♡ We are beyond excited to share our special day with all of the people closest to us in our lives! We created this site as an info resource for our upcoming celebration in Punta Cana. Feel free to check out venue info, travel info + hotel accommodations, our registry, and things to do during your stay. While browsing through our site, you can read about our background story and our relationship journey so far. After all this time, we are ready to make our dream wedding a reality. We hope to see you there, don’t forget to RSVP here on our website via the “RSVP” link in our website menu. Please enter one name at a time when you RSVP! Thanks so much for all of your love and support, and we can’t wait to have you join us on this journey! Love always, Arielle and Chris xoxo ♡

Arielle and Chris’s love story began on a summer’s night back in August 2016, when their lives serendipitously intertwined while out at a party in the suburbs of Chicago with mutual friends. Having become acquainted with one another that night, they became friends and felt an instant connection to one another. A month or so later, as fate would have it, both Arielle and Chris were freshly single following their first meeting. After a bit of cheeky chit-chat and getting to know each other more, it was obvious there was an undeniable spark between them. Throughout the remainder of summer, their romance blossomed. However, Chris had a decision to make. Back in 2011, Chris arrived in Chicago from Adelaide, South Australia to study abroad and explore another part of the world. After his studies, Chris pursued his career in graphic design and printing. As years went by, Chris was simply living his life and working, and ended up staying longer than originally planned in the US. All that while, Arielle had been working as a professional hairstylist in the Chicago northshore and remained passionate about making art, eventually following a path to becoming a salon owner. Right before Chris met Arielle, he was ready to pack his bags make his way back home to Australia. What Chris didn’t realize was that his life was about to change for the better after they met. After a few short months of dating, they moved in together, the two were inseparable. Instead of moving back to Australia, Chris chose to stay in Chicago so they could be together. Since then, they purchased their first home together in the Chicago suburbs and share two beautiful yet mischievous cats, Xena and Sia. During their time as a couple, they have traveled to countries all over the world, including visiting his family and friends in Australia and New Zealand. Arielle and Chris continue to share their love of traveling, art, music, nature and animals, and have decided to spend the rest of their lives together. While vacationing on the island of Maui in Hawaii on September 26th 2021, Chris proposed to Arielle at sunset on the beach …and Arielle said yes! Arielle and Chris are excited beyond measure to get married and celebrate the next chapter of their lives!