HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 16 YEARS, MEETING AT 16 YEARS OLD. WE DIDN’T START DATING UNTIL 3 YEARS AGO, SO IT’S BEEN MANY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, AND IT WAS A SURPRISE TO BOTH OF US WHEN WE STARTED TO FALL IN LOVE.

WHEN DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS A FOREVER KIND OF LOVE?

ONCE WE BOTH TOLD EACH OTHER WE HAD FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER, WE BOTH KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY THAT THIS WAS IT. WE HAD ALREADY BUILT TRUST, RESPECT, AND A STRONG FOUNDATION FROM BEING FRIENDS FOR SO MANY YEARS. IT WAS CERTAINLY, "WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW".

TELL US ABOUT THE PROPOSAL

DAN ASKED ME TO COME DOWNSTAIRS IN OUR LITTLE TREEHOUSE HOME AT THE TIME TO WATCH THE SUNSET, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL FOR HIM AS HE STRANGELY DOESN’T LIKE SUNSETS. I WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND HE READ ME A LONG LETTER OUT LOUD, AND THEN OUR DOG CAME OVER WITH THE RING ATTACHED TO HIS COLLAR. WE CELEBRATED WITH DINNER WITH FRIENDS AND WENT TO A VINTAGE PHOTOBOOTH AT MIDNIGHT TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT IN TIME.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE OVERALL FEEL OR AESTHETIC OF YOUR WEDDING DAY?

I WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE A LONG, LEISURELY LUNCH IN ITALY, SHARED WITH OUR CLOSEST FAMILY AND FRIENDS—UNHURRIED, WARM, AND FULL OF CONVERSATION. I IMAGINED TABLES THAT FELT RELAXED YET INTENTIONAL, A LITTLE MESSY IN THE BEST WAY, LAYERED WITH TEXTURES, COLOURS, AND PERSONAL TOUCHES THAT INVITED PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN AND STAY AWHILE. MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANTED EVERY DETAIL TO FEEL THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED, PERSONAL, EXPRESSIVE, AND ARTFUL, SO THE WHOLE DAY FELT LIKE AN EXTENSION OF US.

WHAT INSPIRED THIS VISION?

WE WENT TO SICILY NOT LONG AFTER GETTING ENGAGED, AND I WAS STILL CONCEPTUALISING WHAT I WANTED THE DAY TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE. BEING IN SICILY SOLIDIFIED OUR VISION, FROM THE SPLATTER SICILIAN PLATES TO THE TYPE OF FOOD WE WANTED.