I had so much fun doing full planning on this wedding last August at the Cheney Mansion in Oak Park. Click on the photo below to go to the full gallery and get a taste of this unique small wedding.
Here's one small taste of this wedding. Click here to see all the photos.
I do a lot of day-of coordinating, so when I get the chance to do full planning, I’m like a kid in a candy store. Recently, I was fortunate to plan the wedding of two really wonderful men at Cheney Mansion in Oak Park. I was pretty busy that day, so I didn’t get a lot of photos, but these few might give you an idea of what it was like.
The ceremony was on the lawn at Cheney Mansion.
The patio is ready for cocktail hour.
I didn't get a photo of the bar, but it was here in the beautiful solarium, right off the patio.
Dinner was inside the mansion. Food Obsession was the caterer.
Here's the head table. You can see the centerpiece and mantlepiece flowers from Mille Fiori.
Swedish Bakery supplied one of their delicious and beautiful cakes. (Can you see the cute cake topper?)
The DJ was from Toast & Jam, and Stitely Entertainment provided a trio of violin, cello, and guitar for the ceremony. I hope to have professional photos from Agnes Malorny to share with you before too long.
I have the professional shots from the backyard wedding I coordinated in the spring. Click on the photo below to go to the photo gallery for this wedding.
Photo courtesy of christytylerphotography.com.
Here are a few shots I took at a lovely, very small wedding in June at the Orrington Hotel in Evanston. I hope to have the professional photos later so you can see the rest of what it looked like.
The room at the Orrington was decked out for the reception.
Here's a close-up of one of the place settings.
MilleFiori did a lovely job with the flowers.
The sweetheart table for the newlyweds.
I thought their signs were cute.
Here's the cake with more flowers.
The guests never know if something is awry. Photo by Hannah Elaine Photography (hannahelaine.com).
One of the things I like about wedding planning is that it is full of surprises. Unfortunately, not all of them are the pleasant kind. I coordinated a wedding recently where I found myself saying words that no one wants to hear coming out of their mouth. It went like this:
“Hello, gas company? I’d like to report a gas leak.” I gave the address. “I need you to send someone right away. Please send someone really discreet, because there are 150 guests here for a back yard wedding.”
It was about 15 minutes before the ceremony in the back yard of a beautiful North Shore home. The caterer was using the coach house kitchen, and we kept smelling gas in the garage below the kitchen. All the family members had gone a few blocks away for pre-ceremony photos, so I was the logical person to make the call. I figured that the disruption of a service man arriving would be less than the disruption of a gas explosion!
Fortunately, the people at the gas company understood the situation, and the man who came to turn off the gas came and went before the ceremony started without even making a ripple. When the family returned, I explained to the bride’s father what had gone on in their absence. And then we started the processional, without anyone else being the wiser.
Here is a tiny taste of a wedding I did early in the summer. It was in the back yard of the bride’s parents’ home, and it was lovely. Professional photos are coming in a couple of weeks. This is just a teaser.
The guests entered from the side yard.
This is how the tent looked after it was set up for the reception.
The centerpieces were potted herbs.
The guests took home the individual plants from the centerpieces.
The back yard setting was a beautiful place for a wedding.
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