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From the Melissa Hayes Photography:

Before we all say goodbye to the summer here in the Midwest, we wanted to put together a very natural, soft yet chic, wedding inspiration shoot at the beach. Lakefront weddings are a rare occurrence in Chicago, and we wanted to showcase how perfectly intimate the beach at Glencoe Park can be for those brides that dream of a private, sandy lakeside ceremony. With its spanish style beach house, cliff views of beautiful Lake Michigan, and serene beach, guests will be amazed how close they are to the city of Chicago.

Using the rustic wooden tables bordering the sand for dining, Carlene softened them by installing a lace table runner. A smooth, white fabric was draped above to sway in the wind pairing shabby chic with the rustic table, but to also provide shade for guests while dining. Soft, pale pink roses and ribbon were accented with deep purples in the succulents and plums. Sun kissed glass globes were hung at varying lengths to hold delicate blossoms reinforcing an airy feel.  Table florals were displayed at varying heights to mirror the florals above. Neutral toned chargers and satin table runner made for a lovely transition to the lace and whimsical plates.

As a member of the Green Wedding Alliance, Naturally Yours Events also incorporated eco-friendly elements with certain details.  Florals designed by Pollen, specializes in sustainable arrangements. Flower garlands were handmade from old sewing patterns. Paper goods designed by Tweedle Press, were printed on 100% recycled and chlorine free paper and used sustainable ink for the letterpress invitations. Vintage dinnerware provided by Plate whose co-owners discover and repurpose vintage dinnerware for events. Last but not least, the crates and plums were sourced by local farmers from the Windy City Farmers Market in Chicago.

Photography: Melissa Hayes Photography / Coordinator and Design: Naturally Yours Events / Florals: Pollen / Rentals + Linens: Classic Party Rentals / Dinnerware Rental: Plate / Wedding Cake: Tipsy Cake / Cake Pedestal + Vintage Cake Server + Vintage Keys: BHLDN / Pastries: Alliance Bakery / Paper Products: Tweedle Press / Lace and Ribbons: Mignonette Designs / Gowns + Accessories: Belle Vie Bridal Couture / Makeup: Sonia Roselli Makeup Studios / Model: Cassandra of Factor Women / Location: Glencoe Beach Trellis

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1. Not Scheduling Enough Time for Hair & Make-Up

When your hair and make-up team tell you what time they’ll need to start hair and make-up on the morning of your wedding, you’ll probably think they’re crazy. But you should trust them when they tell you how much time they will need. Believe us, you would much rather have too much time with them then not enough. In order to relieve some of that wedding morning stress, have the hair and make-up team come to your house or hotel room the morning of the wedding if possible.  It takes away the stress of traveling to or from the salon and allows your bridesmaids to immediately get into their dresses when their hair/make-up is done if need be.

Your first instinct is to think you should go last with hair and make-up. Ignore this instinct. Your hair and make-up might take the longest and, let’s be honest, it’s the most important. So be sure to go first or second (especially if you have a large bridal party).Don’t worry, the hair and make-up team will stick around to do finishing touches before you leave the salon or after you put dress on if they’re at your hotel. Plus, going first gives you the opportunity to actually drink that mimosa and relax with your girls instead of stressing about whether or not there is enough time to do your up-do.   Also, be sure to tell all of your bridesmaids exactly how much their hair and make-up will cost. You’d be surprised how much time can be wasted with bridesmaids scrambling around looking for extra cash or their checkbooks. More than likely, they’re expecting to pay for this themselves, just be up front with them and you’ll definitely save yourself time and stress.

2. Attending Your Final Dress Fitting Alone

This may seem like a small detail, but you’d be surprised how much time it can take to get you into your dress. Dresses can be complicated – buttons, lace-up backs – and your mom and/or bridesmaids will probably need some insight from your seamstress about how exactly to get you into it. If you go by yourself (or with someone who will not be there on the morning of your wedding day), even if you try to take notes and remember exactly what you were told at the shop, it’s still going to be difficult to explain. So, bring along your mother, your sister, your maid of honor, all your girls if  you want to. Make sure they know not only how to get you into your dress but also how to bustle it if there is a train. And, if your dress has buttons all the way down, head over to the craft store and get a crochet hook to help with those notoriously small button holes that can be a challenge for newly-manicured fingers to button alone.

