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 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!
Multi Cultural Ceremonies
Planning a meaningful wedding ceremony that has relevance to the bride and groom and also honors the beliefs and traditions of both family’s cultures can be difficult at best. At LOLA we do a great many ceremonies that honor different religions, cultures and individuals. A great example of this was the wedding of Jade and Raj on June 21st at Harold Washington Library.
They celebrated with a modified traditional Hindi ceremony followed by a secular ceremony that talked about their personal love story. They exchanged personally written vows, and then finished with a traditional African American “broom jumping” ceremony.
Family and friends were incorporated into the ceremony in many different and personal ways – including a portion of the ceremony where everyone wrote messages on ribbons that were then collected and will later be tied into their “broom.” This also served as a break between ceremonies where the bride and groom changed from their Hindi clothing to their western attire.
As a segue into their reception, drummers from Chicago-based world music band Funkadesi led them into the reception in style. A combination of Indian, African, Reggae, and contemporary funk – this was truly the perfect band for this event! http://www.funkadesi.com/
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