6 Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing Wedding Vendors
Planning a wedding requires a lot of decision-making, especially when hiring wedding vendors. Since suppliers play a crucial role in creating your dream wedding, knowing the most common mistakes to avoid when choosing wedding vendors can save you from any wedding horror stories. Pushing through with bookings without meetings, reading contracts, asking for samples, and […]
What Will Guests Really Remember About Wedding?
There is an endless supply of decisions to make for your wedding, some big and some small. It’s important to start with the basic idea of what your guests will remember about your wedding. The best way to answer the question is to think back about weddings you’ve attended. What do you really remember the […]
The Only Trends that Count
Now more than ever, there are many ways to have a wedding. There are more ways than ever to get ideas for your Chicago wedding that others have used. You can read articles on The Knot, Wedding Wire, or on any social media platform like Facebook, Instagram, and hundreds of other sites. With all of […]
How to Include Music for Your Micro-Wedding
Because of COVID-19, weddings have now changed from 250 guests to 10-50 guests. Along with your gut count, many other aspects have been affected, including music. As you know from attending many of your friends’ weddings in years past, music is one of the most important aspects of any wedding. Just because you’re doing […]
Smaller Wedding Tips
Due to the current circumstances, there are many couples re-thinking their entire wedding plan. There is a mixture of emotions and questions running through our minds. Is the wedding date secure or need to be rescheduled? Are the venue and other vendors on board with changes? During this time of uncertainty, take a deep breath […]
Thinking of Rescheduling Your Wedding? Read This First
This is obviously a very difficult time for everyone. Trying to reschedule your wedding can certainly seem like a daunting task. Hopefully, this article will help you put together a plan for making it a much easier process. If you are a current bride and groom that is considering rescheduling, you first want to check […]
You Love Your friends -Don’t Let Them Forget It
Written by DearAva.com Your best friend is there for you through thick and thin. Whether you regularly talk about how much you appreciate each other, or you have a more strong-and-silent sort of friendship, you know that your life is better because your best friend is in it. It’s easy to take the people we […]
Daughter Getting Married? Role of parents On Her Big Day
This article was first published on Dear. Ava Your daughter is overjoyed to begin the wedding planning process. As the mother of the bride, you know that role of parents is really vital in her big day. Of course, it’s key to talk to your daughter and her fiance about the role they’d like you to take in […]
The Groom’s Guide to Gifting for the Guys in your Wedding Party
So, you’ve just walked in the door from your bachelor party and you’re still a little bit high off of love! You are pretty lucky to have a great group of guys that are hysterical, loyal and ride-or-die. At this point, you’ve done a lot of wedding stuff. You’ve probably tasted cakes, you’ve been […]
Stress-Free Tips to Your Perfect Wedding
Are you feeling overwhelmed with all of the wedding planning to-dos? Getting married to your special someone is going to be one of the best days of your life, and indeed, something to celebrate. However, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of planning. Take these tips into consideration when preparing […]
How to Save Throughout Your Engagement
While there are many ways to save money during your engagement and wedding planning, you should consider all the money that gets spent leading up to the big day. By optimizing your penny-pinching, you might be able to put some of your pre-wedding savings toward your wedding. Check out these tips to making your […]
BEST SPOTS FOR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS AROUND CHICAGO
My name is Heather Parker and I am a Chicago wedding photographer happy to share of the best spots around Chicago for engagement photos. I have been thinking about the best spots for engagement photos in Chicago and I’ve realized this: there isn’t one right place for engagement photos, because there isn’t one right place […]