The offbeat bride: Lea Vendetta, Tattooist/Artist

Her offbeat partner: Dave “Bastard” Archer, Tattooist

Location & date of wedding: Smathers Beach, Key West, Florida. April 1st 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We got married in 1995 at the courthouse with no ceremony and no pictures. It was just the two of us, we were broke, and it was lame. Our 13th anniversary was coming up and I wanted to do something to finally be able to remember our wedding as a fabulous real wedding day! Of course we decided to do something 2 weeks before, so we improvised and everything ended up working perfectly! …like it was meant to be…

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Canadian photographer Trevor Jansen has put together an awesome website full of some gorgeous, inspiring photos of bad-ass brides, grooms, and engaged couples. The URL cracks me up (partners-in-crime.ca), but the photos are straight up hotness:

I finally got the scoop on the vineyard wedding I featured in last week’s wedding porn.

The offbeat bride: Rebecca, Speech and language therapist

My offbeat groom: Jeremy, Biomedical engineer

Location & date of wedding: Alexis Bailly Vineyard ~ Hastings, Minnesota ~ August 2007

What made our wedding offbeat: We kept it simple and intimate, with the charming vineyard grounds and surrounding country landscape as our only “decoration.” The winery was open to the public (which actually made it more fun), and only our parents, siblings and their spouses, and grandparents attended the ceremony.

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I love this playful bike ride shot from Rebecca & Jeremy’s vineyard wedding. I don’t have any details on the event other than what you can see in these pictures, but I positively adore the groom’s suit (so cute with the bow-tie!) and the bride’s cocktail-length dress.

Photo courtesy of Red Apple Images.

The offbeat bride: Christina, Architect/intern

My offbeat groom: Michael, Musician/vintage furniture salesman

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony at Trinity Church and reception at Sunset Tavern, both in Seattle, June 2007.

What made our wedding offbeat: We tried to do things our way and not get caught up in everything we “had to have” for the wedding. We were able to have a totally rockin’ wedding with a very small budget.

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This is absolutely my favorite wedding shot of the day. From the bride’s expression to the decorated get-away bikes to the groom’s tie to his kilt to the fact that yes, it was taken in my hometown of Seattle … I just love it!

I’m consistently amazed and in love with the pictures that show up in the Offbeat Bride photo pool. Yay!

(Thanks to christinanicoleb for the photo!)

I love the photos from Sarah and Preston’s San Francisco bike wedding. There’s lots of talk of eco-weddings these days, but it doesn’t get much more earth-friendly than this … the couple riding off into the sunset on their bikes. Plus, spandex makes for a lovely wedding fabric.

Strap on your helmet and check out the full set of bike wedding shots.

(Thanks to squishy for the photo!)