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The offbeat bride: Karen, actress

Her offbeat partner: Alex, designer

Location & date of wedding: 20th Century Theatre, London, England, UK — May 2, 2010

What made our wedding offbeat: We started with what we love and who we know. I know a lot of performers and 1950s glamour. My dress was designed based on a classic design and the black buttons gave it a modern twist. We wanted to put on a show, so we hired an old London music hall, filled it with 250 people, had a burlesque singing compere, a traditional burlesque fan dance, and an aerial silks performance.

These metal heads know how to rock. They also know how to make an amazing heavy metal cabaret afterparty on a budget. Board games, ear plugs, lighters, and metal horns were required and provided. Oh, and you're going to going to freak over the most awesome light-up Ghostbusters cake evar!

My usual Saturday consists of eating my weight in cotton candy and getting sick on the Gravitron. But to have that luxury while watching someone get hitched? That's the high-life we've got going in this Monday Montage.

The idea of going to a bridal expo gave me hives, but when I read about Philadelphia's Lovesick Expo, I jumped at the chance to attend. Not only am I hive-free, I'm here to tell you all about it.

As usual, my mind has been blown by all of the fantastic photos in the Offbeat Bride Flickr pool. Seriously, people: my head might explode soon from all of your awesome-ness. Anyway, I'm enjoying all of the outdoor lovin', as a result this Monday Montage features a lot of greenery. So, please buckle your seat-belts as I take you on a little woodland wedding adventure.

Sparkly and Bones couldn't imagine having anything but an epic, rock 'n roll, burlesque night club wedding. There was burlesque, trapeze, hooping, skits, and an anti-bridezilla movie. How much more epic could it have been? Answer: It couldn't have been more epic. -Becca

Carolyn & Pete wanted their wedding to be intimate, personal and non traditional so they choose to get married out on the water. They chose to have their wedding on a night with a full moon so they could have gorgeous views of the bay. And let me tell ya, gorgeous views were seen!

From the second The Keyhole Sessions contacted us about their weekly, erotic life-drawing event held in Toronto I thought, awesome! Ever since I wrote an article about offbeat bachelorette party ideas I have been bombarded with even more and even crazier ideas and this event could be one of the craziest yet!