November 2010 | Offbeat Bride

When asked what made her wedding offbeat, Beth said, "What, being gray and bald isn't offbeat enough in our pretty young bride magazine world?" I say that anyone who rocks who they are and where they're at in their life at their wedding (or in general) is just plain awesome. Beth and Jay did, in fact, rock their kid-friendly, 40-something second wedding. It included a traditional service featuring Beth's kids as the wedding party, sunflowers, and lots of DIY details.

Now that Halloween week is over, we can get back to our regularly scheduled programing. This week's Monday Montage has a red over-tone to it. Along with the red, you'll see lots of tattoos, a couple of incredible non-floral bouquets, and some SUPER HOT red dresses.

I am 19 years old and I've been with my boyfriend for 4 years. We are very much in love and have eventual plans for marriage, but nothing set in stone. An old friend recently commented that we were "too young" to be engaged. How can I diffuse future situations where others judge our love to be "too young" for anything serious?

You got a sneak peek of this wedding in the post last Friday about the fantabulous Midwest photographer, Kate Sommers. Then you got another sneak peek in the Monday Montage....

Tribe member jamieg wrote a post-wedding planning update about not only what her wedding actually cost, but what it was actually worth. I thought it enlightening. -Megs

Don't you just love the term "à la carte"? It means ditching all the traditional bells and whistles and getting down the just the shit you really need. And that's exactly the thinking behind the photo retouching and wedding album business, A La Carte Albums.

Valerie and Noam wanted a traditional Jewish wedding that stayed true to their egalitarian, progressive, feminist, and planet-friendly values. With home-grown jade centerpieces, a blue wedding dress, a groom in an Indian sherwani, and a kosher, vegetarian meal, they created a wedding that reflected who they are and what they care about.

Check out Tribe member (and fabulous cos-player) Ginny McQueen's Las Vegas Wedding! (You might remember Ginny from her amazing Star Wars poster invitation.) Ginny and Rob got married on a freakin' rock!