One year ago today was too beautiful and magical a day to not look back over these photos from Andrew & Marianne Nicodem (with their eponymous firm Nicodem Creative). This was my second 2019 that preemptively (design began in 2018) became one of 2019’s ‘Pantone Color of the Year Weddings’: infusing “Living Coral” as the […]

Happy Anniversary to R&T – here is a look back at their Bridgeport Arts Center – Skyline Loft wedding last March (2019)

When the grandfather (in this case the Groom) wrote the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – it just makes sense that Christmas holds an extra special place in your heart! And what better day to get married then on his anniversary (at Christmas-time) no less. Excited to share this stunning wedding on the first […]

Is there anything more beautiful than a wedding at Christmas time? I think not! I cannot wait for you to see the beauty (as captured by Elena Bazini) of this beautiful December Chicago wedding. So excited to share this stunning wedding with you today. Sending huge first anniversary wishes to Rachel + Aaron today. 365 […]

An update on all things personal, business and sharing my Fall 2019 goals.

I’m so excited to share this special wedding from last September with you today! This was the first “full planning” wedding that SoiréeSmith produced. I was all kinds of excited with Sarah’s mom first contacted me a mere 6-months prior to Sarah & Mike’s wedding. I was eager to dive into the planning process with […]

Goal Setting It’s no secret to those that know me…I’m a tactile girl living in a digital world. I’ve had a paper planner for as long as I can remember. I also have all said paper planners going back at least a solid decade. They still bring me joy, what can I say. In 2018, […]

Today we’re featuring one of our favourite weddings from 2018. They could have never talked again – after their first connection, Molly had given Matt the wrong number. It’s safe to say fate played its hand and something told her to go back and check. Molly grew up in Winnetka and spent her teen years […]

You know how you have those things on your to-do list that get bumped every day, then a week, then a month and somehow it evolves into close to a year… well that’s been this blog. I’ve put it on each month in my Powersheets and My Blueprint Year – more times than at this […]