Our $2000 Summer Camp Wedding
We started the wedding planning process by declaring a strict and modest budget: $2,000 to be exact. We wanted our wedding to be about sincerity, authenticity, connection, and a celebration and proclamation of love and commitment. We didn’t want it to be about monogrammed napkins and excessive amounts of fondant. In all honesty, we didn’t want to let our wedding overshadow our relationship (and we needed to save money for the house we planned to buy four days after our wedding).
Emily & Geoff’s Jewish Rockabilly Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Emily, Web Master/Science writer (and Tribesmaid Ellamie) Her Offbeat Partner: Geoff, Teacher/Poet Location & date of wedding: Valley Beth Shalom Temple, Encino, CA (I had my baby naming, my bat mitzvah and went to elementary school here) — May 25, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: First of all, we skipped most […]
Rhiannon & Erick’s Santa Monica Pier Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Rhiannon, Office Assistant and writer of unpublished fiction Her Offbeat Partner: Erick, Apple Creative and Graphic Designer Location & date of wedding: Historical Santa Monica Pier Carousel, Santa Monica, CA — 4/18/09 What made our wedding offbeat: The goal of our wedding was to have as much fun as possible. We didn’t […]
Monica & Eric’s Artsy Craftsy Disney Infused Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Monica, system analyst and jewelry-maker Her Offbeat Partner: Eric, animator and artist Location & date of wedding: Cross-town Los Angeles – ceremony at Immanuel Presbyterian, reception at The Proud Bird — 1/31/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Eric and I both have issues with our respective faiths of origin. After I realized […]
Gabrielle & Andres’ “tattoo parlor meets tea at grandma’s house” wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Gabrielle, Artist/Art Teacher Her Offbeat Partner: Andres, London Underground worker Location & date of wedding: Ceremony at Islington Town Hall London, Reception at The Mildmay Workingmen’s Club London UK — 11th April 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was DIY not just out of necessity due to the small budget, […]
Abi & Travis’ Love Declaration Celebration
Remember when Ariel’s mind got bended? Well here’s the deal behind all that colory stripy goodness. The Offbeat Bride: Abi, Accounts Manager and DJ Her Offbeat Partner: Travis, Copywriter and DJ Location & date of wedding: Mount Park, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa — 11 April 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We were married in […]