Spillian

08/21/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Autumn Jordan

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Autumn Jordan, talented and tender photographer who works on film and Super8. Here is a description from her website:

With over 15 years of experience, I approach each wedding with a blend of fine art sensibility and documentary honesty. My work is an ode to the quiet in-between moments and the soft, unspoken gestures that shape how we offer devotion to love, place, and time.

When I’m not behind the camera, you’ll find me nestled in the Catskills with my husband Josh and our three cats Llewelyn, Walter, and Earl. I’m constantly finding inspiration in the process of renovating our old home, tending to my garden, going for swims in my favorite secret swimming holes, and traveling to places both new and familiar.

Beyond weddings, I’m passionate about guiding fellow photographers through the nuanced world of film. Through mentorships and intimate gatherings, I offer insights into large format photography, building client trust, and cultivating a distinctive artistic style.

Find her at Autumn Jordan

08/20/2025

We make sure our couples leave happy and fufilled!
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Our goal is to make sure you have everything you need, and all the hands to help you make your day as perfect as possible. We work with you, focusing on collaboration instead of leaving it up to just one party. That's why our couples leave happy and fulfilled. Still want more reassurance? Just read what they're saying. And you'll see why we can guarantee our work with pride.
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To read more, check out our reviews and testimonials on sites like google, yelp, the wedding wire, and more!
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Revel with us.
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Shy Heart Studios
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featuring our lovely couples Aria & Shawn and Rena & Kevin
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08/17/2025

The scent of cinnamon, pumpkin pie, and crisp apples is just around the corner...

The Catskills in the fall is the perfect place for a wedding, and when you see our colorful foliage you'll know exactly why. At Spillian, we take pride in being a home to all fellow witchy wiccans, cozy weather lovers, pumpkin spice enjoyers, halloween fanatics, and scenic forest hikers.

So if you're ready for the warmth of summer to be over, and the magical crispness of fall to begin, look no further. We've got you covered. At Spillian, we help you create your perfect autumnal wedding, hand in hand (and broom in hand too!).

Revel with us.

And click on our linktree to book today.

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Jenna Cavanaugh Photography





featuring our lovely couples Carissa & BK, Frances & Alex, Felicia & Alex, Johnny & Stalin, Erika & Louie, and Martina & Kyle

08/14/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Maisie Snyder Photography

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Maisie Snyder, a magical and talented East Coast photographer. Here is a description from her website:

Capturing life as it truly happens isn’t just my motive for the work you see here, but also has been the case for most of my life. As a child, I loved to capture the everyday, the mundane, and the fun on disposable cameras as an effort to preserve moments for my family. As I got older, I was able to look back on these moments and laugh over the (cringe) selfies, but also reminisce over memories of family members who are now also grown, or no longer here. without even realizing it, I created a treasure for myself and my family to look back on even still.

I am able to take an intentional and thoughtful front row seat to your wedding day while blending into the fold of your family and friends, and you will have heirlooms captured to look back on for a lifetime ahead.

Find her at Maisie Snyder Photography

Featuring our lovely couple Melanie & Michael

08/13/2025

The House That Sings

Built in the 1880s by the wildly imaginative Fleischmanns Yeast family, Spillian is the last standing mansion of an extraordinary Catskills estate once home to eight.

Clear pine walls that resonate like a cello. Murals (perhaps painted by artists from the Met Opera). Whispered conversations across time between architecture, music, art, and the people who’ve stewarded this place with care and love.

This house has slept. And it has sung. And now it sings again.

Come meet the house behind the magic:
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And stay tuned as we open the doors to each of Spillian’s eight bedrooms—each with a story of its own.

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08/07/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Longbrook Photography

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Alexander Johnnides, a professional and high-quality east coast wedding photographer. Here is a description from his website:

Photography has shaped the way I see the world since I was young. With a camera in my hand since age 16, and my experience as an event photographer for a non-profit institution, I have mastered the ability to anticipate emotional moments, highlight details others might miss, and truly capture the gravity and beauty of an experience.

Now, as a husband and father of four, I understand how quickly moments pass—and what truly matters in the long run. This blend of experience and perspective means I approach each event with intention. And ensures you receive a beautiful way to relive the stories that matter most.

Find him at LongBrook Photography

Featuring our lovely couple Tracy & Alex

08/05/2025

What happens when horror meets humor… and a healer shows up instead of a hero?

