Our first Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago
Posted by Tamara Sims | Filed under News and Updates, Wedding Resources, Wedding Venues
Kristy & Anthony say "I Do" at the Chicago History Museum
After months of planning, our first Wish Upon a Wedding took place on September 4, at the beautiful Chicago History Museum. For those of you who are not familiar with the organization, Wish Upon a Wedding’s mission is to provide free-of-charge weddings, allowing couples facing serious life-altering circumstances to concentrate on the issues affecting their lives. From the venue to the cake, and most everything between, they take care of all the wedding planning and details.
DJ Jay Sims had the honor of working closely with wish recipients Kristy & Tony, along with Chicago wedding planner Kelly Cavanaugh of Clementine Custom Events to bring their wedding wish to life. Hilda Burke of Angel Eyes Photography captured this beautiful event on film & Jason Groh of Lexoria Wedding Films was the cinematographer. The gorgeous centerpieces were designed by Andrew’s Garden in Naperville.
Gorgeous purple & fuchsia centerpieces from Andrew's Garden.
The day after their wedding wish was granted, Kristy & Tony had this to say about the numerous Chicago wedding professionals who donated their time and love:
“Thank you all for being a part of our special day! All our dreams came true last night! It was beyond anything we expected! All of you are very special people. It’s people like you that make this world a better place! With much gratitude and appreciation, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you! It was the best night of our lives!”
To learn more about this amazing organization please visit: www.wishuponawedding.org
Tags: Ali Phillips, Andrew's Garden, Angel Eyes Photography, Chicago History Museum, Clementine Events, Hilda Burke, Jason Groh, Jay Sims, Kelly Cavanaugh, Lexoria Wedding Films, Something 2 Dance 2, Wish Upon A Wedding
Knot.com hosts amazing event at Chicago History Museum
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Carley Roney of Knot.com shares a photo with DJ Jay Sims
On Wednesday evening, Jay & I had the opportunity to attend an amazing Wedding networking event at the Chicago History Museum hosted by Knot.com. We were surrounded by beautiful flowers, delicious food, and the top wedding vendors throughout the Chicago area including Elizabeth Wray Design, Melissa Phillips of Simply Perfect by Melissa, Jim Verraros & Bill Brennan of Bridal Expo Chicago, and the marvelous wedding planning team of Jena Warren & Audra Byrne of An Affair to Remember just to name a few.
I had a great conversation with Jim & Bill who had recently returned from New York (my favorite city next to Chicago) where they attended Bridal Market. They were so excited to talk about the beautiful designer wedding gowns they saw go down the runway. I was especially delighted to hear about the new partnership between Vera Wang and David’s Bridal. Gowns will range from $600 to $1,500, with most coming in under $1,200, which will make a designer gown much more affordable for today’s Brides. And of course we had fun talking about Kleinfeld’s Bridal in New York City, made famous by the TLC show “Say Yes to the Dress.”
The highlight of the evening was meeting cofounder and editor in chief of The Knot Inc., Carley Roney. She was so generous with her time and spent the evening speaking with Chicago Wedding Professionals about current trends in our industry.
It truly was a beautiful fall evening in Chicago…and what could be better than sharing ideas with so many wonderful wedding professionals!
Tags: An Affair to Remember, Bridal Expo Chicago, Carley Roney, Chicago History Museum, David's Bridal, Elizabeth Wray Design, Jay Sims, Kleinfeld Bridal, knot.com, Say Yes to the Dress, Simply Perfect by Melissa, Something 2 Dance 2, Vera Wang
“I Do” Chicago Ties the Knot Exhibit
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Wedding Gown Exhibit at Chicago History Museum
Our Chicago chapter of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC), took a field trip on Tuesday afternoon to visit the Chicago History Museum’s amazing wedding gown exhibit “I Do!” Chicago Ties the Knot. I would highly recommend this exhibit for any bride, mother of the bride, or bridesmaid as it traces the history of wedding gowns from the 1800′s-2009, and let me tell you, these gowns have been preserved beautifully. Each gown has a “story” behind it which is so interesting and most of the stories share Chicago history. I was surprised to see how many gowns throughout the exhibit were colors other than white. One gown was bright orange and another gown was green! One of my favorites was from 1880, made of silk, satin and glass beads…the construction of the gown was so beautiful..even Tim Gunn would be proud! For anyone who loves weddings, this is an exhibit not to be missed. It continues through January 3, 2011, just long enough for all of our brides who become engaged over the winter holidays!
Tags: Association of Bridal Consultants, Chicago History Museum
