REAL WEDDINGS | Liz & Ara
How did you two meet? Ara and I met one evening at a wine bar in downtown Wichita in February 2009. I was sitting at the bar with a girlfriend after attending an art show. Ara had walked into the bar with a few friends and said he spotted us at the bar. He later got up to order a drink at the bar and sparked conversation with us. He said he needed an “in” to break the ice, he spotted a penny on the floor, picked it up and asked us if we had dropped it. We spent the evening chatting and then officially started dating later that year.
How long was your engagement? We got engaged August 15, 2010 and were married April 17, 2011. Engaged almost 8 months. Ara proposed while we were on a date celebrating our year anniversary and a week later he deployed to the Middle East.
What inspired your wedding theme? We knew we wanted to get married in the spring and have an outdoor wedding so we started our inspiration right there. We booked the Boathouse for our wedding venue, a renovated 1920’s building with a dramatic view of the Arkansas River. One of my favorite flowers are orchids, so we decided to make that the main flower and use other colors to balance out the bright color.
What inspired your wedding color palette? From the beginning we knew we wanted a more refined color palette and decided our wedding was going to be “more classy, less prom.” That became our go-to when deciding colors. We knew we wanted to use the green cymbidium orchid as the one main pop of color - everything else became a supporting color to that green color. I also wanted the bridesmaids to be in a little black dress so that they could have the option of wearing it again. We rounded out our preppy/boathouse look with all the guys being in khaki suits to pair nicely with the ladies in black dresses. We also chose damask as a pattern for the head table runner to give a bit of dimension to our colors. We wanted it all to tie together and be very fitting of the season and location.
What was special about where you got married? We knew we wanted to get married in Wichita, being the city that we met one another. Since we wanted an outdoor wedding we loved the idea of the Boathouse since it was downtown and had a great view of the river. It also had a backup-rain plan, so we were able to rest assured that if the Kansas skies decided to open up and pour rain that we would have a plan B.
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