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Planning a Wedding Budget with a Chicago Wedding Planner

Let’s talk budget because it’s a driving force behind any wedding. As a Chicago wedding planner, Big City Bride does not make up the cost of a Chicago wedding, but we certainly can help you know what costs to expect if you’re planning a wedding on a budget. Hiring a wedding planner from the beginning... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 23, 2012 at 4:41 pm
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St. Teresa of Avila Church in Lincoln Park

The Big City Bride wedding planner search for the church continues! We love so many Chicago wedding churches and want to share with you options well known and lesser known. St. Teresa of Avila is a lovely modern Catholic church in Lincoln Park and could be the perfect spot for your Chicago wedding ceremony! St. Teresa... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 20, 2012 at 6:46 pm
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Courtney + Nate = Style Me Pretty

As Big City Bride we tend to share our Chicago wedding planning expertise in Chicago, but we love when we get to plan for a new location. We’ve planned internationally … we’ve planned tropically…and we’ve planned all over the Midwest! We love this Champaign Illinois wedding currently on Style Me Pretty! It’s so exciting to have... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 17, 2012 at 10:41 pm
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BHLDN Is Styling Support For Chicago Children's Charities!

Chicago wedding planner, Big City Bride would like to introduce you to the Anthropologie wedding line, BHLDN. Don’t let the name scare you…try pronouncing it “beholden.”  With their BHLDN Chicago location on Walton Street, it has entered the Chicago bridal world and has been turning heads since it opened in February! BHLDN has beautiful wedding... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 12, 2012 at 6:20 pm
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Lollapalooza!

Summer is coming quickly and that doesn’t only mean that Chicago wedding season is upon us but also that Chicago will soon be filled with the sound of music. One of the highlights of summer in Chicago is Lollapalooza, starting August 3rd and raging until August 5th. Enjoy a three day Chicago music festival with over... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm
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Big City Bride Wins Designers Challenge!

Big City Bride is honored to be the Chicago wedding planner behind the winning Designer’s Challenge for Chicago Style Weddings Magazine. Working together with a Chicago wedding florist and a Chicago wedding cake designer we were able to bring our inspiration to life. A Chicago stationer added some pizazz with a fancy boxed wedding invite... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 5, 2012 at 7:02 pm
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Chicago Cultural Center - A Closer Look Up

Chicago wedding planner Big City Bride adores the Chicago wedding venue that features two Tiffany’s domes and lots of city history. Across the street from the famous Millennium Park, the Chicago Cultural Center is a beloved Chicago wedding venue. Chicago wedding photographer Edenhurst Studio took this gorgeous photo of the Chicago Cultural Center Tiffany dome... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
April 4, 2012 at 10:22 pm
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Free Tickets to The Lucky One Chicago Screening!

Big City Bride, Chicago’s favorite wedding planner … is so excited to partner with Warner Brothers Pictures to give away 50 tickets to the screening of Nicholas Sparks’ newest adapted movie The Lucky One. Starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, this romantic drama has women everywhere swooning! With commercials on every channel and trailers on... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
March 29, 2012 at 12:01 pm
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Get Lucky With Nicholas Sparks in Chicago!

Who’s going to be The Lucky One?! Big City Bride is the lucky Chicago wedding planner with some really fun romantic movie connections (Warner Brothers Pictures)…and we’re excited to pass our luck along to you! Nicholas Sparks’ new movie The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, hits Chicago movie theaters on April 20... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
March 28, 2012 at 7:15 pm
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Wedding Shoes To Dance The Night Away

We’ll admit it. Everyone at Big City Bride has a pair of Toms. They are unbelievably comfortable and weigh close to nothing. One of our Chicago wedding planner secrets is packing an extra pair (or three) of shoes because we never stop and we never sit down! Big City Bride will be going on wedding... Read more »
By Susan Cordogan,
March 23, 2012 at 5:51 pm
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