“A BIG congratulations goes out to Bobby and his beautiful bride Brittany who were married at Lake Lawn Resort on the shores of Lake Delavan. Bobby + Brittany are a Chicago couple who planned for an out-of-state “mini destination wedding” in the Southern Wisconsin Geneva lakes area. Lake Lawn is about 90 minutes North of downtown Chicago. When Brittany first contact us about her wedding at Lake Lawn mentioning we’d have to travel, we couldn’t wait to hear more as we love traveling for unique weddings + not to mention we love the lakes in this area of WI. With a number of past visits boating Lake Geneva, Lake Delavan, Powers Lake, and other small lakes in Wisconsin before, spending time up in Wisconsin was an easy YES for us.

 

Bobby + Brittany’s wedding was a weekend long celebration. With about 300 guests attending their Wisconsin destination wedding, you can imagine the hotel’s corridors and hallways and the resort’s marina, pool, restaurants and grounds were filled with many familiar faces throughout the weekend. The wooded resort sits along the shores of Lake Delavan and is surrounded by rolling hills of Wisconsin woodlands. A beautiful, picturesque spot to have an outdoor lakefront wedding… but unfortunately with heavy rains on the evening before and on the wedding day morning, left behind was a wet lawn. So Bobby + Brittany opted to be married indoors in the resort’s Lake Lawn Room and nonetheless the room was breathtaking! The timber wooden beam lined room buzzed with family and friends, smiling, cheering and watching as Bobby + Brittany exchanged wedding vows. Even a tear ( or a few ) were shed… Brittany had mentioned there might be a few emotional moments.

 

With so many details on their wedding day, just few things we especially enjoyed … the rustic and luxury lodge hotel rooms which were cozy + woodsy decorated, discovering a few creative shooting spots around the resort for some unique wedding photography, and pictures of Brittany + Bobby together officially for the first time as Mr. and Mrs. Stineman. We enjoyed staying on our toes while organizing our biggest bridal party yet this year ( the twenty five member bridal party ), photos at the marina out on the dock where we captured some dramatic shots against the overcast sky, romantic pictures on the lakefront park bench, and strolling along the resort’s lakeshore. Then indoors it was a must capturing a few poses under the lodge’s stone fireplace and moose before enjoying the final minutes of the cocktail hour. B+B’s wedding reception at the resort’s Geneva Ballroom was an amazing, jaw dropping setting with not one detail overlooked – the ballroom was beautiful! Each and every detail was refined with elegance, personalization, creativity and dashes of luxury. An elegant, fairytale reception setting with ambiance in shades of red and pink lighting and pastel centerpiece floral arrangements and stringing pearls + candles. Visually, the floating petals dropping from the dance floor ceiling created undeniably the most beautiful and romantic center stage setting we have yet to see this year. It was beautiful. Brittany says she developed many of the visual concepts for the wedding, but her coordinators from Speakers and Events R Us helped to execute them.

 

Highly recommended is the live entertainment by Standing Room Only. Both outside in the courtyard during the cocktail hour and later for the reception, the band continued to provide amazing, versatile wedding music with not only a variety of vocals and music styles, but an ensemble of talented musicians and instruments. If they aren’t already booked on your 2011 wedding date, they are surely a must have wedding vendor to check out. Nothing is better than live music at a wedding, and a good wedding band can be difficult to find. Brittany says she fell in love with the wedding band and surprisingly planned her date around their availability. Yes… they are that good!

 

To Bobby + Brittany, we hope you enjoy our pick of favorite blog photos and they create some lasting memories for the two of you. We are so glad Brittany that you found our wedding blog back last Fall. We wish to you love, joy and happiness… nothing but the best! Ryan and I are looking forward to hear about your bright futures ahead. We hope you will keep in touch, we had a great time working with you. And thanks again… we greatly appreciate your hospitality over the weekend including the invitation to the Sunday morning brunch. Thank you Bobby, Brittany and Leslie ( and many others ) in making Ryan and I feel like a member of the family.”

