Our Story - Kristen & Stewart Millikan

 

 

 

I met Stu like so many other people meet, through a shared group of friends. The only difference in our case was that our shared group of friends was spread across the country and I had never met any of them face to face. In a world of online dating and apps to meet the right 

partner, we took it a step further and met in a video game.

 

Like many people do, we spent time as friends within the group, then moved on to being friends outside the group. In the online game we played together, two people could marry their avatars (the characters people play as) and after a while we decided to do just that. 

 

And so, with a small, virtual marriage, we started on our path to the real thing.

Over the next few years I would make the trip to Chicago to spend a week with him, and he would fly to Albany to do the same. After a year and a half, he decided to make the move to Albany.

 

In keeping with the rest of our lives, our wedding was a celebration of everything nerdy. Our tables were named after houses in Game of Thrones. We had swords, and cloaks, and crowns. The words we spoke to each other when we were married were pulled straight out of fantasy. It was a day that was uniquely us and we know our family and friends loved it every bit as much as we did!

 

 

Wedding date  

November 11, 2018  

 

Location

Glen Sanders Mansion

 

Photographer  

Matt McClosky Photography 

 

Event Decorator 

Glen Sanders Mansion 

 

Wedding gown & bridesmaids' dresses

Jocelynn's Bridal  

 

Tuxedo & groomsmens' clothing

Men's Warehouse

 

Wedding planner 

Maria DeMartino

 

Hair 

Platinum Salon - Alyssa Lauder

 

Makeup 

Platinum Salon - Becca Shaeffer 

 

Flowers  

Felthousen's Florist and Greenhouse 

 

Caterer / Cake 

Mazzone Hospitality   

 

DJ 

Bobby Dick & Susie Q

 

First dance  

'Answers' by  Nobuo Uematsu

 

Honeymoon destination 

New Zealand 

 

Hespera Designs providing the gemfire ring cut from the 

same motherstone that Lena Heady wore in Game of Thrones.

 

Eden Luxe Bridal Swarovski Crystal Crown, necklace and earrings

Costurero Real Ceremony Cloak

 

Special touches...

The wedding party received engraved Alehorns with their names, the date and their "title" given to them by the bride & groom. The Groom wore a replica of the famed valryian steel sword "Longclaw" from Game of Thrones.

 

Advice to pass along...

Your wedding day goes by as fast as everyone says it does!  Remember to take some time 

to sit down and enjoy the meal, cake and drinks for yourself.