The offbeat bride: Gloria, Event Co-ordinator

Her offbeat partner: Pete, Self Employed

Location & date of wedding: Favorite picnic spot in Sydney Australia — 22nd November 2009 (Hottest day of the year!)

What made our wedding offbeat: One of the things that made the wedding offbeat was that I had two dresses! A traditional white dress which I got form my friend’s aunty who was a dress maker. And a beautiful red evening grown, which I wore for the tea ceremony and most of the reception, it is traditional for Chinese brides to wear red.

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You saw the Twilight-esq wedding cupcake picture last week, and now here's the whole story behind that wedding

The offbeat bride: Dannette, Movie Sales Rep

Her offbeat partner: Nicholas, Cement Truck Driver

Location & date of wedding: Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Des Moines, Iowa — May 17th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Nick and I met at his first gig in his new band that he was playing in, with my brother. We both love live music and have been to quite a few concerts together. He proposed to me at a concert front row and center! So I had to pull that in to our wedding.

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Thanks to OBT member Dannette for submitting these photos to our Offbeat Bride flickr pool, we're kinda going a little nuts-o getting excited about a lot of these wedding details…

 Like this photo that looks like the Twilight book cover, only with a cupcake and super bad ass bridal gauntlets.

Like Dannette and her Madonna-inspired wedding style.

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I opted to not carry a bouquet; put something, anything, in my hands and watch me awkwardly bend, fold and fondle it into oblivion. Plus, for some strange reason, I didn't feel like spending a load of money for flowers that I was just going throw away at the end of the day. But if I wasn't so fidgety I would have definitely been one of those brides that opted for a bouquet alternative to flowers.

Since Offbeat Bride Kerry started a discussion called "Bouquet Alternatives" on the Offbeat Bride Tribe a wealth of amazing offbeat bouquet porn has been popping up. I thought I'd share a few of the unique and inspiring ideas.

OBT member Zan suggested making this bouquet out of "beautiful, cheap, fashionable feathers" that she'd seen at Hobby Lobby.

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The offbeat bride: Christine, Web Designer

Her offbeat partner: Matthew, Musician

Location & date of wedding: Golf course tent in Omaha, NE on September 13th, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We set out to have a good time and didn't take the day too seriously. We figured if our guests saw that we were genuinely having fun then they would too.

I went wild with glee when it came to planning artsy stuff like the decorations, invitations and cake, but neither one of us wanted anything to do with the business end of the wedding. So, we just ignored it and refused to plan any further.

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