Liven It Up Events| Boutique Weddings, Corporate Affairs and Social Soirees in Chicago

December 6, 2012

Over the next two weeks, we will be looking at summer weddings. Summer is a popular time to get married and this week we are looking at some great places, both indoors and outdoors, to have your dream wedding! Here are a few pictures from past weddings for a little inspiration. View more next week as we finish up our recap of summer weddings!

This is a wedding at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) with catering by Blue Plate, and decor design by Scarlet Petal

This reception was held at the Newberry Library with catering by Occasions Catering and floral was through Fragrant Design.

The Ivy Room hosts a beautiful reception with catering by Limelight with floral by Davenport Designs and lighting by Art of Imagination.

This wedding took place at the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

Wedding Recap @ The Chicago Botanic Gardens

September 20, 2012

This wedding recap is from one of the weddings we planned at The Chicago Botanic Gardens. This is a great venue nestled in the heart of The Gold Coast. It happens to be one our preferred places to work. The team at The Newberry is great to work with!

The team that day consisted of Sally & Anthony from Liven It Up Events as the planner, Jesse with Event Creative, Misty Winter & her photography team with Misty Winter Photography, and Fig Media as the deejay. This turned out to be a beautiful wedding even though the rain eventually came, by that point the cake was cut, the toasts were given and we were all under the tent! Take a look a just a couple shots Anthony & Sally got from the evening!

Place Card Board!

Dinner Reception

Cake! Those butterflies were placed on the cake by Anthony & Sally!

From afar, the tent had a glow to it after the dinner was underway!

Sally, Senior Planner at Liven It Up Events

August 16, 2012

Liven It Up Events is truly lucky to have the planning talents of Sally Collar on the team! Sally has been working in the event world for about 15 years! She is knowledgeable, has an eye for design, and is a calming voice on wedding day! See how Sally can help make your wedding day a memorable one!

Photo Copyright Stephen Garrett Photography

Sally Collar, Senior Planner, has turned out phenomenal weddings and corporate events for fifteen years, the last twelve in the great city of Chicago. She brings a true passion for combining venue, food, décor and entertainment to find the perfect creative expression of her clients’ vision. Leveraging her personal network and experience in restaurants, hotels, venues and catering, she helps to realize those plans with flawless and budget-conscious execution. At the end of the day, she believes connecting personally with her clients is what makes it all possible.

Here are some of Sally’s weddings & events she has done below!

Sally worked at The Chicago Botanic Gardens with an amazing crew! Event Creative made this wedding magical and memorable!

This wedding was at the Museum of Contemporary Art with a great spread provided by Wolfgang Puck Catering and floral by Davenport Designs.

Here you will see a co-planned this fundraising event at The Zhou B. Art Center for Lakeside Community Development. J and L Catering provided food for this amazing cause.

Learn more about the 2nd Annual Art of Home coming October 2012.

Receptions of All Sorts, Garden Weddings Part 2

August 2, 2012

Many times when you have an outdoor wedding ceremony, at least here in Chicago, the reception will be held inside. See some of the outdoor weddings that we have done and then moved the guests, indoors, or almost indoors for the wedding reception!

The first look at a garden wedding to the interior is from the Chicago Botanic Gardens. The reception was held under a tent, over looking a pond with the sides of the tent left open. Event Creative did a great job with the floral and lighting to make this garden wedding come to life!

Here you will see the indoor space at The Ivy Room. The room was transformed to look like an indoor garden with lighting by Art of Imagination and floral by Davenport Design!

Here is another look at The Great Hall Cafe Brauer with some lovely florals by Alison at Stems making this room just glow! As the night went on, the hanging candles from the ceiling helped create the perfect ambient mood!

Watch next week as we look at some more wedding reception transitions!