Established in 2015, Blanchard Special Events is a mother-daughter run business looking to highlight special days for you and your loved ones! We take pride in our customized and unique events. With nine years of dedicated wedding experience and 30 years of event planning experience, we are confident in our ability to make your event dreams a reality! Based in the south Chicago suburbs, we travel throughout Chicagoland, Southwest Michigan, and Indiana to make your event unforgettable for you and your guests. Let us take the wheel so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy your day!
Meet Heidi
Conversations always go back to weddings and events so it’s a foregone conclusion that Heidi started a wedding planning business. Blanchard Special Events began when she was spending time with her other mother - her mother-in-law, Nancy. They loved watching all of the wedding shows and she encouraged Heidi to start her own business. After starting the business, they were still able to discuss weddings, and now they could talk about them with an insider point of view!
When she's not talking with clients, Heidi is spending time with her wonderfully patient husband Russ and their family and their two very spoiled dogs!
Meet Jess
From a young age Jess has loved weddings. From drawing possible wedding gowns with her friends to watching almost every wedding based TLC show: Jess was obsessed. Don’t even get her started on the royal weddings! So when she was given the chance to be involved in so many people’s special days she couldn’t say no! Being a part of the Blanchard Special Events team has been the highlight of the last eight years for Jess.
In her free time Jess loves to cook, read, and spend time with her fiancee, Isaiah, and their two very fat cats!