If you are planning a Chicago wedding locating the perfect venue can be a daunting task. Chicago wedding venues range from classic ballroom locations to modern chic spaces. If you are looking for a unique space for your Chicago wedding check out the Field Museum of Natural History.
The Field Museum of Natural History is one of the most stately and elegant settings for an event in the entire country. One of the four great natural history museums in the world, it is alive with ideas, discovery, surprises, and delights just waiting for you. With over nine acres of exhibits and special displays, you will discover the ancient secrets and treasures of mankind and the diverse natural environment of our world. Just off Lake Shore Drive, the Field Museum is nestled in the Museum Campus which overlooks the Chicago skyline and beautiful Lake Michigan. The Field Museum of Natural History is the perfect place for your Chicago Wedding if you are looking to step out of the box.
Now, to paint the picture of a fairytale winter wedding…the ceremony would be filled with icy décor that is white and pure and creates a respectful ambience for the vows. Here guests are greeted with a myriad of white flowers, candles, and fabric that creates a mystic ceremony setting. A heavenly gospel choir entertains the crowd as guests are being seated. The aisle and alter are dusted with glittered faux snow and white silk fabric swags the ceiling. As the bride and groom embrace in the first kiss as husband and wife artificial snow or white feathers begin to falling from the ceiling and the couple marches down the aisle. This sure put guests in the mood for a real party. Later, the night can shine with reflective, mirror-like surfaces throughout such as a silver Mylar curtain behind the band, mirror-squares hanging on fishing-line behind the head table.
Tables are dressed in sheer white linens customized with Swarovski crystals. Tables can be topped with a glass cover. Lounge furniture with fluffy pillows and coffee tables create cozy seating areas. An abundance of candlelight, velvet fabrics, and comfortable furniture are great winter wedding accompaniments. The room oozes with glitz…big spherical objects and stars hang from the ceiling at different levels. This hanging decor is made out of flowers or crystals.
Winter weddings can embrace the cozy time of year by offering comfort food and drinks like: trays of hot toddies instead of champagne trays; soup sips served in shot glasses along with passed hors d’ oeuvres; miniature grilled cheese sandwiches accompanied by a sipper of tomato soup for a first course, followed by and entrée of traditional family gathering favorites like stuffing and mashed potatoes with filet mignon or stuffed chicken breast. Desserts can also wear the winter flare; hot chocolate with whip cream and marshmallows (and a splash of Bailey’s Irish Cream) can satisfy the sweet tooth in place of a dessert table or wedding cake. A “make-your-own-s’mores” station is interactive and delicious. This would 
include a long table of toppings including graham crackers, marshmallows, a variety of decadent chocolates, caramels, fruit coulis, whipped cream, fresh berries, etc. Guests can pick their s’more toppings and an action chef does the rest. Winter food favors are fun too…they can range from individual hot chocolate packets stuffed inside thematic coffee mug to non-perils (the chocolate candy covered in white dots) in a cellophane bag. For the real die-hard winter weather lovers – a snow cone is the perfect sweet treat to end a meal.
). Mama Cloud and I still agree that working a planner into the budget, even when we still didn’t want to admit we really needed one, is the best decision we ever made. Because really, the church lady just might not bother to fluff your veil right before you walk down the aisle. And more than any other day you need someone on your side fighting for your vision, or at least giving you a little fluff.
