Vendor Spotlight!

AELO has built a pretty significant base of awesome vendors over the last year and a half, but one area where we seem to be lacking is paper goods. Luckily, I have a friend from college who is an absolutely brilliant artist, and he's doing the invitations for this wedding in December.

Check out John's fantastic work here: www.thebungaloo.com.

On Saturday, February 26th, we had our second Salvage One wedding and the wonderful Victoria Sprung got some awesome photos. Jamie and Kevin were absolutely beautiful and adorable:

Jamie wore her mom's wedding gown:

Jamie and her mom getting ready (LOVE):

First meeting:

Pre-Ceremony:

The new ceremony set-up looks fantastic!

Sweet photos from their childhoods and life together:

Married!

First meal together:

Dancing into the reception:

The adorable cake set up:

AWESOME bridal party. AWESOME.

First dance:

The beautiful couple:

Jamie and Kevin, thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wedding day. We had a blast and hope you had a wonderful honeymoon! <3

gorgeous photography: Victoria Sprung

venue: Salvage One

catering: Food for Thought, Chef Paul

rentals: Tablescapes

DJ: Toast & Jam (Faves!)

photobooth: Magnolia

hair + make-up: Mario Tricoci

Obama's still the man, guys.

"I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not."

— Barack Obama (via Gay Writes)

This is why I still love and support this man.

Internships available!

Hey, AELO fans!

Are you interested in wedding and event planning? We have two opportunities in June to intern with An Event Less Ordinary! Please send an email to aneventlessordinary@gmail.com if you're interested. We would love to hear from you!

Wedding invitation done right.

This guy knows what he's doing. Nothing more romantic than the zombie apocalypse.

Why Chicago theater is awesome.

Oh, I just love love love it.

friday squee.

Bad a** proposal at the roller derby. Aw!

WGN Royal Wedding

Clearly, the world has gone banana sandwich over Wills and Kate finally getting married (those of us in the know [read: who had giant crushes on the gorgeous prince at 15] are aware that all of his friends call him Wills).

Well good news, Chicago couples! WGN TV is giving away a Royal Wedding and you can enter the contest here. Here's the catch - audience vote is going to decide on all decor options, including flowers and the dress. If you are willing to relinquish the control, a $60,000 wedding could be all yours!

And you'll probably meet Pat Tomasulo, which is a secret dream of mine. Happy contesting!