Mar 5, 2012 | Eco-Friendly Events, vendors, wedding planning, Weddings
Committed 2012 was last Sunday, and it was a successful and very fun afternoon. This was the first year the of the show’s existence, so the fact that a couple hundred guests showed up was very heartening.
What everyone said was that this was much nicer than most bridal shows. It felt more like a party than a trade show.
The Stephanie Rogers Band.
Music was provided by Cage+Aquarium (doing an all-vinyl set) and the Stephanie Rogers Band. There was food provided by several caterers, including FIG, City Provisions, and Pure Kitchen.
Setting up the truffles.
Katherine Anne Confections and Bleeding Heart Bakery provided delicious sweets.
Mignonette's booth.
Models from Mignonette showed off some gorgeous and highly unusual bridal dresses and vintage tuxes.
Collective Resource.
Collective Resource was very successful at composting the entire event. The ratio of compostables to garbage at the end of the event was about 75 to 1, maybe more.
And here was my set-up:
My area.
Feb 13, 2012 | Day-of Coordinating, Eco-Friendly Events, wedding planning, Weddings
I told you about Committed: An Avant-Garde Wedding Event a couple of weeks ago. Here are some more fun facts about the event.
Not only is this a wedding show presented by Chicago’s greenest wedding professionals, it is going to be a model green event. It’s at a location that is LEED certified. And the goal is to make it a zero waste event. Collective Resource will be composting everything that isn’t recyclable.
And did I mention the swag bags? Green Bride Guide is donating swag bags for the first 100 people to show up that day. That’s incentive to show up early!
If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, they are still available. Don’t wait until they sell out! Buy yours now.
Jan 30, 2012 | Eco-Friendly Events, vendors, wedding planning, Weddings
I have to tell you about a wedding show I am participating in next month: Committed, An Avant-Garde Wedding Event. It will be on Sunday, February 26, noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Greenhouse Loft, 2545 W. Diversey. You can buy tickets in advance.
Committed is sponsored by the Chicago Green Wedding Alliance, Chicago’s premier group of wedding vendors with a sustainable focus. Not only is this the greenest group of wedding professionals you’re likely to come across, they are also some of the hippest, most creative, most interesting businesses and people in the industry.
There will be caterers like FIG Catering and City Provisions; venues like Logan Square Kitchen; and even unusual vendors such as Collective Resource, a composting company. I’ll be there, naturally. Check out the full list of vendors at the link above.
And don’t expect your standard trade show with rows of look-alike booths. This should be a very fun and unique event. Buy your tickets now!
Jan 23, 2012 | Day-of Coordinating, Weddings
I have more photos for you, this time from the very fun literary wedding I coordinated in the fall. These photos are by Paul Grigonis, p+g photography. Click on the photo to go the full photo page.
A Literary Wedding. Photo by Paul Grigonis, pplusgphoto.com.
Jan 16, 2012 | wedding planning, Weddings
Why are there so many stories about wedding cakes? Is it just because they are so fragile? Anyhow, I had another fun one this past summer.
The cake should always look this perfect. Photo by Magical Moments Photography.
It was an outdoor wedding reception and the weather wasn’t supposed to be too hot, so I wasn’t worried about the cake. Normally, I would have asked the baker if she was freezing the cake, but it was a friend of the family and I wasn’t directly in touch with her. Well, the cake arrived unfrozen, and the day was warmer than predicted.
The other thing you need to know is that I had never met the bride. The bride and groom live out of town and had returned to the bride’s home town to get married. Somehow, we never met up. Whenever they were in town, I was unavailable. Or they forgot to tell me they were coming.
I was only at the reception, not the ceremony. So, I’m watching the cake wilt as the ceremony is going on and as the guests start to arrive. Finally, the bride and groom appeared. The cake cutting was scheduled for after dinner, several hours later. I walked up to the bride and said, “Hi, I’m Lisa. I’m very pleased to finally meet you. We need to do the cake cutting right after the bridal party introductions, not after dinner. Is that all right?”
Fortunately, these clients were flexible and agreeable. We made the change right there. The cake was cut before it melted or imploded. The guests never knew the difference. And a potential disaster was averted.
The moral of the story? Freeze your wedding cake on a hot day. Or be prepared to make other plans. Either way, your cake story will have a happy ending.
Jan 9, 2012 | Weddings
I finally got the photos from the summer country wedding I wrote about in June. These are the professional photos by Jaime Windon, The Blonde Photographer. I think she captured some nice images that give a good flavor of the day. Click on the photo below to go to see more images.
Summer Country Wedding. Image by theblondephotographer.com.
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