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A few minutes after he first said hello to Melrose star KELLY RUTHERFORD, CARLOS TARAJANO made a quick sketch that got her thinking she had just found her match

Kelly Rutherford was eating lunch with a friend on New York City's Upper East Side when Caries Tarajano, a handsome banker raised in Venezuela, introduced himself and asked what they were doing with the rest of the afternoon. After Rutherford, who played Megan on Melrose Place, announced that they were going engagement ring shopping just for fun, Carlos sketched his vision of the perfect ring for her on the paper tablecloth. "There was something different about him," Kelly says. "I actually had the thought that I had just met the man I was going to marry." Her prediction came true when he proposed to her six months later, giving her a 3-plus-carat emerald-cut diamond flanked by tapered baguette diamonds in a platinum setting—a real-life version of the ring he had sketched the day they met.

the ceremony The couple married the afternoon of June 30, 2001, at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. "I was so nervous," says Rutherford. "People said, 'Oh, you're used to being onstage,' but it was nothing like that."
the bride's look Kelly wore a strapless Carolina Herrera gown with embroidery and crystals on the bodice and train, along with diamond earrings from Neil Lane.
the reception Casablanca lilies by Maggie Jensen from L.A. Premier decorated the Beverly Hills Hotel's Sunset Room, where the 140 guests enjoyed cocktails and a three-course dinner catered by the hotel. After the meal a salsa band took the stage, and the dancing didn't stop until 1 in the morning. —Samantha Dunn