Luxury of the City, Comfort of the Burbs | Hotel Arista You can have a luxury, high end wedding in the suburbs, I promise!   Let's face it, as a Chicago wedding planner, I know that the suburbs are very limited in choices when it comes to luxury wedding venues.  Brides have a wedding design that they have in mind and the venue is the first piece of pulling it all together.

Today we wanted to bring some sunshine to this gloomy Chicago day. What better way than to hand select our Top 5 Beach Wedding Invitations? Beach wedding invitations are a must for a destination wedding!

I love talking colors; it’s one of my favorite blog posts to write.  Different color palettes and how those color tones can be translated into one wedding design style or the next.  When thinking about your unique wedding invitations, bringing in a variety of color will surely stand out. Today we are in love with the Aqua and Red color combination.   This palette can go so many different ways, but today we are bringing a more retro vibe to the blog.  How awesome do you t...

I know the first thing that comes to mind as you hear “Build-Your-Invite”, you think Build-a-Bear.  Even if you don’t have five kids like myself, you have walked past the store in the mall before, seeing the endless possibilities of customizing your very own teddy bear. Julie Hanan Design has created a unique process that allows you the very same endless possibilities in building your wedding invitations. Why BUILD-YOUR-INVITE ™?