A Chic DIY Wedding in Santa Cruz, CA

The Bride Andi Megee, 35, a second grade teacher The Groom Nick Westrup, 33, a manager at Trader Joe's The Date October 29 The beach is an important element in Andi and Nick's lives, so it was no surprise that they would choose an eco-chic, beach-themed wedding to celebrate their love and lifest...

An Elegant Waterfront Wedding in Westport, CT

The Bride Natalie Heller, 28, a graphic designer and photographer at Greens Farms Academy in Westport The Groom Shaun Gagnon, 28, vice president of sales at a sports nutrition company The Date October 10 Natalie and Shaun wanted a classy, elegant wedding, and their colors came easily after that....

Molly & Brett: A Waterfront Wedding in Duck, NC

Molly and Brett first met at a friend’s barbecue. “I thought he was so funny, so I emailed him the next day,” Molly remembers. The Bride Molly McCormack, 29, associate vice president of a credit union The Groom Brett Steele, 31, business consulting VP The Date October 14 The two soon hit i...

Brandy & Albert: A Beach Wedding in Carillon Beach, FL

Brandy and Albert met back in college. He was friends with my neighbor, so I had the pleasure of seeing him around at parties and baseball games, recalls Brandy. Eventually, Albert formally introduced himself to her, and they instantly hit it off. The Bride Brandy Comer, 24, homemaker The Groom...

Carrie & Rob: A Beach Wedding in Ponte Verda Beach, FL

The phrase “ring in the New Year” took on a very literal meaning for Carrie and Rob. The Bride Carrie Devitt, 31, commercial real estate The Groom Robert (Rob) Manley, 32, custom home builder The Date November 11 The couple was set to celebrate the New Year in Orlando when Rob suggested they l...

Carolyn & Neal: A Beach Wedding in Chatham, MA

A proposal on the beach in Aruba set the tone for Carolyn Shannon and Neal Opalka’s wedding on the shores of Cape Cod. Carolyn and Neal met at work and were living in New York when they started planning their Massachusetts wedding. Because many of Carolyn’s family members lived on the Cape while ...

Rebecca & Charlie: A Beach Wedding in Sea Bright, NJ

Rebecca and Charles (Charlie) do everything together, right down to putting together a wedding proposal. When Charlie decided to buy an engagement ring for Rebecca he made his intentions perfectly clear. “He asked me to go to the store to pick it out together!” Rebecca says. The Bride Rebecca E...

Bethany & Gary: A Waterfront Wedding in Catawba Island, OH

Bethany met Gary in a fairly typical way: on a blind date. What wasn’t typical, though, was that Bethany was actually on the blind date with someone else when she started talking to Gary! The Bride Bethany Gale, 31, ad sales The Groom Gary Stark, 38, private equities The Date September 30 A co...

Quyen & Derrick: An Outdoor Wedding in Laguna Beach, CA

At a company meeting, Derrick met intern Quyen. Instantly smitten, he chatted her up and scored her phone number, but he lived in Irvine and she lived in Los Angeles. They frequently talked about work on the phone, and whenever Derrick had plans to visit L.A., he would ask Quyen to dinner. The ...

Kelly & Mike: A Beachfront Wedding in Monterey, CA

A trip to the bathroom before a dinner party forced Kelly to sit next to relative stranger Michael when she returned. They chatted -- and flirted -- and wound up going on a series of dinner dates after that first meal. When Kelly visited Mike while he was hospitalized with appendicitis, they made...

Crystal & Nick: An Outdoor Wedding in Pasadena, MD

Crystal and Nick have known each other so long, they don’t recall meeting! They do know that it was in the 8th grade, two years before Nick asked Crystal to the Sophomore Social dance, where they shared their first kiss. The Bride Crystal Dugan, 24, online producer The Groom Nick Nikish, 24, pr...

Annie & David: An Outdoor Wedding in Key West, FL

Annie and David have a mutual friend to thank for putting them in the same room as the couple likes to say, during a Christmas party in 2006. It didn't take an outside introduction for Annie and David to catch each other's interest. By the end of the night, David was serenading Annie at a karaoke...

Lindsay & Chris: A Beach Wedding in North Redington Beach, FL

Though Chris had been going to school in Tampa for four years, it wasn’t until he was about to graduate that he met Lindsay. Lindsay was meeting a friend of hers, and the two met up with her friend’s boyfriend and some of his pals -- Chris included. They eventually dated for fourteen months befor...

Elizabeth & Matthew: An Oceanfront Wedding in Beverly, MA

When Elizabeth discovered that her boyfriend, Matthew, wouldn’t be in town for her birthday or their dating anniversary (which are just a day apart), she decided she could either sit home alone or go out and celebrate. The Bride Elizabeth Eastman, 29, graphic designer The Groom Matthew Winheld,...

A Beach Wedding in Montauk, NY

Michael says on the first day of his new job, he walked into the office and found the woman he was meant to be with, it just took a while to convince her of it. Meanwhile, when Gabrielle first met Michael, he annoyed her. After several attempts to talk to her and many months of traveling together...

An Indoor Wedding in Duck, NC

When Kimberly and Joel started out as roommates, they didn’t expect to end up as husband and wife. The two met in 2007 when Joel moved to North Carolina from California. Their first “date” was a trip to the animal shelter to look at cats and dogs. After Kimberly moved out, Joel started spending m...

A Modern Bayside Wedding in San Francisco, CA

The Bride Jennifer (Jenn) Yao, 28, contract furniture account executive at One Workplace The Groom Caleb Lawson, 28, producer at IGN.com The Date October 1 To play up their historic bayside venue, Jenn and Caleb opted for an ocean theme, using a base palette of gray, greens and muted blues. Pops...

Liz & Ari: A Waterfront Wedding in Westport, CT

Liz and Ari started out as college friends. After graduation and a couple of moves, they began their long distance relationship. Within two years, Liz decided it was time to move to Boston to be with Ari. Liz knew the proposal was coming, so Ari was determined to catch her off guard. The Bride ...

Julie & Matt: A Coastal Wedding in Hillsboro Beach, FL

Matt and Julie met during their second year at Florida State University. Both biology majors, they had plenty of opportunities to get to know each other in class. After dating for three years, they separated after graduation, only to reunite when Julie took a job in Broward County, where Matt liv...

Tropical Wedding in Key West, FL

Sabrina and Joe connected via an Internet dating site in 2004. Emails led to a phone conversation which led to meeting at a restaurant. Their first date was a huge success, as was their second. The Bride Sabrina Ottinger, 32, pharmaceutical sales representative The Groom Joe Leslie, 35, project...

A Glam Beach Wedding in Kapolei, HI

The Bride Zeina Jafar, 28, an intellectual property attorney) The Groom Shawn Collins, 30, an attorney/lieutenant, U.S. Navy JAG The Date September 13 Hawaii is where Zeina and Shawn call home, and where Shawn proposed, so it was only fitting that they get married there. Since almost all of the ...

Beachfront Wedding in Santa Barbara, CA

When Barry moved to New York City, a childhood friend from California introduced him to Rachel. The two became friends, and three years passed before they became an item. Two years later, Rachel and Barry were visiting family in the San Francisco Bay Area when they decided to have a picnic on the...

Beachfront Wedding in Pacific Palisades, CA

Though James had signed up to teach in Japan for a year, he reconnected with high-school classmate Mollie before he left. While out with mutual friends at a comedy club one night, the two started falling in love. The Bride Mollie Marcus, 29, owner of an organizing service The Groom James Starr,...