THE WEDDING OF PARIS & COLTON

AUGUST

31, 2018 Newport, Rhode Island

By Colby Radomski

Sometimes when you know, you know. That sentiment was certainly true for Paris Holliday and Colton Knibbe. The couple, who had sparked a longdistance relationship (Colton lived in Utah while Paris lived in Connecticut), had their first official date in Washington, D.C. in November 2017, dating for six months before Colton popped the question. “I had moved back [to the East Coast] in the beginning of May and knew I was going to marry her,” Colton says, adding that after designing a custom ring for Paris, he teased her about a proposal. “I made the mistake of jokingly fake proposing, like Jim did in ‘The Office,’ a few times with an empty box. Ironically enough I kept the ring on me at all times.” Colton kept the farse going until one night after a dinner with family, he put the ring back in the box and formally proposed to Paris.

Three months after they were engaged, the couple wed at Regatta Place in Newport, Rhode Island, a place of particular meaning to the couple. “One of our first long date weekends together was in Newport,” says Paris. Colton knew instantly that the Goat Island venue would be the place where they would host their August nuptials. “It sounds so cliché, but when we walked in, it just felt right … it has this cool, European, but natural vibe with the water right there. It just clicked.”

With only several months to plan their celebration, Paris enlisted her mother, who has experience planning events, to help design a “Napa Valley-meets-Newport” themed soireé, which featured a blend of rustic and natural décor, including farm tables, floral garlands, wine barrels (a nod to Paris’s love of wine), and a neutral color palette of ivory, champagne and greenery. Following a perfect wedding day, the couple and their guests enjoyed brunch at Newport Vineyards, rounding out what Paris calls a weekend-long theme of “winery by the beach.”

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