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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 the earth that won’t throw a complete and total fit about a bride telling me she’s going to do her own flowers, I could just tell Anni could handle it. They were just. so. chill. So as we were wrapping up I asked if they were taking a honeymoon after the wedding and they said yes, they were going to Palm Springs. Without thinking I asked, “oh, are you staying at the Ace Hotel?” The answer was yes, which I am sure creeped them both out a little bit, but I just knew. They are exactly cool enough to stay there and fit right in. Luckily, they saw past my bizarreness and hired Anticipation Events anyway!

Aimee, our super-duper wedding coordinator actually coordinated their wedding and I can’t tell you how jealous I was. I kept trying to find ways to sneak in to see it. But alas, Aimee killed it and didn’t need me at all.

The best news is that Anni was in the process of starting her own photography company and she is currently rocking it all over the city. I can’t wait until we get to do our first wedding together as vendors!

*all photos by the mayo-hating, photo-taking queen: Olivia Leigh Photographie

Anni + Ross’s Vendors
Ceremony + Reception: Salvage One
Day-of Coordination: Anticipation Events
DJ: Style Matters
Catering: Food for Thought
Photography: Olivia Leigh Photographie
Cake: Sweet Mandy B’s
Florist: bride & bridesmaids via the farmer’s market
Officiant: Bruce Falk
Bride’s hair + make-up: Salon Soca
Anni’s dress: Sarah Seven
My shoes: Jimmy Choo
Bridesmaids’ dresses: their choice, mostly Zara and Nordstrom
Ross and the guys’ suits: Formally Modern
Ross’s tie: J. Crew

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 on all of the beautiful things I have to share.

- Weddings galore: from a lakeside in Wisconsin, a cotton field in Arkansas, an art museum in Omaha and a chic boutique hotel in Chicago, we’ve been trucking around the country bringing a little love to brides and grooms anywhere we can find them.
- My little sister gets married. Holy crap. I pull double duty as coordinator and maid-of-honor.
- We hire another fantastic coordinator to join the team. I know you can’t wait to meet her…
- We’re currently working on a complete website makeover. In the meantime, you’ll notice our little blog has had a little makeover herself. We hope you like.
- And this just in, we’ll be spending the winter prepping for Indie Wed 2013. We’re so thrilled to be accepted as a vendor for this fantastic show and hope to see all of your smiling faces there!

Let’s get ready to rumble….

destination barn wedding at three sisters park

So I’ve been anxiously awaiting the arrival of these photos in my inbox. Ryanne + Kevin were married in May at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. It was a party of epic proportions that was preceded by a bit of chaos. The park was exactly their vision: a totally rustic barn surrounded with wide open space. Kevin + Ryanne did so much themselves: sweeping out the barn, hanging lights and they really rolled with the punches when it rained all week and we had to move the ceremony inside at the last minute. Also, they were totally cool when the sheep crashed the party and ordered gin and tonics. And then there’s this picture with this horse, which I think tends to make up for most of the pre-wedding chaos. I’m pretty sure the only thing that could have made this photo better is if that horse were a magic wedding unicorn. I almost wouldn’t have been surprised.

Not bad for a makeshift ceremony site 30 minutes before the wedding? Thank God for amazing vendors like Heather at Events By Bloom and the indelible Ronald Roberts for jumping in and putting this together with me so that we could wait until the very last second in hopes that the rain would clear.

Truly an unforgettable wedding day and a fabulous story for the Anticipation Events archives. I could not have more fun with you two and I hope your happily ever after is filled with as many outrageously funny stories and adventures as your wedding day was.

*all eye-candy courtesy of Deidre Lynn Photography

Ryanne + Kevin’s Vendors
Ceremony + Reception: Three Sisters Park
Day-of Coordination: Anticipation Events
DJ: Ronald Roberts
Catering + Cake: Cracked Pepper
Photography: Deidre Lynn Photography
Videography: ZNeff Weddings
Florist: Events By Bloom
Make-up: B. Loved Stylists
Hair: Melissa Bakel
Photo Booth: PeekABooth
Guest Hotel: Windgate by Wyndham

classic university of chicago wedding

Missy + Tu met at University of Chicago and reunited there in March with family and friends to say their vows. Their University of Chicago wedding featured a gorgeous ceremony at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel followed by an ear-splitting party at the Quadrangle Club. They currently live in California and were the most laid-back couple about all of their planning (in other words) a total joy to work with! They made me work though: with nine bridesmaids and nine groomsmen I was prepared for a challenge! After working with them though, it was easy to see why they had 18 people stand up for them on their wedding day: they are truly loved and all of their friends and family went above and beyond to make their day fantastic (and my job a joy!) Here’s how it all went down:

You know “the sprinkler” completes any great wedding. Even better when the cutest little guy ever is making it happen. Congrats Missy + Tu: many, many more happy days to come!

*all eye-candy courtesy of: David and Cathy Photography

Missy + Tu’s Vendors
Ceremony: Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Reception: Quadrangle Club
Day-of Coordination: Anticipation Events
DJ: DJ Kel-Win
Catering: Quadrangle Club
Photography: David and Cathy Photography
Florist: Kio Kreations
Make-up: Darbie Day Make-up
Hair: Blade Hair Skin Body
Cake: Alliance Bakery
Guest Hotel: Dana Hotel and Spa

rustic barn wedding at byron colby barn

Ali & Matt got married in June at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake and their rustic barn wedding was pure perfection. Take a look at them getting all dolled up.

Ali’s dress and hairpiece were amazing. She was so effortlessly beautiful.

A glowing mom and a dapper dad (love the hat, right?) escort Ali to her waiting groom.

Poor groomsman on crutches in a suit in the June heat. What a trooper he was and still smiling the entire way down the aisle.

Waiting…

Walking…

Kissing!

This picture is amazing. So happy to be married were these two!

After, the crew headed into the party.

Meanwhile, the dudes took some glamour shots of their own.

The barn was ready for revelry.

Wine bottle table numbers and mis-matched vessels made for a cozy and eclectic atmosphere.

Then Matt decided it was time for everyone to get down…

…and then their friends decided it was time to put them up, high up in the air. Matt and Ali were just so lovely to work with and they made my day week when they called me (on their way to Hawaii no less) to tell me what a great day it was and say thanks one more time before they jetted off. Such class acts and it was my pleasure to be a part of it all.