To our new followers and instant friends, we’re so happy and honored that you’ve chosen to follow along. With 10 years of business under our belts, we thought it fitting for a re-introduction of the Woman who started it all, and a look at the journey that’s led to our 2025 status! ✨
Meet Christine:
•Business Strategist & Boss Lady 💪🏼
•Creative Dreamer & Designer ☁️
•Expert Planner & Event Queen 👑
•Mother to all: Her Team, Businesses, and Baby Teagan, of course! 🩷
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𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘑𝘋𝘌 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 🍫 🎀 🍾 📔
Gifting our new clients is easily in our top 5 of things that never make work feel like a job. Truly, we love it.
You’re engaged, we’re helping you and your fiancé get to your ‘I dos’ with the least amount of stress possible, and that all starts with some celebratory bubbly and goodies! We love giving you a sneak peak into the behind-the-scenes on our dedication to celebrating every aspect of working with our amazing couples!
If you have a brand-new piece of jewelry sparkling on THAT finger, we’d love to hear all about it!! Head to our website to learn more about the CDJE je ne sais quoi and how we can work together on your big day!
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 😉 🍇 🍽️ 🍂
Thanksgiving Eve means something different to everyone, but for us, it’s holiday tablescaping time. Our Senior Event Planner and Director of Business Development, @cjdekaty , never puts down her event planning hat — even when she’s home for the holidays — and we LOVE that about her.
Every Thanksgiving, she gathers with family in Southern Wisconsin, and bonds with her mama over a shared love of tabletop curation and entertaining. And she outdoes herself time after time (those pops of green velvet on the dinner menus, the vintage, etched wine glasses and sea glass water goblets, foraged greenery, and turkey napkin rings = legacy decor that’ll last for seasons on end).
If you’re planning on staying in tonight and watching something fun and festive on Netflix (100 percent from us!), maybe you’ll want to build in some extra time for your own design pulls.
Is there a piece you can’t WAIT to break out for your Turkey Day table?!
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𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕓𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 🌿 🌈 🌿
Getting married at a venue renowned for its winding green ivy facade is the perfect excuse to go a little extra colorful 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. For Emma and Mark’s Labor Day Weekend wedding, we created a ombre oasis to backdrop their ceremony — replete with garden roses and fluffy hydrangea in the softest pastel hues.
But, above them, we turned up the vibrancy of the rainbow palette, mixing in full color (orange, bright pink, and purple tones) focal flowers with whimsical amaranthus and wisteria. And it all popped against the hanging greenery and crystal chandeliers.
When our vision and result are one in the same, it’s truly a thing of beauty!
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Planning & Design: @cjjanda
Floral & Design: @cjeflowers @cjegiora
Venue: @ivyroomchicago
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𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿... “𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀,” ~ 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘄 💕 👠 🦋
Who better to represent #weddingwednesday than our “blushing” bride Carrie, blowing kisses as she seemingly floated down the pristine Golf Course at Butterfield Country Club! If you don’t interrupt your wedding recessional with a dip, peck, and peek of your red Loubs, are you even doing it right?!
Your videographer will love you for it, and we guarantee you’ll always be grateful that those sweet, butterfly-filled memories are etched in your hearts and distilled in film forevermore. It helps when you have a videographer as talented and stealth as @charlie_hilbrant. Often found crouching behind a tree or pole to capture the perfect angle - his ninja-grade form and eye for the smallest details otherwise missed is a true asset to your vendor team.
Reliving your day through film really is the cherry on top of it all.
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Planning & Design: @cjjanda
Floral & Design: @cjeflowers @cjegiora
Venue & Catering: @butterfieldcc_grounds
Videographer: @charlie_hilbrant
Photographer: @lizbanfieldwed
#chicagovideographer #weddingvideographer #weddingcinematography #pinkwedding #pinkweddinggown #blushpink #blushingbride #chicago #luxuryweddings #chicagowedding #weddingluxury #2024wedding #luxuryweddingplanner #chicagoweddings #chicagoweddingplanner #chicagolove #wedding2024 #weddings2024 #
𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘙𝘓, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 👩💻 🌿 ✨
We always ask our clients to create and/or share (if they’ve been imagining the day for a long time already) their Pinterest boards with us — so that we can understand their dream color story, favorite flowers, and overall aesthetic ‘game plan,’ so to speak.
