Highland & Jack’s winter wedding in Las Vegas
Jack is transgender, and the way we decided to tell our family is by having our officiant pronounce us “Husband and Wife” and use all male pronouns throughout the ceremony.
Diane & Taren’s Pagan/ADF, Druid, fall-fest wedding
Parts of our wedding included blessing our guests with land, sea and sky, three rune readers who read relevant runes while holding our rings to infuse blessings, a prayer to the Earth Mother, and the reading of a poem. Our dog even had a part!
Mysi & Craig’s antiquarian librarian meets Tom Collins wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Mysi, Fledgling Photographer (and OBT member “mysi anne“) Her Offbeat Partner: Craig, Photographer, Journalist, Historian, Constant Student Location & date of wedding: Lake Summerset Lodge, on Lake Summerset in Davis, Illinois. My parents have a summer house there and we wanted to honor their favorite place. — 7.11.09 What made our wedding […]
Christina & Marius’ stellar trans-continental, Oslo to NYC, wedding celebration
The offbeat bride: Christina, Curator Her offbeat partner: Marius, Artist & blogger Location & date of wedding: Sister’s garden in Oslo, Norway AND Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY — June 22, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: He’s Norwegian and I’m American, so we decided to have two parties — one in Oslo, Norway and […]
Luis & Fanny’s improvised geeky Halloween wedding
Be very very patient and tolerant, people just don’t think equal on anything, even more when you’re an offbeat spirit. Try to listen and be polite and laugh! Sometimes you’ll be surprised how even a really conservative persons can enjoy your ideas.
Marylyle & Jordan’s Sephardic, Celtic, Balkan bash
The offbeat bride: Marylyle, Librarian (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jordan, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The garden outside UVA Alumni Hall in Charlottesville, VA. — 08/16/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Jordan is a Sephardic Jew and I am Unitarian. It meant a lot that both of us and our traditions […]