LOLA Wedding at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Congratulations Mr and Mrs McRae – married 7.9.11! We always love working with Lindsey, Natasha and Mary on weddings at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum – and this past weekend was no exception! Perfect weather compliments of Mother Nature set the stage for Meghan and Jason’s vision come to life by Amy of Blumen – a very “preppy hip” Nantucket vibe that blended perfectly with the natural background and time of year. We even had a tiny winged gate-crasher – this lovely little dragonfly matched perfectly with the decor! I love seeing how each bride puts their individual stamp on this space. I think my favorite part of the evening was when they were introduced for the first time as husband and wife at the end of the ceremony and a bagpiper came out onto the bridge behind the altar and played them into the reception!
LOLA Wedding at The Drake Hotel
As a wedding planner in Chicago, there is no more jaw-dropping ballroom in town than the Gold Coast Room at the historic Drake Hotel on Michigan Avenue. What an honor to work here and to work with such a great couple – Nicole and Brian – on their July 3 wedding and reception! The classic yet sleek decor by Event Creative with splashes of fuchsia were perfect for the room and summer season, and guests danced the night away to Orchestra 33. My personal favorite – the bride and groom recessed out of their ceremony to live musicians playing Kady Perry’s “Firework” – how appropriate for the holiday weekend!
LOLA wedding at the Chicago History Museum
The Chicago History Museum was the venue for Laura and Elliott’s beautiful summer wedding ceremony and reception this past weekend. The choices they made for colors and decor were PERFECTION in the room. Simple, elegant, timeless! They made great efforts to ensure the ceremony decor would be equally lovely inside and out in case of bad weather, so when we moved festivities indoors because of the heat and humidity – they were still THRILLED with the look and feel of everything. Flip flops for the female guests, 5 different flavors of cakes on vintage cake plates and the cutest little cake topper complete with glasses to match the groom and taupe sash to match the bride added personal touches to the decor!
One of the LOLA Pro’s Ties the Knot!
Well, what can we say? We love Kristy and we love everything about Kristy’s wedding! Her dress was gorgeous, she picked one of our favorite wedding venues – Salvage One, we rocked out all night with DJ Chris, Steve Koo’s pictures are amazing, and Limelight did a spectacular job with the menu! The flowers were also not too shabby although I am partial since they are a LOLA creation. This is what a bride should look like on her wedding day – smiling, laughing, and totally in love (and of course stress free because of her amazing wedding planners). We love you Kristy and Goetch! Happy Holidays everyone!
LOLA at the University Club of Chicago
As a wedding planner in Chicago, I have seen hundreds of beautiful, touching, romantic and fun wedding ceremonies. One of the most stunning ceremonies for me in the last few years was that of Katrina DeGraff and Dominic Cairo at the University Club of Chicago on September 11. 2010. As a young girl, Katrina participated in a local children’s choir. In order to recreate those very special memories we brought in 40 young adults from the Anema Singers located in Glen Elyn, IL. Serenading the bride with songs from childhood as she walked down the aisle – the happy tears were flowing before the ceremony even started! Cathedral Hall and a beautiful canopy created of branches, ivy, suspended candlelight and lanterns was the perfect majestic backdrop for this timelessly elegant exchage of vows. The bride and groom had a coat of arms designed for their reception details and had it letterpressed into their invitations and menus and designed in chocolate on their gorgeous wedding cake. Other layers of the cake were designed to resemble the intricate designs on the bride’s engagement ring. The overall feel was a sophisticated yet organic “Princess Bride” vision in shades of plums, lavender and green.
Good Times and Great Ideas at the LOLA Open House!
The third annual LOLA Open House on Tuesday, February 24, was fun evening at the LOLA studio space in Bucktown, with our clients and some of our favorite vendors. The event was full of fun new wedding trends and ideas for clients to be inspired by.
Guests experienced creative and interactive concepts, viewed event design vignettes and met select vendors over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and music. Local designer, Caroline DeVillo, showcased her latest bridal collection for clients to see up close and personal.
Jesse Deckard, of Botanicals, worked with LOLA to create four design vignettes, based on our favorite ideas and trends and the four seasons. Ideas included eco-friendly concepts, a late night lounge and custom designed linens.
Kristie Wagner, owner of Anjenu, created custom designed printable pieces to fit within each of the design vignettes, including invitations, menus, place cards and a guest book.
Kelly Cavanaugh of Blue Plate Catering worked with LOLA to develop a delicious menu that fit the environment perfectly. The Ladies of The Sweet Collective (Cake by The Sugar Syndicate, Sweets by Rich Chocolates and Candies and Ruth and Phil’s Gourmet Ice Cream) provided yummy sweets and bites of cake in creative flavors, combinations and presentations.
Beauty on Call gave away a great grab bag of beauty goodies to one of LOLA’s lucky brides to help her get ready for her big day.
Talent from MaryMonica Music enhanced the mood with a bluesy violin and upright bass duo.
Some of our favorite features from the event were the place cards done in calligraphy by Write by Mike and affixed to rock candy sticks that pulled double duty as garnishes for the glasses they were placed in and the new linen from BBJ Linen that is made out of recycled bottles!
Special Thanks to Michael Monar for these great photos!
Participating vendors:
· Event Design by LOLA Event Productions
· Décor by Botanicals
· Wedding Fashion by Caroline DeVillo Couture
· Hors d’oeuvres and Cocktails by Blue Plate Catering
· Cakes & Sweets from The Sweet Collective
· Live Entertainment by Talent from MaryMonica Music
· Printables and Invitations by Anjenu
· Photography by Michael Monar Photo
· Linens from BBJ Linen
· Tabletop & Rentals from Tablescapes
· Day of Beauty Consultations from Beauty on Call
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