Daley + Adam | Engagements
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Jodi + Martin | Fayetteville, AR Engagements
Ashley Pond Bridals | Little Rock, AR
Styled Shoot – Shoots Across America | Goodwin Manor
Styled Shoot: Goodwin Manor –Â Styled Shoots Across America
Planning & Design: Heather Benge EventsÂ
Venue:Â The Goodwin ManorÂ
Flowers:Â Intrigue TeachesÂ
Makeup:Â Pretty By PriceÂ
Hair: The Electric Avenue
Stationery: Jen Simpson DesignÂ
Gown: Shades of WhiteÂ
Cake:Â Sweet Love BakesÂ
Decor & Rentals:Â Love Birds Vintage
Reception Table Linen: Nuage Designs
Cake Table Linen: Party Crush Studio
Shoes:Â House of Elliot
Details: Silk & Willow Ribbon and The Mrs. Box
Models – Bride & Groom: Adria Herridge & Markus KesslerÂ
Mary Kate + Colton | Little Rock, AR Engagements
Mary Kate and Colton chose Little Rock as the backdrop for their engagements – and it couldn’t have been a more perfect setting for this fashionista! Mary Kate is a fashion blogger! How fun right?! And I found out that Colton is usually her photographer! So they’re very familiar with how photoshoots go! I don’t need to say this but they were NATURALS! So comfortable in front of the camera and so sweet and intentional with their interaction with one another. They took all of my ideas and just ran with them – bringing each pose to life perfectly in their own unique way! And lets just talk about that sunset – no exaggeration – it is the prettiest one I have photographed at the end of an engagement session. We can’t wait to hang out wit them more!
-Callie & Jaison
Abbey Jensen + Kyle Lusinger | St. Lucia Wedding
A year ago this week – we spent a week in St. Lucia with our best friends – Abbey and Kyle; along with Abbey’s mom and sister (who are also our second family).
We flew in to photograph their wedding; and it was one of the most memorable weeks of our lives. We made so memories; we snorkeled, hiked, saw beautiful waterfalls, swam and ate the most delicious food ever. I wish we were there right now actually. I can’t believe it took me a year to blog this gorgeous day & trip; but I thought this week would be perfect as they celebrate their anniversary. The ceremony took place at the resort we stayed at, Sandals in St. Lucia – one of the three St. Lucia Sandal’s resorts actually. It was wonderful & SO relaxing! So much has happened in a short year, it has been an exciting adventure for the Lusinger’s marriage so far! We love you two and hope you have the best week! XO!
-Cal and Jay
Venue: Sandals in St. Lucia
Dress: Low’s Bridal and Formal
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Mary Catherine and Grant | Memphis, TN Engagements
Mary Catherine and Grant are tying the knot July 1st in East Tennessee and we can’t wait to travel there for their sweet day. I went to high school and college with MC and working with her has been such an amazing experience. Love the way her engagements turned out – she lives in Memphis currently and I love that she wanted to do them downtown. There are so many aspects of the city showcased in these photos and although it was a chilly January day,  you wouldn’t know it by their cozy session! Let the countdown to the wedding begin! Cheers you two!
-Callie
Taylor + Cara | Little Rock, AR Engagements
Cara and Taylor met with me at Starbucks in the fall and I just loved these two right off the bat. They’re my kind of people, and I knew it immediately. They are relaxed, fun, they love dogs – they have a Husky (as do we). So on the way home from their consultation I was hoping and praying they would book us for photography – and they DID! When I shot their engagements it was like I had known them forever, sometimes it is just like that I guess! And they are so cute together, I love their calm personalities and the fact that they were so genuine and so loving with one another – it was pretty precious! The only thing that could’ve made this session better – was if they brought their husky, haha! I can’t wait to photograph their wedding at Cold Springs next weekend, it is going to be a good one!
-Callie
Tyler + Laura | Little Rock, AR Engagements
Laura and Tyler celebrated their wedding yesterday and y’all – she was a stunning bride! Tyler didn’t look so bad himself either, haha! We loved spending the day with them. May is one of our favorite months for weddings; we were in fact married in May ourselves. I remember picking May because the weather is so wonderful – and yesterday’s weather was in my opinion – perfect! Tyler and Jaison knew one another from high school and it was such a great day getting to see some of our old friends from high school. We can’t wait to post some of their wedding day photos from yesterday! Congrats you two!
-Callie and Jaison
Savannah Harrington Boyce | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Savannah is not only a client – but a dear friend of ours. We do CrossFit with Savannah and her mom DeLinda and have been for a little over a year. Savannah was actually my partner for a CrossFit competition (something I am fairly certain I will never do again, haha) but I couldn’t have picked a more amazing partner! Jaison and I have gotten really close with her through our gym and I couldn’t be more thankful that she chose us as her photographers for her wedding to Matt. She is beautiful not on the outside, but on the inside as well! We adore the Harrington family – they are the most genuine family and we secretly think of DeLinda as our CrossFit ‘mom’ – we just love them (if you can’t tell)!
