Stasha & Rob's Vintage Goth Wedding with Bubbles

Fun Offbeat Fact: Stasha's brother-in-law Dave Tusk's wedding was previously profiled on Offbeat Bride. I'm sure most all of you will remember Lucifire & Dave Tusks bright red circus wedding! As Stasha put it, "We're just one big freaky family!"

The Offbeat Bride: Stasha, Gal Friday

Her Offbeat Partner: Rob, Student

Location & date of wedding: City Center, Redwood City, California — July 23, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We didn't stick with many traditions at all and, with the help and contributions of our friends, we did the entire thing for under $600 (and that includes our clothes)!

I'm addicted to taking pictures and having them everywhere so I had my friend who does more traditional photos take pictures as well as my friend who is really into artsy photos. We ended up with some of the most beautiful shots.

We also decided that we would just have everyone walk two blocks from the courthouse to the courthouse square where we had a lovely picnic catered by a good friend of ours who just happens to be a chef.

We both love bubbles so we had a lot of fun blowing bubbles with everyone at the reception. And, in true us fashion, we kicked off our shoes and hopped in the fountain because it was such a hot day!

There are so many awesome details in this photo — the dress, the underskirt, fishnets, the groom's shoes, the bride's shoes, etc.

Our biggest challenge: We not only reside in two different countries but my family lives out in the midwest. Our families were a little bit upset that they couldn't actually attend our wedding so we paid the city an extra $35 to broadcast our wedding via webcam, live!

My favorite moment:
When all of my girlfriends and I jumped into the fountain to cool off.

My advice for other offbeat brides:
If a friend wants to help you, trust them to do right by you, and just let it go. In the end you are going to be married to this person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

Enough talk — show me the wedding porn!