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Not Engaged Yet, but feel it coming? Here are five things to do Now.

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Oh the “dream” of being able to work from home. Yes, it is pretty amazing being able to be in sweats for most the day, and having the ability to work from the comfort of your cozy bed or couch. But, it is easy to find yourself distracted and fall off course! Today, I want […]

A Page From Our Storybook: Working From Home Successfully

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Wedding Guest List Must-Know Tips to Creating Your Wedding Guest List It is very easy to start writing out your guest list only to realize a couple hours later that you have 400 or more people on it! Ahh!!!! Although deciding who to invite and who not to invite can be a pretty difficult task. […]

Must-Know Tips to Creating Your Wedding Guest List

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Hi Creative Friends,  Hope you are having a beautiful start to 2016! When we chatted last, I promised that the feeling of running your own business is one of the most incredible feelings ever, and it is!! However, just like in everyday life, aside from work and business, we can definitely have our ups and downs […]

A Page From Our Storybook: A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur

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Some of you may know, years before finding the love of your life, the exact location you will be saying, “I do”. Some of you may be back and forth between a few ceremony sites or have no idea where you would like to get married. Regardless if you know your location or not, we […]

A Page From Our Planner: Our Top Tips for Booking Your Ceremony Location

Wedding Planning

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Create Wedding Budget How to Create a Wedding Budget There is no doubt that engagement season is upon us. I bet that your  feeds are filled with post after post of pretty new diamonds and the smiling faces of your friends! But YOU made it to this post! So I am going to have to […]

How to Create a Wedding Budget

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Hi My Loves! What a nasty little storm we are having out here in Chicago! Not quite rain, not quite snow. But a bunch of slippery ice and strong winds! They don’t call us the “Windy City” for nothing, that’s for sure! I’m not minding it all too much as the weather has got me […]

A Page From Our Storybook: Go After Those 2016 Goals!

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Can you believe that within a couple days after getting engaged, most couples are already asked the question, “When is the big day?!”.How can you possibly know your wedding date when you haven’t even received your ring back from your jeweler, sized perfectly to your finger yet??! Don’t get overwhelmed. The day you choose your wedding […]

Five Things Every Couple Must Do After They Get Engaged

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Wow! This week was incredible- almost too incredible for words!!! For those of you who follow me on Instagram (@storybookchicagoevents) or facebook, you may have already seen a sneak peek of some of my excitement.  If you don’t follow me yet, you are in luck, because I just HAVE to share with you how wonderful […]

A Page From Our Storybook: An Inspirational Week With the Rising Tide Society

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Finding ways to save you money on your wedding is precisely what Wedding Planners do best! Which is why hiring a planner is such a great investment! We would like to share with you just a few of our tips and tricks to getting the most bang for your buck! By making adjustments like the ideas […]

A Page From Our Planner: Saving Money on Your Wedding Without Being Cheap!

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Good Morning Loves, I thought that this topic would be perfect for my next blog as I am currently trying to finish…yes finish, changing my last name to my husband’s. To be quite honest, after launching this blog, I am headed BACK to the Social Security Office! – When will this be over!!!!  I wanted […]

Changing Your Last Name After Marriage

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THE JOURNAL

Not engaged yet but know it’s coming? Here's what you should start doing now.

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Planning Tips

5 Things to do Before You Get Engaged

Did COVID postpone you wedding from one season to another? Learn 5 tweaks you can make to accommodate for the new season.

Wedding Design

How to Tweak Your Wedding Design 

Wondering how Storybook began and how we got to where we are today? I’m sharing our story as we enter our seventh year. 

The Storybook Team

The Story Behind Storybook

20 TIMELESS
COLOR PALETTES

At Storybook, we value timeless design. So much so that it makes up one of the four facets of our planning process. If you believe in timeless design too, we would love to share 20 beautiful color palettes, carefully curated, just for you. 

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