Chicago Wedding Planner

Where visionary design meets flawless execution, we orchestrate unforgettable celebrations across Chicago and The Midwest. Our passion lies in transforming your dreams into breathtaking realities, meticulously weaving creativity with organization. We specialize in full-service wedding planning, wedding design, month-of coordination, and creating unforgettable celebrations tailored to every couple's vision.

For those ready to embrace their celebration wholeheartedly, knowing every facet will be managed with effortless grace, your journey begins here.

Wedding Planning Services

YOUR boldest DREAMS BECOME OUR BLUEPRINT. WE METICULOUSLY CRAFT EVERY DETAIL, ENSURING A CELEBARTION FILLED WITH joy.

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WHAT WE DO BEST

Creating unique, MEMORABLE, and fun events for all celebrating LOVE.

As experienced Chicago Wedding Planners, we believe your engagement should be filled with excitement, not endless to-do lists. From full-service wedding planning and vendor management to timeline creation, wedding coordination, and event design, we handle every detail with precision so you can focus on celebrating your love, creating lifelong memories, and enjoying every moment of your wedding journey with complete confidence.

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What Clients Are Saying

“When it comes to event planning, working with Jelena, and her assistant Joseph, feels like assembling the dream team. From the first phone call, my husband and I knew we had found the perfect fit. Jelena's attention to detail, adaptability to our needs, and professional yet approachable demeanor left us with an instant sense of confidence. What truly set her apart was her responsiveness, ensuring that no matter the time of day, our questions and concerns were addressed. Jelena and Joseph were a dynamic duo, fully prepared and ready to orchestrate our event. They seamlessly coordinated with our vendors, keeping everyone informed and focused on their tasks. In fact, I was continually amazed at Jelena's foresight, as she always seemed to be ten steps ahead, for a flawless execution. I cannot sing Jelena's praises enough; I would hire her ten times over for any future event. She acted as the glue that held our event together, allowing it to flow seamlessly and effortlessly. The positive feedback from other vendors post-event speaks volumes: "Your wedding planner and her assistant were simply amazing. I have worked with many planners before, but Jelena's professionalism and expertise truly stood out.”

JENNA & SLYVESTER
“Where should I even start? Jelena and her team are the #1 reason my husband and I decided to move forward with our dream wedding, and I can’t begin to thank her enough for that. We chose her full wedding planning service, and she was INCREDIBLE. She is so friendly and easy to work with but will take charge in times of conflict and stress (which is inevitable when you are planning a wedding.) It may be tempting to try and cut costs anywhere you can when planning but I highly recommend not cutting out a planner, she is worth every penny. I met with many planners before I connected with Jelena and after our first zoom call, I knew she was different than the others. She made sure each vendor we selected fit in with our vision and more importantly our budget. She listened and brought our dream to life, even better than we could have imagined. It’s rare to find a planner who is willing to help with any and everything, she even helped me squeeze into my dress and carried my long heavy train in 95-degree weather. Even after our wedding she has kept in touch and made sure we are doing well. Jelena, you were made for this career and are impacting lives in big ways. You are fantastic and I am so excited for the next bride and groom who decide to work with you.”

GRACE & EVIN
“STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND BOOK NOW! Jelena is professional, responsive, sweet, affordable and GETS THE JOB DONE! She was worth every penny! We had a few hiccups during our wedding day and Jelena made it go so smoothly. She knows what she’s doing and I couldn’t recommend her enough!”

TRICIA & MATT
“Wow we cannot thank Jelena enough for everything she did for us on our big day. We hired Jelena for our themed Star Wars wedding and she completely blew us away!! She is very communicative, responsive, professional, and kind. She kept everything on our timeline and we were even running ahead of schedule!!! If you are looking to hire a coordinator, look no further as you are in the best possible hands with Jelena. Jelena, you are a complete ROCKSTAR! I am pretty sure if we hadn’t hired you that our day would have been a complete mess!!! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you thank you thank you for everything.”

MIRANDA & JACK
"I hired Jelena for my wedding and she was outstanding! She was extremely helpful leading up to the wedding making sure everything was organized and all the small details were taken care of. The day of the wedding she was so professional and handled everything, which took so much stress off of me and my husband. It ended up raining on our wedding day and she helped us stay calm while also having to change our ceremony location last minute, which she did so beautifully and efficiently. Our day wouldn't have gone as smoothly without her. I would recommend Jelena to anyone looking for a wedding coordinator!"

