Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort

Lyndsy and Alex also wed this past weekend at the Oakbrook Hills Marriott in their Marquis. This tented reception area was a really nice set up with an attached outside patio for the cocktail hour. The reception was not a typical sitdown dinner style but instead there were numerous types of food, dessert and specialty drink stations for their guests to chose from. The rented blue lighting gave the space a very modern "nightclub" feel.

Riverforest Country Club

Michelle and Robert's wedding this past weekend took place at Riverforest Country Club in Elmhurst. Unfortunately the ceremony had to be moved from the golf course greens to a tented patio area due to the weather. Their wedding colors were eggplant purple and charcoal grey to which I used a variety of purple and green flowers with a touch of moss.

Michelle's Bouquet

Bridesmaids Bouquets

Bird Cage Card Holder

Bridal Party Table

Independence Grove

Colleen and Steve also wed this past Saturday in Libertyville. Their ceremony took place at St. Gilbert's in Grayslake and their reception was at Indepence Grove. I'd been really looking forward to doing their wedding and had so much with it. Colleen definately had a vision from the start when we were picking out her flowers. It all started with a moss ball and evolved from there. Independence Grove's banquet room is quite rustic but elegant with floor to ceiling windows with a beautiful view of a lake, beach and trees. With their "nature themed" wedding we incorporated alot of moss, berries, branches and grass but kept it elegant with roses and orchids.

Mother's Bouquets

I can't take credit for this...the bride made these green pomanders for the pews out of tissue paper, don't they look like real flowers? She's so talented!

She also made the white altar pomanders as well. They were beautiful!

How cool is this card table?! I used flats of Wheat Grass and had Isaac build a frame around it.

Lemont Historical Society

Katie and Jeff married this past Saturday at the Lemont Historical Society's Chapel. Her bridesmaids wore pretty deep purple satin dresses and Katie was in ivory. Their reception was at the Diplomat West in Elmhurst. It was a gorgeous day for a wedding!

Modern Wing

Another wedding I had this past holiday weekend was for Rosemary and Gus. They married at St. Clement's in Chicago and their beautiful reception was at the Art Institute Chicago's Modern Wing. What a cool venue to host a wedding reception at. They had a covered veranda area for guests to mingle outside during the cocktail hour and throughout the evening. There were also a variety of glass enclosures with sculptures and artwork within the reception room. I wish I took a picture of how the room looked when the sun went down, above each table was a pin light highlighting each centerpiece like a piece of artwork...it looked awesome!