Natascha’s dress was a custom-made top and skirt created by Liby Ball of Bloomington Stitchery.
Mike + Natascha
photography by LAURA VON PHOTOGRAPHY
Mike Jacob admits that he’s not a particularly romantic guy. So it’s no surprise that his marriage proposal to Natascha Buehnerkemper was unconventional. “Getting on a knee that’s not me,” he says. Yet their wedding was hauntingly beautiful and quixotic.
Natascha, 33, and Mike, 32, met as co-workers at Bloomingfoods. Theirs was a low-key courtship. Their first date was an evening at Kilroy’s with a few of Mike’s friends. But as they spent time together, they realized they were a good match. “It started off as just fun, but then we got along really well, continued to hang out, and got more serious,” Natascha says.