Real Weddings: Canada | Offbeat Bride

This is Offbeat Bride's archive of Real Weddings: Canada posts.

Although we're based in the United States, we feature a TON of Canadian weddings, especially Toronto and BC. Could it be because we're no-so-secretly jealous of the less traditional wedding trends of our cousins to the north? Yes it could. Want to submit your wedding for consideration? Fill out the survey at offbeatbridal.com.

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Photos by Charla Maarschalk and Jana Photography

The offbeat bride: Krista, Risk Engineer

Her offbeat partner: Rob, Freight Supervisor

Date and location of wedding: Murray's Pond Country Club, Portugal Cove, NL — August 27, 2011

Our offbeat wedding at a glance: We are fairly relaxed people who love to entertain friends, so it was our goal to make sure that our friends and family had a great time.

A groom from Hong Kong living in Brisbane and a Canadian dame living in Adelaide means an East-meet-West wedding on a few levels. Working with the color red, rockabilly style, a "Double Happiness" theme, and two continents, this double wedding (plus 40-day honeymoon!) was a world traveling wonder.

Peacock feathers, homemade vanilla syrup, and two ceremonies make me happy. Add in some tree planting, multicultural reception games, lots of henna, and a whole roasted lamb, and it's a party. Check out this amazing wedding full of rich culture.

The bride comes from a traditional Armenian background, so her offbeat spirit had a ton to contend with. But somehow these two managed to infuse their concert-going, comics-loving, board game-playing selves into a traditional Armenian Orthodox celebration. Add in the Japanese influences and you've got some multicultural mash-ups to rival all others.

Party games, a candy buffet, DIY elephant signs, and a topsy-turvy cake! This cocktail party-style wedding had as much fun as a carnival. You'll love their choice of music as well — the Portal theme, Nine Inch Nails, and the A-Team theme!

A ruby red gown, lots of Scottish influences, and a friend with connections into a favorite photo setting meant a pretty stellar day for this couple. She's theatrical, he brought the tartan — let's get down and line dance! Just watch out for rogue balloon animals. Apparently they get around.

You say you want some geek chic in your life? We're bringing it hardcore with this wedding. Gamers, sword fighters, King Richard VIII, the full Princess Bride ceremony, a D20 that determines who kisses who… it's fantastic. Put your nerd pants on and check out this kick-ass wedding brought to you in the name of all things geek!

These two celebrated their love of lit with book centerpieces, comics and books table numbers, portraits from comic artists, and a giant book card box. They even made origami flowers from comic pages. But to spice things up, they had an awesome swing number for their first dance.