Kristina went to WORK, and gave our Giora the most articulate visual representation of what she and her husband Nick wanted on their wedding day. And we brought their vision to life on the first day of Fall. A perfectly elegant and timeless green and white color story, with little moments of pink.
P.S. Their tall centerpieces might have been our favorite part of the day. We decided to flip the floral vases upside down on the day-of, and it helped bring out this whimsy hourglass design that vibed with our bride in the best way.
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Event Design & Flowers: @cjjanda, @cjegiora
Planner: @urbanallureevents
Bride and Groom: @ktinz @nvastedum
Photography: @serena.bonphotage.photo, @bonphotage
Reception Venue & Catering: @biltmorecc
Linen: @bbjlatavola
Rentals: @tablescapeschgo
Lighting, Dance Floor and Vinyl Stage: @satinchair
Cake: @bittersweetpastryshop
#engaged #gettingmarried #vibecheck #weddingplanning #chicagowedding #weddingluxury #2024wedding #chicagolife #luxuryweddingplanner #chicagostyle #chicagoweddings #chicagoevents #choosechicago #chicagoweddingplanner #instachicago #chicagowed #chicagolove #wedding2024 #weddings2024 #luxuryweddingvenue #chicagoweddingvenue #chicagocity #chicagobrides #luxuryweddingdecor #midwestwedding #midwestweddings #illinoisweddings #weddingflorals #weddingflorist #weddingdesign
💖💖💖 📝 ✍️ 🙌 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝙲𝙹𝙳𝙴 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝙹𝙳𝙴 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜 🙌 ✍️ 📝 💖💖💖
We’re a team full of dream makers, but we couldn’t do it without our tried-and-true canon of core values and principles.
No wedding ever transpires without these facets intact. They’ve remained our foundation for the last 10 years, and they’ll continue for 10+ to come:
1. Quality over quantity
2. There is one YOU. Celebrate accordingly.
3. Flowers are magic
4. Know your worth (and never accept less)
5. The devil is in the details
6. More isn’t always more
7. Invest in people first
8. Love the job and love the industry, simultaneously
9. You catch more flies with honey
10. Being a planner makes me a better designer (and visa versa)
Head to the blog to see what we mean about these 10, in much greater detail. Link in our Bio!
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Planner, Design & Flowers: @cjjanda @cjdekaty @cjegiora
Bride: @courtneymcconahay
Photography: @jennamarie_photo
Venue: @thepenthousehydepark
#engaged #gettingmarried #vibecheck #weddingplanning #chicagowedding #weddingluxury #2024wedding #chicagolife #luxuryweddingplanner #chicagostyle #chicagoweddings #chicagoevents #choosechicago #chicagoweddingplanner #instachicago #chicagowed #chicagolove #wedding2024 #weddings2024 #luxuryweddingvenue #chicagoweddingvenue #chicagocity #chicagobrides #luxuryweddingdecor #midwestwedding #midwestweddings #illinoisweddings #weddingflorals #weddingflorist #weddingdesign
😊🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷 🌷😊
It breaks our hearts that we blink and tulip season in Chicago is already coming to a close... But like Dr. Seuss once said, 𝓌𝑒’𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝓌𝑒’𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 .
Fun fact: We love to reflex our tulips most of the time, meaning we gently peel back the petals, showing off every inch of their beauty!
We’ve infused the flower into so many weddings over the years — including mine and Brent’s! And it just screams big bloom energy.
What’s your favorite color?!
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Photographers:
Amanda & Dan: @brittanybekas
Emily & Todd: @rachelredphoto
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Christine is an wedding and event planner who brings her client’s visions to life through her beautiful flowers and event design.
