Posts tagged with day wedding
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We're doing a week of geek weddings on Offbeat Bride! I've been waiting for an excuse to do this and I think the countdown to the Offbeat Bride book re-release party is a great reason! So we're kicking off "geek week" with Sarah and Justin's geek-chic wedding, coincidentally right around the time of their first wedding anniversary! -Megan
 The Offbeat Bride: Sarah, Admin Associate at the University of Texas (and OBT member "mamomo")
Her offbeat partner: Justin, Radio Shack manager
Location & date of wedding: Justin's uncle and aunt's house in Austin, TX — March 28, 2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a traditional foundation but added details to reflect our interests and personalities.
Continue reading "Sarah & Justin's geek-chic, backyard fiesta" →
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 The offbeat bride: Heather, Publicist and Fashion Historian (and OBT member "HeatherVaughan")
Her offbeat partner: Jacob, Geologist (artist and DJ)
Location & date of wedding: Alvarado Park, Richmond, CA — 09/19/2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We definitely had an unusual theme — Vintage 1930s (a la "The Thin Man" series), But we also had an all-vegetarian lunch-time reception outdoors in a park with no electricity — meaning we weren't going to do some things that weren't as important to us, like dancing late into the night (we had to be out by six). We tried to focus on what WAS important to us which, as it turned out, was spending as much time with the family and friends present as possible. The people made it offbeat — their attitudes and attire included!
Continue reading "Heather & Jacob's 1930s inspired, outdoor, vegetarian, lunch-time wedding" →
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 The offbeat bride: Jaye, musician and event planner
Her offbeat partner: Jeremy, scientist (stem cell research)
Location & date of wedding: Rumball Manor at the Rumball Centre for the Deaf in Toronto, ON Canada — October 5, 2007
What made our wedding offbeat: I had my wedding dress made in green silk and the groom wore a kilt. We had an eco-friendly dessert and cocktail party on a Friday afternoon. There was no bouquet, I had head flowers instead.
Continue reading "Jaye & Jeremy's eco-friendly, dessert & cocktail wedding" →
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 The offbeat bride: Ariel, computer security engineer (and OBT member "Ariel (but not that one)")
Her offbeat partner: Andrew, computer game programmer
Location & date of wedding: MIT Chapel and Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. — October 3, 2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a riot of medieval-inspired color: sapphire blue silk dress, purple-and-black-velvet groom, attendants in their choice of dupioni silk color and outfit style. (We ended up with pairs purely by coincidence.)
We built our custom ceremony around what we felt was most important in marriage, with our eight vows reflected in handfasting cords and the ingredients in a shared cup of ceremonial hot chocolate. The ceremony was gender-neutral and religion-free, but captured the sacred and important feeling we wanted. Dragons have been a symbol of our relationship from the beginning, so our attendants carried stuffed dragons from our collection. (The guys wore finger puppets.)
Continue reading "Ariel & Andrew's dragons & Lego-filled, sword-fighting wedding" →
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In honor of Thanksgiving in America, we bring you a Canadian Thanksgiving wedding. Hey, it's the thought that counts.
 The Offbeat Bride: Sophie, call center agent (and OBT member "Squirrel")
Her Offbeat Partner: Derik, video game tester and organizational psychology student
Location & date of wedding: Old Montreal, QC, Canada — October 10th 2009 (Canadian Thanksgiving)
What made our wedding offbeat: At first, we were planning a wedding with guests, but we quickly realized that we couldn't agree on anything. Derik wanted something traditional and to invite everyone he had ever talked to, while I wanted a 40-50 guest potluck in a community center.
Continue reading "Sophie & Derik's Canadian Thanksgiving Elopement" →
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 The offbeat bride: Tasha, Customer Service
Her offbeat partner: Andrew, Art Gallery Director
Location & date of wedding: The Balcony on Dock St., Wilmington, NC — 10/25/2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We made our wedding offbeat by keeping the decorations simple, but with tons of personal touches. We actually had three beach houses on N. Topsail Beach for everyone to stay in for the entire weekend. We made our own invitations, programs, favor boxes, centerpieces and cupcake toppers. Everyone close to us contributed in some way. My bouquet was made by the Maid of Honor, out of hand sculpted and painted birds. We made the groomsmen handkerchiefs with a variety of mustaches for them to wear.
Continue reading "Tasha & Andrew's fun, elegant, mustache extravaganza wedding" →
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 The Offbeat Bride: Kelly, Make up Artist
My Offbeat Partner: Chris, Software Engineer
Location & date of the wedding: New York, NY courthouse, and reception at Alice's Tea Cup. March 20, 2009.
What made our wedding offbeat: I bucked tradition by having a mid-day tea party wedding: Everything was exactly like the tea parties I had in mind when I poured (water) tea for my dolls at age 6!
Continue reading "Kelly & Chris's NY Tea Party Wedding" →
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