Photo: Fuller Photo Co Over the years, I’ve become known as one of Chicago’s go-to planners for queer weddings. While a large portion of my clients are queer couples, I also work with plenty of straight couples, and I’ve noticed some interesting differences in how each group approaches wedding planning. To be clear, I don’t think queer couples are inherently better planners. But I do think the experience of being queer often creates a different lens through which couples appr

Photo: Noelle Adams It’s no secret that planning a Chicago wedding is expensive, but making expensive mistakes in your planning process makes it even more expensive! In this week’s post, we’ll break down the 5 biggest budget mistakes couples make (and how to avoid them)! Mistake 1: Starting planning “venue poor” - Even though it’s not likely to be your largest line item, your venue selection has the potential to be the most expensive decision you make in your planning proc

Budgeting for a wedding is confuuuusingg af. If you do any amount of searching for how much a Chicago wedding or specific vendor costs, you’re going to quickly find yourself less sure than you were when you started. FB groups say one thing, local wedding vendors say another, the wedding blogs say something else, and Reddit, something else too! How’s a gal (guy, gay, or they) supposed to know what the actual cost of planning a wedding is? In this post, we’re using 3 real life

Photo by: Fuller Photo Co You’re trying to plan a joyful celebration of your relationship…and suddenly you’re deep in the trenches of...