Courtney Toll, the co-founder and CEO of hand-held iron brand Nori first matched with Timothy “Timber” Erskine on Hinge—though, as she tells it, she can’t take full credit. “Funny enough, it was my older sister who did the swiping,” she says. Home for the holidays, her sister spotted Timber’s profile and took it as fate. “They’re both Bucknell alums—along with my mom—so she decided it had to be a sign.” What started as a family-assisted match turned into a four-year courtship grounded in humor, travel, and an easy steadiness Courtney describes as essential. “He’s always the calm to my anxious.”
London, long before it became the backdrop to their engagement, had already woven itself into their story. It was Courtney’s favorite city in the world—where she studied abroad and where the couple took their first international trip together. When Timber’s parents temporarily relocated there in 2023, it offered the perfect excuse for repeat visits. During Easter weekend in March 2024, the pair walked through Regent’s Park. Timber proposed with a line that stopped her in her tracks: “I don’t just want you to be my wife, I want you to be the mother of my children.” The words echoed the very ones Courtney’s late father had once said to her mother. Timber even carried a sixpence from the year her dad was born. Afterward, they headed to brunch with his parents—only for Courtney to discover her entire family had flown in from Connecticut to celebrate.
On July 12, 2025, the couple married in Kennebunkport, Maine, a place layered with history for them both. Courtney grew up spending summers there, drawn to its natural beauty and relaxed charm. Serendipitously, Timber’s great-grandparents first met in Kennebunkport in the summer of 1917. “It felt like the most special place to start our marriage,” she says. “And with a nickname like Timber, Maine and its rustic ambience felt fitting.” Inspired by her all-time favorite film, Father of the Bride, Courtney envisioned a timeless, Nancy Meyers–esque New England weekend filled with hydrangeas, garden details, and coastal touches.
With Beautiful Days leading the planning, the weekend felt polished but personal. The rehearsal dinner was a classic Maine lobster bake with blue printed tablecloths and hydrangeas. Courtney wore a silk gingham Danarys New York dress from Over The Moon with a silk scarf as her “something blue.” Timber chose a navy suit with a custom Smathers & Branson belt stitched with needlepoint icons of his favorite things—including Courtney’s initials.
For the ceremony at St. Ann’s by the Sea, Courtney worked with Amsale to create a 90s-inspired satin and silk mikado dress with a cinched waist, delicate straps, covered buttons, and a subtle bow. “I was really taken with the structure and timeless elegance,” she says. She finished the look with pearl earrings and a pearl-dotted veil, with beauty by Lyndsay Simon Beauty. Her 13 bridesmaids wore mixed floral dresses in soft pink, blue, and green tones, inspired by her sister’s Alemais dress from Mestiza, found on Over The Moon. Leila Brewster captured the weekend’s chapel bells, garden florals, and dance floor moments with a soft, timeless lens.
Before the ceremony, the couple exchanged personal vows surrounded by family beneath towering trees. “It was my favorite part of the entire day,” Courtney says. “It felt so intimate and special.” She walked down the aisle with her mother to “What a Wonderful World.” “Once I reached the altar, I was really locked in on Timber. In that moment I felt completely at ease.” Afterward, guests tossed petals outside the chapel before the couple drove to Wandby Landing in a vintage Jeep Wagoneer.
The reception tent overlooked the marsh and was layered with green trellis fabric and garden-inspired florals by Beautiful Days. Linens from Nuage Designs and BBJ La Tavola set the tables, and stationery by Laura Adison Designs guided guests to their seats.
Their signature cocktails were introduced as “A Tale of Two Tastebuds.” Timber chose a spicy strawberry margarita, while Courtney selected a maple old fashioned. “I will say . . . his choice was definitely the crowd favorite,” she laughs. Guests enjoyed lobster rolls, a raw bar, and a seated surf-and-turf dinner, followed by cake from Let Them Eat Cake, Maine. Later, trays of Toll House cookies circled the dance floor.
“The dance floor was an absolute highlight,” Courtney says. The Hudson Project Band kept guests dancing all night, especially during “Timber.” The couple shared their first dance to “It Would Be You” by Ben Rector. “The song talks about the person you want to be with through everything. For me, that truly is Timber.” As the song picked up, he dipped her to cheers from their guests.
After the final song, the band led everyone to the after-party at Wandby Landing’s bar, where sourdough pizza and espresso martinis were waiting.
For their honeymoon, the couple traveled to Bora Bora and Hawaii, staying in an overwater bungalow at the Four Seasons Bora Bora. “We had the most relaxing and magical stay, debriefing and reliving our wedding repeatedly,” Courtney says.
