Saint Clement Chicago Wedding |Ravenswood Event Center reception | Jennifer and Jake
Jake and Jennifer’s wedding was filled with fantastic locations, classic cars, great food, fun and of course LOVE!
Jennifer got ready at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. Dress: Palazzo Bridal – http://www.palazzobridal.com/
You know I love unique and cute shoes!
This was one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen…Jennifer’s dad helping her put her shoes on 😀
FAVORITE!!!!
Meanwhile back at their house there was a lot of cuteness going on 🙂
Love this shot!
Saint Clement is one of the most beautiful Churches in the City of Chicago without a doubt!
Stopped by Lincoln Park for some photos after the ceremony. I will say it till I’m blue in the face, if you want fun portraits and amazing photos like these below, I need time. If I’m not your photographer, your photographer needs time. Time, time, time; either before the ceremony of after it doesn’t matter…but just remember, Good photographer + time = Fun/Fantastic/Fotos …umm…photos 😉
How cute are they?
🙂
These lucky ladies got to pick out their own dresses.
The reception was at one of the most unique venues in the City, Ravenswood Event Center.
Cake: Luscious Layers
Oh yeah, one of the perks of having your wedding at the Ravenswood Event Center is that you get to go hang out at the garage next door, the Showroom is home to one of America’s most impressive collections of prestige automobile & sports cars.
Love this, a LOT!!!
Another favorite!!!
Flowers: Topiarius
DJ: Style Matters – Dustin was a very talented DJ.
First dance.
Jennifer and her Dad.
Jake and his Mom.
Some delicious after dinner snacks, mini milkshakes…
…and burgers & tater-tots, Yum!
What a fun wedding, thanks so much for having me 🙂
Jennifer thank you for that first paragraph, I truly appreciate it 🙂
From Jennifer…
Best wedding-related purchase:
Our top wedding-related purchase was you (or your time anyway). 🙂 We wanted to make sure we had the best for capturing the moments of our wedding and our expectations have definitely been exceeded.
And a second “purchase” would be having treats/snacks distributed near the dance floor towards the end of the reception – as people were starting to get tired, they appreciated the sliders, shakes and tater tots!
List of Vendors:
Hair and Makeup: Asha Salon – http://www.ashasalonspa.com/ (Nomi did my hair and he’s awesome.)
Flowers: Topiarius – http://www.topiarius.com/ (Kim and Sara were wonderful – kind & calm and their work was just what we were looking for.)
DJ: Style Matters – http:// www.stylemattersdjs.com/ (Dustin was our DJ from the Style Matters crew and his skills were amazing!)
Caterer: Blue Rooster Catering (when you sign the venue, you automatically get their caterer. Andy Kalish is a dream to work with and people still talk about how good the food was at our wedding!) –http://www.ravenswoodeventcenter.com/hospitality/hospitality.html
Cake: Luscious Layers – http://www.lusciouslayers.com/ (Ashley brought our dream cake to life!)
As Jake and I started to think about our wedding, we had certain priorities: unique venue, amazing photography and good food. We were able to find all three and now that our wedding is over, we couldn’t be more satisfied with the way it turned out. It was the perfect beginning to our new life together.
Favorite Wedding Moments:
I have a bunch of favorite wedding moments that stick out in my mind:
– our vows and ceremony (which I guess is a bit of a “duh” favorite moment) – Fr. Simpson at St. Clement is wonderful!
– my parents’ speeches – I had no idea what they were going to say beforehand and just listening to my Mom and Dad made me feel so loved and so honored that they were my parents.
– all the special dances – first dance, father/daughter, mother/son – I loved watching Jake dance with his mom and I’m so glad I got a few moments with my Dad.
– watching all our friends and family have an awesome time on the dance floor!
And I asked Jake and his reply was, “you walking down the aisle.” 🙂
As for something I would have done differently, I probably would have made sure to have some of our appetizers! Everyone reminds you to eat dinner, which we did, but they forget about the fun hors d’oeuvres!
A wedding is a big day in anyone’s life – Jake and I were thrilled to share it with our friends and family. We trusted our vendors to do what they do best and their skills shined on our special day. The result was spectacular and it will be remembered fondly!
