Five Grain Home Logistics

Family, friends, current and past clients–I hope you are all well and surviving the madness!  The Five Grain Team misses collaborating with you to produce events brimming with personality, vibrancy, and panache.  We cannot wait until this virus is conquered so we can all gather again.  The connections with our clients and vendor friends are […]

A Surprise (and Socially-Distant) 50th Anniversary Celebration

For the past several years, we have had the honor of working with Jim and Linda on their company’s annual Senior Leadership Holiday Dinner, and were ecstatic when they asked us to help their daughters organize their 50th Anniversary party (originally scheduled to take place in June at Chicago Botanic Garden). Unfortunately, things didn’t quite […]

Unity Through Community

Here at Five Grain Events, we vow to: Rid the wedding and event industry of racism, prejudice, and bias Support, promote, and purchase from creatives of all backgrounds Diversify our followers Diversify our network Diversify our clientele Diversify the industry’s educational platforms Commit to being accountable and holding each other accountable We promise to be […]

Five Grain Events Welcomes Intern, Emma!

We are so excited to welcome our Summer 2019 intern, Emma Anetsberger to the FGE team!  We look forward to sharing many exciting moments together as she learns all about what goes on behind the scenes!  Read a little about her below, and make sure to say “hi” when you see her out and about […]

An Infographic Guide to Make the Perfect Wedding Invitations

A wedding invitation is more than just a fancy piece of paper that tells the who, what, where, and when of the event. It’s essential to help set the guests’ expectations as to what kind of wedding experience they’re going to get. Your invitation cards should embody your wedding, from the design and layout to […]

Five Grain Events Welcomes Intern, Colleen!

We are so excited to welcome our Summer 2018 intern, Colleen Fahy to the FGE team!  We look forward to sharing many exciting moments together as she learns all about what goes on behind the scenes!  Read a little about her below, and make sure to say “hi” when you see her out and about […]

We’ve been featured!

This is Feeling

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Marc and Nathan’s July wedding at Ovation has been published in Equally Wed!  Check out the feature here!

Happy Valentine’s Day

As planners, one of our favorite parts of the job is the “room reveal” where we bring our wonderful clients together with the vendor team to show off their reception space after months of hard work together.  We’ve captured some great moments and memories of the room reveal over the years but one of our […]