3. Not Having Everyone Get Dressed Early Enough

When should your bridesmaids get dressed? Before you do. What about your mother and father? Same answer. Ideally, about half an hour before you do. Why? So that when they are gathered around while you’re getting your dress buttoned/zippered, they’re not in their jeans and tank tops in pictures. So that when you father sees you for the first time in your dress the photographer can capture Dad’s reaction while he’s looking his best. And, most importantly, so that once your ready everyone else is too and you can  jump right into picture time.

4. Too Much Distance

Too much time between where you want to get ready and the ceremony location:
You have probably dreamed of getting ready for your wedding in childhood bedroom since you were a little girl. Most of the time, this is totally possible since the church or ceremony location is close to your parent’s house. But if it’s a long distance (an hour or more), it’s not always worth the time and stress to travel on the morning of your wedding day. Between traffic and the added time and expense to transport you and your girls, you’ll probably be wishing you had decided to get ready at a hotel by the church. Save yourself the stress, get ready in a place near the ceremony.

Too much distance between the ceremony location and the reception location:
This stresses everyone out – you as the couple, the guests and your vendors. There’s no doubt that you have found the most beautiful places for both of the events of your day, but do your best to make sure they are not over an hour’s drive away from one another.  This is especially true if it’s important to you to have your guests attend both the ceremony and the reception since many will opt out of the ceremony if there’s such a long drive in between.  Even for those who do attend both, the distance can really bring down everyone’s energy level and make the day seem too long.

5. Not Planning Out Time for Family Pictures

Family pictures are important.  Your wedding day is probably one of the few times in your life that you will have this particular group of family all in the same place at the same time.  You definitely want to get photos of them all together.  That being said, as you probably know from many family parties, gathering everyone together can be a challenge if it’s not planned out.  So, how do you avoid the chaos?  First, decide how large you want the groups to be (just immediate family? aunts and uncles? all of the cousins?)  Then, let them all know ahead of time (at the rehearsal dinner or the week before the wedding) when and where the family photos will be taken.  We recommend scheduling this immediately following the ceremony if you’re not doing a “First Look” and about an hour before the ceremony begins if you are.  This way, family members look their best (pre-partying) and it saves the trouble of having to round all your family members up once the reception begins, which can be a difficult task.  Lastly, select a few close family members (preferably ones that don’t also happen to be in the wedding party), to help round up the family on the day so that you don’t have to.  Also, if you have a particularly large or diverse family, don’t be afraid to make a list and give it to us.  That way we can even rattle off the names of the family members you would like in the picture to make sure they are all there, know all the groupings you would like and make sure that you don’t forget that important picture you wanted with your godmother.

6. Cutting it Too Close with the Limos

Limos can be expensive, especially when you’re probably paying by the hour. So your instinct might be try to cut back and avoid paying an extra hour,  praying that it will work out.  How ever much you may think you’re going to save by cutting it close, it’s not worth it. You don’t want to be in the back of your limo starring at the clock and wondering if you’re going to have to find cash to give the limo driver if you end up going ten minutes over time.

7. Not Scheduling Time to Mingle With Your Guests

It’s a scenario we have seen far too often at weddings we have attended as guests ourselves: a bride starring longingly at the dance floor knowing she won’t have much time for dancing because she has to go table-to-table and talk to her guests all night long. This is almost always because she didn’t schedule enough time to greet her guests earlier in the day, by doing a receiving line and/or join her guests for cocktail hour. Instead, her first chance to talk with her guests is during dinner or once the dance floor opens up, leaving her with little to no time to get out and dance with her new husband beyond the first dance. Of course, you want to see your guests and thank them for coming to celebrate with you but if you make sure that the reception is not the first time they get to talk to you, you’ll save yourself the frustration of hearing your favorite song and not getting to show off your moves on the dance floor.

