Happy Anniversary Caidi & Steve!

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Wishing a happy first anniversary to Caidi and Steve from Soirée Weddings & Events!

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Photos by Rick Aguilar Studios!

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This festive couple was married at St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church surrounded by family and friends!

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The reception at the Union League Club was all decked out for the holidays!

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Classic winter flowers and greenery by Ashland Addison Floral!

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Happy life to this adorable couple and a happy new year to all!

VENDORS: Planning & Coordination: Soirée Weddings & Events | Floral: Ashland Addison Floral | Ceremony:  St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church | Reception: Union League Club | Photographer: Rick Aguilar Studios

Happy Anniversary Lee & Brian!

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Soirée Weddings & Events would like to wish a happy anniversary to Lee and Brian!

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Lovely winter floral by Flor Del Monte!

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All photos of the happy couple’s day captured by James Warden of Five Lake Arts!

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The reception was held at the Roosevelt University Auditorium Ballroom!

 

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The cake was provided by Bittersweet!

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We wish many years of happiness to this fun couple and a Happy New Year to all!!

VENDORS: Planning/Styling and Coordination: Soirée Weddings & Events | Floral: Flor Del Monte | Venue: Roosevelt University Auditorium Ballroom| Catering: D’Absolute Catering | Photographer: James Warden – Five Lake Arts |Cake: Bittersweet | Lighting/Draping: MDM Entertainment

Happy Anniversary Lauren & Patrick!

This month we get to celebrate the anniversary of such a wonderful couple, Lauren & Patrick. The two exchanged vows on New Years Eve last year in front of friends and family at First United Church of Oak Park.

Continuing this snowy night at Roosevelt University for a fun filled night of dancing and love as this couple rang in the new year with music delivered by Stitely Entertainment.

Thanks to Carasco Photography for capturing the special night celebrating this adorable couple. Here is a look back at Lauren & Patrick’s day.

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Stunning red and purple bridesmaid bouquets by HMR Designs.

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All white bridal bouquet by HMR Designs.

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Cake Design by Sugar Fixe.

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With adorable NYE inspired favors, the party was nothing short of amazing as family and friends counted down to the New Year with the new couple.

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Happy New Year WeddingWe love this couple and we wish you many more years of love and happiness!

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Planning/Styling and Coordination: Soirée Weddings & Events |  Floral and Decor: HMR Designs |  Catering: Entertaining Company  | Venue: Roosevelt University by Venue Logic | Photography: Carasco |  Bakery: Sugar Fixe | Band: Stitely Entertainment | Bridal gown from Bella Bianca | Bridesmaid Dresses: Twobirds  | Invitations and Day-of paper: Fitzgerald’s

2012 In Review – a great year. (Part I)

This has been an amazing year — I was truly sad to see it go…

It started with Kelly and Jerry’s NYE wedding at Carnivale.  So incredible!

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New Year's Eve Wedding at Carnivale

Florals by Stemline, Creative

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Then a trip to New York for Fashion Week/Valentines Day..

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a Day spent at MoMA

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Some star sightings – Bethenny Frankel and Selita Ebanks at Philippe (thought they weren’t together).  And Justin Beiber at The London Hotel… Sorry – no pics!

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And some drinks at The Harvard Club with my Uncle – so cool!!

We had a blast at the Sixties Social – a Mad Men themed Thursday Therapy! What do you think – did we pull off Betty and Don?

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Then we hosted our first annual Bridal Event – this one was “Leap Into Wedding Season” and it was held at Fleur de Lis Florist.  It was a huge success – a uncharacteristically warm day (were talking 60’s) led to a great turn out of brides!

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Entertaining Company provided the food.. Cristina G took the amazing photos!

Here’s Team Soirée at the Event…

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Revae from Femme du Coupe provided the delicious cocktails!
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We are so excited for this year’s event – the Wedding March, being held on March 3 at Floating World Gallery! (minor plug!) 🙂 details to come!

St. Patricks day was warm…coco on St. Pattys Day

Really warm! Coco is enjoying the balcony (above).  Chicagoans are enjoying the weather (and the Bars) on Wells St.!Chicago 2012 St. Patrick's Day

We had so much fun planning and creating the 80’s styled shoot at Room 1520.  All the vendors that participated knocked it out of the park!  The creativity and fun factor was off the charts! 80 styled shoot

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And — It was featured in Ruffled 🙂 paint splatter backdrop photoboothMonique Lhullier bouquet gown

Check out this amazing black and white bridal bouquet from Fleur!black and white bridal bouquet

Then there was Becky and Tony’s wedding at St. Ignatius and The Rookery – And it was featured on Style Me Pretty… 😉 (click here to see it!)

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Then we took a trip to New Buffalo, Mi.  We brought the pooch and it was so much fun!

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Our view from the top of the dune of Lake Michigan.  Then we stopped at a local Winery..

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Bowie was excited – I am not sure why.  She’s just always happy

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Then we headed to the Marina – and had dinner at Brentwood Tavern

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It was a nice mini vacay before the start of wedding season 🙂

We started June with Susan and Frank’s wedding at Morton Arboretum..

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susanfrank_190 1Then we battled a double header!  Sami and Mike’s wedding at Chicago History Museum and Megan and Adam’s wedding at Newberry Library 🙂

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Sami’s bouquet and bridesmaid’s bouquets were so lovely!  created by the Jan and Jillian of Natural Beauties.

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This wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty – click here to see it 🙂Chicago History Museum wedding ceremony

The Chicago Room at the Chicago History MuseumMegan and Adam on Chicago BridgeMegan chose a blush and slate gray color palette – it complimented The Newberry Library perfectly!  
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Megan and Adam had their ceremony in Washington Square Park across the street – and then moved into the Library for cocktails and dinner.Newberry Library wedding Newberry Library wedding - blush and slate wedding

Don’t you want to smell that bouquet of peonies and ranunculus?  Fleur nailed it again!wedding toasts and first dance blush and gray Newberry Library Wedding

That’s the end of Part I – stay tuned for Part II.  I will cover the rest of 2012 – so many more adventures!

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Happy Anniversary Kelly and Jerry!

Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite couples!

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What’s more fun than a New Year’s wedding in Chicago?  That’s a rhetorical question… But Kelly thought of every perfect detail for this New Year’s Eve/wedding soirée! IMG_0091 IMG_0284 IMG_0306

The Ceremony was held at Bond Chapel at the University of Chicago. Kelly and Jerry wanted to incorporate some latin flare into the menu – so they chose Carnivale for the reception and New Year’s Eve bash. IMG_0324 IMG_0739

The theme was all things “New Years” — champagne, confetti, sweets, treats, lots of colors, delicious food, great music…there was even a balloon drop at midnight and a choreographed first dance!

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I am sure their first year as a married couple was noting but wedded bliss!  These two monkeys love to travel – and with a honeymoon in Morocco and other fabulous trips to Europe and beyond – I bet 2012 will be a tough year to top!

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Much love and happiness to them – here’s to a New Year.. and many more happy married years to come!

Happy New Year!!!

XO – tm

All photos by: Cristina G Photography

Florals by: Stemline, Creative