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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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Emmalyn & Gavin’s gender-neutral, LGBTQ-friendly, Renaissance Festival wedding

On the fourth day of Pride Week, we will travel to the Arizona Renaissance Festival. Where Emmalyn & Gavin, who identify as gender queer, celebrated their nuptials with a joust! – Coco

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Lauren & Madhu’s eco-friendly, handmade, Hindu-Catholic fusion wedding

Lauren & Madhu fused different traditions from both of their religions to create a casual, eco-friendly ceremony that celebrated both faiths. The wedding even inspired Lauren to explore a new career path!

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Michele & Stuart’s splendiferous, Scottish shindig

Michele and Stuart, who introduced us to post-it note STDs and some bad ass custom matches, also created their own graphic logo for their wedding … and that’s just the tip of their creative wedding iceberg!

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Ann & Sean’s comic book dork, Halloween wedding of awesomeness

See what happens when two comic book dorks fall in love and get married. I’ll give you hint — utter amazingness.

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A simple forest wedding reminder

I know we feature a lot of weddings full of fabulous design and ideas and art and fashion and music and magic. And while the details can be fun for some of us some of the time, I love photos that remind us all that when it comes right down to it, really all you’re going for is this moment…

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Linda & Stephen’s fairy tale, tea party wedding

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!)