BRITTANY & RILEY
“Literally cannot say enough about Jelena and how much she helped out before and the day of our wedding. She is professional, courteous and very detail oriented. She noticed things that we did not and handled all the moving parts with ease. She made our day run smoothly and we will be forever grateful that Jelena was a part of our momentous occasion. 5 stars all the way!!!”

ALISA & JOHN
Hiring Jelena for a full planning service was the best investment for our wedding and I would hire her 10 times over if I could. She was always available and eager to help in any way that she could. She listened to our vision and executed it with absolute grace and precision. I don’t know how she does it, truly I don’t, because I could never do what she does. Jelena is an absolute angel. A fairy god mother if you will, who will make all your wedding dreams come true. If you’re thinking about hiring a wedding planner, don’t think just DO IT. Thank you Jelena for not only being a wonderful wedding planner but a beautiful person as well.

KRISTINA & OCTAVIAN
"Jelena was an amazing wedding planner. She helped us through the process of securing a venue, provided outstanding vendors and even helped with the communication process with these vendors, all the way through our big day when she helped the day run smoothly. Jelena was timely in her communication, follow up, and organization processes. She supported us through some decision fatigue and was always there to listen as we thought through aspects like our wedding day timeline, how to incorporate aspects of our multicultural wedding, and laughed with us through some of the unexpected aspects of planning. We highly recommend Jelena and Love Story Weddings!"

ANGELA & PAT
“From small details like addressing vendor dress code and making sure the cake topper is on, to huge efforts (at least in our case) like clean up - having the additional help so we (or our families) didn’t have to deal with anything extra on an already crazy, hectic, and emotionally charged day was the best thing we spent money on for our wedding! Jelena is very quick to respond throughout the process and doesn’t make you feel like you’re ever wasting her time or rush you to make a decision. The recommendations she made for the schedule were amazing, and I’m so glad we made some adjustments to our originally planned timeline. Cannot recommend this team enough if you’re looking to bring your Love Story to life!”

NICOLE & DYLAN
“Wedding planning is stressful even for the most organized person! I realized this and hired Jelena to help with our big day. Jelena was fantastic, we met multiple times over Zoom leading up to the wedding. She was so easy to communicate with (responds to text messages, e-mails and phone calls). We ended up adding her clean-up service onto my package and we are SO glad we did. Jelena helped box things up towards the end of the night so my family/friends weren't stuck doing that. Also Jelena has really great communication skills. You might have to have some tough conversations with your venue or with vendors -- Jelena helped me a lot with these and I really appreciated it. My only regret is not talking to Jelena earlier in the process. She has so much knowledge and experience about venues in NWI and Chicago. She can help find exactly what you are looking for.”

ERIN & SAM
"I had the absolute best experience with Love Story Wedding & Events!! Jelena was amazing!! She made my wedding day as seamless as possible and made sure everything was in order!! She has great professional input and experience!! She helped me make decisions and gave great ideas that correlated with my visions for my special day! I really do not know what I would do without her! Everyone in the wedding party also agreed she did a great job keeping everyone in line with timeline of the day. ALL my vendors also loved working with her because she paid attention to detail and was very good with communication! She made the scary parts of wedding planning very easy as she has so much experience!! THANK YOU AGAIN!!!"

ABBY & SAM
I can't say enough about the support Jelena and her team gave us leading up to and on our daughter's wedding day. We had many vendors and movement of flowers, music, and guests from one location to another. They were wonderful at coordinating them all prior to the big day. Then, the Love Story team were professional, friendly and helpful to everyone on the day off. They truly helped us have a beautiful, problem free day!

KELLY (MOB)
"Jelena and her team were so great to work with! She went above and beyond and was able to answer all of my questions, give great advice, and ease all of my worries ahead of the big day. In addition, her team was flawless the day of and did so much behind the scenes to make it a day I would never forget!"

SAMANTHA & TYLER
"I hired Jelena as the day of coordinator for my wedding in August 2023. I actually met her at the venue that we chose for our wedding day. She is so awesome. She gave me any support I needed from day 1. Constantly sending checklists, or helpful tips/recommendations to help me plan my wedding. She’s so organized and has so much experience, which made me feel comfortable on the day of the wedding. I didn’t worry about a single thing on the day of the wedding because I trusted her to take care of anything or come find me if something needed my attention. I 100% recommend hiring this company. I plan to recommend it to any friends that plan to have a wedding!"

