Erin & Bjorn in Balsam Lake, WI

Erin and Bjorn met and quickly became friends while attending college at Pacific Lutheran University in Seattle. Seven years later, Erin took a job in Boston where Bjorn was living. A few months later, their friendship blossomed into romance. The Bride Erin Rae Johnsen, 27, interior designer and architecture grad student The Groom Bjorn Christian Heimdal Larsen, 27, executive VP of business development The Date September 2 One summer, as the two were hiking and eating blueberries near Bjorn's hometown of Heimdal, Norway, Bjorn proposed. For their lakeside fall wedding, Erin and Bjorn planned the entire wedding on their own, designing and creating many of the elements themselves. In the end, we're so glad we did it. It all looked perfect, says Erin.