The offbeat bride: Claire, Operations Manager at a non-profit
Her offbeat partner: Bobby, Comedian, Puppeteer and Giant
Location & date of wedding: Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. July 12, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was subversively quirky. We both went back and forth about certain traditions and our families had some say in that. I was in a big pouffy white dress with a veil for the ceremony and the boys were in tuxes.
But! Our attitudes were not traditional, which made the whole day wonderful. I didn't care about being a bridey-bride and just wanted everyone to have a blast. We chose to focus on the quirky funny details and on us starting a new partnership together.
To start, we had a 29 year old male flower girl. My wedding party walked down the aisle to Raider's of the Lost Ark and we walked out to the Ghostbuster's theme song.
My husband is a puppeteer and made each wedding party member a puppet to match them as our gifts to them. The wedding party entered the reception with their puppets, and our flower girl even slow danced with his at one point.
Continue reading "Claire & Bobby's puppet wedding" →
Well, that didn't take long! As seen on OBB yesterday, here's the full scoop on Sandy's colorful wedding and her Christmas ornament bouquet.
The offbeat bride: Sandy - high school secretary/craft maniac
Her offbeat partner: Josh - middle school social studies teacher/musician
Location & date of wedding: 3/15/08 at Butler's Courtyard in League City, TX
What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted the wedding to reflect us as a couple and be memorable, but we also didn't want to alienate any family members or make them feel uncomfortable along the way. We wanted to express ourselves while still making everyone feel welcome. We chose a rather traditional venue, but it still had enough character and history (we both majored in history) to make us fall in love with it. Also, the owners seemed to really be on board with any and all ideas we had, so that made it excellent.
Continue reading "Sandy's colorful, crafty, hip-but-won't-scare-grandma wedding" →
I love this idea from Jessie:
I just wanted another great idea a friend of mine did recently at her wedding which was a roaring success. On the r.s.v.p. card they included:
Number of guests attending: _____
AND
Song request #1:__________
Song request #2:__________
Instead of paying for an expensive d.j., they hooked up their laptop, after downloading everybody's tunes and had a friend play the list. The dance floor was packed all night long!
I've spent the month of August poking around mywedding.com and writing about my adventures. This final week takes the (wedding) cake with an Offbeat Bride/mywedding.com contest!
Let's do a little review of my time with mywedding.com:
And then there's the mywedding.com contests! Past mywedding.com contests include stuff like vacations in the Bahamas and romantic getaways. Because seriously: when you're in the stressed out wedding planning mode, we ALL could use a little time away. I'm totally jealous of Larry and Anitra.
As a special treat for Offbeat Brides, mywedding.com is now hosting the Offbeat Bride Something Blue contest, where you and your beloved could win matching blue iPod Nanos!
To those about to rock their wedding planning, mywedding.com salutes you — enter today!
(Contest ends 9/12/2007)
The offbeat bride: Jen Martensen, Interactive Project Manager
My offbeat groom: Kevin Martensen, Research Project Director
Location & date of wedding: The Great Hall of Cafe Brauer, Chicago, IL June 26, 2005
What made our wedding offbeat: We planned our wedding as one big party that just happened to be kicked off by our ceremony. I wore mini battery-powered Christmas lights in my hair instead of a veil. My bridesmaid, maid of honor and I all have (and displayed) tattoos. My husband walked down the aisle to Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and I walked to "If You Want My Love" by Cheap Trick. Halfway down the aisle my maid of honor (a huge Cheap Trick fan) threw her arms up in the air and rocked out the rest of the way to the "altar," which cracked me up and broke a lot of my nervous tension.
Continue reading "Jen Martensen's Chicago wedding, with vows courtesy of Prince" →
The offbeat bride: Susan Beal, writer (and Offbeat Bride lab rat!)
My offbeat groom: Andrew Dickson, artist
Location & date of wedding: August 7, 2005, Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, Oregon
What made our wedding offbeat: We got married by our good friend Diane in the Church of Craft, at a craft museum, and threw a big party afterwards, so it really reflected the two of us! We DIYed everything we could (with a couple of exceptions) but we also did a lot of trading, and between that and some creative math we were able to pull off wine, beer, champagne, and dinner for 150 people, slightly under budget.
Continue reading "Susan Beal gets her craft on" →
