Wow, we've been teasing this wedding for quite a while now… Remember the "Yay!" flags, made by OBT member Michele, that everyone loved so much that we made Michele give us an "how to" post? And then remember the awesome steampunk groom fashion post? Well that was all from the same wedding and we finally have the whole scoop!

The offbeat bride: Michele – interior designer (and OBT member)

Her offbeat partner: Matt – character animator

Location & date of wedding: The James Ward Mansion, Westfield, NJ — October 9, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: The decision to throw a Steampunk cocktail party came early, so we decided to address every detail by making nearly everything to create the wedding of our dreams.

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The Offbeat Bride: Kerin, special ed. teacher for middle schoolers with mental illnesses

Her offbeat partner: Matt, computer geek

Location & date of wedding: Barker Tavern, Scituate, MA — Nov. 1, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We really cherry picked the traditions we wanted to use.

We did not get married in a church, our ceremony was shorter than the actual processional to get to our JP. Anything we had the means to do ourselves, we did (which really means, I did).

Continue reading "Kerin & Matt's celtic winter wedding" →

The offbeat bride: Maggie, Student (and OBT member)

Her offbeat partner: Will, Pastor and Grad Student

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony was at College Wesleyan Church in Marion, IN. Reception was at the Mill, also in Marion, IN. — July 11, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: My husband is a pastor, so we were expected (by people who didn't know us very well, that is) to have a very traditional (in this case meaning BORING) wedding. Not so!

Continue reading "Maggie & Will's unexpectedly fun and cutesy Midwest wedding" →

The offbeat bride:
Marie-Eve, associate producer at Beenox (video game studio)

Her offbeat partner:
Alexandre, programmer at Beenox (yes we met at work!)

Location & date of wedding:
The Ice Chapel in the Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada — February 7th 2009

What made our wedding offbeat:
Our marriage was under the theme of "ice and snow." It took place in the ice chapel of the Ice Hotel in Quebec Canada. The structure is made of snow, and two walls and the benches made of ice, with animal skin to make them comfortable.

We believe winter to be part of our northern culture and decided to embrace it totally!

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The offbeat bride: Suzie, kindergarten teacher and student (and OBT member "Suzie Müllner")

Her offbeat partner: Martin, electrician and photographer

Location & date of wedding: 8th district of Vienna — 24.07.09

What made our wedding offbeat: We decided to forget about this traditional Austrian wedding stuff, because that's not really us. So, the location was clear, we didn't want the wedding in the wedding office in our district (because this one was just next to the pathological morgue) and offbeat places for weddings are nearly impossible to organize and pay for here in Austria. So we had it in the wedding office in the old town of Vienna.

Continue reading "Suzie & Martin's Moulin Rouge meets Dr. Who Vienna wedding" →

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.

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The offbeat bride: Ingi, teacher (and OBT member)

Her offbeat partner: Jay, beer warehouse supervisor

Location & date of wedding: Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, VA — 10/17/09

What made our wedding offbeat: I fell in love with the Poe Museum's Enchanted Garden on a tour when I moved to Richmond years ago, so when I proposed to Jay it was the first place that came to mind. I basically planned the rest of the wedding off of the innate beauty of that setting.

I included a lot of traditional Victorian aspects, like the styling of our outfits, the bridesmaids' wedding cake pulls and silhouette artist — but made sure to incorporate the things that convey us as individuals, like my Dracula and Frankenstein's monster reception slippers and Jay's Karate Kid cufflinks.

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You saw the Twilight-esq wedding cupcake picture last week, and now here's the whole story behind that wedding

The offbeat bride: Dannette, Movie Sales Rep

Her offbeat partner: Nicholas, Cement Truck Driver

Location & date of wedding: Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Des Moines, Iowa — May 17th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Nick and I met at his first gig in his new band that he was playing in, with my brother. We both love live music and have been to quite a few concerts together. He proposed to me at a concert front row and center! So I had to pull that in to our wedding.

Continue reading "Dannette & Nicholas' musically inspired wedding" →