What inspired your vision for your wedding day? Do you have a theme or color palette? How do you envision your ideal wedding day?

White & greens for the flowers. Dusty blue and gold for wedding colors. We are looking forward to a semi-traditional wedding day with family and friends. We were originally going to have the ceremony at a church but due to COVID they asked us to not hold our ceremony there. An ideal wedding day is that there is no stress on me, the bride, and everything runs smoothly. Or at least if it does not run smoothly, someone is there to take care of it. I feel like Matt and I am not very celebratory people for things in our own life so it will be so nice to have our friends and family there celebrating us. I just want a warm and inviting day for all our guests. (and vendors!)

Tell me about the proposal!

Matt surprised me with a gorgeous night at a winery. We were supposed to be going to a wine tasting and then meeting up with his parents later for dinner. (Although I expected the proposal this night, and every weekend for a month before this day, it was still a surprise.). We went to Grace Winery for a tasting and when we were done with our wine and snack Matt wanted to take me outside and show me the property. We were walking along and came to the front of the Inn that was attached to the winery. All of a sudden we came up to a sidewalk with tea candles and rose petals leading down to a cellar door… He opened the door and inside was this small room all lit up with candles and roses and I immediately started crying. He led me into the middle of the room where he proposed to me. As soon as he got down on one knee his dad popped out of the back with his camera to catch the shot. Afterwards we walked upstairs to the bar of the restaurant and our parents surprised us there. Matt then led us back down to the cellar for a 5 course meal with wine paring….. it was the best and most thoughtful night of my life! I could not believe he did all that! He can’t even pick out his wedding band!

What is some advice you’d give to a newly engaged couple about the whole wedding planning process?

Start early. I started as soon as we got engaged which was over a year and a half before our wedding. Everyone kept saying “you have so much time.” Well, to do everything on your own is a lot more than most people realize. Also, everything does not have to be done a certain way. Nowadays there is so much bridal & wedding stuff brides are pressured into doing.