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Location: 300 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 If you are searching for a wedding venue that will wow your guests and feel like a tropical oasis in the middle of Chicago winters or the lush getaway and city escape we all want in the summer, you’ve found it at Garfield Park Conservatory.  History […]

Location: 1520 W. Fulton, Chicago IL 60607 If you’re looking for a beautiful, well-lit and versatile wedding venue with a touch of history, look no further than Room 1520. As you walk down the aisle, daylight windows illuminate your way while towering ceilings, crystal chandeliers, a beautiful, handcrafted staircase, and a white-washed antique bar bring […]

Let me tell you about Gosia + Justin’s perfect summer elopement in Chicago… And when I say perfect, I mean we perfectly avoided the rain in the forecast while these two shared their personalized vows to each other under a breezy afternoon at Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool before we headed downtown to their hotel, The […]

While in New York for a wedding, I knew I had to take some beautiful New York City engagement photos in a super recognizable place–cue the Flatiron Building. Turns out the Flatiron building was covered in scaffolding which we didn’t know until we were already there–so we made it work. Even without the well known […]

With engagement season just around the corner, lots of couples are going to start wondering what to wear in engagement pictures. Picking out an outfit from your closet is hard enough on those days you feel like you have “nothing to wear” while you throw half your closet across your floor, and it’s even harder […]

HELLO FRIENDS! THIS BLOG POST IS GUEST-WRITTEN BY ALEXIS ALVAREZ FROM LILLIAN ROSE EVENTS. SHE KNOWS WAY MORE ABOUT PLANNING WEDDINGS THAN I DO, SO SHE’S HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! ENJOY! I literally LOL every time I see a wedding publication release a blog post that tells couples how to allocate their wedding budgets. […]