wayside chapel wedding — Erica Rose Photography

September 30, 2010 By Erica 1 Comment

I have never seen a bride SO beaming with joy as Lauren was on her wedding day, and Larry could not stop admiring how beautiful she looked. It was such a sweet day to witness!
They were married at The Wayside Chapel in Palos Park – a really quaint stone A-Frame chapel, and one of my favorite locations in Chicagoland for intimate weddings.
Goin’ to the chapel…See?! You can see it. These two could not possibly be happier!loooove this one.This was during Lauren’s dad’s toast when he was talking about Lauren and how he felt when he became her father, a father for the first time.
Ready to dance!

Larry & Lauren I hope you’re loving Orcas Island!
One of my cousins got married there about 10 years ago and is such a beautiful spot. I sure do miss it in that part of the country! Its home to me.
PS Larry & Lauren’s wedding marks the last wedding of my 2010 season. The amazing couples that I’ve worked with and the growth I’ve seen in my business have blown me away this year! I’m not quite finished with 2010 weddings, just that the pace is about to change as winter approaches. I’m looking forward to the change. I’m sure that I will still be busy this winter (both the to-do lists continue to grow) but I also know that it might be contained to more ‘normal’ hours of the day…and that will be a great thing for me.

Wayside Chapel Wedding :: Scott & Monica

Hello internet! I’ve been a little bit absentee in the past couple of weeks, and that is because I went to Colorado for an AMAZING cowboy wedding, and then to Minnesota to visit family. Truly, I have been dying to share some photos from my recent shoots…so here I am, starting to play catch up by sharing some photos from Scott and Monica’s wedding a couple of weeks ago!
It was probably mid March when I was looking at my schedule for the summer, and saw this one unlikely hole – June 12th. I said to Jamie …it is weird that I have this hole. Its June 12th! Every other Saturday (and Friday and Sunday) in June I’ve gotten multiple inquiries…why no love for June 12th? And then I heard from Monica! She started off her email by saying…I know this is kind of last minute and that you are probably booked, but my wedding is on June 12th – are you free?! And I was! It was meant to be.
To top it off, Scott and Monica were planning for just the kind of wedding that I love to shoot…in a great old stone chapel called The Wayside Chapel (so perfect) and then a backyard reception!
Most beautiful bridesmaid’s bouquet I’ve ever seen? Quite possibly.Love.So, unfortunately it did rain enough that we had to be inside rather than outside for the ceremony, but maybe these umbrella shots make up for that? They sure do make a cute prop!For some reason these two were a little nervous about the couple shots…I have no idea why, they were great! Look at how stunning they are together.
Monica’s brother helped her do a lot of the decor and set up at the reception, they both have such a great eye for this stuff!Beautiful bride, and such a lovely person! Congrats Monica – it was a pleasure working with you!