Real Weddings

Elizabeth and Andrew met in pharmacy school. Smitten, he invited her to a group movie night with friends. “I found it odd that all of a sudden everyone else could not make it,” says Elizabeth, explaining that the “group” apparently equaled the two of them....

On the morning of her wedding to Darby, Danielle and her bridesmaids enjoyed the ultimate girl’s morning poolside. From there, they joined a small gathering of mostly family (including the MOG, Charleston painter Anne Darby Parker) for an intimate ceremony at a private home where...

Candace and Jay’s story began 10 years ago on move-in day at University of South Carolina Upstate, when he offered to take Candace and her friends to a welcome party in his Mercury Mountaineer. A year later, they both transferred (Candace to USC in Columbia...

Sean still remembers the first day he saw Francesca: it was the fall of their freshman year at the University of Virginia and he was sitting on a bench when he spotted a beautiful brunette in a white dress across the quad. Too shy to...

While it wasn’t exactly love at first sight between Connecticut residents Ilanna and Chris, who met at their first job post-graduation, it was definitely “love at first date,” says Ilanna. The two held hands through an hours-long meal that, shock-of-shocks for anyone who knows him,...

The summer Hillary (the woman behind hautewithhillary.com) was interning at Kleinfeld’s in New York City, she turned 23 and was dying for her boyfriend Logan to visit for the birthday celebrations (he was back Ohio, where they both lived). Logan used every excuse in the...

Nick and Olivia met at a Jason Aldean concert in the summer of 2012. After a brief conversation, Olivia realized Nick worked at the same marketing agency where she had just taken a job. Coincidence? Doubtful. Months prior, Olivia decided to pack her bags and...

Say hello to today’s sweet couple, Ellis and Steven. These two first crossed paths when Ellis was working as a high school Spanish teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the time, Ellis was thinking about moving back to her home state of Massachusetts, but once...

It’s hard to say anyone deserves anything in life—good or bad—but in the case of Patricia and Zach, we think most everyone would agree that these two really and truly deserve a good turn and their own grand Big Day. Here’s the thing, the pair...

Happy Fri-YAY, bridies! To end your week on a high note, today’s post is all about Meghan and Jake’s fairy tale of a wedding day. (Here’s a fun fact about these two: They completed their first Ironman race two weeks before their wedding! Impressive, huh?...