A few more vendors to add:
Hair and Makeup - Holly Kaspirin, Chicago Bridal Hair and Makeup
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www.chicagobridalhairandmakeup.com)A+
Holly was amazing to work with. The trial was easy to set up - we did it at her house. The day-of she was on time (at 630AM!) and the two girls she brought for hair and makeup were great. All the girls looked amazing! I can't thank her enough. She is truly an artist and does a great job with both hair and makeup.
Photobooth - Snapshotz
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The package we picked included everything we needed - 4 hours of time, 2 attendants, props, a CD of all the images and a photobook of all the shots. The attendants were great and it was a huge hit at our wedding
DJ - Gil with DJ Chicago
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www.dj-chicago.com)A+
Mark, the owner, was very easy to work with and reasonably priced. We were able to check out our DJ, Gil, at a bar before booking him. Gil did a phenomenal job with everything - all our events for the evening were done on time. He did a great job keeping the dance floor packed and knowing what to play and when. Our guests couldn't stop talking about how great the music was!
Cocktail Hour Music - Chris Green (Jazz Trio)
B
Chris did a great job during the cocktail hour, honestly I can't remember really noticing him that much, but the guests did. My only complaint is that we booked him for 1 hour but paid for 4 hours - as he had a 4 hour minimum. I wish he would kept playing until all guests were in the ballroom and we were about to be announced. Since our cocktail hour was moved from the rooftop due to rain to the area outside the ballroom - it was more like 1.5 hours than 1 hour, but Chris and the group just packed up as soon as the hour was up. I don't know if should be mad at the Doubletree for not moving the timeline up considering the location changes and extra time to guests from the rooftop to the ballroom wasn't necessary or Chris for not checking with us to see if wanted him to play longer. All in all, his band is very talented.