Tradition has never been their thing. Why start with a wedding?

Kelly Daniels and Emir Muhovic were married by a graffiti artist they love, in a pop-up wedding at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida.

Like so many couples before them, Constance Kelly Daniels and Emir Muhovic met at a bar. But they had taken very different paths to get there.

Ms. Daniels, who goes by the name Kelly, was born and raised in Panama City, Florida.

Mr. Muhovic fled his home in war-torn Bosnia in 1992, when he was just 15. After spending some time in Germany, he immigrated to the United States in 2001.

Cut to the fateful night in August 2011 at an Atlanta bar. Ms Daniels, now 38, found Mr Muhovic, 45, handsome, so she approached him. "I told him bluntly, 'I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I have a girlfriend,'" Mr. Muhovic said.

" When he said that, I just said 'whatever' and tried to be cute on the dance floor,” Ms. Daniels said with a laugh.

The encounter had left an impression on both les. When they met again later that year, Mr. Muhovic shared that he was now single.

"He remembered me," Ms. Daniels said. "He asked for my number, and I said no this time." Mr. Muhovic DMed Ms. Daniels on Facebook a few days later, and they started logging on.

On May 4, 2011, they had their first date at a now closed restaurant in Decatur, Georgia, called Carpe Diem. They sat for hours sharing appetizers and stories about their life. They met for a second date a few days later, and a third date the next day. Since then, they have not left each other for more than two days.

ImageThe DM Instagram in which the couple asked Jimmy Paintz, whom they admired but had never met, to marry them at Art Basel.Credit...Jayme Gershen

And yet they were hesitant to label their freshman relationship: It wasn't until they attended a party with friends on Lake Lanier, outside of Atlanta, that things changed when Mrs. Daniels heard a rumor circulating.

"My friend came to me and said, 'Emir tells everyone how much he loves you. "So I ran over there and shouted 'I love you' to her," Ms Daniels said. "And the rest is history."

Mrs. Daniels holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. She moved to Atlanta in 2010 for a job at Cooper Carry, an architecture firm with offices in Atlanta. She is now a full-time artist and furniture maker under her own brand, Cosmic Creativ.

Mr. Muhovic graduated from Binghamton University in New York with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. He moved to Atlanta in 2004 and spent his career in health technology, working with various start-ups.

Inspired by Mr. Muhovic's story as a refugee, Ms. Daniels decided to volunteer for the International Rescue Committee as a citizenship teacher. She is also the author of a citizenship preparation manual.

"Having been lucky enough to be born in Panama City and in a country not ravaged by war, I do not didn't know anything about the history of Bosnia," she said. That changed when she met Mr. Muhovic. "There is a turning point when you understand that refugees are families like ours," she said, "It broke my heart. Once you know better, it's hard not to do better. »

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