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I will be leaving this blog up, but all past posts have been brought over to the new blog:) Come on over and check it out!

TEASERS from Rachael & Jon's Wedding!

3 teasers from tonights wedding, #2 of 3. We are pacing ourselves and not getting worn out really, though I may be telling another story tomorrow night!
Also, CLICK HERE to register to view the photos when they are online! You will get a $5 print credit if you register early!

TEASERS from Ashley & Brent's Wedding!

This was wedding #1 of 3 for the weekend so we are only able to post up a little teaser. I kinda randomly picked 3 photos to put up here, it was really SOOOO hard to decide!



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Sarah & Tom are getting Married!

Molly & Mike are Getting Married

We met up with Molly & Mike near the riverwalk in Naperville, it was an amazingly beautiful day! They will be getting married exactly one month from now in Michigan City at Beachwalk!

Rachel's Senior photos

Tonight we shot Rachel's Senior photos downtown and at the beach. It was a fun shoot, a bit cold and windy which is so strange for this time of year. But we got alot of GREAT shots!

Just look at this beautiful girl!







Like I was saying, it was pretty windy

LOOOOOOOOOVE this shot:

2010 Destination Wedding Contest!

Its time now for another Destination Wedding contest! This time we are changing it up a little bit, the destination must be somewhere in the Mediterranean!

Click the image to email your entry!

Kari & Isaac are Married!

You may remember Kari & Isaac from their adorable engagement session not long ago. We have been looking forward to their wedding for a long time as they promised it would be a really fun party and they did not disappoint! In fact I had a really hard time narrowing the photos down for this blog!

I met up with Kari at Bella Salon in Michigan City where she was getting done up with her mom and sisters. Fun Fact: I went to grade school with Kari's sister Kim.




After the salon we went to her parents house where the ladies had some lunch and got dressed.







Isaac gave Kari this necklace as their wedding day gift



Isaac as he watched Kari come down the aisle with her dad.








We went to Friendship gardens for formals, and had some lovely light!

How fun are these girls? This is Kari and her 3 sisters...




Her flowers were done by Flowers with Jazz. I am in love with pink Gerbers!



I cant even get over how beautiful she is!

Lesson to be learned, never put too many people on a golf cart!










They had 312 photobooth there which was alot of fun! The guys running the booth were really nice, check them out!



The dance floor was packed all night!


The flower girl checking out the slideshow!












Salon: Bella Salon in Michigan City
Church: Queen of All Saints
Location Portratis: Friendship Gardens
Florist: Flowers with Jazz
Reception Venue: Duneland Falls

If you realllllly want to see how much fun we had you will have to look at ALL of the photos. To do that, CLICK HERE!

And to see the photos from their engagement session CLICK HERE.

Also you should check out the photos Chris took on his blog!

I had alot of fun putting together this slideshow. It really shows off what a great wedding and reception they had, Enjoy!!!

Sarah & Mike are Married!

Just what can I say about this wedding, other than AWESOME!
We started at the Conrad Hotel in Chicago.




They had a first meeting before the wedding at the cancer survivors garden in Chicago.




I loooooooove this garden!


We stopped at the riverwalk shortly but it started sprinkling...

So we went to union station which I also LOVE





Mike took a photo of Sarah coming down the aisle on his i phone!





Their vows were probably one of the most amazing I have ever heard

It rained after the wedding so we couldnt do many more outside photos, thank goodness they had this covered porch!



So many of you know that Chris and I are vegan, which means we never get to eat cake at weddings. Well Mike is also vegan and those mini cupcakes were vegan! It was such a treat to eat cake on the job!


This little lady was melting my heart most of the night!

Another fun detail of this wedding. I ran into a friend of mine from freshman year of college! What a surprise to find out she was Sarah's cousin!

Here is Mike reading a toast off his Iphone! I love it! (I was in a wedding in March and read my toast off my Google phone)

Mike sang "love me tender" by Elvis to Sarah. It was seriously sweet.

Then Sarah did a dance to "Who loves you baby" by the Jersey boys!

This wedding was SO fun. We had huge smiles all night! I am so happy for you Mike & Sarah, I hope we can all go out for dinner sometime!
I want to thank the other vendors for being simply awesome! They are all highly recommended and if you are still looking, check them all out!
Dj: http://www.stylemattersdjs.com/
Videography: http://www.benmahoneyproductions.com/
Florist: http://www.dillylily.com/
Reception Venue: http://www.salvatores-chicago.com/

To view all photos from Sarah & Mike's Wedding, CLICK HERE!

And to see the photos from their engagement session CLICK HERE.
Also you should check out more of the photos Chris took on HIS BLOG!
Finally, I put together this slideshow, Enjoy!!!

Erin & Steve are Married!

While I was with the ladies, Chris was with the guys as usual and they had some pretty wild ideas for photos!


They had the cutest flower girl!


The guys were pretty hilarious


Who knew that the grocery store was such a great place for photos?


Here is the radiant Erin



Her bouquet was GIGANTIC!


There was a little love connection between the ring bearer and flower girl...



Sweet Sweet light

















Everyone was egging them on to smash the cake, I love that they kept it classy and didnt!








To view all photos from Erin & Steve's Wedding, CLICK HERE!