pink weddings magazine » 25
Katherine and Michelle
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e originally met over 14 years ago – we
worked at the same company. We were
good friends, but i walked away from
having a relationship. the company
closed shortly therea er, and we never
had any contact.
later, we became friends again on Facebook, but didn’t
really have any interactions. then in 2011, i noticed
Michelle’s status changed to ‘single’ – so i sent her a
message to say that i was sorry to hear that, and offered to
buy her a drink, but understood if she didn’t want to see me.
She replied, ‘are you kidding? i would love to see you!’
i went to meet her at her winery, and as i walked towards
her, she turned around and smiled – and we have been
together ever since.
i’m supposed to say our proposal was all romantic and
perfect, but the truth is we were sitting in the hot tub
drinking beer and i said something like, ‘Well, when we’re
married…’ Michelle asked, ‘What? You want to marry me?’
When i replied that i had just assumed we were heading in
that direction, she got down on one knee in the hot tub and
put her ring on my hand and asked me to marry her.
For such completely different people, we have very
similar tastes: we knew we wanted our day to be filled with
the people we love, we knew we wanted good food, wine,
and music and we knew we didn’t want the typical wedding.
Michelle is the one who originally said she wanted a tent
wedding. i found the venue at Kuhs Farm from a magazine
ad, and then everything just came together.
it was a wine-themed wedding, and we called it ‘rustic
elegance’. i found a candle that had swirls of blue, green and
brown – earth tones – which was my colour inspiration. erin,
at exclusive events, designed our barrel lights to match the
candles. they also provided the wine barrel cocktail tables,
