An Understated Modern Wedding at Venue 92 in Woodstock, Georgia

High school sweethearts Deanna Morrow (22 and a dental hygienist) and Michael Sloan (22 and an IT consultant) got engaged during their senior year at the University of Pittsburgh and spent their final semester planning a contemporary fall wedding at Venue 92. After a pink and gray garden ceremony...

A Fun, Classic Wedding at Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, Maryland

Elizabeth Dawson (27 and a communications manager) always dreamt of finding a true English gentleman like the ones she read about in British literature, but she didn't find him until she met Scott Hemmings (33 and an electrical engineer). Liz and Scott met at a bar crawl that their mutual friend ...

A Rustic Purple Fall Wedding at Park Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia

Tricia Luhn (36 and an epidemiologist) met Jason Clark (40 and a graduate student) at a networking event for graduate students in Atlanta. The pair dated for years, even enduring a long-distance relationship while Jason went back to school for his PhD and Tricia pursued a career opportunity in Wa...

A Simple, Casual Wedding at Pomona State Park in Vassar, Kansas

Larrissa Heckart (27 and a dental hygiene student) and Randy Heckart (29 and a dental technician) met through Larrissa’s brother. Randy proposed at Pomona State Park in Vassar, Kansas, with a round-cut diamond, diamond halo, gold band engagement ring, which inspired the entire wedding. With Larri...

A Rustic Chic Wedding at Brodie Park in New Hartford, Connecticut

Crista Morrow (39 and an attorney) and Michelle Walker (34 and an elementary school principal) were friends for a long time before they became a couple. Michelle was the principal at the school Crista's children attended and their children were also friends. "After supporting one another through ...

A Refined Terrace Wedding at Piedmont Park Greystone in Atlanta, Georgia

Less than two days after Grace Williams (23 and a social worker) moved to Austin, she met Sam Dowd (26 and an insurance advisor and personal trainer) in an elevator. The pair started chatting and when Sam learned she was new in town, he offered to be her tour guide. The couple likes to think that...

An Outdoor Wedding at Dakota Lodge in St. Paul, Minnesota

Bride-to-be Lyndsey Dixon (26 and in sales) met hockey player (and future husband) Ryan Bunger (29 and in sales) while the two were freshmen at Michigan Technological University in northern Houghton. The two went on to date for seven years before Ryan proposed on the beach near Lyndsey's childhoo...

A Simply Casual Wedding at Blarney Event Center in Toledo, Ohio

Kristen Low (28, a volunteer manager) and John Jenkinson (30, a project manager) met through a mutual friend the night their college basketball team won a huge game. They instantly hit it off that night, and soon after decided to maintain a long distance relationship, Kristen being from Indiana a...

A Romantic, Rustic Wedding at Hoover YMCA Park in Lockbourne, Ohio

Linsey Pecikonis (31, communications director) and Nicky Smolter (31, a college professor) met when Linsey took a trip to Washington D.C. with her friend. Nicky had been living in Baltimore at the time, and the mutual friend asked if Linsey and her could stay at her place. That one night was all ...

A Casual, Fun Wedding at Maymont Park in Richmond, Virginia

Jennifer Haydon (22, x-ray technician) and Hunter Kaiser (22, construction) have known each other since preschool. They dated in high school but broke up after two years. After that, the only times they talked were when Hunter was sent to the principal's office for getting into brawls with Jennif...

A Romantic Vintage-Inspired Wedding at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in Brooklyn, New York

Kelley Wachter (28 and a physician's assistant) and Kevin Mali (28 and a mechanical engineer) met during their sophomore and junior years of college at the University of Pittsburgh, where they happened to be neighbors. "The first night that I moved into my apartment, Kevin and his friends were ha...

A Vintage Wedding at Eden Gardens State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

Mae Coffman (24) and Charles Coffman (29) met right before she joined the Navy and got engaged by the time Mae graduated boot camp. Charles popped the question at the top of the Navy Pier's ferris wheel. Mae spent the next year planning their Florida wedding from 3,000 miles away in Hawaii! One t...

A Backyard DIY Wedding at a Private Residence in Seville, Ohio

Leah Neidhart (33, director of recruiting) and Josey Neidhart (30, a web developer) dated for about three and a half years when they got engaged, and they chose the date of Leah’s grandmother’s birthdays to have their wedding on. The couple knew they wanted to have a summer wedding with a outside...

A Simply Classic Wedding at Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio

Jessica Rexer (26, a marketing manager) and Christopher Rexer (28, a claims specialist) went to the same undergraduate university, but never met until after graduation through mutual friends. They had their wedding ceremony and reception at Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio where the c...

A DIY, Waterfront Wedding at Lakeside Park in Caledonia, Michigan

Newlyweds Ashley and Joshua planned their outdoor celebration for 165 friends and family members -- in under four months! "Since our engagement was short, it was tough finding a venue that wasn't already booked," the bride explains. "We picked Lakeside Park because it's right down the road from o...

A Casual Rooftop Wedding at the DeSoto Rooftop Terrace in Portland, Oregon

Lindsay Scott (30, a pediatric cardiac sonographer) and Colin Scott (32, an attorney) met around the holidays while they were both waiting in line for coffee in Portland. “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” was playing outside, and although Colin knew what the song was, he still turned to Lindsa...

A Rustic, Vintage Wedding at the Grayson Highland State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia

Sarah Smith (25 and an engineer) and Chris Hamm (28 and an engineer) met in geology class during college. Though they started out as the fiercest of competitors, they soon became friends and eventually began dating. When Chris graduated and moved away, they stayed together and maintained a long-d...

A Nautical, Fall Wedding at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts

Bryan Hoffman (26 and a program manager) and Josh Rodriguez (30 and a sales manager) met online, though Bryan would like to say that Josh was the one to message first. With a first date of watching a documentary on Billy Mays, the infomercial icon, Josh couldn't say no. Bryan proposed to Josh on ...

A Rustic, Outdoor Wedding at the Fernwood Botanical Gardens in Niles, Michigan

Heidi (25 and a worker for a non-profit) and Sam (26 and manager for Arts at the Acorn Theater) quickly bonded over their love for music while sitting next to one another in their sixth grade math class (even though they didn't decide to escalate their relationship until their senior year of high...

A Romantic Outdoor Wedding at Herald Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada

Natalie (30, a Specialty Leasing Manager) and James (29, an HSE Manager) met through mutual friends. Seven years later, James proposed to Natalie on a hot air balloon! "He is always straight to the point and it was a simple 'Will you marry me?' and I of course said yes while bawling my eyes out,"...

A Laid-Back Outdoor Wedding at Avondale Villa in Birmingham, Alabama

Sara Ramberg (23 and a student) and Alex Lucas (23 and a photographer) briefly started dating when they were 14 years old after meeting through mutual friends. Unfortunately, because they lived far apart and were too young to drive, the relationship didn't last. They bumped into each other four y...

A DIY Bohemian Wedding at Newton-Stromberg Park in Conifer, Colorado

Sarah Kinzbach (25 and a magazine editor) and Christopher Williams (30 and an engineering student) met when Chris walked into Sarah’s work and started a brief conversation. After more than four years together, Chris proposed. He had already asked permission from her father a few years before, but...

A Modern Same-Sex Wedding at 910 Arts in Denver, Colorado

Grace Lee (35 and a physical therapist) and Mari Titcombe (31 and a research scientist) met at a party. Since Grace had been proofreading many versions of Mari’s resumes, Mari wrote a wife resume for Grace, which was a fake resume of what she could bring to Grace’s future. However, Grace initiall...