Daley + Adam | Engagements
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Jodi + Martin | Fayetteville, AR Engagements
BreAnna + Dustin | Engagements
Sydnie + Josh | Conway, AR Engagements
Cydney Montgomery | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Photography: Sterling Imageworks Photography
Planning & Design: Jessika McCuin Weddings
Makeup & Hair : Lauren Benet & Serenity Salon
Dress: Low’s Bridal & Formal
Venues: Junior League of Little Rock & The Terry House
Florals: Tanarah Luxe Floral
Ashley Pond Bridals | Little Rock, AR
Jenni Goodwin + Aaron Owen | Bentonville, AR Wedding
Yesterday I had prepared myself on the drive up to Bentonville that it would be a rainy day with many obstacles because of the weather. I was so wrong. The sky cleared up and the Lord blessed us with some of the most beautiful overcastl lighting that I could have hoped for.
I wouldn’t have been able to pull off this day without a team of amazing vendors by my side; the real MVP was Jessika McCuin. She was my go-to woman all day long, I could work every single wedding weekend with this girl. Thank you for being so helpful and having such a positive energy, I sincerely appreciate you! And Tanarah Haynie and her team, as always, did a PHENOMENAL job.
Jenni Goodwin and Aaron Owen, you both are such a joy to be around and I was honored to be your wedding photographer. I have genuinely enjoyed getting to know you both even better than I did from our college days, and I loved getting to met your families. From your dad’s precious reaction at your father-daughter first look; to your Grandpa Ben (so cute!) – they were all so sincere and kind. Lastly, it was so great to see so many of our mutual friends at your reception – I left NWA to drive home last night with a full heart and so excited about the beautiful day that I was expecting to to be a monsoon. So thankful the weather surprised us all!
-The Sterlings
Jenni & Aaron’s Vendor Team:
Photography: Sterling Imageworks Photography
Venues: The Ballroom at I Street and Chapel on the Creeks
Officiant: Amir Rostampour
Planning & Design: Jessika McCuin of JM Wedding Group
Floral Design: Tanarah Luxe Floral
Videographer: NiLo Production Co.
Cakes: Shelby Lynn’s Cake Shoppe
Invites & Save the Dates: Carlson Craft
Wedding Dress: Inverness Bridal Couture
Favors: Sip Sip Hooray
Catering: Catering Concepts
Rentals: Eventures Cake Stands and BBJ Linen
DJ: Crown Entertainment
Calligraphy: Crumb and Canvas
Suits: Xedo
Hair & Makeup: Marisa Shaw and Glo Limited
Bridesmaids Dresses: AZAZIE
Ribbon: Silk & Willow Floral
Ring Box: The Mrs. Box
Shoes: Badgley Mischka
Vintage Stamps: Etsy – Tangle Crafts
Tracie French + Nathan Cash | Goodwin Manor Wedding | Little Rock, AR
Tracie & Nathan’s day was one I will never forget. It was windy, I mean, REALLY windy – but despite the wind, it was beautiful and perfect. At the end of the day – they are just as married as a couple that gets married with perfect weather. I think sometimes we get so wrapped up in everything being perfect or not going the way we thought it would – you lose sight of what really matters; but they stayed calm and relaxed the entire time.
I think the weather was the perfect metaphor for the start of a marriage. You think you have all of these plans and many of them will happen just the way you hope; but life does throw curveballs sometimes and you just have to go with the flow when these unexpected moments change your course. Tracie and Nathan did just that – went with the flow and chose to be happy even with the crazy weather! After-all, they had an amazing team behind the scenes working to keep everything running smoothly; Andrea Goodwin and Anne-Claire worked their magic to make sure everything was taken care of! So thankful for this team!
