Thanks so much to Abby Rose Photo for sending me these amazing photos of Tim & Andrea's Ann Arbor wedding. All the details are amazing — you'll see! — but I especially love that their reception was at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market.

Seriously, folks: it pays to think very creatively when it comes to selecting your venues! (And yes, it helps if you have an amazing photographer — a lesser photog's shots of this unique venue could have made it look less than awesome.)

For more amazing shots from this wedding, keep reading — or get the full shebang by heading to Abby Rose Photo's blog!

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The Offbeat Bride: Hazel, Chef

Her Offbeat Partner: Ash, Specialist Sports Sales Supervisor

Location and date of wedding: Cambridge Register Office, Pub Crawl Wedding Breakfast and Whittlesford Memorial Hall, UK — 8/11/08

What made our wedding offbeat: We tried really hard to make the day fun and totally relaxed while still being totally fabulous.

I really wanted a non-white dress, no bridesmaids, speeches or wedding cake. And I everyone to wear black, white and red. We hired the best ska band in the entire of Cambridge and managed to fit in a pub crawl as well.

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Offbeat Bride: Lottie, Credit Analyst

Her Offbeat Partner: Clint, Auto Tech

Location & date of wedding: Fort Worth Texas — 09.27.08

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted our wedding day to exude what we were as everyday people. We are just slightly offbeat by appearance. Only our friends and family understand the depth of our offbeatness.

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The Offbeat Bride: Jessi (aka. "Cupcake" or OBT member "Cupcake Pharaoh") — massage therapist/artist/pet sitter extraordinaire!

Her Offbeat Partner: Sean (aka. "Sweetpea") — Grocery Store Manager and scooter aficionado

Location & date of wedding: The Albuquerque Press Club (and Highland park below it), Albuquerque NM — May 16th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted four things for our wedding: cheap, green, local and fun! The ceremony was in a local park (free and green), and the reception was in the Albuquerque Press Club which is a really cool log cabin that was built in 1903 (also pretty cheap and definitely fun). We have our monthly scooter club meetings there, so we were very comfortable with the club. Not to mention it has a bar, pool table, ping pong, darts, and arcade game!!

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Hey, remember when Ariel profiled OBT member Teneisha's wedding high five a few days ago? You may have noticed these two popping up all over the wedding blogosphere since then, but we've got the whole scoop below. Slurp up these details, ladies…

The Offbeat Bride: Teneisha, Imagination Specialist (and OBT member)

Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Graphic Designer

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony- Valley of the Falls, Mandalay Bay, Vegas. Reception- Foundation Room, House of Blues, Vegas. After Party- The Luxor, Vegas — May 23, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: The objective for our wedding (besides getting married) was about two things — the first was a goal that every single person have a completely kick ass time (including ourselves) and the second being that we would do things our way, no questions asked.

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