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We LOVE colorful petticoats peaking out from tea-length wedding dresses! Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple… we’ve seen every color of the rainbow, including full-spectrum RAINBOW petticoats.

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These mohawked rockabilly wedding ladies took a DIYed wedding by storm… literally

Stacie and Crystal were married in Oklahoma, but had their public rockabilly wedding ceremony and reception at a friend’s home in Wichita Falls, TX. Their families and friends had a hand in everything — from officiating, to music, to venue, to cakes, to food, to decorating, it was a homemade-with-love affair. At the end, it was all toasts and cake and smooching… then tornado sirens from all of the bad weather they’d been having. Hey, it probably means good luck, right? Let’s get a load of this mohawked, fabulously coiffed, and stylish pair.

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Crinoline, Coca-Cola, and an Adam Sandler first dance at Rebekah & Jerry’s rockabilly wedding

All of the retro details in this wedding make us “wanna grow old with these two,” Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer-style. Coca-Cola bottles, retro dresses and suspenders, a rockabilly band, and 1950s touches abound. Don’t miss the special first dance surprise and the gorgeous ceremony backdrop.

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Martha & Daniel’s low-impact redwoods wedding (with many pretzels!)

Pretzels, a German cup ceremony, and astronauts — what do these things have in common? If you said this locally-focused and low-impact wedding in a super eclectic venue, you were right. Plus, you’ll also get some ultra valuable advice about pre-marital counseling. And don’t forget to spy the burlesque dance at the reception!

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Wendy & Colin’s bookish school house wedding

This week we’re celebrating the tea-length, the mini, and the cocktail — that’s right, it’s short dress week! Today we’ve got a couple of voracious readers getting bookishly wed in an adorable two-room school-house complete with book page flowers, “yay” flags, and a really sweet tribute to the grandparents.

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Katy & Joe’s pinwheels, vintage dress, and a walk for a cure wedding

This pair were already super psyched to get married, but having the ceremony at a cystic fibrosis walk (which is close to the bride’s heart), made it all the more personal and amazing. Don’t miss the groom’s day-glow green suit, the bride’s grandmother’s dress that she remade to her own design, and the super funny ribbon “cutting” ceremony. Get ready to feel like happy gooey butter after seeing this wedding.

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Jade & Jonathan’s down-to-earth backyard wedding

A painted mailbox, an adorably awkward bride/grandfather walk down the aisle, and a top-your-own doughnut bar — oh hell yeah, this wedding is Fun City. This wedding also has one of the funniest moments we’ve read about in awhile. Let’s just say there was a really big mix-up in locations.