Her bridal session was such a good time, every time we are with these two (DeLinda and Sav) – they are just so hilarious and keep Jaison and I constantly laughing; they are a blast.
We are over the moon about these bridal portraits (and her wedding photos) which are currently being edited. What a beautiful bride, gown and bouquet! Anna with Magnolia Belle Floral did such a great job constructing this beauty! And Laine Berry designed this gown especially for Savannah – it is simply stunning, she has so much talent!
We loved her photos so much that we chose to showcase Savannah in the next issue of Weddings in Arkansas on our ad, which will be released soon!
PS- She had a pair of tap shoes made especially for her first dance on the wedding day with Matt, they are both amazing tap dancers and founded they Untapped! Check out more about Untapped here!
Love you so much Savannah, thank you for everything!
-Callie and Jaison
Bridal Portrait Venues: The Terry House and The Robinson CenterÂ
Bouquet: Anna Rogers of Magnolia Belle Floral
Wedding Gown: InvernessÂ
Hair and Makeup: Kate WorrellÂ
Cara Erwin Schaefer | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Happy Sunday! Today Cara is flying out of the country for her honeymoon with Boyd; and that means I am allowed to share her bridal portraits! Yay!
We had such a fun time with her mom, sisters and bridesmaids during this session. We all laughed so much and Cara looked like a true princess – it was a perfect day! This girl shines inside and out, and her family is so kind. It was a joy getting to work with them.
Their wedding yesterday was also so wonderful! Rain was originally predicted all day, but it held off until we got to the indoor reception in the evening, so we were able to get a lot of amazing photos outside with her and Boyd, as well as the bridal party – we can’t wait to edit them and show them off! For now, I will share her sweet bridal session that we did at the Terry House! These white blooms only pop up for a very short time each year, for about 2 weeks and we timed these perfectly to capture them for her session.
<3 Callie and Jaison
Magnolia Belle Floral | Conway, AR
When one of your very best-friends is a florist and asks you to come take photos of her pretty creations – of course you do!
Anna, of Magnolia Belle Floral does such amazing work and she is a pleasure to work with; I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I always have brides asking where to go for florals and she is always on my list of recommendations! I just love her and her work!
We had such a fun day eating lunch, talking and playing with flowers a few weeks ago! Here is the aftermath of that day – gorgeous blooms that we are excited to feature on the blog on this gloomy Sunday – giving us inspiration and excitement for upcoming sunny summer days!
Happy wedding season from us and Magnolia Belle Floral!
-Callie and Jaison
Katie + Brad Eagle | Little Rock, AR Wedding
So many things that I love about this day – her dresses (yes two) and both were beautiful, her shoes, the cakes, her invites, reception — I could go on and on! Katie and Brad celebrated their big day on March 11th this year. This was our second wedding for the year and what a fun night it was! We started at the Doubletree with getting ready photos with Jessica Humerick doing her makeup, then headed to the Clinton Library for their first look and some photos of Katie getting into her dress – then it came a downpour! Just a little setback; luckily her ceremony location, Levy Baptist Church, was beautiful and we were able to get some beautiful indoor photos! After the ceremony and family photos, we headed back to the Clinton Library for the reception where the party began! Minus the rain – everything was pretty perfect all day! And the rain thankfully held off for their glow stick exit! Katie and Brad – thank you so much for letting Sterling Imageworks photograph you wedding! We love y’all!
Vendors:
Ceremony: Levy Baptist Church
Reception: Clinton Library
Coordinator: Meredith Corning
Dresses: Low’s Bridal and Formal
Bridesmaid’s Dresses: ProposalsÂ
Tuxes: Men’s Warehouse
Rentals: Hank’s Fine Furniture
Invitations: By Invitation Only
Floral: Petal Chik Designs
Cakes: Mickey’s Cakes & Sweets
DJ: Lantz with Central Arkansas Entertainment
Makeup: Jessica Humerick
Hair: The Fringe Salon & The Standard
Kassi Bruich Caldwell | Little Rock, AR Bridals
This month Kassi and Matt are celebrating their anniversary so we wanted to do a little throwback blog post to her bridal session – a session we have wanted to share for a long time but we have been playing catch-up on our blog! We truly have had so many sessions in the last year; I don’t say that to brag in any way – I just want to explain why we can not blog every single session – but we sure try to share as many as we can!
This is one session that I just couldn’t let slip through the cracks! Kassi was a beautiful bride and even more beautiful on the inside – my favorite kind of person. We have remained friends after wedding planning resumed for her, and I am so excited to coincidentally photograph a family session for her tomorrow! I also loved that Kas wore her mom’s wedding dress in a few photos at her bridal session and at her reception – it was completely redone to make a fun short reception dress while retaining some of the sweet vintage details! Love this girl and this session!
