The Ivy Room at Tree Studios

Emily and Jim's wedding on Friday was so amazing!! The venue they chose for their special day was the The Ivy Room at Tree Studios in Chicago. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and the ceremony had to be moved indoors instead of it being outside in their courtyard. The ceremony was still so beautiful and Emily was a radiant bride. This sweet couple invited Isaac and myself to stay for the reception and celebrate with them. We had such a fantastic time and everything turned out just beautifully. This is definately my new favorite venue in Chicago!

Picture of the Courtyard where the Ceremony was planned to take place.

The Ballroom at the Ivy Room.

Bride's Bouquet


Matron-of-Honor's Bouquet

Swarovski Crystals hung from each of the tree centerpieces and sparkled in the candlelight, it was a very elegant setting.

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.