I wish I could tell you more about this beautiful dreadlocked bride with her neo-tribal feather and bone headpiece.

All I know is that her name is Sonya, she got married at a beautiful outdoor location in Santa Barbara, and I think this might be her bridal lingerie. If so: whoa.

…Everything else you’ll have to infer for yourself from photographer Chris Hansen’s Facebook album.

UPDATE: Go feast your eyes on all the amazingness and get the full scoop on Sonya & Jeffery’s wedsite. You’ll find so much inspiration over there that your head might EXPLODE!

The offbeat bride: Laura, Policy Wonk

Her offbeat partner: Dave, Computer Geek

Location & date of wedding: Pinegri-La Retreat Center in the Trinity National Forest - Castella, CA - September 27th, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Last December, while in Vietnam, we posted a blog mentioning a possible future destination wedding in Long Hai. We’d never before mentioned marriage, so it was a surprise to friends and family that not only were we thinking about a wedding, we also expected them to fly to southeast Asia.

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How do aerialists get married? If they’re Marina and James, members of the Los Angeles performance troupe The Clan Destino, they get married on a trapeze. Check out the gorgeous photos from this very offbeat wedding.

Thanks to Ami LeBlanc for sending me this gorgeous photo set of Lucid & Eenor’s wedding in the Bay Area. Everything looks amazing, from the bride and groom’s stunning outfits, to the flower girl, to the tantalizing buffet. And tellingly, it looks like the guests were loving it.

Somehow, that’s always the cherry on top for me: sure the bride and groom will look lovely in their wedding photos. They’ve had a lot of time to prep and look their best. But do the guests look happy? Does there seem to be a genuine sense of joy in the air? To sound like the old raver I am, does the wedding have a good vibe? That’s the sign of a true offbeat wedding. Yay for Lucid and Eenor!