-Callie & Jaison
Vendors:
Planning & Design: Anne-Claire Allen Planning & Design
Cakes: Natalie Madison Artisan Cakes
Venue: Goodwin Manor
Dress: Low’s Bridal & Formal
Hair & Makeup: Chanda Price
Florist: Curly Willow
Rentals: Hank’s Fine Furniture
Catering: Boulevard Bread Co.
Suits: Jos. A. Bank
Bridesmaids: Azazie
Edalia & Andrie | Little Rock, AR Engagements
We spent Thanksgiving with Edalia and Andrie just a few short months ago; as they celebrated their wedding day overlooking Pinnacle Mountain at Enchanting Evening. It was a beautiful day with an awesome reception!
We met them for the first time at their engagement session, and we knew from the moment we started their engagement session, that their wedding would be amazing! Edalia’s red dress was such a perfect choice since it was fall and the trees were changing into a beautiful bright red color. Check out their sweet city session below!
-Callie & Jaison
Allyson McNabb + Chris Jensen | Little Rock, AR Wedding
Allyson and Chris booked us without meeting us, since they live in Idaho! We are so thankful that they fell in love with our work over the internet! & When we finally got to meet Ally for the first time at her bridal session, we fell in love with her! She is beautiful, but more importantly, very kind and sincere. We had the pleasure of meeting Chris on the day of their wedding, it was such an amazing day!
She and Chris had such a beautiful July wedding at Cold Springs. Their florals, by Tanarah Luxe Floral, were stunning! Her dress from Inverness in Conway was gorgeous & her team of vendors she chose really are some of my very favorites!
Ally had all of her little details laid out for us when we arrived the day of; she had the cutest ring box and a beautiful antique mirror – swoon!
We are so thankful they chose us to photograph this special moment in their lives, it was very special for us too! Thank you for trusting us to capture such an important day! We have loved getting to know you both along the way!
-Callie
The Amazing Vendor Team:
Florals: Tanarah Luxe Floral
Venue: Cold Springs
DJ: Central Arkansas Entertainment
Videography: Sunflower Films view their wedding film here
Catering: Gina’s Catering
Dress: Inverness Bridal
Cake: Blue Cake Company
Details: Anthropologie
Groom’s Attire: Bell & Sward
Hair & Makeup: Angela Alexander Makeup
Jenni + Aaron | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Jenni and Aaron will celebrate their wedding with friends and family next month in Northwest Arkansas; and I have been so in love with their session since I photographed it a few months ago. We all met at UCA and were all on Student Orientation Staff (SOS) together! & Jenni has been a bridesmaid in at least one of our other client’s weddings (maybe more)! So when they e-mailed us saying we were their choice for photography, we were so excited to now photograph their wedding and to get to know them even better!
Their session was so dreamy with the perfect sunset over the city in Little Rock. & The photo they chose for their save-the-date is my absolute favorite from the session, too. It is the photo that I chose today as their feature photo for this blog post. In my opinion this session truly couldn’t have gone any more smoothly, I love it so much! And huge bonus points for including their sweet pup, Harper!!! Cheers you two, excited that your session our first engagement session to blog in the new year! We are almost to wedding time! See you both SOON! <3
-Callie & Jaison
Alexa Johnson | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Alexa was one of my favorite brides of all time. She is so incredibly kind and has such a heart for others. She and Dwayne celebrated with hundreds of their family and friends in October and their wedding was such a fun time from start to finish! I am thrilled to share some of Alexa’s bridals with you all today on this chilly Sunday! I am dreaming of the warm weather from their wedding day already! Thank you so much for being such an amazing client!
<3 Callie and Jaison
Beautiful bouquet by the amazing Anna Rogers of Magnolia Belle Floral!
Lacy Flurry + Matt Maggio | Horseshoe Bend, Arizona | First Look & Portrait Session
Lacy Flurry and Matt Maggio, high school sweethearts who spent their high school years hours apart in two different cities; married this year in October after nine years of dating.
They happen to be some of our very best friends — so the four of us set out for a 6,300 mile roadtrip across the country from Arkansas to the west coast and up north.
