A simple yet elegant white china pattern with a robin’s egg blue border from Noritake.
We spent our Saturday starting our wedding/bridal registry at Macy’s last weekend. We knew it would take a while to work through all the possible combinations of silverware and glassware (crystal) with the china I have passed down from my family but we [...]
It is not surprise that I grew up a Polish Catholic in Chicago. A large percentage of people here have that exact same demographic. I dreamed of getting married in a beautiful church like St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero where my dad’s family is from.
Our family went to Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Darien [...]
The process for finding a Tuxedo was supposed to be one of the easiest parts of planning the wedding. Just go to the MW Tux website, pick one and go to the store and reserve it right? Well not so fast. MW Tux is part of Men’s Warehouse and also associated with David’s Bridal in [...]
Deciding who will pay for what at your wedding in Chicago is one of the most important things to start figuring out when you get engaged. How much money you have to work with and who is taking part in the planning will determine a lot about what you end up doing. The thing is, money is [...]
I have written about our difficulty in finding a suitable wedding reception location in Chicago that had a minimum dollar amount and minimum person requirement we could meet! We eliminated the Naperville Country Club ($10,000 minimum), Seven Bridges Golf Club ($11,000 minimum), the Hyatt in Lisle (no minimum but it was $9,500 with everything included [...]
Yes, more reception hall sites! ( Carriage Greens Country Club in Darien, the Hyatt Hotel in Lisle and the Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn) I blogged about our difficulty in finding a reception space for my wedding in the southwest suburbs of Chicago last week and since then we have looked at 3 more locations [...]