Amberley & Doug: A Casual Wedding in Birmingham, AL

Amberley and Doug wed with a lilac and white palette and a fun-filled celebration at the bride's family's Alabama home. The Bride Amberley Machelle Holley, 27, analyst The Groom Richard Douglas Jackson, Jr., 25, economist The Date August 20 How They Met Amberley and Doug first met through one of Amberley's sorority sisters, who was dating Doug's roommate at the time. Though they didn't make a connection the first time they met, when they were re-introduced later Doug asked Amberly out on a date. More than five years later, Doug surprised Amberley with a sweet proposal. He asked her if she could read over something for him, which she assumed was work-related. "Instead, it was a humorous, sweet children's book of our relationship that he had written and drawn in crayon," Amberley remembers. "After I read it, he proposed."