They considered getting married on the trip, but decided they wanted their families to be present for their special day, totally understandable! But they decided on something I think is just as neat as getting married out west — doing their first look and portraits instead! We all decided an intimate first look at Horseshoe Bend in Arizona — 1,000 feet up, overlooking the Colorado River would be perfect!
It was a little unconventional, but so worth it!
They carried their wedding day attire – flower crown and all (made by local Arkansas florist, Anna Rogers) across the country for a first look and photo session that was nothing short of amazing.
We did 3 engagement sessions, 1 bridal session and 1 ‘first look’ and portrait session during the 13 day trip in August.
The sessions ranged from locations like Lake Tahoe in California, Glacier National Park in Montana, Canyon X in Arizona, and finally Horseshoe Bend in Arizona. The other sessions will be featured on the blog in upcoming weeks — and their wedding as well!
Still dreaming of all the beauty from our trip! <3
-Callie and Jaison
Tracie French | Little Rock, AR Bridals
When Tracie approached us about photographing her wedding, I knew she would be such a fun bride to work with. Tracie and I have been friends almost six years, we met when she joined Alpha Tau at UCA- in January of 2012. Since then, Tracie has become one of the most genuine and energetic people I know. Loving animals like I do, we automatically became friends. With her love for animals, we HAD to sneak in a few bridal portraits with the venue owner’s cats – so hilarious! (See below)!
Anne-Claire Allen Planning & Design made all of her wedding dreams come true. The venue, Goodwin Manor was the perfect setting for her bridals and wedding day – I love this venue & the owners so much. There is just not any venue in Arkansas that looks like this one — it is GORGEOUS! Chanda Price made Tracie look flawless with beautiful hair and makeup. Wedding photos coming soon, but for now, cheers to this fabulous bride & her fall bridal session!
-Callie & Jaison
Emily + Austin | Little Rock, AR Engagements
When it comes to engagements, they are one of my favorite things to photograph! Engagements are a time that I get to really know the couple; especially if it is a couple that I don’t know personally before the shoot. I like to think of them as a practice run for the wedding day! It is a chance for me to get acquainted with the couple and each of their personalities.
We photographed Emily’s best friend’s wedding late last year and I knew that if Autumn loved Emily, we would love her too!
During this session I was thinking how excited I am that we get to photograph Emily and Austin’s wedding – they are the type of couple that I want to be friends with! So relaxed, fun and completely and wholeheartedly just sweet to one another. AND, they love dogs so…. that made me love them even more! Rossi, their adorable golden doodle stole the show, just like Emily said he would. I literally can not wait until their 2018 wedding – so thankful for clients like these two!
-Callie & Jaison
Shelby Lovelace Bradshaw | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Today we are busy editing our hearts out but we had to take a quick break to bring you Shelby’s bridal portraits! We took these mid-summer and it was so toasty outside; we had to beat the heat and the Arkansas State Capitol was the perfect indoor venue! Her classic dress shined against the beautiful marble staircase. And her gorgeous bouquet by Magnolia Belle Floral was just the pop of color that completely made the photos! So in love with this bride and this session!
Wedding Planning & Design: Bella Baxter Events
Wedding Reception: The Clinton Presidential Center
Wedding Ceremony Location: Pulaski Heights Methodist Church
Bridal Bouquet: Magnolia Belle Floral
Dress: Inverness Bridal
-Callie + Jaison
Cara Erwin & Boyd Schaefer | North Little Rock, AR Wedding
Cara and Boyd got married earlier this year in their home church and it was magical! It was supposed to rain all day long – and guess what, majority of the day it was clear! It didn’t rain until we were finished with all of their outdoor photographs and I was so thankful for this! It was a day filled with lots of laughter and a few happy tears. We loved getting to witness just how close these two were with their family and friends – they were surrounded by so much love! We are so thrilled to bring this sweet wedding to the blog this evening!
