The offbeat bride: Amanda, Medical Assistant/hair stylist

Her offbeat partner: Patrick, Softwear Control Libriarian

Location & date of wedding: Swan Garden Lakeside, Las Vegas Nevada — October 13th 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: After dating for 6 years, I asked HIM to marry me. We decided to go down to fabulous Las Vegas and tie the knot with Elvis in the least cheesy way as possible. It actually has always been the wedding I have always wanted. And it worked out for the best since all my family is from either Arizona or California.

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The Offbeat Bride: Ande, Manager of Education Programs American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame (and OBT member "aNdE pArLoW")

The Offbeat Groom: Parlow, Musician-Part Time Server

Location & date of wedding: American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in Amarillo, TX — March 28, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: First off, it snowed over a foot and a half the day before my wedding and we had to change the venue because of the weather. Snow in the Texas Panhandle in late March! It was crazy.

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Hey, remember when Ariel profiled OBT member Teneisha's wedding high five a few days ago? You may have noticed these two popping up all over the wedding blogosphere since then, but we've got the whole scoop below. Slurp up these details, ladies…

The Offbeat Bride: Teneisha, Imagination Specialist (and OBT member)

Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Graphic Designer

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony- Valley of the Falls, Mandalay Bay, Vegas. Reception- Foundation Room, House of Blues, Vegas. After Party- The Luxor, Vegas — May 23, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: The objective for our wedding (besides getting married) was about two things — the first was a goal that every single person have a completely kick ass time (including ourselves) and the second being that we would do things our way, no questions asked.

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The offbeat bride: Maria Barletti, IT Project Manager (and Offbeat Bride lab rat!)

My offbeat groom: Kenneth Spence, Teacher

Location & date of wedding: Marylebone Registry office in London, and then the Chapel of Love and Loathe at Glastonbury Festival, in June 2004

What made our wedding offbeat: Well, to begin with there was just the two of us plus two witnesses. We started at the London registry office and then went to the Glastonbury Festival, where we spent our wedding night in a tent, surrounded by a sea of tents. We then had another ceremony at the festival, at the famous "chapel of love and loathe," which included transvestite nuns, Elvis-themed vows, and was filmed for the BBC.

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