Amanda and Jared were married in the small Arkansas River Valley town of Paris on June 11, 2011 at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Ed and I made a little field trip out of our first trip to Arkansas Wine country by eating lunch at Wiederkehr Vinyard and stopping in to see the amazing view from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Altus en route to Paris. The day started out as a typical June day in Arkansas (hot and muggy), but by the time the reception got underway, storms rolled in and made it way too soggy to do outside pictures. Amanda’s color scheme was pastel shades of pink and green, and the focal point of the reception was the beautiful wedding cake from Harp’s Bakery in Van Buren. Many of the decorations followed the popular trend of the “DIY bride” with colorful paper pom poms in the windows and a pretty “money tree” made from branches painted white. The DIY trend is going strong in weddings big and small, and I have seen some really nice favors, decorations and programs made by creative brides this year! Amanda and Jared were great to work with and we wish them all the best in their new life together.
The reception hall at Bethel Baptist Church was decorated in the pale pink and green color scheme. Wedding cake from Harps Bakery. The rings are sitting on a mirror with scattered water-soluble heart shaped "rice" that was used for the send off.
I like these images using the mirror in the bride's changing room. The little flower girl was so fascinated with the preparations!
The ceremony at Bethel Baptist Church.
Ed did this series of candid images in the hallway right after the ceremony in front of a bright white wall in the lobby. Love these pictures!
Details from the reception. The middle image is another one of Ed's. He was on a roll for this wedding!
We had to do most of the portaits inside while the storm blew over, but we stepped out on the porch when it let up a bit for few shots, too.
We did some "going away" images on the front porch of the church, but it was just too wet to have everyone stand outside. So the wedding guests grouped up at the covered back door for a send off before the couple made a dash for the car.
Vendor Links
Wedding Cake and finger foods: Harps Bakery, Van Buren
Wedding Dress: Always and Forever, Fort Smith
Eco-friendly wedding “rice”: bridesvillage.com.
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