 

 

 

Bobby + Brittany hired a group of awesome wedding vendors:
Destination Wedding Location: Delavan, Wisconsin

Ceremony + Reception: Lake Lawn Resort, Wisconsin on Lake Delavan

Coordinator: Speakers and Events R Us, Milwaukee and Chicago

Ceremony Officiant: Reverend Marcia Boyer

Dress: Watters Dress, from Vanessa’s Modern Bride, Arlington Heights

Hotel + Bridal Suite Prep Location: Lake Lawn Resort, Lake Delavan, Wisconsin

Bridal Jewelry: Erin Cole

Bridesmaids Dress: Vanessa’s Modern Bride, Arlington Heights

Flower Girl Dress: Dear Lilly

Tuxedos: Joseph A. Bank

Caterer: Lake Lawn Resort, Lake Delavan, WI

Cake + Cupcakes: Bridal Cakes By Ann, Kenosha, WI

Flowers: Speakers and Events R Us, Milwaukee and Chicago

Cocktail Hour + Reception Band / Live Entertainment: Standing Room Only, Chicago

Honeymoon: Hawaii, arranged by Laurie Rovell, FCM Travel

 

 

 

Revisit our April downtown Chicago engagement photography session with Brittany + Bobby.

We are excited to announce Bobby+Brittany are a featured couple on the www.wedsavvy.com blog. Check’em out!

“After spending the day with Brad + Lauren out and about on their May in the country high-fashion engagement photo session, we knew their upcoming Aurora wedding at The Roundhouse would be just as great… And was it an awesome day! A day filled with wedding excitement, vibrant colors and lots of people joining in on the celebration.

 

On Brad and Lauren’s summer wedding day it was warm and sunny, beautiful afternoon. We loved capturing the emotions, smiles, love and excitement between B+L at the park. The dense forest and meandering gravel path created a beautiful romantic setting. Brad + Lauren were both glowing and looked stunning. With temperatures being nearly in the 90′s we found a couple of picturesque shaded shooting spots under a canopy of trees. Up the gravel path, we photographed some artistic bridal party group shots, romantic photos of just the bride + groom under an old oak tree, and across the street in the vast prairie. And later, we captured some fun, high-fashion wedding day “urban styled” shots in town.

 

We loved Ren’s chosen bright wedding colors, mixing in tropical shades of vibrant pink and coral. Accents of the tropics were everywhere. Their outdoor ceremony took place under the shining sun, at America’s Historic Roundhouse underneath the courtyard’s gazebo. The Roundhouse is a unique, historic venue located in the western Chicago burb’s appealing to many brides planning a wedding in the Aurora and Naperville area. The brew pub has many smaller themed rooms, a microbrewery, museum, hosts comedy, live music, and newer renovations have retained the historical vintage details of the original building’s construction of the 1850′s. ( It’s one of the oldest existing limestone roundhouse in the nation. ) During the reception, the banquet room’s atrium doors opened up onto the patio providing an outdoor option. So during the evening, guests enjoyed being either outside in the courtyard, or dancing inside on the dance floor. On B+L’s wedding night, a rock band was playing outside in the courtyard ( on the exact same stage where earlier that day they exchanged their wedding vows. ) Inside guest’s enjoyed the music Sounds Abound DJ’s was mixing… nearly everyone’s hands were up in the air and there was plenty of dancing going on on the dance floor. To the guests who attended the wedding… does anyone remember which song was playing during our last featured photo? : )

 

Thanks Brad + Ren in hiring us to capture the two of you and your guests on your gorgeous summer wedding day. Ryan and I enjoyed spending the day with you guys and had a great time helping to celebrate your day along side your family and friends. Enjoy the pictures… hope they bring back many memories of the fabulous day!”

 

 

 

Brad + Lauren’s wedding incorporated many DIY elements. Below are a few highlights:
Ceremony + Reception: America’s Historic Roundhouse, Aurora
Couture Bridal Dress: W1 WHITE ONE
Tuxedos: American Male, Oswego
Flowers: Phillip’s
Makeup + Hair: Salon Two Nine, North Aurora
Coordination: Nicole Cook
Cake: The Cakery
DJ: Kyle Overbey from Sounds Abound, Naperville

 

Revisit our May photos from Brad + Lauren’s Chicagoland high-fashion engagement photography session.