The new issue of Arkansas Bride is available now at newsstands, wedding vendors, for purchase in our online store or available for free online in a digital edition.

The Spring/Summer 2014 issue features model Taylor Howard on the cover as photographed by Jason Masters. You can see more fresh fashion featuring the sweetest gowns from the state's best bridal boutiques inside this special feature.

Pops of color burst in special photo sections also in the latest Arkansas Bride. Send your guests wedding paperie with pizazz. Find imaginative wedding décor designed around timeless textiles. Put together the ultimate registry for your Southern kitchen. And perhaps our favorite new feature, browse some inventive treats made with Arkansas love that you can use in your reception's dessert bar.

Arkansas Bride is also happy to show off 12 Unique Ideas for Your Wedding, allowing you to steal a few clever concepts from actual creative brides. Real Weddings offers 13 outstanding Arkansas weddings ranging from casual to formal, vintage to rustic, whimsical to chic – that will inspire your own.

Plus, get updated and current listings for wedding vendors in Arkansas – the caterers and bakeries, the venues, the musicians and other wedding vendors we love.

And once again, Arkansas Bride features an encore of our first-ever Groom’s Guide. It’s a magazine just for your man (or his mom) to help him navigate his role in the wedding — from rehearsal dinner etiquette and venues to toasting tips, wedding band advice, bachelor party planning and more. You can tear it out of this issue and give it to him or your future mother-in-law, or read it together.

Yes, true love is always in-season, but there is something about springtime blossoming into the verdant warm colors of summer that is perfect for planning a perfect day. We hope you use this issue of Arkansas Bride not just as a reference guide, but also as an idea book and perhaps a source of inspiration.