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Christine & Greg’s Rock ‘n Roll Wedding

Southern rock at the reception, VIP laminates for the wedding party, and a groom in a custom jacket by the legendary Manuel…

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Regina & Alyx’s Gamer-Geek Druidic-Style Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Regina, Pre-Press Technician (and OBT member “Parallax“) Her Offbeat Partner: Alyx, Psychology Student Location & date of wedding: Beardslee Castle, Little Falls, NY — October 11, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Once we finally started to plan our wedding, the biggest question we asked ourselves was “What is our wedding about?” […]

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How to make a kick-ass floral head wreath

OBT member “iLiveinmyLab” posted this great step-by-step on one of her wedding planning updates. This is for those brides who want to know how to make one of the kick ass floral head wreaths that they sell at the Renaissance fairs without paying lots of money. I used to make these all the time but […]

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Laura & Gosia’s Beautiful & Fun, All-Bride, All-Dress Wedding

“We couldn’t agree who had to change her last name, so we played a Name Change Soccer Game the afternoon before the wedding with our guests, and the winner’s team got to pick our new last name.”

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Alison & Jeremy’s hard hittin’ rockin’ wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Alison, project manager (and OBT member “Alison“) Her Offbeat Partner: Jeremy, musician Location & date of wedding: Berkeley Church circa 1871 in Toronto, ON — November 14, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I was engaged on Feb 3, 2008 (I proposed over the phone on the way to a movie) and […]

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Astrid & Kyle’s Seattle Boat Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Astrid, Biology Student and Retail Princess (and OBT member “Astrid“) Her Offbeat Partner: Kyle, Network Analyst and Professional Napper Location & date of wedding: The Virginia V, Seattle, WA — July 24, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding wasn’t super offbeat, but it was authentically us. We left out all […]