Last August Jason photographed Brie and Rich’s wedding.  Not only were Brie and Rich great, but their families were also really welcoming and friendly so Jason was very excited when Rich’s brother Chris got in touch about his own wedding.  A month ago dad met up with Chris and Jessica for their engagement session in Tampa.  They started in the same place where Brie had her bridal session.  How fun that both couples will have memories in the same location.

Jessica and Chris were married at Davis Island Garden Club in Tampa.  They did a terrific job decorating and I loved their details as I went through their pictures!  They used yellow and green as wedding colors, perfect for an April wedding.  The wedding had branches, flowers, and plants to give it an earthy feel with shells to bring in a bit of Florida.  Branches with yellow flowers created arches at the ceremony site and were also behind the head table at the reception.  Shells on yellow ribbons hung on the ceremony chairs by the aisle.  Potted plants were given as favors for the guests and doubled as the seating assignments.  The cocktail tables had big green leaves with shells scattered around a vase.  The vase was decorated with a rafia bow and held a candle in sand and shells.  Little rafia bows were also used on the couple’s programs.  The reception room’s centerpieces were beautiful big yellow flowers next to tall vases with flowers submerged in water.  It all came together beautifully.

Jessica had her hair and makeup done by Cari Collinsworth with Kyle Lynn Studios before getting dressed in her beautiful gown.  The ceremony took place in front of the Davis Island Garden Club gazebo and was officiated by Pastor Cindy.  Catering by the Family did the food and the shell covered cake for the reception.  Jason thought it was fun when Chris took over the mic for a bit to sing for his guests.  The newlyweds left the wedding in a boat through a bubble send off.

Thanks to Jessica and Chris for a great wedding!  Congratulations!

Mom’s favorite bridesmaid shoes ever!

A wedding tail gate party 🙂

The gorgeous branch arches at the ceremony site:

Don’t you love the yellow with orange and green accents for a spring wedding?  The girls look so pretty.

The favors:

“I’m on a boat” by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain (warning:  explicit lyrics, but funny!)

Dad said it was great to see Brie and Rich again.  Brie said she might be doing a Back in the Dress session soon which would be a blast!  Here they are doing the Gator chomp: