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brides in glasses

If you wear glasses every day… there’s no rule that says you can’t wear them on your wedding day too! We’ve even got a post dedicated to just fabulous brides in glasses. Obvs, this love ain’t for brides only — grooms rock ’em too.

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Jennifer & Chut’s Thai-rish gastronomic family celebration

Chut’s parents are traditional Thai Buddist, and Jennifer’s are artistic Irish spiritualists. So they decided to celebrate both sides with two ceremonies: a full-blown Thai Buddhist celebration at their home and a non-religious riverside ceremony.

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Katie & Dave’s Area 51 alien roadside wedding

Katie and Dave wanted a traditional wedding, but found that the cost was just to much, so they decided to elope instead! And when better to do it than while in Las Vegas fulfilling one of Dave’s dreams (to attend the International UFO Congress).

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How one couple had a guerilla wedding / civil ceremony in Disneyland

On the fourth day of elopement week, Meghann & Josh will take us to a faraway land called Disneyland. Meghann & Josh are Disneyland annual pass holders so they decided to have a, totally not-approved-by-Disney, quickie civil ceremony inside the park. The best part when Alice and the Mad Hatter joined mid-ceremony as their Best Man and Maid of Honor. -Coco

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Katie & Nick’s sexy, Southern-fried, black-tie hootenanny

For the reception, the bride had but two demands: fried chicken and Michael Jackson. And she got both.

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Zillah & Jon’s handfasting picnic wedding in a field

Zillah & Jon wanted a simple wedding. So they rented a field and had a picnic/mini-festival wedding. Even though it was in a field they were still able to have their home-comforts: they had a bar with fridges, sofas and a pool table!

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Fiona & Rob’s Brideshead Revisited meets Roman Holiday wedding

Fiona & Rob turned their six week vacation, into an excuse to have a small destination wedding in Rome!