Gateway to Love!!!

Saturday April 25th was a great day for a wedding! We spent a fun, exciting day with our bride and groom Matt and Emily at Peoria's own Gateway Building. The walls were washed in bright pink and orange along with cobalt blue linens provided by Beth with Save the Date. Let me say, this made for a spectacular, eye catching event! The posted pic. (taken with my phone) DOES NOT do the beauty of this room justice! Jeff and Julia Woods were also on hand capturing the love story of the evening. With any luck they will bless us with a few beautiful photos of the reception. Thanks for having us, have a great time in Cabo Matt and Emily!!!

Party at the Park!!!

We had the pleasure of celebrating the union of two wonderful, fun people yesterday. Taylor and Jerry, along with two hundred fifty of their closest friends and family gathered at Bloomington's Park Hotel and truly showed us how fun a wedding reception can be. As the doors opened and the guests found their way into the ballroom, it was obvious that we were in for an exciting evening of dancing and partying. Thanks to all who took the time to visit with us last night!

Ron & Tari Got Married...

Last night we spent some time with Ron and Tari; a bride and groom who know how to party! The couple were married on a destination wedding earlier in the month. A true, good ole' fashioned party followed with only the closest friends and family members of the bride and groom as guests. Thanks again to Ron and Tari!! Congratulations!!

New photos to share and congrats to Cyra and Mark!

Congrats to Cyra and Mark! The two were married on Saturday April 4th, a beautiful day for a wedding in Lincoln with a fun filled reception following. Thanks to the two for allowing us to share in your special day!

Also, please see our site which has been updated with photos from two recent lighting events we've produced. Todd and Jamie Reichman captured many stunning images of the event hosted at the Embassy Suites of East Peoria. The reception, on March 28th was full of many new ideas and fun concepts created by Beth from Save the Date. Also, The Country Club of Peoria played host to two absolutely fabulous events on February 14th and the 21st. The Peoria Ballet took center stage on Valentine's Day offering up an incredible dinner party for their guests (sorry, no photos of this one). February 21st brought Kathleen and Tyson's event to the club. The bride and groom selected red as their primary color, and lots of it! Wow, how cool! With the help of Beth Maxwell (of Save the Date fame) the country club took on the look of a hip, modern well established opportunity for fun and dancing. Style Me Pretty, an online publication also selected local, renowned photographers Jeff and Julia Woods' images of the event to be featured in their "Little Black Book" blog. How awesome is that?! What's so cool is, this is only April! I can't wait to see what else 2009 has to offer with upcoming events! We're also working on getting photos of the Heart and Lung Ball as well as the Cancer Society Gala posted as well. Two other events we were honored to be a part of! Have a great day!

Welcome...

Welcome to our brand new blog! This is particularly exciting for us as this is our first post... Where to begin? I think it's mostly important to thank the people who have supported us over the months by offering kind words of encouragement, advise and referrals to our beloved clients. Pam Cooley of Pam Cooley Photography, Nellie of Nellie Photography, Todd and Jamie Reichman of Reichman Photography and Schilling Photography all have been incredibly generous by allowing us to display their photographic art on our website for the world to see. We especially want to thank Jeff and Julia Woods of Woods Photography for giving us a priceless credit in their recent publication in the Style Me Pretty/Little Black Book blog: stylemepretty.com/2009/04/03/real-wedding-kathleen-tyson-february-red-iv/. The staff and management at the Embassy Suites, the Par-a-Dice Hotel, the Peoria Civic Center as well as the Country Club of Peoria have been overwhelmingly supportive of our concepts and have worked to accommodate our crazy requirements to produce the products that we offer. We absolutely love to work with Lisa Regan of Happily Ever After, as well as Miranda Kemp of After the Diamond. These two lovely ladies are a must to planning a fun, exciting and well managed event. And of course, we can't thank Beth Maxwell of Save the Date enough. Beth is the mastermind creator of many of the "who's who" events hosted in the Peoria area. Beth, her staff and our staff all share the vision of giving our client's an alternative to something dramatically different than the "normal" wedding experience. Beth truly offers her clients the opportunity to achieve the "wow" factor or simply bring an understated touch of elegance to their events. Bottom line... if you're planning an event, call Beth! O.k., I'm sorry for the long but necessary post. But, if you visit with any vendor noted in our blog, you'll see why it was so important to mention our favorite wedding pros. We consider ourselves very lucky to be in the Peoria/Bloomington wedding bizz and are humbled to be in the company of such a great collection of talented folks representing their specific trades. Thank you too all, Scott