Crate and Barrel's Ultimate Wedding Contest

Our love story.

Daydreaming architect girl taps determined businessman's shoulder and asks for help on their Economics homework. And, so we meet. As freshmen at UC Berkeley, we became fast friends, discovering many of life’s joys and freedoms alongside our friends. For the past six years of friendship and four years of dating, our love has seen skyrocketing phone bills, outrageous football games, the laziest of lazy days, and adventures to Europe and Asia. It has witnessed nights in the hospital, legendary concerts, daily love letters sent from California to Africa, encouragement from friends, surprise birthday extravaganzas, and, now, a teary beach proposal.

Three important details about our Ultimate Wedding.

Three details we envision are: 1) An outdoors rustic farm celebration at dusk, imagined with plenty delicious sustenance, playful lighting, and contemporary Ventura-line décor – highlighted by warm colors and wicker-woven accents. Achieving this style would help create the casual yet chic environment we want for our guests and us to laugh, lounge, and enjoy each other. 2) Our favorite photojournalistic photographer capturing the beauty of our day, our guests, and our love. 3) A hot dance floor with music banishing all inhibitions and gets everyone on their feet, dancing like their inner child always dreamed of!

Our everyday dream day.

Waking up together, we cuddle and laugh. Then, we jog to a nearby farmers' market. Excited about our fresh fruit purchases, we return home for a scrumptious breakfast. Afterwards, he works in his home office on his start-up business. She leaves to run an art center for underprivileged kids. After work, we meet at the city beach and walk our dog Nubmuffin. We talk, share new ideas, and play with Nubmuffin. Then, we invite friends over for a simple, delicious dinner and games. When the guests leave and our teeth are brushed, we'll cuddle again, excited for another everyday-dream-day tomorrow.