ROYA & TONY
"We are so happy with Love Story Weddings and Events. Jelena made the process of planning, organizing, setting up, and day of coordination so easy. She guided us through the final planning stages and made sure our big day stayed on track. Throughout the night, multiple people at our venue complimented us on how helpful Jelena was. I would highly recommend her services to anyone planning a wedding!"

SUNITHA & MICHAEL
"Do yourself a favor and book Jelena and Mimi! They have your best interest in mind and thought of little things I would've missed. She is involved at the venue walk through, rehearsal, and of course day of. Just having her around gave me peace of mind that everything would be taken care of. She is detail-oriented and just gets it done! She was a calming presence on the big day as well which was so appreciated. Having her come back at the end of the night to help clean up was also SO worth it. She is organized and always responded in a timely fashion. We also had her book our honeymoon to Greece and I'm so glad we did. She knows what she is doing and it was such a relief to not have to book everything ourselves. Book Love Story Events!!! It is so worth it and you will be glad you did. :)"

JANELLE & GRANT
"Jelena is an incredible planner. I cannot recommend her more highly. We worked with Jelena and her team for 10 months leading up to and during our wedding. She kept us on task during the entire process, but she really shined on the day of our wedding. Jelena went so above and beyond to make sure our vision became a reality. She has the experience to pick out all the little gotchas before they happen to make sure that everything is buttoned up and runs smoothly on the day of. I really can't thank her enough."

Oliver & Loran
"Had the pleasure of working with Jelena and her team. They honestly rocked, very on point and made sure to keep us updated. Can’t recommend them enough, hope to film more weddings they run. It was a breath of fresh air to see such a solid team. Don’t even think about it, hire them to run your event."

Brandon Wilson Films
"Jelena is such a wonderful person, her energy and confidence was exactly what we needed to collaborate on such a phenomenal day! There is no way we would have been able to plan such a seamless wedding without her! We are so appreciative of the hard work and organization she brought to the day of. Jelena allowed us to be 100% present on our wedding day and that is truly the best gift we could have asked for."

Loran Newman
"Love Story is absolutely amazing! I don’t know how I would’ve been able to plan our wedding without her. She was so organized, coordinated with all of our vendors, and offered great advice and assistance while wedding planning. She even offered the honeymoon planning service and found us two wonderful hotels in Bali. Jelena helped make our vision of our wedding come to a reality and the day ran so smoothly with her guidance."

Luke and Alex
"Working with Jelena and the team at Love Story Weddings was truly one of the best decisions we made throughout our entire wedding planning process. From our very first interaction, she was organized, communicative, and so thoughtful about every detail. Our wedding day ran absolutely flawlessly — not a single thing went wrong — and that is 100% thanks to Jelena’s incredible coordination and presence behind the scenes. Jelena brought such joyful, positive energy to the day. She wasn’t just a coordinator— she felt like a true partner and friend throughout the experience. She made sure our parents were well taken care of, checked in on me as I was getting ready, and kept the entire vibe light, happy, and stress-free. She coordinated with all of our vendors ahead of time, finalized timelines, and made sure everyone was on the same page. She updated our DJ on last-minute song changes without us even having to ask, and managed our large bridal party with ease — making sure everyone knew where they needed to be, when, and what to do. That alone was no small feat! One of the most memorable moments was the room flip — it was absolutely magical. Every little detail I had requested was incorporated, and seeing our reception space for the first time truly took our breath away. We are so grateful to have had Jelena by our side and would recommend Love Story Weddings to any couple looking for a coordinator who is not only highly skilled, but also kind, warm, and a joy to be around. We could not have imagined our day without her!

SUZI & BRIAN
"Thank you to Jelena and her team for making our wedding day so seamless and enjoyable! Jelena is professional, kind, and extremely organized. We were 100% in the moment on our big day knowing that she was there to ensure everything was going to plan. We opted for Love Story's coordination package, and it was perfect for us. Jelena took over communication with all vendors about 4 weeks out and created a tight day-of schedule. She guided us through wedding etiquette and norms - without which we would have felt lost. We would highly recommend Jelena for any level of planning required for a wedding. She's a gem and we are so grateful to have met her. Thank you again!"

ALI & SETH
"It was a dream to work with Jelena to plan our wedding with her full planning service! Leading up to the big day, she was organized, thoughtful, and enthusiastic. She made us feel reassured throughout the process which allowed us to enjoy the journey a whole lot more. The day of, we were able to be present with each other and our guests as we felt confident in her team to handle anything that came up! So thankful for Love Story Weddings and Events for making our day incredible."

STEPHANIE & WILL