We’re delighted to share a new essay by Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander, PhD, just published by the Joseph Campbell Foundation:

“When Werewolves Come to Roost: Archetypal Healers, Horror-Comedy, and Communitas”

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This piece explores the mythic undercurrents in ’s brilliant horror-comedy Werewolves Within, which was filmed at Spillian just days before the world shut down in 2020. Drawing on Jung, Campbell, and Aristotle, Leigh traces the unexpected presence of archetypal healer energy in horror, the cathartic power of laughter and fear, and how mythic patterns slip into everyday life—sometimes quite literally.

Leigh is a cultural mythologist and writer who formerly served as Vice President of the Board of Directors for .

A beautiful reflection on community, story, shadow, and the strange gifts that show up in the cracks.

With gratitude to for bringing his magic to our mountains—and for continuing to center kindness, even when the werewolf is loose.

08/02/2025

From our co-founder, Leigh Melander, PhD - the story of werewolves, laughter, healing, and a rather delightful movie shot at Spillian right before COVID shut down the world, written for the Joseph Campbell Foundation.

I admit, somewhat wryly: I generally avoid horror. I don’t seek out slasher films, and I’d rather skip the books that keep me awake with my heart racing—I get my adrenaline hits elsewhere. But horror with comedy? That’s a different alchemy altogether. There is something fascinating in the ju...

07/31/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Daniel Bergin Photography

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Daniel Bergin, a highly talented wedding photographer based in NY. Here is part of a description from his website:

Hi, I'm Daniel Bergin, a New York film photographer. I specialize in artful documentation and editorial portraiture.

In a strange way, I feel photography isn't the art of taking photos. It's the art of being present. I've ultimately found taking meaningful photos is so much more about connecting with people and feeling moments alongside them rather than simply being a disconnected observer.

I've found I mesh best with creative types and unapologetic partiers who value people and presence above all, especially on their wedding day.

I'm grateful to have been born and raised in New York. I'm equally grateful to have been all over the US to photograph couples and celebrations. My work has been featured in The New York Times, The Cut, Anti-Bride, Green Wedding Shoes, and more.

Find him at

Featuring our lovely couple Aria & Shawn

07/24/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Nicole Nero

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Nicole Nero, a fantastically talented wedding photographer based in NY. Here is a description from her website:

As a photographer, I genuinely believe your wedding photos should be perfectly, wonderfully YOU. Not staged or fake, and definitely not based on a list from someone else’s wedding. Your photos should be all about capturing those personal, candid moments that truly reflect who you are.

When I’m behind the camera, I’m not just taking pictures—I’m telling your story. I want you to laugh, cry, and remember all the love and joy of your wedding day. So, let’s toss out those stiff poses and forced smiles. Instead, let's embrace the genuine, the spontaneous, and the heartfelt.

Find her at Nicole Nero Studio

Featuring our lovely couple Eliza & Mitch

07/17/2025

Co-Creator of the Week:
Allyse Pulliam

Spillian is proud to share our Co-Creator of the Week spotlight campaign! Every week we will be showcasing several wonderful and local professionals who have contributed to Spillian weddings and events over the years.

Today's co-creator is Allyse Pulliam, a talented and varied photojournalist and event photographer. Here is a description from her website:

Allyse Pulliam is a photojournalist based in New York. She graduated with a BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2008. In 2012, she left New York to spend 2 years of working and living on the Thai/Burma border documenting issues facing refugees, migrants and ethnic communities living inside Burma.

She is a photographer for The Times Herald Record and works as a freelance photojournalist in New York's Hudson Valley.

Her work has appeared in publications and galleries around the world, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, People Magazine, The Daily Mail, New York Daily News, The Telegraph, The Australian Financial Times, The South East Asia Globe and many others

Find her at

Featuring our lovely couples Sam () & Romil and Magina () & Malcolm

07/16/2025

The art of getting ready, the morning of.

It's quiet still - the house is waking up, the sun is rising through the window, and the fun has only just begun. There's so much to anticipate! The day is finally here, and everything is becoming real now.

It's that first moment when you step in to your dress, when you pull on your tie, when you fasten your jumpsuit, when you button your vest, or when you slip on your robe. It's that moment when you sit in your room, looking out the window, your family around you, and the excitement of the day just waiting before you.

We take these moments before your wedding as seriously, and delicately, as we do with the rest of your wedding. We make sure to help you with any extra bobby-pin, any last minute addition, any pre-wedding snack, and any motivational speech you might need.

So get ready to get ready with us.

And as always, revel with us.

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featuring our lovely couples Jessica & Paul and Cassandra & Sam