 Tanarah Luxe Floral did a fabulous job (as always) on her bridal and wedding day bouquets!
<3 Callie
Shelby + Lane | Little Rock, AR Engagements
Shelby and Lane are getting married later this summer and we know based off their engagement session that their wedding will be one for the books! We started their session at the Clinton Library downtown, where their reception will be! And when they brought their Dachshund, Bronx! He was the sweetest little guy ever and cracked me up with his posing! We were blessed with a pretty amazing sunset downtown overlooking the river to wrap up the day! Â – everything was so good! We can’t wait until August! <3
-Callie & Jaison
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Sydney + Matt Martinez | Paron, AR Wedding
We are so excited to bring this beautiful Cold Springs wedding to the blog today! Sydney and Matt were a blast & anyone who serves ‘breakfast for dinner’ as their wedding reception food – is awesome in our book! We LOVED that they hung huge canvases up from their engagement session in the entryway to the reception – so fun and it was the first time we have seen canvases that big!
Now lets talk about her florals – Tanarah always does an amazing job but we really loved her use of succulents in the bouquets; one of our favorite little details of the day! We are thrilled to feature this amazing couple! Check out their awesome video by Sunflower films here or their feature online at Arkansas Bride here! Enjoy browsing their perfect day!
– Callie and Jaison
Venue: Cold Springs
Videography: Sunflower Films
Florals: Tanarah Luxe Floral
Kaitlin + Nash | Great Gatsby Themed Wedding – Hot Springs, AR
Kaitlin and Nash got married this past October, near Halloween, and instead of a traditional Halloween themed wedding – they had something a little different in mind. Great Gatsby was a reoccurring theme from their day; from the bridesmaids dresses, accessories, and reception decor – everything looked like it was right out of the 1920s.
We loved that they had a unique element to their ceremony – the blessing of their rings by all in attendance. We have been photographing weddings since 2010 and we have never seen this done, and we loved it. The ceremony took place at Anthony Chapel in Garvan Gardens and we headed to The Arlington Hotel in downtown Hot Springs for their reception. The groom’s cake had a topper that Kaitlin handmade with modeling cay for his favorite band, the Grateful Dead. They danced the night away and departed with a sparkler exit. We loved capturing these sweet moments!
-Callie and Jaison
Ceremony Venue: Garvan GardensÂ
Reception Venue: The Arlington HotelÂ
Courtney Briggler | Conway, AR Bridals
Courtney and Michael celebrated an incredibly special day yesterday – their wedding! That means today I can release these images out into the world, and I couldn’t be more excited to share! The lighting was so dreamy on this early November day; since the seasons changed so late this year – it still looked a lot like summer! I am absolutely in love with her dress – so classic and her veil was the perfect touch! Love love love everything about this session! <3
-Callie
Haley Palanca | Scott, Arkansas Bridals
Haley did such an amazing job at her bridals – I had to stay up late tonight after her wedding to blog them because I. could. not. wait. — & Can you blame me?! Her session was just a few weeks ago, but it seems like forever that I have been hiding these from the world and tonight – I finally get to share! I loved collaborating with Haley’s florist of choice — Anna Rogers of Magnolia Belle! Her bouquet was stunning, almost as stunning at Haley!
And her beautiful dress from the Bridal Cottage in North Little was so unique and perfect for this blushing bride-to-be! Cassie Vick Richards did a flawless job on her hair & make-up and she is very near and dear to us, she is one of our former brides! Â This was such a great day & we can’t thank Haley enough for being such an amazing client! Lots of love for this girl!
<3 Callie
Floral: Anna Rogers of Magnolia Belle
Venue: Marlsgate
Gown: The Bridal Cottage
Hair/Makeup: Cassie Vick Richards
Styled Shoot | Sisterhood
When the Bridal Cottage of North Little Rock approached us about doing a styled shoot  showcasing five of their beautiful brides, we couldn’t say no. We were thrilled to photograph their vision and help it come to life! The owner, Lindy, envisioned a sisterhood theme; which we LOVE! It was so unique and fun and just a great time spending the evening with all of these incredible women! Wicked salon jumped on board with their amazing talents for hair and makeup; and we couldn’t have done the shoot without the beautiful florals from Tipton & Hurst. The Terry House in Little Rock was the perfect setting for our classic look with a little floral flare. Everything was perfect! We can’t say enough good things about each of the vendors that participated – you were all such a joy to work with — thank you! Check out these bridal beauties!
-Callie and Jaison
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Venue: The Terry House
Photography: Sterling Imageworks
Wedding Dresses: The Bridal Cottage
Florals: Tipton & Hurst
Hair & Makeup: Wicked Salon
