Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides

Interactive invitations, balloon guitars, high-fiving, and dancing all night, despite a bride with a broken foot! But at least you can still shimmy the night away from the waist up. This wedding has a lot of color, a lot of graphic design fun, and one grandma you just can't keep down.

Valentine's Day is coming up, and you know what that means — HEARTS GALORE and people expressing their lurve! Ok yeah: the assumption is that the manly dude is going to buy these for his bling-loving ladyfriend. But this is Offbeat Bride, so let's talk about who ELSE might love these things… Ladies, does your girlfriend love the sparkly shit? What about showing a little love for your femmey bottom boyfriend? Do we have some stuff for you guys to check out!

A 5th grade science activity can make a meaningful and exciting unity ceremony! See what happens when one couple decided to conduct a unity ceremony chemistry experiment live at their wedding.

A diverse group of friends and family deserves diverse activities like fire spinning, hula hooping, live music, and of course… streaking. Wait, what? This couple had their ceremony kicked off in a seriously funny way. With their trusty pooch in tow, zoot suit-clad groom, surprise group blessing, and all the elements at their disposal, this was an outdoor wedding to remember.

Offbeat Bride recently got a shout-out by Mercury News writer BARBARA ORTUTAY in her article, Google Docs, the perfect bridesmaid…

It was a pop culture kind of day in the Flickr Pool and Pinterest account including The Muppets, Alice in Wonderland, and Scott Pilgrim. To top it off, we've got some rockabilly, an awesome mohawk, and a bride who knows how to let loose, all in this week's Monday Montage!

Lots of DIY, paper cranes, photo booth hijinks, mini flags, and a glove-rocking mother of the bride, all wrapped up in an art gallery package surrounded by family and friends. Are you in? Thought so. Plus, you'll learn some undergarment wisdom for the ages. Check out this food and art-loving wedding in our spring theme week.

The first time I was introduced to Los Angeles-based photographer Susan Sabo was through falling in love with her photos from this '50s housewife-themed bridal shower. I already knew that she was uber talented, but what i didn't know is that Susan is a very special offbeat wedding photographer as she provide's photography specifically for small weddings.