The Offbeat Bride: Isa, Museum Mistress (and OBT member "Isa")

Her Offbeat Partner: Clinton, student and drummer extraordinaire

Location & date of wedding: Mount Majura bushland, ACT, Australia — April 11, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Clinton and I decided to get married over the phone while I was in Tonga working as a volunteer, and I planned the whole thing from overseas. Perhaps the thing that made our wedding most unusual was how EASY everything was! It all just fell into place, with minimal stress and effort.

Continue reading "Isa & Clinton's easy-peasy, eco-friendly bush wedding" →

Arizona based Angelina Rose Photography is a total win for offbeat brides…

First, her images are stunning. With her mix of documentary, artistic, and lifestyle photography Angelina Rose Photography has pretty much got your wedding covered on all angles. And she's got a great eye for capturing those unplanned and silly wedding moments. You know… moments like these and these and whatever's happening here. 

Second, she's willing to travel. Angelina is an East Coast girl living on the West Coast, so she's equally comfortable shooting a Connecticut wedding as she is shooting in Arizona.

"I feel that Green weddings are a movement rather than a trend." -Angelina Rose Photography

And third, she's totally eco-conscious! She offers an eco-friendly wedding photography package and, no matter what package you choose, she "gives back" by donating a percentage of your initial deposit towards one of two non-profit organizations.

What more could you ask for in a photographer? How about a special offer to offbeat brides? Well, she's got that covered too! Check it out…

Continue reading "Eco-Friendly Arizona Wedding Photographer, Angelina Rose Photography" →

OBT member Sara Downey had a dilemma on her hands. She wrote in her wedding update, "I wanted to make STDs that were eco-friendly and still badass, funny and that fit mine and the FH's personalities." After a few months of pondering this STD challenge, she and her friend came up with a really awesome solution.

Sara took these:

And made these:

Continue reading "Save The Date cards made from recycled cereal boxes" →

The Offbeat Bride: Emily, bodyworker (and OBT member "Emily L")

Her Offbeat Partner: Mark, Case Manager

Location & date of wedding: Yerba Santa Goat Dairy, Lakeport, CA — 5/16/09

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted everything to be as 'green' as possible. We bought and then donated all our plates, silverware and glasses. We sat on hay-bales which were later fed to the goats. We made as much by ourselves and with friends as possible and kept the food and drinks very local — we served veggies all grown within 100 miles of our home, buffalo raised 20 miles from the farm, a goat and goat cheese raised on the farm. We served Sonoma and Napa County wines, home-brewed beer by a dear friend of ours, and olives picked from Mark's mom's front yard and brined by us.

Continue reading "Emily & Mark's homemade Goat Farm, Native American, Albanian Orthodox, Love Fest" →

Are you looking for a Philadelphia wedding photographer? What about a Portland wedding photographer? What about a wedding photographer in Italy? Because Josh Finsel and Amber Breiner, known as JFAB Photoraphy will travel to capture your wedding where ever it may be.

Oh, and they do that globetrotting eco-style — they run on veggie power! Check out Josh and Amber's blog posts about their veggie-oil-powered bus travels.

If you want a feel for the kind of work Josh and Amber do, check out their website or blog … Offbeat Brides will especially like these shots from Carrie and Patrick's Pennsylvania wedding. Seriously, does this photo not blow your mind? The whole set is amazing.

Offbeat Bride promotion:
Mention Offbeat Bride when you book a wedding package with Josh & Amber and receive a complimentary engagement, trash the dress, or post-wedding session.

The husband and wife wedding photography team are bi-coastal, spending most of the year in Pennsylvania with periodic returns to Oregon … and hops over to Italy. While they're available for travel almost anywhere, they do a lot of their wedding photography in Philadelphia, Portland, and Italy — all places they've lived, worked, and know intimately.

So, when you're ready to book your own dedicated team of veggie-powered traveling photographers, click on over to JFAB Photography.