Vendor Spotlight: SLT Makeup Artistry

Vendor Spotlight: SLT Makeup Artistry

How did you get started?  LAF Lines Photography I have always gravitated toward makeup since I was very young- typically leaving the grocery store with a new Lip Smacker when I would shop with my mom. In high school, I was the friend that would help with friends’ hair...

Vendor Spotlight: Anthony Alanis

How Long Have You Been In The Business?  I consider my first wedding on July 21, 2012—although I shot weddings for other companies starting in 2009. How Did You Get Started?  After graduating from the Los Angeles Film School and moving back to Illinois, I spent a few...
Jason & Michael 10.26.18

Jason & Michael 10.26.18

The Meeting Jason and Michael first started talking online in December of 2012 and expressed an interest in each other, but only chatted from time to time. In April of 2013, they were back online and talking to each other once again. It was only after a while, Michael...
Vendor Spotlight: Newlyweds Cinema

Vendor Spotlight: Newlyweds Cinema

Meet Holly & Nick Faldstein, the brother-sister cinematography team that started Newlyweds Cinema the summer of 2016. We got a chance to catch up with Nick and learn more about them and their company. It all started when Alan, one of Nick’s best friends, asked him...

Vendor Spotlight: Oh So Lovely Photography

We are so excited to feature Esther Stirbu of Oh So Lovely Photography for this week’s Vendor Spotlight! Esther is currently on her 4th year of being in the wedding photography industry. Getting started was interesting. I actually dropped out of college not knowing...
Vendor Spotlight: Cling & Peck

Vendor Spotlight: Cling & Peck

We are so excited to feature the husband-wife team of Cling & Peck Photography for this week’s Vendor Spotlight! Daniel and Erin have been in the business for seven years now! It’s crazy that it’s been that long. We’ve had the privilege of being a part of well...
Kaylin & Patrick 03.16.18

Kaylin & Patrick 03.16.18

Kaylin and Patrick’s modern love story began online. He was living in the suburbs and she had just moved back to the city from LA. Because of the distance and their schedules, they started slow—Patrick was coaching soccer in the evenings and on weekends and Kaylin was...
Vendor Spotlight: Elegante Cuisine

Vendor Spotlight: Elegante Cuisine

This week we are featuring another one of our preferred caterers—Eleganté Cuisine! The owner, Thomas W. Manetti, started Eleganté out of his family’s home in River Forest in 1982 and has since turned this small part-time company into a full service catering and event...
Jill & Doug 02.10.18

Jill & Doug 02.10.18

Jill and Doug first met at Northern Illinois University, where they were studying to be special education teachers. It was the organization Best Buddies that officially brought them together. Doug and Jill were friends for six years before they started dating...