Please RSVP no later than Sept 30th. Guests can arrive starting at 3:30pm on November 11th, for a prompt ceremony start time at 4pm.

Krystie & Matthew

November 11, 2024 • Charlotte, NC

Please RSVP no later than Sept 30th. Guests can arrive starting at 3:30pm on November 11th, for a prompt ceremony start time at 4pm.

Krystie & Matthew

November 11, 2024 • Charlotte, NC

Our Story

So... are you from NY?

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It was a Sunday, June 26th, 2022. Krystie was helping one of her best friends run an event at a farm day event in South Carolina. Towards the middle of the afternoon, as Krystie is working the check-in tent, a guy walks towards the entrance and was asking for the owner, and from there brings you all to today.


Backstory on the day --- I was helping my friend Cindy work the Ag and Art tour at her friends' farm in South Carolina. While Cindy was in charge of the popup vendors ( if you know me you know that 90% of my world revolves around local artists, vendors, and popup markets), I was in charge of the check-in tent. I had to make sure every person coming to the farm that day checked in so that it could be turned back into the state for this multi-county event that is held each year.


So I am at my station, doing my thing, and up comes this guy and he asks for Dawn, the farm owner. I asked if he was there for the event, because he had to check in, and he replied, "No, I live on the property, I am just looking for the landlord."

At this point, I did NOT know that the previous tenant had moved out, so when I was looking at this guy, and trying to match him up to the horror stories of the tenant that I supposedly knew lived there.... I was very confused. It didn't match up at all. This HAD to be a new tenant. So I just shrugged it off, told him to go into the Dairy, and IMMEDIATELY messaged Dawn and Cindy on Facebook Messenger. When Matt came back outside, he was by one of the first vendor tents closest to where my check-in tent was, and while I was reading my book, I heard him say "So, are you from New York?" referencing my NYC skyline tattoo on my arm. From there, we haven't gone a day without talking.

June 26, 2022

At this point, I did NOT know that the previous tenant had moved out, so when I was looking at this guy, and trying to match him up to the horror stories of the tenant that I supposedly knew lived there.... I was very confused. It didn't match up at all. This HAD to be a new tenant. So I just shrugged it off, told him to go into the Dairy, and IMMEDIATELY messaged Dawn and Cindy on Facebook Messenger. When Matt came back outside, he was by one of the first vendor tents closest to where my check-in tent was, and while I was reading my book, I heard him say "So, are you from New York?" referencing my NYC skyline tattoo on my arm. From there, we haven't gone a day without talking.

Our First date was 2 days later, he brought me flowers, was such a gentleman - yes, totally nervous, and we spent more time walking around the parking lot after dinner talking and getting to know each other that it didn't even feel like we had only met 2 days prior.


The next date was shortly after that. Again he showed up with flowers and by the time the 3rd date came around it was July 6th, and we made it Facebook official on 7/7.


The funny thing was that I don't think either one of us was actually looking for any sort of relationship. It just happened, and was so natural, that even with the wall that I built up around myself, Matt was patient, and kind, and everything fell into place without us having to force anything.


We have become each other's sound board when the other needs to vent. We push each other to do and be better when it comes to working on ourselves.


Matt came into my life at a time when I was focusing a lot on self-care and healing, and this man has been so patient, so kind, and so understanding. He has seen all my weird, quirky, and irrational thoughts, and has loved me through them all.


I think the most beautiful thing about our story is that we both came with broken pieces from our past, not expecting the other to fix them, or fill those gaps, but instead were able to look past our insecurities, through any cracks or flaws and see the best in each other and over time, start to heal the parts of us that we didn't think we could.


I did make him work for it, little Miss Independent over here had lots of UNLEARNING to do.

I had to get used to him bringing me flowers randomly, or on date nights. I would tell him it was a waste of money - and he would say it was never a waste if he was buying them for me.


I had (and still have to) get used to him complimenting me all the time. There are only so many times you can call someone beautiful in a day, and he meets and exceeds that quota every day.


I still roll my eyes when he power walks to get to my driver's side door before me just so he can open my door for me. I am still working on that one.


But I wouldn't change that for anything. I never was one of those people that FULLY believed "oh love happens when you least expect it" but our story is 100% proof that it does.


And we cannot wait to celebrate our next chapter with you in November of 2024!

The story of TWO

There's a theme here

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So, we didn't plan this.... the date we started officially dating was 7/7.. ok... nice number. It definitely wasn't a special date for either of us—just random dates.


