NWA Wedding Ideas - July 2021

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dress preservation

realtors

07 Dancenhance Entertainment

03 Old Town Dry Cleaners

12 Coldwell Banker

accessories

entertainment / DJ / music

rentals

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07 Dancenhance Entertainment

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bachelorette / bachelor parties

12 Pinnacle Strings

06 Moonlight & Rust

06 Cupid’s Lingerie

13 Rebirth DJs

14 Pretty Old Stuff

03 My Little Flock

floral

15 Somthin Borrowed

03 The Apollo on Emma

15 Somthin Borrowed

venues

07 The Diva Dive

gifts / favors

15 Aloft Hotel

bartending

06 Cupid’s Lingerie

03 Arkansas Air and

13 Gala Garage

03 My Little Flock

Military Museum

05 Lakepoint

12 Koon’s Saloon

honeymoon / travel

07 Tie 1 On NWA

12 Wish List Travel

bridal lingerie

hotels / lodging

06 Cupid’s Lingerie

15 Aloft Hotel

bridal showers

02 Whitney Mountain Lodge

03 The Apollo on Emma

housing / townhomes

06 Simple Pleasures

bridal shows

02 Orchard Properties

03 The Apollo on Emma

05 NWA Wedding Show

jewelry

15 The Ravington

cakes/pies

16 Low’s Bridal & Formal

02 Whitney Mountain Lodge

07 Gingham Daisy

nutrition / fitness

wedding design / planning

catering

15 ID Life

06 Moonlight & Rust

07 Catering Concepts

photo booth

15 Somthin Borrowed

13 Cowboy Catering Company

13 BrightBooths

weight loss

dresses

07 Dancenhance Entertainment

15 ID Life

16 Low’s Bridal & Formal

06 Moonlight & Rust

12 Brick and Mortar NWA 02 Rockford Grange at

Bear Hollow Ranch

14 Sassafras Springs Vineyard

and Winery

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Kayla and Jon Kerr were married June 19, 2020 at Sassafras Springs Vineyard and Winery (page 14). Rentals from Somthin' Borrowed (page 15). Photography by Kristen Herrington.

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Kayla + Jon Kerr June 19, 2020

I FEEL LIKE I COULD WRITE A NOVEL on the story of us and the journey to getting married in the crazy year that was 2020, but I will spare some of the details. Jon and I met during our freshman year at University of Arkansas at a sorority function. He proposed in the summer of 2019 in the Dominican Republic after 6 years of dating. We were on vacation with his family and I knew that a proposal would be coming at SOME point in the next year or so, but I never thought that he would do it without my family there.

I am an only child and super close with my parents and he knew I couldn’t picture a big day like that without them there. But he managed to pull off the greatest surprise and flew my family out to the Dominican for the proposal.

I will never forget the feeling of seeing my parents running down the dock after Jon got down on one knee. It was such a sweet moment.

I didn’t waste a single day after getting engaged before I started planning the wedding. I remember waking up the next morning at 6:00 because I couldn’t sleep from excitement. I started emailing vendors about setting up appointments as soon as I got back from vacation. Before getting engaged, I thought I wanted a long engagement to give me time to plan a big wedding but once I had the ring on my finger, I was ready to get the show on the road!

I was having the best time planning the details and really saw my vision coming together. We had a date set for April 25th which couldn’t come soon enough. Then March 2020 happened…and we all know what happened in March of

2020. I moved my wedding date to June 19th and scaled down my wedding guest list due to the pandemic. Even with everything that happened leading up to the big day, it was still the best day I could ever imagine. My husband gifted me with the coolest neon sign with our last name on it that we had as a photo opp at the wedding. It is now the best conversation piece on our back patio. After finding my wedding dress that I LOVED, I knew I needed more of a party/dancing dress to change into for the reception and I found the most stunning sequin number that really made a statement. Most importantly, all of my people were there and made me feel so loved and special and that’s really what it's all about!

Photography Kristen Herrington Venue Sassafras Springs Vineyard and Winery

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