Friends and family of Katie Vandiver and Alex Wise were invited to celebrate the couple's recent marriage at a post-nuptial reception Nov. 6 at the Clinton Presidential Center.
One end of the Great Hall was turned into a lounge area with white couches and mirrored end-tables, sheepskin rugs and fur throws. Guests dined at tables decorated with tall arrangements of hydrangeas, peonies, roses and freesia in shades of white, green and gray. The buffet held a combination of birch and silver containers filled with hydrangeas, roses, lisianthus and white dendrobium orchids. Silver lanterns with white hydrangeas and dahlias decorated outdoor tables. Music was by Bamboo Forest.
The couple were married July 9 in Crested Butte, Colo., and honeymooned in Southeast Asia. They live in Denver.
Vandiver is the daughter of Dawne Benafield Vandiver of Little Rock and the late Ronald M. Vandiver. She is the granddaughter of former Little Rock Mayor J.W. "Buddy" Benafield, the late Anita Benafield and the late Maggie and Dick Vandiver. She is a teacher at Denver South High School.
Wise is the daughter of Lesley Chisholm Hildreth and Richard Hildreth and Randolph English Wise, all of Virginia Beach, Va. Her grandparents are Dorothy and the late William Chisholm of Arcata, Calif., and the late Anne and Randolph Wise. She is executive director of Community Enterprise Development Service in Denver.
-- Story and photos by Cary Jenkins
High Profile on 11/13/2016