Organic elegance, rich tones, and a breath-taking summer home wedding on the Miles River in Saint Michaels. This day was brought to life by Kari Rider Events and the beautiful images you're about to indulge in were captured by Stephanie Ascari Photography. Carolyn of Kari Rider Events shared the charming, and yet everyday way, that this couple met...

Laura Reichert and Charles Matthews met casually enough. It was orientation day for graduate students at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and Laura couldn't find her phone anywhere. She asked the first person she saw-coincidentally, Charles-to borrow his (only to dial her number and discover she had accidentally thrown her phone away in a nearby trashcan!). An unlucky circumstance all of a sudden turned fateful, as the pair struck up a friendship-Charles intrigued by Laura's intelligence, sense of humor and beauty, and Laura charmed by Charles' good looks, shy nature and love of dogs. A few months later, Charles finally got up the nerve to ask Laura on a date. And as they say, the rest is history.

Born abroad, but raised as a Maryland girl through and through, Rebekah knew that her love for weddings made her a perfect fit for the Bayside Bride team. After interning for the blog in Fall of 2011 she worked hard to finish her degrees in English & Media and Communications at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Graduated and ready to return, she wants nothing more than to pass her love of event planning & weddings onto brides-to-be.