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Hitched: Heather & David’s Kitchen Chicago Wedding

April 24th, 2012

Our second of the year was Heather & David’s vintage and eclectic wedding at Kitchen Chicago, a lovely shared-use kitchen that is available for event rental… and perfect for an intimate, relaxed wedding! Our team had an amazing time helping Heather bring her details to life… and then we got the great news just a few days later that their beautiful photos by Cristina G Photography were going to be featured on Style Me Pretty (click the link for the gorgeous feature and more photos!)!

Venue: Kirchen Chicago
Photographers: Cristina G Photography
Wedding Coordination: Sweetchic Events
Caterer: Pure Kitchen Catering
Desserts: Sweet Mandy B’s
DJ: Style Matters DJ
Floral: Pollen Floral Design
String Trio: White Lake Quartet
Photobooth: Shutterbooth
Hair & Makeup: Strange Beauty Show

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Hitched: Meredith and Brad’s Architectural Artifacts Wedding – Part 2

April 2nd, 2012

Did you see Part 1 of Meredith & Brad’s wedding?

Just look at those beautiful red amaryllis blossoms crowning the escort card table… they are actually in a vase of milk! Very cool and unusual, by Asrai Garden.

Meredith & Brad’s beautiful invitation suite by Orange Beautiful.

One of the many fun details was the friends and family wedding photo wall that we helped them assemble. Guests had a wonderful time looking for their photos!

Meredith & Brad individually spray painted tons of glass vases white so that they resembled milk glass, and then Asrai Garden filled them with striking red and white blooms! Love the look of collection centerpieces.

I’m just obsessed with their red, white and grey color scheme… perfect for December without being too holiday-theme-y!

Wow, you have no idea how hard it was to narrow down our favorite pictures to feature… there were SO MANY gorgeous ones!! Shoutouts to our friends at Pen Carlson!

Venue: Architectural Artifacts
Photographers: Pen Carlson
Wedding Coordination: Sweetchic Events
Caterer: Hearty Boys
DJ: Rachel & Kate of Toast & Jam
Floral: Asrai Garden
Lighting & Draping: Chicago Lighting Design
Hair & Makeup: Tigerlilie Salon

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Hitched: Meredith and Brad’s Architectural Artifacts Wedding – Part 1

March 29th, 2012

Our last wedding of 2011 was Meredith & Brad’s wedding at Architectural Artifacts, one of the most unique venues in Chicago! (If you haven’t been to AA, you definitely should, it’s open daily to the public!) The husband and wife team of Pen Carlson were photographers on my *I WANT TO WORK WITH THEM* list for ages, and they did not disappoint! Asrai Garden created lush florals in shades of white and silver with pops of red.

Meredith was a stunning bride, rocking the bright red lips and an old Hollywood glam look… not everyone can pull that off, but she certainly did! Meredith and Brad were such a relaxed and gracious couple, we loved helping them pull together their wedding which was a wonderful reflection of their warm personalities … what a great way to end our 2011 wedding season!

I loved her white and silver bouquet of peonies, anemonies, garden roses, brunia berries and dusty miller!

I love this Kiss shot!!

Part 2 coming up next week!

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Hitched: Irene & Adam’s Morton Arboretum Wedding 1

February 16th, 2012

I am so excited to finally share Irene and Adam’s amazing 11/11/11 wedding with the blog! They had so many fun ideas that were so uniquely them, it was truly a pleasure to bring all the pieces of the puzzle together.

Irene & Adam’s wedding was a two-pronged affair… first, there was their 11/11/11 intimate, family-only wedding ceremony, which took place AT 11AM! It was held at the beautiful Founder’s Room at the Morton Arboretum and then the next day, the reception was held at Morton’s Gingko Room.

Here are some of my favorite getting ready and ceremony shots from 11/11/11 by the talented Dan of Dan Gin Photography.

I think these are just about the cutest welcome bag cards I’ve seen! And it totally looks like them!

This is the mini-itinerary that we put together for all of our couples and their bridal parties… pocket-size!

Gorgeous bouquet featuring lush fuchsia and red peonies and red roses by Trudy’s Flowers.

Irene chose a stunning blush pink Vera Wang from David’s Bridal gown… ruffles and tiers and chiffon, oh my!

The intimate ceremony in the Founders Room for family only!

Adam is a chemist, so instead of the typical Unity Candle lighting ceremony, they opted to do something completely out of the box… they created Elephant’s Toothpaste! (Look it up)

Stay tuned for more photo goodness from their reception!

Wedding Planner: Charlene, Sweetchic Events
Photographer: Dan Gin Photography
Venue: Morton Arboretum
Flowers: Trudy’s Flowers
Makeup Artist: Wendy City Faces
Hair: Amy Dexter
Rolls Royce: Classic Chassis

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Hitched: Blanca & Sean’s Westin Chicago Wedding, Pt 3

January 11th, 2012

So Blanca & Sean took their pictures and the ceremony went off without a hitch… and now it was time to celebrate!

I created this simple framed seating chart to be displayed during their cocktail hour. (If you noticed, the table numbers are written in Spanish as a slight nod to Blanca’s hispanic heritage)

The tall arrangements from the ceremony were repurposed as centerpieces!

I love how the vibrant centerpieces *pop* against the champagne colored linens and pink napkin accents.

We created napkin “bellyband” menus… a little something different from the typical menu tucked into a pocket-fold napkin!

A shot of their lovely sweetheart table, which also shows the row of windows overlooking the Chicago River that line the east side of the ballroom!

You can actually see the beautiful detailing in the chandeliers in this photo below! They look like feathers…

Sean absolutely loves chocolate chip cookies, so of course those had to be their wedding favors!

Blanca and Sean, you were such a pleasure to work with!! I wish you guys all the best!

Venue: Westin River North
Wedding Planner: Sweetchic Events
Photographer: Dayna Schroeder Photography
Florals: Vale of Enna
Stationery: Sweetchic Events
Officiant: Ron Crowley
String Duo: Parkwest Strings
Hair & Makeup: Beauty on Call
Wedding Cake & Cookie Favors: Oak Mill Bakery
Mini Bus: Windy City Limos

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