A Lush, Ultra-Stylish Wedding at The Foundry in Long Island City, New York

A year before Australians Sasha Leibowitz (28, a fashion editor) and Oliver Benz (27, a model) officially met, they happened to strike up a conversation at a Halloween party in Sydney. Like all classic love stories begin, she was dressed as a bride from hell and he was wearing a Zoro mask. A stra...

An Elegant, Garden Wedding at Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio

Rebecca Fineran (37, in merchandising) and Derik Burkholder (33, an engineer) got to know each other through living in the same neighborhood. Over the summer, Rebecca used a lawn mower that had a noisy engine every time it turned on. After a season of frustration, Derik from down the street came ...

A Simple, Elegant Wedding at The Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

Kristen Savage (26) and Andrew Taylor (27) had been dating for eight years before he proposed at Ault Park in Cincinnati, Ohio and their ten-month engagement began. Their wedding ceremony took place Saint Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, where they had a traditional Catholic mass. Kristen carried a ...

An Ivory Formal Wedding at Monte Cristo Ballroom in Everett, Washington

Sarah Wright (28, a marketing manager) and Patrick Webert (28, a commercial real estate broker) were both invited to trivia night at The Attic Eatery Alehouse & Eatery by a mutual friend. The next day at work, the friend told Sarah that Patrick wanted her number. Patrick and Sarah went on the...

A Vintage, Art Deco Wedding at The Monte-Criso Ballroom in Everett, Washington

Kelly Jean (33, an Army commander) and Michael Langan (32, in Army networking) happened to be seated at the same table at a retirement dinner while they were both stationed in Germany. They discovered they had many shared interests and hobbies, and instantly hit it off! The couple decided to get ...

A Classic, Elegant Wedding at Cascade Hills Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan

As undergraduates at Pepperdine University, newlyweds Lauren (28 and a history of art graduate student) and Gary (28 and a law school student) met and dated for a number of years before getting engaged on Point Dume beach in Malibu. "It was where I lived when we first started dating," Lauren says...

A Classic Winter Wedding at Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio

Karen Herbert (31, a physical therapist) and Kirk Rowe (32, self-employed) met online and began date around the holiday season of that year. A while after they began to date, the couple took a trip to California and booked a hot air balloon over Napa Valley. Kirk proposed to Karen while they were...

An Elegant Hotel Wedding at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, California

Lauren Opet (33, a teacher) and Rob Deutsche (32, a technical supporter) met through a mutual friend at a college alumni barbeque, and in no time began to date each other. After they both discovered their mutual passion for traveling the world, Rob surprised Lauren with a trip to Palm Springs, Ca...

An Ivory Elegant Wedding at The American Croatian Lodge in Willoughby, Ohio

Inna Pashkovskaya (24, a student) and Igor Kutsar (30, a cerified clinical perfusionist) met during their teenage years, but didn’t connect until taking a trip to Chicago with family and friends. Shortly after returning from the weekend trip, Igor called Inna and shortly after they began to date....

An Elegant Traditional Wedding at Villa Motalvo in Saratoga, California

Most people might not meet their future spouse through the study of an ancient language, but for Cambia Green (26 and a medical student) and Bryan Rome (26 and an attorney) thats exactly what happened. The pair met their freshman year of high school in Latin class. And it wasn't Bryan that made t...

A Historical Hotel Wedding at Hyatt Arcade in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio

Samantha Schabel (29, a pharmacist) and David Schabel (28, software project manager) met during a high school Super Bowl party held at the Bay Presbyterian Church, which they both belonged to. They had been dating when David and Samantha went to Ferrante winery in Ashtabula, Ohio for the day. The...

A Historically Elegant Wedding at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio

Taulbi Morrison (27, a physical therapist) and Jim Morrison (26, an operations manager) met through knowing each other’s families by attending the same church. After Taulbi had gotten her degree in graduate school, she was searching for an apartment closer to where she would soon start to work. A...

A Romantic Wedding at Everett Golf & Country Club in Everett, Washington

Nikki Bray (24, a recruiter) and Kevin Bray (23, a commercial real estate broker) hit it off when they met at a fraternity party as undergraduates at the University of Washington. Kevin got Nikki’s phone number by the end of the night, and they kept in touch over the months. They eventually becam...

A Timeless, Elegant Wedding at the Saint Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota

It didn't take long for Terra (28 and in sales) and Drake (27 and in sales) to realize they had a connection. "It sounds cheesy, but we knew very quickly that this was 'it,'" Terra says. When the time came for a proposal, Drake scattered candles and ribbons throughout their condo, leading Terra o...

An Elegant Garden Wedding at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio

Samantha Walters (28, a postpartum doula) and Mario Castellon Ibarra (31, a health administrator) both worked at the same hotel in Costa Rica when the first met. Mario was in a relationship when they were introduced, but when Samantha came back from visiting her family in the United States, he wa...

An Elegant Mansion Wedding at The Milestone in Krum, Texas

Elena Goodale (23, Industrial Designer) first met Derek Ogle (23, Industrial Designer) while making up an Art History test in her professor’s office. “We spent two and a half years developing the sweetest friendship that then led us to begin dating the day after Valentines Day during the last sem...

An Elegant, Intimate Wedding at San Francisco City Hall in California

Tina Ray (29, in the Department of Veterans Affairs) and Erik Belty (32, United States Navy Corpsman) met through mutual friends at a dinner party they were both invited to. After dating for some time, Erik proposed during a moment that it was just the two of them, and so they began to plan their...

An Elegant Country Club Wedding at Indian Summer Golf and Country Club in Olympia, Washington

Sunny Kim (30, a dental hygienist) and Bill yun (32, an accountant) met at a huge house party Sunny threw while her parents were out of town. They both discovered the chemistry between them, and started dating for what would be the next ten years. They both had graduated college and decided to ce...

An Elegant Folksy Wedding at The Inn at Mountain View Farm in East Burke, Vermont

Katie Urso (30, Designer) met John Biehn (31, Sales Professional) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming through a mutual friend. Both lovers of the outdoors, the newly set-up pair opted for a mountain bike adventure as their first date. The two amateurs bravely cycled on the top of Teton Pass together, not kn...

An Elegant Classic Wedding at Indian Hills Country Club in Kansas City, Kansas

Ashley Seago (31 and a kindergarten teacher) and Eric Seifert (32 and an investment officer) were neighbors by chance in an apartment complex—twice. Upon running into Eric out to dinner, they exchanged numbers, and Eric began to text Ashley from across the bar. Eventually they went out for a date...

Elegant, Napa-Inspired Lakefront Wedding at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas

Samantha Holland (31 and a teacher) and Brennan Hughes (31 and a recruiter) met through mutual friends in Chicago and got engaged on a hike in San Francisco three years later. Immediately following the proposal, the couple drove to Napa for a weekend of wine tasting and celebrating: a perfect com...

A Simple, Elegant Wedding at The Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota

After meeting during their first week as freshmen at Yale, Kaitlyn Lillemoe (27 and a medicine resident) and RJ Price (27 and Harvard Business School student) got engaged outside of the dorm where they met. "RJ likes to credit himself for surprising me, but I knew it was coming after he insisted ...

An Intimate Wedding at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, California

Jackie Fenn (29, a certified public accountant) and Daniel Brown (34, a teacher) met through mutual friends and shared a kiss on New Year’s that they now see as fate. The couple moved in together seven years later, and shortly after Dan proposed as they were walking along the cliffs of La Jolla b...