"Peoria"

Any bride who uses her beautiful Vera Wang dress as inspiration for her wedding day is a-okay in my book! In fact, this entire wedding by Jeffrey and Julia Woods ~ Photographers deserves much more than just an easy "A".  McKinley Park Events has solidified that my...

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There's really nothing like returning to your hometown to marry the love of your life. And that's exactly what these adorable high school sweethearts did. They found a pretty little vineyard and surrounded themselves with family and friends, and lucky for us, Olivia Leigh Photographie was there to capture all the lovely little details.

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This Illinois garden wedding by Pam Cooley Photography is GORGeous with a big, fat capitol G-O-R-G!  I love the new take on a the mismatched bridesmaid attire.  Each lovely lady was draped in beautiful pastel hues that perfectly coordinate with the fun striped straws, the colorful "just married" sign and compliment their beauteous bouquets.  The entire affair was created with loving care by the bride and groom and they filled their...

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Despite the fact that you see one outdoor wedding after another on SMP (and around the web, frankly), we are always, always, always on the search for really beautiful indoor, ballroom style weddings. I had a ballroom wedding myself so I know just how tricky they can be when it comes to design. The yucky carpets, the banquet chairs...you know what I'm talkin' about. Well this ballroom wedding is anything but yucky. It's flat out GORGEOUS and the bride did an incredible job infusing her day...

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Good Morning 2010! Wow ... it's hard to believe we're in a new decade. And while the technology of wedding documentation has grown by leaps and bounds, we find ourselves appreciating the older artistic styles of the past even more now than we did back then!  We've shown you several examples this week of the Super 8 style of cinematographry that has become popular with brides and grooms. Today, we'd like to show you a film produced by Andy Jackson of...

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We switched things around a bit today and started with Rachel and Nathan's fantastically fun wedding celebration at the Peoria Country Club. But now, it's time to get take a few steps back to earlier in the day ... because seriously ... their ceremony and portraits are unbelievably gorgeous!

And we have to start by thanking their awesome photographers, Jeffrey and Julia Woods for sharing...

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Rachel and Nathan's first date was at their local fair, so when it came time to plan their wedding, they decided to transform the bar at the Country Club of Peoria into a carnival! There was a cotton candy machine, stuffed animals, fish tanks and more! Such a fun theme and their guests had a ball! Elegance re-defined.

from the beautiful bride ...

The reception was very elegant and classy -- the walls and ceilings were draped in an ivory with a soft pink...

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Talk about teasers! This has to be the teaser of all wedding teaser photos!

Candy buffets, step aside. The child in me would kill to have cotton candy at a very posh, ever-so-elegant wedding! Imagine it ... sipping champagne while oh-so-delicately pinching the most delicious bites of pure silken spun sugar from the freshly made confection! Mmmm... I'd totally do it! And enjoy every moment of the splurge!

If your curiosity is just too much ... you can see...

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Today's featured Little Black Book members are Jeffery and Julia Woods. The wedding photos of Kathleen and Tyson are simply magnificent!

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Kathleen and Tyson's wedding images, sent to us by two of our favorite Little Black Book photographers,  Jeffrey and Julia Woods, elicit such a sense of tranquility deep inside ... it's obvious from beginning to end that the Woods have an innate instinct for capturing not just the obvious beauty surrounding a wedding, but the most subtle nuances that completely define the essence...

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