Gainer and Bennett Wedding Celebration Held At Cochino Lodge

May 21, 2011

Hank Gainer and Jane Bennett became Man and Wife.

It all began with a great gathering of family and  attendents the night before the wedding.

The goom's family had prepared a delicious rehersal dinner and worked the afternoon away getting the deck in order for the occassion. Table cloths were carefully placed on the tables making sure everything was just right.  Uncles and cousins and friends hung a ceiling of white lights that lit up the area with warm ambiance.  The bride and her mother had made a banner of quilting material cut in triangles and strung which were then hung around the perimeters of the lodge. Old quilts were hung on the beams of the lodge porch. This created a great feel difficult to put into words. 

It was a wedding beyond description.

 It was made possible by a family who worked together to make the most unusual wedding of all times.  It was a wedding of the couple's desires, ideas and whemsey melded with family heirlooms, antiques of a bygone era, novel arrangements as well as new things of wood and fabric  made to look ventage by Debbie and Gary Bennet, parents of the Bride  and artists themselves.    There were  flowers of all sorts and colors looking as if they had just been picked  decades ago in someone's early to mid 1900 flower garden and now  found homes in beautiful old bottles and containers.  These also had a  history of their  own in addition to adding decor to the tables. Pressed flowers in  see through miniture envelopes of woven fabic, vintage fans, parasols, precious cookies, old jars with cool water and sodas to fill them along with a hard paper straw to drink from ...were but a few of the items carefully thought through to make a great day for guests.  The guests left with memories of a wedding that was unlike another. 

 You could say it was the couple's spirit and personality made visible. 

The Handsome Groom and his Beautiful Bride

 

Such a handsome one to make the announcement

 The Bride is absolutely Gorgeous.

 I could not take my eyes off this Photograph done by  Donna Quarles (Lufkin Texas)

Photographs of the Bride and groom were displayed in the Lodge as well as vintage photographs superimposed on small cloth banners of the parents and grandparents on their wedding day years earlier.



Photographs by Donna Quarles

A great photograph of the Bride and Groom

The day of the wedding

 Not only a beauty but has an unforgettable air

 

The Bride and her Dad. 

Look at those wonderful Church Benches

These were made by Gary Bennett who is an artist with wood as well as metal

Numerous items were handmade by Gary who may be contacted if you have something special

you need made. 

So Happy

Brother of the Bride was her attendent

Cool, Clear Water

Banners made by the Bride and her mom

The deck had a ceiling of lights.

Vintage dresser of the Bennet Family held the guest register

So many different flowers and so many quaint containers

The mother of the Groom

The Groom's mother and father

Matthew Bennet watches the ceremony with happiness

The couple in front of the Pines Theatre.Some of us have watched first run movies there in the early 1960s

Donna Quarles Photographer

  Oh What a Kiss. It lasted long enough for several shots. 

Connie Wells  makes sure that the wishes of  bride and groom are carried out.  Connie attends to all the details

Nothing is left out and that the wedding goes accroding to schedule.

With Connie there is no stress as she manages it all. Connie enjoyed working with the Gainer and Bennet families and did a great job executing the wishes of the families.

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Old Pie Safe great for holding the drinking jars

Music by Pro-DJ , Shawn, began just prior to the ceremony, Shawn then moved to the Grand Deck with lots of speakers and great Vintage Music. All the early 1940s 50s and 60s were very familiar. Great dancing. Great fun.

The  envelopes of dried flowers handmade by the bride and her mom

May 23, 2011 a day to remember, reflect upon and know that you

"did it your way" and it was great.

Jane Bennett Gainer is a great Photographer
Jane's work can be seen at Shedding Images-by Jane
blogspot or dialed up at 936-875-4944
She has a great eye and great angle to capture the soul and spirit of her subject.
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