8. Too Little Time Between the Ceremony and the Reception

This is probably the biggest and, unfortunately, most common mistake brides and grooms make. We know what you’re probably thinking, “I can’t do that to my guests! What are they going to do during that three hours between?” Two things: first, you’re probably overestimating how much time is between. The average ceremony is about an hour long and if you’re doing a receiving line*, that usually takes up at least another 20-30 minutes. Then you factor in the time it takes to travel, whether or not your guests have to check in to a hotel, etc. and you’d probably be surprised that the amount of time they’ll have in between is probably far less than you originally thought. Secondly, most guests don’t really mind. If they have attended a lot of weddings in the last few years, they’ve probably gotten used to having time to kill. Plus, a lot of the women will use this chance to wear something less dressy for the ceremony and then glam up a bit for the reception. Most importantly, having ample time between gives you the opportunity to get tons of pictures and even select an additional location (besides the church or reception venue) to go for pictures if you would like. It’s a great way to have fun with your wedding party and even have some quiet moments for just the two of you before the party gets started.

* A small side-note about receiving lines. We know a lot of photographers are against them. We’re actually not. They can be a great way for you to get to greet your guests and give them a chance to congratulate and hug you (leaving you with more time to dance at the reception rather than having to spend so much time at each table of guests.) So then why are they sore spot for photographers? Because they make our jobs incredibly difficult when there isn’t enough time scheduled for taking pictures. When a bride and groom have only scheduled an hour between the ceremony and reception and the receiving line has taken up 30 minutes of that time, the photographer is still expected to create just as many amazing pictures, but now in half the time. So if you want to do one, go for it. Just make sure you have plenty of time between to ensure that you won’t have to be rushed, and neither will your photographer. And if you don’t want to do one, that’s fine too. Just be sure to include a note in your ceremony program or have your officiant announce it. Otherwise your guests will be waiting outside the church for you and end up stopping you to chat anyway.

9. Not Doing a “First Look”

They’re become more popular, but there are still a lot of couples that shy away from seeing one another before the ceremony. We totally understand your apprehension. You’re thinking that if you see one another before the ceremony it will be less emotional when you walk down the aisle. Not true.  A lot of our couples have done  ”First Looks” and we can say with complete certainty that we have never seen the couple less emotional when they see each other walking down the aisle. It’s usually exactly the opposite. When they see each other during the “First Look” it’s usually teary-eyed about how amazing they both look, how amazed they are that the day has finally arrived. Then when they see each other during the ceremony, the tears start to flow, each of them realizing that the walk down the aisle means that this is all actually happening: they are about to be married. How could you not get emotional?

“First Looks” should especially be considered if you’re in any of the following situations:

Your Ceremony and Reception are at the Same Location
Why? Because you have probably picked a gorgeous location that is perfect for both events of your day and you want to be able actually enjoy the grounds as much as your guests, soaking in the views while you stroll around sipping champagne.  When the ceremony and reception are at the same place, the end of the ceremony is inevitably going to flow directly into cocktail hour.  Your guests have no where else to go and your venue is going to want to keep them entertained.  The idea of leaving all of your guests right after the ceremony to head off for pictures will probably seem incredibly difficult.Even more, leaving yourself with only an hour to do all the pictures of the two of you,your family and your wedding party is WAY too tight.  So, if you see each other before the ceremony you can take the majority of your pictures (possibly even all of your family and wedding party pictures) ahead of time, leaving you will plenty of time to greet your guests and actually eat some of that delicious cocktail hour food.  Of course, if you want to grab a few shots directly after your ceremony you can do that too.  But getting most of the pictures done beforehand is a great way to ensure that you will have that same relaxing experience as all of your guests.

You Don’t Want a Large Gap of Time Between the Ceremony and the Reception
If the idea of having two or three hours between the end of your ceremony and the start of cocktail hour is way too much for you, you don’t have to do it. But you’re probably still going to want amazing pictures and the best way to make this possible is to give your photographers the time they need to make that happen. Most photographers will say they need about an hour minimum to photograph the bride and groom and wedding party and then about 30 minutes for family photos (depending on the size of the family). If you do the first look, you can schedule all that time before your guests even arrive at the church making sure the time in between the end of the ceremony and cocktail can be much shorter, without jeopardizing any time for photos.

You’re Getting Married Before Daylight Savings Begins or After it Ends and You Want Pictures Outside
Why? One word: light. It’s the photographer’s best friend. Let’s say you’re getting married November 12, one week after daylight savings time ends. Sunset for that day is scheduled to be about 4:45pm. Your ceremony is supposed to start at 3pm and end at 4pm. That leaves you with about 45 minutes of daylight for pictures, assuming you don’t do a receiving line and jump right into taking pictures the minute the ceremony ends. Again, WAY too tight. If you do a “First Look,” you can select a location for your pictures, gather together your wedding party (and even family if you would like) and ensure that your Fall wedding still has plenty of pictures with the foliage even if the sun sets a bit earlier than it did a few weeks before.

10. Failing to Give Yourself a “Cushion”

Ask just about any of your married friends or wedding vendors and they’ll almost all agree that weddings hardly ever start on time no matter how well you plan.  Believe it or not, that doesn’t have to be the end of the world.  Not if you make sure to have some extra time scheduled throughout your day. By padding your schedule a bit you won’t have to stress if your ceremony starts ten minutes late or if your priest’s homily goes on way longer than you anticipated.  You won’t have to cut short a conversation with your favorite cousin because you have to jump in the limo you only have for twenty more minutes.

This is your wedding day, a day you only get to live once and you definitely want to savor each and every moment. So why not schedule time to ensure that you will have extra moments?  Time when you can just sit back, relax and soak it all in.  We even suggest that couples set aside some time for just the two of you, time to just enjoy officially being husband and wife.  Believe us, you’ll be very glad that you did.

A big thank you to Robert & Kathleen Photographers for offering these fabulous tips of the trade! Of course, we want to know what you think too – feel free to leave questions, opinions or additional suggestions in the comments below! Married folks out there, what worked for you? Here are a couple of our favorite tips shared by our twitter followers and Facebook fans today:

- @jolene madison said the Bride and Groom should add some time in the day for them to spend alone, just the two of them. I happen to think that is a fabulous (and important) idea!

- Qiana of Wedding Blush suggested having a list of at least five backdrops you know you want in your pictures prior to the wedding. We are big fans of having a game plan going into the big day so we couldn’t agree more!

Keep the suggestions coming! We would love to hear from all of you!

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And it all starts with the ridiculously talented Marcus Bell.  Whose photographs are so entirely captivating, they are more akin to fine art, to something you might see in the most beautifully curated gallery. They are sometimes dark and full of mystery, they are often times overflowing with romance and they are always as beautiful as you could possibly imagine. Click here to see even more images and here to see our favorite wedding of Marcus’s on SMP.

Above Photo: Marcus Bell

Our Labor of Love, a 2011 Top Ten winner, is an old SMP favorite. We’ve featured their weddings a million times on Style Me Pretty because frankly, we’ve never seen a single one that didn’t make us fall in love. Jesse and Whit’s photographs are soft, romantic, utterly spell binding and we generally find ourselves holding our breath as we sift through the galleries. Here’s what Jess and Whit had to say…We are interested in capturing the moments in between. Remembering the beautiful in the ordinary. In these moments we find the authentic image. Click here to see even more images and here to see our favorite wedding of theirs on SMP.

Above Photo: Our Labor of Love

Parker Pfister is one of those photographers who is quite simply…brilliant. His images will make you cry. They will make you gasp. They will make you wonder how a wedding photograph could ever be that beautiful. He’s been a Little Black Book member for a long time and one that we continually look to when we’re in need of true, honest inspiration. The kind of inspiration that gives you butterflies. Click here to see even more images and here to see our favorite wedding of Parker’s on SMP.

Above Photo: Parker Pfister

Jonetsu Studios, a husband and wife duo whose images will turn you into mush the moment you lay eyes on them, also made this year’s list. Their photographs are pure romance, pure art…all bundled up in single stunning image. Here’s what they had to say about their work…To us, photography is the art of revealing the beauty in every person, in every situation.  Looking back at one’s wedding photographs- feelings of connection and celebration should rush back like it all happened just yesterday!  It’s an honor to work with such awesome clients who share the same sentiment. Click here to see even more images.

