i heart peonies
 is a Chicago boutique wedding design and coordination firm.  It started with a love for all things wedding, grew from experience in non-profit event planning and fused together to create the best job on earth.  i heart peonies will help you create an event that is well-organized, on-budget and drop-dead gorgeous.  We love the unique and bow to tradition only when it makes us happy.  As lovely as weddings can be, the details can become overwhelming.  Even the most creative and organized of us can get carried away.  Let us take some of that stress off of your hands.  With a little professional help, your engagement will be one of the best times of your life.

Natalie Moran Parrillo is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Psychology and Political Science.  After spending several years coordinating events for politicians and non-profit organizations, Natalie began to look for more creative outlets.  On the side, she worked as an assistant at Kehoe Designs and happily helped to assemble gorgeous and outrageous floral arrangements, light millions of tea lights and carry pipe and drape.  She also worked at the Paper Source where she was able to play with paper every single workday.  While planning her own wedding, Natalie created her blog i heart peonies and moonlighted as Miss Peacock on Weddingbee.

Aside from coordinating weddings, Natalie creates party invitations and stationary for friends and family, plays with cut stems and decorates her bungalow.  She loves to play with her beautiful baby girl, Eloise, and to shop for vintage home decor.  She is married to Jake and has a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Maisy.






The successful execution of a wedding plan requires a team effort and Natalie was an important part of our team! From the beginning, Natalie understood our aesthetic and vision for the event and she did a great job executing our ideas and setting up our decor elements on the day of.
- Megan & Mathew

After blog-stalking I Heart Peonies for a good year, you can only imagine my excitment when I found out that Natalie, after expertly planning her own gorgeous wedding, had decided to open up her own wedding planning business! I Heart Peonies events launched just in the nick of time as Mike and I only had about 2 months left until our own wedding and were still in serious need of some last minute organization. Natalie kept me on track in the most fun and most stylish way. She was a joy to work with - she took care of the last minute details all while thinking of the things that only a seasoned and well-styled bride could have. You absolutely have to work with this girl - it will be as fun as if you and your best friend were planning your wedding together - only your best friend's a wedding expert!

- Lara & Mike