Who are we?

The Indie Wed shows are the brainchild of Kelly Maron, owner of Paper Stories, a Chicago area letterpress studio. While trying to figure out a way to reach wedding clients that seemed to fit more with her style of design, Kelly noticed that traditional wedding shows seemed a bit traditional, commercial, and often stale. Having participated in a number of independent craft fairs, Maron thought it would be great to take the spirit of such events but with a focus on weddings. Soon after, Indie Wed was born. Our first event was in Chicago in January 2010 and due to the tremendous response, in 2011 the show is expanding to include San Francisco with other cities on the horizon.

Our Chicago event wouldn't be possible without our many wonderful volunteers. We are also pleased to have the incredible support of the awesome folks over at the Ravenswood Event Center.

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Paper Stories is a local print shop that focuses on creating innovative and stylish paper goods that are also environmentally responsible. We also believe that it is important to be socially responsible and regularly donate a portion of our profits in the form of micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing nations.

Ravenswood Event Center is a fairly new event space in Chicago. They have a variety of spaces available from the large showroom to the most incredible atrium with windows to die for. The most unique feature of the space is that the showroom also houses a large collection vintage and prestige sports cars.

We also feel excited to have Chicago as our backdrop for such an event. This city has such a wonderfully eclectic and diverse community that it seems appropriate for such a landmark event to take place here.