The Offbeat Bride: Linda, Writer/Doll Maker

Her offbeat partner: Stephen, Web Designer

Location and date of wedding: Minnamurra Rainforest and Gerringong, NSW Australia — 19/11/09

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was offbeat because we really wanted to focus on making the whole experience fun.

This began with hand drawn 'zine' style invitations by our friend Helen and golden Wonka tickets for our guests.

Our ceremony was held deep in a rainforest under a giant fig tree. We chose the location because I have loved it ever since I was a child. (I used to think fairies lived in the tree!)

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Dammit. The Australian Offbeat Brides have all the fun:

Thanks so much to Linda for sharing her photos with us in the Offbeat Bride photo pool. We'll be sharing LOTS more of them and all the magical details with you tomorrow…

Jezebel recently did a post addressing how wedding costs can add up (In The Long Run, Your Wedding Could Cost You Big Time), and while the post itself is somewhat interesting, I was completely taken by a comment posted by a user named geekgirlliz, who caters weddings.

Here were geekgirlliz's excellent tips on how to save money if you're going the catered-hotel-wedding route:

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Remember the wacky wedding placemats made by OBT member Liz? Well, Liz is back with another of her great wedding creations — weird wedding survival kits for the adorably nerdy.

I'd seen this idea on a few blogs, but wanted to make it my own. Since I'm a Star Trek nerd, and Kevin's a Star Wars nerd, we had to include something from each universe in our particular kits.

Here's the list of what we've included…

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