide!

Love in Focus; behind the lens with Dayana Orellana from Marquee Studios

JAM Catering at the Bishop Farmstead

✨ Your ceremony, your way! ✨

Not Your Typical Wedding Band!

Venue Vibes and License Logistics

World Yacht Weddings!!

Skopos Hospitality & The Barrow House

Andrea and Celia talk Farm Tables and Rustic Chic with Colleen from Heartfelt Rentals

Michelle's Catering!

A conversation with Maureen co-owner and event manager of The Grenville Hotel and Restaurant, Bay Head NJ

Thatwerks! Yes, it does (Thatwerks photography!)

Samuel Yenn-Batah Luxury Event Entertainer!

Johnson Locust Hall Farm Wedding Venue

Our delicious conversation with Signe from the True Salvage Kitchen

Make your wedding day unforgettable with Danaro Limousines Luxury wedding transport services.

Smile! it's Chrissy and Chris from Chris Carter Photography!

Will Tariffs Affect Your Wedding? We Break It Down

Guy Andrew, Photographer