downtown chicago wedding at the blackstone hotel
Beth + Eric’s wedding at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago was the quintessential Chicago wedding. It was through Beth + Eric that I met these lovebirds and was lucky enough to work at the Blackstone twice this year! Beth and Eric are both super busy lawyers and were planning their wedding from Washington DC. They […]
intimate, dinner party wedding at public chicago
Eric + Mike were married at Public Chicago in Chicago in October. Full disclosure: Eric and Mike live in Omaha and own an amazing hair salon there. Eric has been my hair stylist since I was 15 years old. He loves to tell the story of me running into the salon after a soccer game […]
private residence, destination lakeside wedding in wisconsin
Rachel + Joe got married in August in Wisconsin at a lake house that has been in Rachel’s family for years. Rachel and her family spent summers there and her aunt (who currently lives there) was kind enough to let us absolutely take over the place for the weekend. It was a serious team effort: […]
glamorous chicago wedding at the blackstone hotel
Rachel + Benno’s glamorous Chicago wedding at the Blackstone Hotel was classic and super elegant. Some of my sweetest clients to date, they threw an amazing party in one of the most historic hotels in the city. On the day of their wedding I was chatting with Rachel while she was getting her hair done. […]
urban architectural artifacts wedding
Katie + Bobby were married in May of this year at St. Mary of the Angels church and had their reception at the ever-popular Architectural Artifacts. They were such an easy couple to work with, so laid back and calm and everything went right on schedule. Katie’s dad walking her down the aisle could not […]
destination wedding at joslyn art museum
This is my sister. Pretty little darlin’ isn’t she? She married her true love in August in Omaha at St. Barnabas Parish and the reception was held at Joslyn Art Museum. I don’t want to wax on too much about it just because she is my sister, but let me tell you how interesting it […]
city wedding at intercontinental o’hare
My new favorite pictures are these amazing bridal portraits I keep seeing. First this one, and now the gorgeous Christine. Brett married this lovely lady in July at Holy Family Parish in Chicago. Their wedding fell on the last day of a historic heat wave that hit Chicago with temperatures soaring above 100 degrees for […]
DIY bachelorette party
There are times in life when things line up. When what’s meant to be is. When magic happens. My sisters’ bachelorette party was one of these times. There were times during her planning where I had to put a lot of thought into things: writing a toast for the reception, how was I going to […]
boho salvage one wedding
I thought I blew it with Anni + Ross the first time we met. I was definitely a creepy wedding planner. We were chatting about their Salvage One wedding of course and I was gushing over their vendors and venue because they were all amazing. I’m probably the only wedding planner on the face of […]
anticipation events destination weddings
Hello, hello. Remember when I used to blog here? So do I. It’s been an amazing, whirlwind of a crazy year for Anticipation Events. So much travel, so many beautiful destination weddings and so much fantastic news to share. As wedding season 3.0 winds down, I promise I’m back and ready to catch you up […]
