The Big Fake Wedding Chicago

The Big Fake Wedding® is described as a bridal show alternative complete with an emotional vow renewal ceremony, light bites and a dance-party reception. “Wedding guests” are brides- and grooms-to-be who get to truly experience the wedding vendors in action. We not only met wonderful vendors but had the opportunity to connect with wonderful couples who are getting married in the Chicagoland area.

For this event we had the pleasure of designing the personal flowers, bouquets and boutonnieres for the lovely couple and their friends as well as three table designs.  The inspiration challenge was Peacock and Birds, see challenge and more images here and more images on Ruffled Blog

For the personal flowers we wanted the bouquets to be feathery and a bit bold, just like peacocks, so a mixture of greens and garden roses and sweet peas were used to create this effect.  For the boutonnieres we went with bold hues and a touch of feather as an accent.

The head table consisted of a large hanging fixture that was wrapped with fresh greenery and moss and pops of blue and purple hue florals.  The small floral pieces on the table were placed on sparkly gold sequin table lines form I Do Linens, Tamara is not only the loveliest to work with and their collection of linens are just magnificent!  We completed the look with two vintage chairs from Erasistable Vintage Rentals to play off the pretty color palette.

The gold candelabra look was made with bold floral colors.  We wanted this table to be filled with gold and rose gold accents so we  went with rose gold flatware and gold chargers.  The bright blue textured linens popped against the gold chairs and each place setting had a small feather on it.

The last look was made up different size silver birdcages filled with different florals. We wanted to play with different textures here as well lots of fresh greenery and moss.  The yellow made for a great pop of color against all the dark grey and silvers.  The linens were subtle textured light grey and the flatware was a dark pewter as well as dark black glass chargers.

Overall we couldn’t be happier being part of this wonderful community and truly enjoyed every minute of the whole evening!  Besides the fun environment at Pinstripes Chicago  the food, desserts and music were perfect and how fun is the glow stick send off for the couple at the end of the night?!!

Thank you The Big Fake Wedding Team!  You were a pleasure to work with!  Check out their site to see if they will be at a city near you, definitely an awesome experience!

xoxo,

Team Limani

Vendor Love:

PHOTOGRAPHY:
AYSHA NICOLE PHOTOGRAPHY, CREATIVE M PHOTOGRAPHY, H W PHOTOGRAPHIC

FLORAL AND EVENT DESIGN, CEREMONY BACKDROP, TABLES 1, 4:
CORNELL FLORIST

FLORAL AND EVENT DESIGN, HEAD TABLE, PERSONAL FLOWERS, TABLES 2, 5:
LIMANI DESIGNS

FLORAL AND EVENT DESIGN, TABLE 3:
ERASISTABLE VINTAGE RENTALS + STYLING

DAY-OF COORDINATION:
JULIE B. EVENTS

VENUE AND CATERING:
PINSTRIPES EVENTS

ACCESSORIES:
RAGGA WEDDING

HAIR:
HOLLIBEAUTY

MENSWEAR:
KNOT STANDARD

WEDDING CAKE:
JUST CRUMBS!

DESSERT BAR:
BAKE ME OFF A PIECE OF THAT!

GELATO BAR:
BLACK DOG GELATO

DANCE STUDIO:
DANCE SPA

DJ AND EMCEE:
THE BEAUTIFUL BEAT

ENTERTAINMENT:
BLUEWATER KINGS BAND

VINTAGE RENTALS:
ERASISTABLE VINTAGE RENTALS + STYLING

LINENS:
I DO LINENS

TRANSPORTATION:
CHICAGO CLOUD 9 LIMO

HOTEL:
W HOTEL

TRAVEL:
AAA

WEDDING MURAL:
BOTTLE & BOTTEGA

WEDDING INVITATIONS:
MAXE DESIGNS, LLC

WEDDING INVITATIONS AND PROGRAMS:
DESIGNED WITH AMORE

SAVE-THE-DATES:
ADORABLE DESIGNS BY CANDICE

PHOTO BOOTH:
SMILEBOOTH

PHOTO BOOTH FRAMES:
OWLNECK DESIGNS

VIDEOGRAPHY:
JIU STUDIO VIDEO PRODUCTION

WHITE WINE SPONSOR:
HALL & WALT WINES

SPONSORING PARTNER:
WEDDINGWIRE