Katie & Victor's funny, simple, eco-friendly Ohio wedding

Real Weddings: Midwest US By on November 19, 2009 24 Responses

The Offbeat Bride: Katie, Woman of the World

Her Offbeat Partner: Victor (Victy, Victory, Boyfriend), USAF Officer

Location & date of wedding: Qualicrest Farm, Wooster, Ohio, USA, North America, Earth — May 25, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We tried to make our wedding guest focused and had a GREAT time! Plus, when planning we tried to buy local, buy green, stay organic/all natural, in the family, home made (the best cake ever!) and fun.

The homemade wedding cake.

I think the thing that made it mine (ours) was that everyone had a good time. I've heard people say it was like two comedians getting married. Plus we made it a weekend — bonfire Friday night, party at mom's house Saturday, and the wedding on Sunday! Fantastic!

A few special features: made the cake myself (did I mention best cake ever?); made the bridesmaid skirts and none of their shoes matched; I wore a fantastic organic dress I got for $300 and recycled shoes; didn't buy flowers; walked down the isle to "All You Need is Love"; Dad sang during the ceremony (just like when I was a kid!); we were outside and had great weather (weird for Ohio); choreographed our dance to Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"… and that's just the tip!

The colorful bridal party.

Oh, and my photographer thinks I'm so offbeat they suggested I submit this!

Our biggest challenge: Getting the wedding party to the venue early… really, I just wanted to party!

The weird thing is, I didn't have many, if any, problems.

My favorite moment: When my husband used some of my favorite John Denver lyrics in his vows. That was so amazing! "My life, my love, my everything, it's you I want to be with"

My advice for other offbeat brides: Don't sweat it when people give you the raised eyebrows when describing what you're planning for your wedding. I got crap from a few family members, but I just kept my head up and said that is was exactly what I wanted. And sure enough, on the wedding day they loved it all!

Oh, and don't give up when trying to find the things you want. It's all out there, you just need to keep up the good work.

Brides shoes made out of recycled tires.

Bride's shoes made out of recycled tires.

Care to share a few vendor/shopping links?:

Enough talk — show me the wedding porn!:

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  • Simple Shoes! I LOVE THEM!!
    www.simpleshoes.com
    I googled where they sold them in my area and went to the store. They had about two choices but luckily one of them was perfect! Now they are a bit more popular so you might get more choice. If I could, all my shoes would be Simple! They do have multiple colors. I almost went for a light green!

  • bagpipes and smuckers…so wooster

    • Seriously! That bagpiper is a good friend of mine that I grew up with. Everything and everyone involved was pretty much home grown. I would have NEVER thought of bagpipes if one of my best friends played them. But it wasn't even a question when it came to special music. And my mom grew up in Orrville so when deciding on wedding favors (which I don't really like the main stream wastefulness of the idea) I had to go back to the family roots and get something useful for my guests. Some of them even used them on the rolls they had for dinner!

  • Congrats to you!! I second that ohio weather is weird, never know what will happen the day of, I know I had a simple ceremony at a local park and it was sunny and warm when the threat was rain the day we exchanged our vows. Pretty job on decorations and dress!Very pretty bride too. Congrats again!!

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