Then the story of the rings... Matt has specific instructions on the kind of ring I prefer. I wanted a cushion cut Moissanite, a simple ring, nothing too fancy, in silver I DID NOT WANT A DIAMOND that was it. And he did GOOOODDDD. However... my tiny raccoon hands are quite different from his man-measuring hands, so when he went to pick the original ring, he used his pinky for size and was like - " yup this is good"

When I was having a mini meltdown one day - I asked to see the ring since I knew he had it, (after BEGGING for DAYS) and he finally let me see it. AND IT WAS GORGEOUS - but I told him "I cannot wear this! It's massive, you have to return it". Long story short, He couldn't return it, so we settled for getting a second ring that I could wear every day and this one I could wear for special occasions.

August 27, 2023

When I was having a mini meltdown one day - I asked to see the ring since I knew he had it, (after BEGGING for DAYS) and he finally let me see it. AND IT WAS GORGEOUS - but I told him "I cannot wear this! It's massive, you have to return it". Long story short, He couldn't return it, so we settled for getting a second ring that I could wear every day and this one I could wear for special occasions.

The Second Ring and Proposal

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This part of the story became so special to me and even though I still feel guilty I have two rings, they both mean so much to me.


Matt went out and got that second ring for me and this time went with his own choosing. We had a photo shoot planned for Halloween on 9/8 to get spooky fun photos oh, of which Matt told me he wasn't going to propose, so I didn't get all fancy (I should have known) and as he took us outside for photos during one of the muggiest, sweatiest nights, I'm hot, sweating, 1000% bloated and wanting my North Carolina AC at 1030PM - he drops to his knee and proposes.

The next day, Saturday 9/9, I had a market so we didn't really get to tell anyone the night before. But that Saturday morning as we told our family, and as Matt and I watched the video, I realized he never actually said the words "will you marry me?" So Naturally I was like, "You have to ask again! You never actually asked! I just took the ring!!!" So we ended up doing a video and posted it on Facebook to explain the double "proposal" and the double rings. And that is how 9/9 became our true Proposal date.

September 09, 2023

The next day, Saturday 9/9, I had a market so we didn't really get to tell anyone the night before. But that Saturday morning as we told our family, and as Matt and I watched the video, I realized he never actually said the words "will you marry me?" So Naturally I was like, "You have to ask again! You never actually asked! I just took the ring!!!" So we ended up doing a video and posted it on Facebook to explain the double "proposal" and the double rings. And that is how 9/9 became our true Proposal date.
The second ring was a diamond - because Matt said I deserved one. I was never a diamond kind of girl. But this man, this wonderful, loving, kind man.... he doesn't let me just settle. He loves me in such a way that I fight him almost daily for doing so. I never would have asked for a diamond. 1 - I personally think they are overrated and it's just a stone. 2- I am basically a gypsy and LOVE my Swarovski crystals and anything that sparkles like Diamonds - I wanted a Moissanite stone, it looks like I diamond, but at a fraction of the cost. ;) But Matt said I deserved one. A real diamond even if I only wore it a few times, I deserved to have a real stone instead because of the meaning, and I can pick whatever ring I wanted to wear any time.

September 09, 2023

The second ring was a diamond - because Matt said I deserved one. I was never a diamond kind of girl. But this man, this wonderful, loving, kind man.... he doesn't let me just settle. He loves me in such a way that I fight him almost daily for doing so. I never would have asked for a diamond. 1 - I personally think they are overrated and it's just a stone. 2- I am basically a gypsy and LOVE my Swarovski crystals and anything that sparkles like Diamonds - I wanted a Moissanite stone, it looks like I diamond, but at a fraction of the cost. ;) But Matt said I deserved one. A real diamond even if I only wore it a few times, I deserved to have a real stone instead because of the meaning, and I can pick whatever ring I wanted to wear any time.

So the two rings became my favorite

I wore both of them together. One on each hand, and alternated them on my ring finger. I forced myself to get used to the Moissanite ring ( like my friend Kym said, I wasn't used to wearing rings, and I would come around to it)

And by the 3rd day of wearing them both, I felt so guilty and got upset that I wanted him to return the Diamond because I knew it was still expensive, and I only made him buy a second ring because I was unsure about the size of the first one.


He told me no.


And I am glad he did. Now when I see both of these rings, not only do I have the perfect ring that he picked out based on what I wanted - that he used his pinky for size LOL, but now I also have a perfect ring that he picked out all by himself, that also has a personal touch to it that I had no say in whatsoever. They both have so much meaning to me, and I love him for that. So now the 2 rings fit right into the theme of doubles. 7/7, 9/9, 11/11. Who knows what other "doubles" might be in store with this wedding/relationship..... (PS twins do run in my family) ;)