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Melissa & Joshua’s Brisbane cocktail party wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Melissa, Administration Officer (and OBT member!) Her Offbeat Partner: Joshua, Carpenter Location & date of wedding: Brisbane Registry Office, Australia, — Saturday, March 21 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: First of all, we married interstate and planned everything online and made about 80% of our purchases and decisions online. We got […]

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Cool stuff does not cease to exist just because it doesn’t make it into my wedding

You can’t have five dresses. You can’t use five different photographers. You can’t get married in five different locations. (Okay, some of you may be able to. I can’t. Budget, budget, budget.)

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Maya & Adam’s “Starry Starry Night” wedding

We had to have a cool party, but on a budget. The community room at the Austin Museum of Art was a perfect little chapel for us, and it fit our “Starry Starry Night” theme! (Adam and I are both astronomy geeks.) Oh and the groom’s one request for the party?: LASERS!

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Bandora & Michael’s Foxtailed Pagan Handfasting

“We had a Pagan handfasting during our own weekend camping festival. The groom wore a kilt, we both had foxtails …”

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Tanya & Mark’s flamingo themed backyard wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Tanya, bookseller/crafty lady Her Offbeat Partner: Mark, administrator Location & date of wedding: Parents backyard in Northampton, PA — 6/6/09 What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted to keep our wedding fun, whimsical, and more like an outdoor party. I made everything I thought I could, allowing me to show of my […]

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Monica & Tony’s historic village garden & carousel wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Monica, Market Information Administrator (and OBT member “Monk“) Her Offbeat Partner: Tony, Night Auditor Location & date of wedding: Faust Park, Chesterfield MO, the historic village garden & carousel — 8/30/08 What made our wedding offbeat: We made decisions based on what we wanted to do rather than what we were supposed […]