SHERRIE DUNLAP & SEAN GALLAGHER After their first date, Sherrie Dunlap knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Sean Gallagher. “I remember having a thought go through my mind after we finally stopped talking and said goodbye. When I got home, I remember thinking, ‘I think that was my last first date,’” she recalls. “It was.” Sherrie and Sean dated for a little over a year before they were engaged. The bride carried an all-white bouquet of peonies, garden roses, spray roses, wax flowers, and hypericum berries as she walked down the aisle at Saint Vincent Basilica. The stems were wrapped in white satin and accented by Sherrie’s baptismal bonnet. Onto the satin wrap, Sherrie pinned antique broaches — “something old” — that belonged to influential members of her family and Sean’s family who have passed away. She also included her mother’s silver brooch — “something borrowed” — and topped of the arrangement with her maternal grandmother’s blue crystal rosary — “something blue.” Following their nuptials, Sherrie and Sean danced for the first time as a married couple to “You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne. “We still tell each other daily, ‘You are the best thing that ever happened to me.’”
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Sherrie compares her relationship with Sean to a famous quote from “When Harry Met Sally,” “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
KRISTI ROSIAK & JOSHUA BILLIEL The stars aligned for Kristi Rosiak and Joshua Billiel as they fell in love on the night of a blue moon back in 2012. Four years later — almost to the exact date! — they got engaged on the night of another. Given the celestial origins of their love story, the couple wanted to incorporate the blue moon into their wedding day. Kristi and Joshua said “I do” in the Urban Room of the Omni William Penn Hotel under the romantic glow of deep blue lighting. “We knew that a dark theme, that dark blue, was really everything about us.” With the bridal party dressed in shades of navy and black, Kristi stood out like a shining star in a dark night sky. She wore a strapless gown, covered top-to-bottom in intricate beading, and carried a cascading bouquet of white orchids. Loved ones moved to the Omni William Penn Hotel’s Grand Ballroom for the gorgeous reception. As a subtle nod to the cosmic theme, Bethel Bakery added sugar and glitter to the first and third tiers of the couple’s white cake for a simple yet stunning effect.
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For their first dance as husband and wife, Kristi and Joshua chose “Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett. “It talked about the Northern Lights and the Eiffel Tower, and those are all things that Josh and I did together.”
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