Kelly & Matt in Troutville, VA

Kelly and Matt's celebration at the home of the groom's parents was filled with rich, bold hues and literary flourishes. Cool blues and purples mingled with vibrant oranges and greens throughout the space, creating a rustic, elegant style perfect for a home wedding. THE BRIDE Kelly Nash THE GROOM Matthew (Matt) Schertz THE DATE August 7 Kelly and Matthew may not be Romeo and Juliet, but Shakespeare did play a part in bringing them together. At St. John's University, Kelly (now a 32-year-old literacy specialist) volunteered to do a reading from Hamlet in front of their Shakespeare class, and Matt (now a 30-year-old professor of education at Colgate University) quickly offered to work with her -- unbeknownst to Kelly, he had a crush on her. Years later, Matt proposed at dawn at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, where he was studying for a year. I didn't see it coming at all, Kelly says, But Matt said later it was a logical choice; after all, what better place for a proposal than one of the world's greatest monuments to love?