Meredith and Adam Dean
Wedding Date: July 25, 2009
“Adam and I met while attending Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL. As Jacksonville is close to the mid-point between both of our hometowns, it was very easy for us to make decisions regarding our venues. We were married in Rammelkamp Chapel on the Illinois College campus and our [...]

Matt and Chelby
Wedding 6-20-2009

“My family is huge and thus I had been to so many weddings when it came time for me to get married I had so many ideas of what to do and what I didn’t want to do. My main priorities were to make sure people had fun, had good food and [...]

“Ben and I met 10 years ago in a sociology class through Lincoln Land in Petersburg (when LLCC used to have a site there).  I was 17 and he was 20. I had decided to be ambitious and take my 1st college class the summer between my junior and senior year of high school.  It [...]

Date of Wedding: May 28, 2011

“The inspiration for the day was, most importantly, to make sure everyone had a good time!  I wanted something classic with clean lines, and almost a little preppy so we chose Navy and White as our colors.”

“There were intentionally few DIY projects since I’m not really crafty!  Jake’s mom did [...]

Date of Wedding: June 24, 2011
“Zach and I met in the 8th grade in Springfield, IL dating for a very short period of time and later reconnected and fell in love in Chicago.”

” We wanted to share our special day with family and friends in the town we both grew up in, Springfield, IL. Having [...]

Date of Wedding: October 10, 2009

Ryan proposed at midnight on  New Years Eve, 2008 in front of their closest friends.   What a great way to ring in the new year!

Sarah and Ryan really wanted to get married in the fall and did not want to have a long engagement so they had to start the [...]

Date of wedding: August 28, 2010
About our wedding:
“Jeff proposed to me on Mother’s day on our 3 year anniversary.  Both families and several friends were aware of the tactics he was up to-thank goodness I said ‘yes’!! He is originally from Dixon, Illinois and his extended family lives in Indiana and North Carolina. My family is from [...]

Katie and Luke’s wedding planning journey:
“Luke and I had been dating for just over a year before we got engaged.  He proposed to me on new years eve at midnight.  Within a week I had already booked the church and reception place.  Luke is a farmer so I knew I had only certain times to do it.  [...]

Christina & Jordan’s wedding planning journey:

“Jordan proposed 12am the night before Thanksgiving of 2008. Within a week we had chosen our wedding party, picked out our wedding colors, ordered bridesmaids’ dresses, found my wedding dress, and picked out a general time of year for the wedding.  I used the Springfield Journal’s Wedding Edition to track [...]

Katie and RJ are a couple of high school sweethearts who both have a love for the outdoors.  So the Hill Prairie Winery in Oakford, IL was a perfect fit.  The weather was beautiful, the guests had a blast- you couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day!

Photos by: Morgan Park

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Photographer: Photography by Jenelle
Florist: An [...]