tiny business bazaar
Tiny businesses—smaller than small—thrive on the individual owners hustling hard. They are brilliant generalists, innovative thinkers, and profit-focused locals. We are thrilled to present the first Tiny Business Bazaar featuring a handful of our local favorites. Visit us now through the holiday season at lululemon as we showcase some of our favorite tiny businesses in […]
meet elizabeth, fearless leader of chicago’s best wedding planners
It’s time for our final installment of Meet your Coordinator! Next up, our fearless leader and founder, Elizabeth Tulipana! As you may already know, Elizabeth started Anticipation Events in2009 and since then, she’s become a force in the event industry. You can read countless articles about how and why she started Anticipation Events on our […]
dream backyard wedding in logan square
Ok, we’re totally biased on this one, but when our very own Elizabeth got married last summer, it was, of course, our dream backyard wedding! Get ready for some serious eye candy. When wedding planners plan their own weddings, the results are beyond incredible. Elizabeth is going to take it from here…
setting the perfect dinner party table
My three-year-old nephew and I wrote a song about doing chores in which we ask every member of the family what their favorite chore and least favorite chore is. It kept him singing and standing at the sink with me for at least an hour post-Christmas dinner while I crushed those dishes, so you know […]
stunningly moody thalia hall wedding
Ashlee + Keny described their Thalia Hall wedding as “extra AF” and we couldn’t agree more. It was extra in all the best ways – romantic, jaw-dropping florals and some of the best music, food and dancing on the planet!
six things to help you survive the chicago winter
Well, hopefully by now you’ve shaken off the polar vortex. That was surely something to behold (and impossible to breathe in!) Unfortunately, ye old calendar tells us we have a few more months of this coming at us. Here are our best tips, tricks, and things to do to get through another Chicago winter. (Not […]
jaw-dropping ravenswood event center wedding
You guys…just wait until you see this Ravenswood Event Center wedding! You think you’ve seen it all, but we’re about to pull out the big guns. When Marissa + Dave told us they wanted their wedding to feel like the best party ever, we knew it was going to be good. But this, well, this […]
winter wedding at the marriott omaha
It was a beautiful snowy day for Katie + Mike’s winter wedding at the Marriott Regency in Omaha last December. We are suckers for a winter wedding — all that snow is just perfect with a white dress — so we were thrilled when Katie + Mike asked us to coordinate and style their perfect […]
moody spring wedding decor ideas
A few months ago, we were asked to bring our best wedding decor ideas to design the show table at the Tablescapes Event Rentals showroom in Chicago. Basically, Tablescapes asked us to come in and play around with all of their beautiful rentals to show off some wedding decor ideas. Yes, please! We grabbed a […]
elizabeth’s logan square apartment + AE lifestyle
You guys. We hate to brag, but every once in awhile one of us does something so incredible and so cool that we just can’t help it. And our fearless leader, Elizabeth, has gone and done just that. Get ready for the coolest Logan Square apartment you’ll ever see!
