We were so honored and thrilled to be invited to partake in the Paper Styled Shoot Challenge on Style Unveiled earlier this year! For the challenge, each designer was sent pieces of paper inspiration and then asked to build a team of vendors to create a breathtaking shoot.

Please help us welcome Maggie, our summer college intern! We are so thrilled to have her here with us and can’t wait to see what the summer brings! Read on to find out more about her!

The color name “chartreuse” stems from it’s resemblance to the colors of two different French liqueurs introduced in 1764, green chartreuse and yellow chartreuse.

Sarah, who is completing her high school senior project with us, has been learning a lot about weddings! We asked her to share her new knowledge on the blog. Enjoy!

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During the past week with my time at Michelle Durpetti Events I researched historical wedding facts and came across some interesting traditions. Even today we see some of these traditions subtly among weddings that MDE has planned, whether it’s a small detail on a shoe, or the color of the bouquet.

As you know, 2/3 of the MDE team are avid equestrian enthusiasts, so when Be U asked us to contribute to their article about Derby inspired weddings, we jumped at the chance! We gave some pointers on how to translate derby fashion and decor to your wedding day, as well is incorporating fun signature drinks and food items into your big day. Read the whole article here and enjoy!

This morning we had the distinct pleasure of presenting Kentucky Derby party tips on Fox News Chicago! Being equestrian enthusiasts, we had so much fun planning this segment! We loved  making all our ideas come alive on Fox with the help of some of our favorite vendors!

We are thrilled to introduce you to Sarah, who is completing her Senior Project with us to learn more about one of her future career passions, event planning!

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My name is Sarah Nusekabel and I am a senior from New Trier High School. I love to spend my free time riding horses, and taking art classes.  I really enjoyed a glass art class I took at my high school last year and I have also taken metal-smithing jewelry classes in the past.  As long as I can remember, I have loved any chance I can get to be creative.  In the fall I was enrolled in the Marketing and Merchandising in Fashion course at my school.  My class collaborated with Oak Street Design and Old Orchard in order to create a visual merchandising display for Barnes and Noble’s cafe, Williams and Sonoma, and the Westfield Concierge.  We worked with Amanda Wolfson from Oak Street Design, and learned about the process of planning and editing throughout the project. As with event planning, every little detail was important in creating a final product that we could be proud of.  I have always enjoyed planning dinners and birthday parties for my friends and family; with one of my career interests in event planning, Amanda referred me to Michelle Durpetti Events. After looking at their blog and pictures from weddings and events they had planned, it was evident that interning with them would be a great opportunity, and the perfect way for me learn more about event planning careers.

Last Thursday we celebrated our fifth anniversary in conjunction with the launch of River North’s newest venue space, Loft 644, and we could not have had more fun doing it!!!

Kim and Andrew got married on a beautiful fall day in October of last year and what a day it was! Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was the perfect location for this fun couple.

We are amping up for our WGN segment tomorrow and couldn’t be more excited! We will be featured on the 11am WGN news sharing our tips for throwing a modern spring event! We’ve had so much fun running around finding great props for this segment, there are so many great decor items out right now! We are thrilled to be working with Ryan at Stemline, Creative on the beautiful floral we helped pick out at Kenicott Brothers last week, as well as Nicole from Truffle Truffle who will be creating a fabulous favor. Lillycakes has created some really fun and yummy dessert treats to follow some delicious spring menu items from Phil Stefani Signature Events! Amy from Sugar Chic will also be with us tomorrow to help stylize and set up our tablescape with some gorgeous BBJ Linens. Make sure to tune in around 11:45am to catch Michelle discussing spring party planning!