Above Photo: Jonetsu Studios

In addition to the above 2011 winners, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the winners of past years. All of whom, have found a great little home within our Little Black Book. Starting with Christian Oth, who is the genius behind one of my all time favorite wedding photographs. Click here to see my favorite Christian Oth wedding.

Above Photo: Christian Oth

And Jose Villa. I think by now you guys know just how much I love Jose’s work. It’s the standard to which all wedding photographs should be captured. Click here to see one of my favorite Jose Villa weddings…which just happens to be a celebration for fellow fabulous photographer, Jessica Claire.

Above Photo: Jose Villa

And Karen Wise, who is not only pure talent, she is also the photographer who snapped one of my favorite weddings of all time, Lyndsey and Scott’s Manhattan affair. Click here to see the whole she-bang. And this little number that she photographed…beyond.

Above Photo: Karen Wise

Ray Soemarsono and Erwin Darmali of Apertura are another American Photo winner that we simply adore. Especially the shots from this wedding that we featured a while back. And, please notice the subtlties in this ridiculously amazing shot. There are no words…

Above Photo: Apertura

Matt and Sol of Del Sol Photography are the pair behind the lens of wedding photographs that will steal your heart each and every time. That will catch you off guard, that will give you the giddies, that will force you to stare for hours on end. Click here to see even more.

Above Photo: Del Sol Photography

Alisha & Brook are the definition of wedding perfection. Their work literally gives me butterflies. I could quite possible set up shop and live forever in this very image…

Above Photo: Alisha & Brook

Cliff Mautner’s photography is magic. Pure and simple. The emotion literally pours out of each and every image, making you stop for a moment and devour all of the gorgeousness.

Above Photo: Cliff Mautner’s

Kym and Gary of f8studio are another duo that we heart, that also had the honor of being selected by American Photo. Their work is beyond captivating, beyond beautiful and we’re always looking forward to the new genius that they are cranking out.

Above Photo: f8studio

Heather Waraksa has been an SMP friend for a long time. We’ve pored over her weddings time after time, debating whether we love this one or this one more. Well, her induction into American Photo’s top ten photographers in the world back in 2009 was a total no-brainer. And we’re pretty sure that Heather only gets better with age.

Above Photo: Heather Waraksa

So there you have it. The Little Black Bookers that have been given the incredible honor of being one of the best wedding photographers in the world. That’s a pretty huge title and one that each one of them lives up to in every way possible. A HUGE and hearty congratulations to all of the artists mentioned…we are so very proud.

So proud in fact, that to celebrate, we’re breaking out the bubbly, tossing the confetti and gifting one very lucky reader $499 towards one of our favorite album makers, Cypress. Their books, folios and presentation boxes are kind of stunning and will allow those treasured wedding photos to find a home in the most beautiful of places. You can use the $0499 towards a custom piece that Cypress puts together for you or you can spend it on the Self-Mount photo albums. Either way, the result will be photography perfection.

To enter: Choose your favorite photograph from the above featured images. Enter a comment below with the photographer’s name and a brief description of why you love the photograph. We’ll choose our favorite answer this Friday, May 20th. Please note, the coordinating images are below the description of the artist.

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Tucked inside the gorgeous cover you’ll get to read all about Jose’s secrets for “bringing a stylized sense of composition, lighting, posing, and most important, design, to your images, while still keeping them organic and narrative.” You’ll learn how he encourages his subjects to be at their most natural and how he gets the images right in-camera rather than needing heavy postproduction. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg people.

This book is kind of like a backstage pass to all things Jose. With a heavy hand of beauty, style and pure eye candy to go along with it. And we’re giving one away!

Just leave a comment with the words “JOSE VILLA FAN CLUB” below and we’ll choose a random winner.

For those of you that have to get your hands on it now, you can pre-order a copy right here. He’ll even sign it so you can consider yourself an official member of the Jose Villa fan club. I myself…am the president.

