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Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.

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Posts Tagged: photography

The Miracle Photobooth

This past week there
may or may not
have been a large event taking place in Fayetteville.
This event
may or may not
have been for the world’s largest employer.

Mariah Carey,
Jamie Foxx,
and Enrique Iglesias
may or may not
have been just a few of the guests in town.
And us girls
may or may not
have gone out on Friday night
in hopes of spotting a celeb or two.

Instead, we found something even better.
We met two guys who
may or may not
have been in town working the event
photobooth in tow.

Their company
may or may not
have worked other events such as
the New Moon premier

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A party with the cast of Glee.

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And maybe even a CW show or two.

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The evening started off
completely normal.

Happy hour.
Two dollar beers.

24 hours

Cute patio.
Sitting outside.

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Then things got
amazingly fun.
If you know me,
you know how much I love photos.
Of anything and everything.
And photobooths?
Well, they have my heart.

And on Friday night,
we had access to
Free. Unlimited. Photobooth pictures.
We took hundreds, but below are some of my faves.
Complete Flickr set is here.

The set up

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Our new friends.

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The photos.

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We finished the night at
good ole Kingfish.
Where we inspected
our loot.

24 hours

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And said goodbye
to our new photo pals.

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Hearts!

North to Weston

This weekend was full of more than just
girls in bikinis
in my backyard.

Sunday, I threw my swimsuit
to the side and headed north with Todd.
We met up with a pair of friends
in Kansas City.
Then kept driving
out to the country.

We met up with even
more friends.
Enjoyed the afternoon
in the funny, but quaint
little town of
Weston, Missouri.

Eggs Benedict brunch.
Tasting of apple & blueberry wines.
Irish bar inside of a cave.
Can we do it all again?

That evening we watched our friends
get married by a barn
just outside of town.
So pretty.
So sweet.

Pit stop in KC

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Brunchies

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Wine tasting at the Pirtle Winery
(located in a charming old church)

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O’Malley’s Pub

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Little boy playing the fiddle!

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The wedding.

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The wedding party went on a hay ride
as soon as the ceremony was over.

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They danced.

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We danced too.

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Everything about the day
was just beautiful.
Congrats to Bill & Sarah!

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Dr. Dog and Nina

Mondays are usually dreadful, right?
Not this week. Not in Fayetteville!

Dr. Dog and Deer Tick played at George’s.
And I took pictures.
Duh.

Drinks at Kingfish before the show.

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As soon as we got to the show, we saw Scott,
one of the lead singers from Dr. Dog.

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I introduced myself and mentioned that we had a common friend.
Her name is Nina.
She is an amazing photographer.
Not only has she taken photos recently for Dr. Dog…


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But she shoots fashion shows…


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captures the love of our shared hometown (Memphis)…


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…and just takes pretty pretty pictures.


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When I told Scott about the Nina connection,
I mentioned the promise I made to her.

That I would take lots of pictures.

Without hesitation he got down on the floor
and made this appear out of Dr. Dog merch…

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So cute!

Deer Tick opened the show.

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Then Dr. Dog took the stage.

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I danced with friends.
(and apparently with a random guy that only Brandy was aware of)

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Everything sounded amazing.
My ears are still ringing.
And smiling.

I’ll always have a soft spot for Dr. Dog.
My dad walked me down the aisle at my wedding to
“Today” on Easy Beat.

Love.

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(no. 1) Getting Married

This top ten list is in no particular order, but I just can’t help but start with my wedding day.

I was never the girl who dreamed of the perfect wedding day, but the moment I first saw Todd playing on stage with Lucero, I whispered in my girlfriend’s ear, “I’m going to marry that guy.” A few years later, my very first thought was confirmed. After a couple years of dating, Todd proposed to me in Eureka Springs. Thanks to the support of our amazing family and friends, we were able to have a wedding that truly fit us. Isn’t that what it’s all about, anyway? Our “ultra casual” wedding (as the invite states) was my favorite day of the decade, if not my life.

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Wedding favors: Stickers & Buttons.

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Front page wedding!

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I love September.

I have been insane-o busy lately with school. Besides my fourth semester of German (ich bin nicht gut), I am taking all upper level journalism courses that are very time consuming. On top of that, it’s finally time to start working on my senior paper.

Fantasy Football is also attempting to take over the few free hours that I do have. So far I lost my first match up, but it’s still crazy addictive. I can’t complain though, I did choose one guy because his last name is McAlister and I love love love to eat at McAlister’s. Anyways, go team Cuddly Kittens!

Next week I’ll be in Key West for Katie’s wedding and then a few weeks after that Laura & I are going to Vegas. I can’t wait for either trip, especially since I missed out on the big adventure to Kansas City this weekend. Somewhere in-between Florida and Nevada I turn a year older too. So not fun anymore.

I have a few exciting things to report…

+ Bittersweet Styles was in the newspaper a couple days ago in California.
You can read the full article here.

+ We were also featured on my friend Jazzi’s fashion blog!
Jazzi is a stylist in LA/NY who is also a contributer for Teen Vogue (at almost age 27, one of my major guilty pleasures).

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+ Laura & I did a fun little photoshoot for Mason’s for this month’s issue of Citiscapes…

+ Of course I have more wedding photos to share as well. I’m just going to post a few of my favorites because I uploaded all of them on my Flickr account a while back.

+ I’ll end with some photos from lately…

Too cute…

Todd built us a Chill Zone

Our Chill Zone (part 1)

We went to the fair!

As my grandma would say, “That’s all she wrote.”

Luv,
Sarah