Everyone loves a birthday surprise. A little over two years ago, on a February night at the Ritz in Oak Bluffs, Sarah Soushek’s surprise was meeting Colin Murphy.

Philbin Beach has always been special to Sarah Shriber and Taylor Ives, who met when they were one and grew up next door to each other.

“We could not be more different, but were the same at the core. It was unbelievable; it was magical. I was hooked. I was madly in love.”

In search of a whimsical – not nautical – yacht club wedding.

Martha’s Vineyard was part of David Hedley III and Bryan Hancsin's story from the very beginning.

Massachusetts native Ryan Byrne was teaching English in Toulon, France, when she met Lucas Wilde, a Brit backpacking through Europe.

Tara Colli and Charlie Garber were engaged at the Edgartown Lighthouse, so a wedding at the Harbor View Hotel was a natural choice.

You could say Brie Miranda Bryant and Brandon Richard Felton's story is one of chance encounters. They met on Martha’s Vineyard – twice.

Bri Buchanan and Ethan Valenti wanted their day to be about love and simplicity – and the outdoors.