-Callie and Jaison
Leah Yeager + Payne Harding | Little Rock, AR Wedding
Leah & Payne found us through a mutual friend and I am so thankful they did, because working with this pair was a blast! They celebrated with friends and family on April 22nd at their family farm in Little Rock. The ceremony was intimate with mostly family and a few friends; afterwards they celebrated with a large party later that eventing with more guests! The venue, a house located on the property was the perfect setting – there was even a wine-seller underground that led to the reception entrance – so fun!
As you may notice from the photos, it rained literally almost all day long! I was able to snap a few shots of the outdoor reception area before the rain really hit and from there on I prayed it would let up, but it was a constant sprinkle for hours. So we made the best of it and brought out a cute umbrella and made use of the gorgeous front porch – those portraits are some of my favorites of the day!
Payne is the head chef and owner of Cache’ in Little Rock, the restaurant is actually how he and Leah met – for a short time Leah worked at the restaurant.
With Payne’s background in food – you can imagine how wonderful their reception food was. The food was delicious and endless – gourmet cheese, meats, sushi, stir-fry and more. This was some of the best wedding food I have ever eaten y’all!
Their reception lasted late into the night and it was truly a party! Their band, who is from Florida – was so awesome! They broke out the masks (haha, you’ll see what I am talking about below) and they had such a fun time! There was so much love at the reception, you can tell how much L&P really love their friends and family; and vice versa — there was so much laughter and hugs! So sweet to look back through these and share them on the blog today!
-Callie & Jaison
Their wedding photos were recently featured in AY Magazine, check out that feature here.
Vendors:
Planning & Design: Teryn Horton
Cake: Blue Cake Company
Linens: BBJ Linen
Catering: RH Catering
Florals: Floral Express
Band: Fortag
Photo Booth: DJ Hollywood
Rentals: Confetti’s Party Rentals & Hank’s Fine Furniture
Chani Wolf Wilson | Conway, AR Bridals
Chani is one of my favorite people in the world! I like to think of her as my redheaded mini-me! I went to college with her and she was my sorority sister at UCA; and one of her best friends is one of my closest friends (and little in AST), Ashton.
When she told me she wanted to use us for photography for her wedding, I was OVER. THE. MOON excited! I think the world of her and she was the most beautiful bride.
She and Seth got married at Sassafras Vineyard in Northwest Arkansas but we did her bridals in Conway – Hendrix was the perfect spot! & Two of her bridesmaids, Brittany and Caitlyn (who also went to college with me) came along to her bridals to help! They were awesome helping us carry everything!
Just wait until you see her wedding photos – coming soon! Love you Chani!
-Callie & Jaison
Bridal Shoot Vendors:
Florals: Magnolia Belle Floral
Dress: Low’s Bridal and Formal
Hair & Make-up: Hayley Roberts
Venue: Hendrix
Lindsay Bridges Harper | Little Rock, AR Bridals
Lindsay and Justin celebrated their wedding a few weekends ago on July 8th and tonight we are thrilled to bring you her bridals to the blog!
I love Sundays because I get to catch up on blogging all of our sessions and share our amazing clients with you. We have had a long day of blogging and I knew this session would be the perfect way to end the evening.
Lindsay is my kind of girl – super relaxed, fun, easy-going, and just a joy to be around! Her sweet mom and sisters came to her bridal session, which was awesome because they kept Lindsay laughing the entire time! So proud of these portraits and excited to show them off tonight! Loved working with this beauty!
PS- We are so in love with her bouquet by Anna Rogers of Magnolia Belle Floral – stunning!
-Callie & Jaison
Vendors:
Wedding Planner: Jessika McCuin
Florals: Magnolia Belle Floral
Venue: The Terry House
Dress: Low’s Bridal and Formal
Hair & Makeup: Megan Whitehead and Lauren Musich of Joel’s Hair Salon