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So here’s the deal. Ryan and Robert will be hosting the LIVE online workshop on Wednesday, November 17th with slots open at 7PM and 10PM EST and will be tackling ALL of the questions and concerns that we get on a daily basis from brides-to-be. The workshop cost is $29…which is basically nothing when you compare that to the budget that most quality photographers require. A very small price to pay to educate yourself and make absolute sure that you understand exactly what every photography dollar means.

Click here to get signed up! And make sure you start jotting down your questions as there will be a live Q & A after the lesson!

PurePhoto is a community for people who love great photography. You can learn, be inspired, connect with others, buy art prints and even sell you own. Check out PurePhoto for more info.

Robert has been shooting for more than 20 years and boasts a clientele of some of the most famous entertainers in Hollywood. He has photographed the weddings of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as well Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Other clients include Jim Carrey, Christina Aguilera, Trent Reznor and Anastacia. His work has been featured in USA Today, People Magazine, US Weekly, Hello, OK, In Touch, InStyle, Grace Ormonde, and Martha Stewart Weddings. His work has also been featured on Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, Extra, MTV, CNN and more. Robert has photographed more than 800 weddings over the course of his illustrious career.

Ryan has been a Professional Photographer for 22 years and is recognized as one of the leading portrait and wedding photographers in the industry. He is continually on the cutting edge of image making in terms of both style and technology. Ryan’s work is often featured in publications nationwide and he has a long list of celebrity clients that include the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Monique Lhuillier and The William Morris Agency. His has been featured in leading publications such as Forbes, Fortune, Sunset, Via, Angelino, Ocean Drive and Travel + Leisure as well as top wedding publications such as InStyle, Modern Bride, and Los Angeles Weddings.

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click here to see the whole shoot, including an adorable outfit not seen here!

From the stunning bride…When Amanda (our photographer) and I started discussing possible looks for our engagement shoot, we thought formal would be fun and beautiful. The one problem, I hadn’t owned a formal dress since my senior prom! So, we thought we would settle for a semi-formal look and call it good. I’m not a sewer, but I had a couple good ideas for easy to make dresses that didn’t take a lot of effort and still look beautiful. The white dress I made with just two pieces of fabric, sewn to a thick black elastic band. There are no zippers or buttons. It was also constructed by hand. I wrapped the top piece around my neck like a halter top, and pinned it to the black elastic band at the appropriate length. The skirt was easy as well. I sewed it to the bottom half of the elastic band, and wahla! A beautiful Grecian inspired gown for only $30 worth of fabric.

The black tulle was actually easier and cheaper. I first created a straight black skirt that was held up by a black fabric ribbon. I then started on one side and wrapped the material around the straight skirt. All the while pinning it in random spots to give it volume and an organic look. I kept circling the skirt and making puckers upon layers. The cost of the tulle was under $25. I wore a simple black strapless dress I already owned underneath.

It was so fun, and meaningful that I wore my own designs! I also made all of the hair accessories and bouquet the morning of the shoot. It really showed me that DIY can be easy and beautiful. I was scared that it would look “crafty” and not professional. But with the help of our very talented photographer, Amanda K, we were able to create something magical.

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And to add to the eye candy that we’ve been sharing today, here are a few more of his absolutely lovely weddings. This one, shot by Shawn Connell for Christian Oth, was held at the Plaza and lived up to the beauty of the venue beyond compare.

This next little work of art was shot by Michael Falco for Christian Oth and was held at the Harold Pratt House. And I am obsessed.

And lastly, this absolutely gorgeous wedding shot by Alison Mayfield was held at the Capitale…

I really wanted today to be a canvas for incredible wedding photography on Style Me Pretty. We owe photographers like Christian so much for allowing us to feature their work, to inspire brides through the photographs they capture. So although I didn’t go into detail about the weddings we featured today, I hope that you were brought to tears, made to smile or inspired to create a relationship with your photographer that will allow for images like these to come shining through.

And a huge thank you to Christian and his team for spending the day with us! Don’t forget to check out their fancy new site…aside from individual portfolios for each of the photographers he works with, Christian has also included a list of his favorite wedding resources. It’s genius.

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We have more coming up in just a bit. Lots of wedding pretty today!

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