With less than five weeks (!) to plan, Amy Bernhardt enlisted her wedding consultant mother, her childhood Girl Scout friends, and
their mothers to pull together a hot pink, picture-perfect wedding at a moonlit Southern plantation.
The Bride Amy Bernhardt, 21, student
The Groom Brad Nelms, 30, pipe fitter and lead singer in a local band
The Date March 6
Amy and Brad met at a local restaurant where she was a bartender. Brad played in a local band nearby so he constantly invited her to stop by -- but Amy always had an excuse not to go. One night she decided to surprise him and went to hear him play. "I was the one who was surprised," Amy says. "He announced on stage, 'Hey you actually came,' and dedicated the last song to me!" They began dating soon after that memorable musical night. Four weeks later, Brad walked into Amy's job again with another invitation: an invitation to be his wife! "I had a feeling he was going to ask me," Amy said. "I just never dreamed things would move so fast!"
-- Ciara J. Vincent