The offbeat bride: Marie-Gael, disabled (and OBT member "gaelgirl")

Her offbeat partner: Michael, student English Literature Education

Location & date of wedding: Ash Cave, Hocking Hills, OH — 14 November 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: What wasn't offbeat???

• It was in the middle of the forest, in a cave, at sunrise.
• The actual wedding and reception (not counting clothes) was under $100.
• Most of the decorations and what we wore were vintage. So, I really didn't need to spend much because I used lots of inherited depression glass and jewelry.

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I cannot WAIT to tell you all about this amazing wedding next week.

Here's what I can tell you now: it happened at dawn…

…in a cave…

…and the budget was $100.

The rest of the story is coming next week!

So you say you don't want to get married in a church, but it's autumn so you're not doing it outside or in your backyard.

Bars aren't really your style and while cave is cool and lofts are swank … you want something different.

Nikki & Avi and have a great suggestion for you: their wedding was held at Norfolk, Virginia's Naro Cinema!

The photos are total eye-candy, from the fabulous paper-flower centerpieces to the OM NOM NOM fruit spread and the minimalist autumnal look of the whole movie house wedding. (Bonus: Nikki rocked her glasses through the thang.)

So, go: Feast your eyes!

After yesterday's post about cave weddings, I got so many emails asking for more information about Sabrina's cave wedding, that I figured I better post her profile right away!

The offbeat bride: Sabrina – Graphic Designer

Her offbeat partner: Paul – NASA Meteorologist/Computer Scientist

Location & date of wedding: Stephen's Gap Cave, Woodville, AL (basically in the boonies!) 5.1.08

What made our wedding offbeat: First off, I designed and we printed our own wedding invitations on my 1924 Chandler and Price letterpress (Paul did all the typesetting). We did all the decor ourselves: the decorations, the favors, the flowers, I designed the cake, etc.

Then our wedding was really a weekend's worth. May 1st (Thurs) Paul and I got married in a cave – Stephen's Gap Cave. Our entire wedding party hiked for 45 minutes with all of their fancy clothes (including a rented tux for Paul) slung over their backs and got changed in the cave. We had a fantastic ceremony, and then went out for pizza, and later went to the reception site to start decorating.

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(Photo courtesy of Nathan Williams)
Lately, I've been hearing about more cave and cavern weddings. The above photo from Brinabat's amazing wedding is just one example…

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