We just LOVE the few photos we have seen so far from Brannon and Michael’s engagement shoot last weekend at McIntyre Stables (Brannon boards her horses “Spot” and “Hamlet” there) out in Batavia, IL….

Recently, one of our brides asked me what I love most about my job. The first thing that came to my mind was, “to tell a story -to tell YOUR story.” I know that every bride has a story – from how she met her groom to how together, they choose to celebrate their marriage with friends and family on their wedding day. This is not just my job, but a privilege and my passion to work with our fabulous couples to bring their love story to life on their wedding day…. But I think the most magical part of my job is that at the end of the day, when my job is finished, it is just the beginning of that couple’s story…And, there is something so spectacular and hopeful about that. And of course, when we have the opportunity every so often  to put ourselves in front of the camera and share with you our own story;  with some of the VERY talented individuals and companies that we are lucky enough to work with, we CAN’T resist! We were able to do just that earlier this month when we did a photo shoot for our ad for the June issue of Chicago Social Brides Magazine.

Since it has been more than a little gloomy here in Chicago throughout this very rainy spring, it was important for us to stay inspired and find our inner fabulous as we head into summer wedding season. In the search for that inspiration we found some things that we just LOVE and wanted to share them with you along with where you can find them…and we ended up with so very many things to share we may have to split the blog up into parts!!!! We hope you Enjoy!