In Offbeat Bride, I talk about the concept of having two weddings — this couple took that concept to the extreme! Opposites really do attract — and get married.
The offbeat bride: Amber, Cosmetologist
My offbeat groom: Scott, Construction worker
Location & date of wedding: Two locations in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2006: a friend's home on The 4th of July, and in a park for Beltane with a maypole.
What made our wedding offbeat: We had two weddings, mine and his. Mine was a pagan handfasting ceremony on Beltane, complete with fairies and a maypole and a priestess named Heron. His was a patriotic 4th of July bar-b-que, complete with surprising American Flag ensemble.
Our biggest challenge: Wondering if all the American flags would clash in the pictures was my fear. My husband to be did not know that I had such an extravagant wedding dress. He thought that it would just be white. Boy did he get an eyeful when I came down the stairway of my friend's home!
My favorite moment: Being wrapped in the maypole at the Handfasting — and my soon-to-be husband's eyes when he saw me coming down the stairs on the 4th of July!
My offbeat advice: Disregard the negative comments that your family may make and do what you want!
Enough talk — show me the wedding porn: You've got two choices: do you want to see the Beltane handfasting ceremony or the 4th of July wedding?
Comments on "Amber's two weddings — one pagan handfasting, one all-American BBQ"
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Kelly Mahoney
August 20th, 2007 · 11:34 AM · #
Cool times, I like the outfits.
Sam
August 20th, 2007 · 4:46 PM · #
I'm so bummed that some of the pictures are private. I wanted to get a better look at your BBQ dress!
Scott and Amber
August 21st, 2007 · 10:38 PM · #
Thanks we had a blast !! I will make some public sorry
Wagtail
June 30th, 2009 · 1:41 PM · #
I'm late to the party, but how did you get that maypole to work? It's enormous.
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July 2nd, 2009 · 6:27 AM · #
[...] Amber and her American flag wedding dress is one great example of an offbeat bride with an aesthetic opposite from mine … but I loved that she split her wedding into two: half pagan/half country. The American flag wedding dress was counterbalanced by the beltane handfasting in white gowns that she and her husband did as part of the same celebration! [...]