Our Story...

Stephen and I met at Clarkson University during the summer of 2018, when he was asked to give a prospective student a campus tour (spoiler: it was me!). Fast forward a few months, we wound up sitting next to each other in class, formed a wonderful group of friends and began spending a lot of time together. Eventually I plucked up the courage to ask him out and in return, he planned a magical first date in Lake Placid on a snowy day in January. 

We went on to graduate with our MBAs, find our first jobs, and spent two years long distance until finally in 2021, we moved to Saratoga Springs with our 'girls’ Kaya and Daisy. After four years of dating, Stephen proposed to me at my childhood home in Windham, NY. He secretly took a day off and with the help of my father and brother, set up a beautiful spot in the woods with a trail of candles and lights leading up to it. It was a dream come true!

We spent the next year working together to plan the wedding of our dreams. When the day finally arrived, we could not have asked for a more perfect celebration. Completely unplanned, we both wrote a pinky promise into our final vow and proceeded to laugh, cry, and dance the night away with all our loved ones at our sides. We are so grateful for the support of our wonderful family, friends and vendors who made it all possible!

Advice to Pass Along... 

• Yes, the day is going to fly by! Plan a moment where it's just you two to take it all in. We snuck away for a few minutes after the ceremony and spent the time laughing over a glass of champagne.
• Wedding planning is hard! If you are like us and want do to some or all of it yourself, try planning date nights around tasks – creating a playlist, tasting cake samples, designing stationary, writing vows, making the seating chart and more! We would make a nice dinner, open a bottle of wine and get to planning. It was really special and we made so many wonderful memories during that time.
• One practical tip would be to make a new shared email account exclusive for wedding related things! I don't know about you, but my personal email is cluttered. This made the process so much easier and after the wedding we continued to use that account for shared activities, for example planning our honeymoon and buying our first home together!

• Special Touches •

We asked our Grandmas Grace & Barbara to be our flower 'ladies.'

We did a lot of the planning together including choreographing our first dance, handmaking our invitation suite and writing our ceremony script. We customized the unity ceremony to incorporate our cultural backgrounds (Scottish Handfasting for Stephen & Greek Crowning for Katherine).

My pearl necklace was a heirloom gifted by my grandmother Grace and the pearl earrings were handmade by my mother Claudia.

We provided disposable cameras for our guests and we are so glad we did because there were so many amazing and hilarious pictures. We also took a camera to all of the events leading up to the wedding and to our honeymoon after. Going through the photos and discovering what was taken was so much fun!