oh hey hey! two full years in business and two bride’s choice awards. thanks to our 2011 brides for being amazing and helping us win this award again. it basically means Anticipation Events is in the top 5% of wedding pros nationwide, which is nothing to shake a bouquet at. respect the wedding planner people, respect the wedding planner.
lucky in love, happy clients
I just had to share this lovely email from one of my very first clients. It really makes my heart all warm and fuzzy.
Hi Elizabeth,
I don’t know if you continue to follow wedding blogs after the wedding, but I wanted to tell you about my latest post-wedding life event… Dave and I had a baby last week! Her name is Harper Wells, and she’s so far just fantastic at being a baby. She eats and sleeps well and mostly complains about totally reasonable things that need to be fixed. We’re very lucky. Dave and I still talk about how great it was to have you run our wedding day, so I wanted you to know that we are happier than ever.
Hope all is well with you!
Such a cool job I have. Such lovely people I meet.
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.
Ceremony + Reception Venue: Byron Colby Barn
Planning + Styling: Anticipation Events
Photography: Victoria Sprung Photography
Florals: Nancy Rolison
DJ: Toast + Jam
Catering: Dave’s Specialty Food
Cupcakes: Bleeding Heart Bakery
Custom Hairpiece: Love, LuLu Mae
modern rock and roll wedding at the hard rock hotel
Katie & Jeff were married at the Hard Rock Hotel on Michigan Avenue on 9.10.11. A fantastic date to get married and even more special because while they celebrated their wedding weekend, Katie’s parents celebrated their wedding anniversary too! It was so sweet! I am particularly tied to this crew as I had the pleasure of helping Katie’s sister Elizabeth with her wedding to Mike last year. It was so fun to see the whole family again!
Katie and Jeff shared their first look before the ceremony and then had their bridal party join them for a photo shoot around the city courtesy of Mr. Michael Rastall himself.
Back at the Hard Rock we were ready to begin. Katie’s dad escorted her down the aisle to her beaming groom.
One of the major style elements Katie wanted to do was transform the Hard Rock’s conference room into a beautiful space to get married. We nearly set the room on fire with massive amounts of candles. We created aisle decor using records, ribbon and paper flowers and Janessa of Forget Me Knodt made sure we had some towering floral pieces in the room. The biggest piece I made was the floral backdrop. It included paper, satin and grosgrain ribbon along with dozens of strands of flowers made from tissue paper, deconstructed faux flowers and yes, coffee filters. Who’d have thought? (this girl!!)
Some vintage sheet music punched into heart shapes played into the vintage rock & roll theme we had going on and guests were invited to shower the newlyweds with love on their way back down the aisle…
…and showered they were! (Side note: I found these miniature cups at the craft store and they were perfect for holding a handful of confetti. They are meant for individual portions of mixed nuts and therefore called “nut cups.” Katie and I found that pretty hilarious and it was pretty tough to type it or say it aloud to each other without giggling uncontrollably.)
I hit the jackpot one afternoon at my neighborhood thrift store and feverishly send texts to Katie about finding a giant box of old 45’s that we HAD TO HAVE. She agreed (I like her SO much) and even though we weren’t sure at the time how we were going to use them. To go with their vintage rock and roll theme, I built a structure out of PVC to hang the place cards from (I mixed my own concrete for the first time, which was as awesome as it sounds.) Each couple received a hand-painted record with their name and table number on it, we used light pink, ivory, silver and gold and strung them from black ribbon via clothespins. This really turned out exactly how I envisioned in in my dreams (yes, I dream about bring crafty) which almost never happens.
We hired Chicagoland Photobooth to entertain their guests and boy, did they ever — complete with props Katie gathered up and a guest book so they could enjoy each ridiculous photo after the fact!
We used some of the remaining records to create Mr. & Mrs. signs for the back of Katie & Jeff’s chairs, the cake table and the card box. Katie found this amazing cake topper on Etsy and we had many a conversation on whether she wanted to spend the money on it. Totally worth it, it’s so stinking cool.
Yum. Amazing cake by Swedish Bakery for the cake topper to reign over.
One last photo shoot with Michael Rastall capped off an incredible evening for Mr. & Mrs. Jones. What a fantastic party for a fantastic couple.
Katie & Jeff’s Vendors
Ceremony & Reception Venue: Hard Rock Hotel Chicago
Planning & Styling: Anticipation Events
Photography: Michael Rastall Photography
Florals: Forget Me Knodt
DJ: Alexander with Cage & Aquarium Productions
Cake: Swedish Bakery
Ceremony Musicians: Panache Entertainment
Photobooth: Chicagoland Photo Booth
Cake Topper: Tilly Biedron
Groom’s Custom Fingerprint Wedding Band: Fabuluster
Invitations: Invited Ink
Bridesmaid Dresses: J.Crew
Bride’s Shoes: Vera Wang Lavender
Bride’s Jewelry: Nadri
Bride’s Dress: Tara Keely (Fall 2010) from Wedding Belles
destination vintage vineyard wedding in michigan
Melissa and Pete were married in June at a vineyard in Michigan. They live in Chicago and wanted to have a mini-destination for their friends and family that were coming from all over the country. Melissa is a graphic designer and spent so much time on the paper and graphic elements of the day which were amazing. Melissa got ready in the bridal cottage with her mom and two bridesmaids and got a lift to the top of the aisle in a rolls royce.
Even though the night before it was raining, they were married in front of their family and friends with not a drop of rain in sight. After the “i do’s” the took a stroll through the vineyard and grape vines with Sarah & Kevin.
In the spirit of the winery, Melissa and Pete made place cards from wine corks, table numbers and adorable mini-wine bottle favors for their guests to take home at the end of the night. From the lace motif Melissa created for the invites and paper goods to the lace wrapped votives, rustic bird house card box and antique framed signage, everything perfectly fit into their vintage vineyard theme.
Congrats Melissa and Pete on a beautiful day and many fantastic years to come!
Photography courtesy of the lovely and talented Sarah Anna Photography
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