Open up a separate checking account to keep track of your funds.
This will help you stay organized throughout the wedding planning process and you will know where you are at in your budget at all times. If you really want to stay on budget start the account with less money than your top dollar budget. This way when you want to start upgrading to premium linens, or adding on appetizers you can quickly access your wedding or event account and know where you stand.
Here’s a simple tip for our brides trying to get those lbs. off before the big day!
Nutritionists like to advise people to create a food journal or diary and track everything consumed for the day. If you think back to grade school or high school even, you may have had assignments that incorporated the same elements of tracking what you ate for a period of time, I know I did, a few times. The results were always consistent. FAIL!
I was never able to keep track of each item I had eaten and would end up creating false items to accommodate the ones I had forgotten. We are far to busy to keep track of everything we consume therefore creating a daily journal of the foods you consume only lead to flawed results due to inaccuracies. This idea makes far more sense to me.
Tasty Food Abundance in Healthy Europe (Photo credit: epSos.de)
We can’t believe how quickly this week has gone past. We are so lucky to work in an industry we love and are fortunate to get enjoyment out of the work we do. This week we got to spend some time at The beautiful Shores of Turtle Creek in Spring Grove, Il. We had a blast and our creative juices were flowing. We designed some gorgeous tablescapes and centerpieces for upcoming events and we are so excited!
We got to walk around this gorgeous venue and enjoy some (not all unfortunately), of the gardens. They are just magnificent and was a great way to start the morning. Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy as well.
From left to right:
The Robert R. McCormick Museum, The Exedra which is Robert’s grave site in classical Greek and Roman architecture, and finally gorgeous stair cases coming down a beautiful hill that lead to a magnificant fountain.
If you are in the Wheaton area or any Northwest suburbs take a visit to Cantigny. Especially this weekend where you can enjoy Ronnie Dunn and much more.
Here is some information on the event for you:
The magnificence of Cantigny Park, a Ravinia-like experience, and all the patriotism of a Fourth of July celebration, this is a “feel-good” event that your whole family will enjoy!
Operation Support our Troops – America is proud to announce ACM, CMA, and Grammy Award Winner, Ronnie Dunn as the headlining act.
The concert is presented by the First Cavalry Association and is sponsored by Midas and Navistar.
The theme of the concert will be “Only In America” to celebrate the ten year anniversary of OSOT-America.
OSOT-America was founded in 2003 by Deb Rickert, mother of two active duty soldiers, collect donations of snacks, toiletries, and other “creature comforts” not readily available to send to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ronnie Dunn multiple winner of CMA Awards, ACM Awards, GRAMMYs, CMT Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards and America’s Favorite Cowboy.
All ages ● General admission ● No alcohol permitted in the park ● Beer Garden from 3 pm – 9 pm
Yesterday we reached 91 in McHenry, 93 in Schaumburg, and it was 92 in Naperville! Stay cool and calm it’s WEDNESDAY and with temperatures like these we know you are already excited for the weekend!
Temperatures will be a bit cooler and there is a lot to do this weekend.
The Naperville Ale Fest will be Naperville’s first craft beer festival. The inaugural festival will take place on Saturday, July 20, 2013.
Situated on the grounds of Naper Settlement, with Downtown Naperville as a backdrop, it is the ideal setting to experience craft beer. The festival will feature over 180 unique beers from craft breweries around the country.
The festival will also feature food from some of Naperville’s best restaurants and catering companies. Live music will accompany the craft beer and culinary celebrations, and one can further enhance their craft beer experience by attending one of the home brewing seminars.
An Eclectic Theater Company Production
It’s a rip-roaring, laugh-a-minute, wild ride through the famed works of William Shakespeare. No need to sit through all three parts of Henry VI, or endure the over 4,000 lines of Hamlet – we’ve got all 37 plays for you right here, in under two hours!
From the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet, to the witches of Macbeth, to Hamlet’s soliloquy, all the Shakespearean highlights are covered… though maybe not quite as you remember them. “The gung-ho vitality is impossible to resist,” raves The New York Times and New York Daily News calls the show “a fantasia of zany energy.” Featuring Metropolis favorites Adam Kander, Andrew Pond and Michael Woods, it’s a summer must-see! Rated PG-13
Nothing says festival like the smell of fried dough and the cool, refreshing taste of fresh-squeezed lemonade. Plainfield Fest attracts the best local food vendors to offer a great variety for every appetite.
The entertainment stage is the hub of Plainfield Fest. Long-lost friends gather in the beer tent and around the stage to relax, listen to great music, and reconnect.
Join the Plainfield Fest beer tent for a sports bar-themed afternoon of fun in the sun, including autograph signings by retired professional Chicago athletes, sports memorabilia, a huge bags tournament, peanuts and cracker jacks, and much, much more!
