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The offbeat bride: Petra, Anthropology Graduate Student

Her offbeat partner: Tahir, Computer Engineering Graduate Student

Date and location of wedding: Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — July 2, 2011

Our offbeat wedding at a glance: Tahir and I decided to get married in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Neither of us were born there, but Tahir grew up in Winnipeg and I attended high school there after moving to Canada from the Czech Republic. Both sets of parents still live there, and it was the central location that made the most sense. Tahir has family in Germany and Senegal and my family is in Slovakia, plus we have friends who could not make it to Winnipeg, so of course, a lot of our loved ones were with us in spirit.

These two love robots, so they included lots of robot-y references in their Pagan handfasting. Sounds like a perfect combination to me. Add in the custom-made purple silk gown and ivy headband and you'll get sucked in. Plus, they had a choreographed first dance which looked like a hoot and a half.

As fans of New Orleans and also of smaller weddings, this pair found a destination wedding to be ideal. In Jackson Square, under the shade of the palms, Bloody Mary wielded her Wiccan wonders on the ceremony that included voodoo dolls and burning parchment. After that, it was party time.

A couple who meets while learning lightsaber combat would certainly have a Star Wars theme in mind, right? Not these two. Their offbeat-ness comes straight from their traditional choices! They decided on a very traditional Jewish ceremony…

I had the biggest, goofiest grin on my face while reading about this wedding. Seeing the love at a young couple's wedding is one thing, but seeing the same big, soppy, lovey-dovey love after 20 years at a vow renewal just rocks. Kids, dogs, handmade medieval garb, and a wicked maypole brings it all together.

You've seen this wedding teased here before, and since then, I've been dying to see more of this mythical, fantasy, gnome and fairy-filled Pagan wedding. Read on for all the forest-y details and amazing photos.

After their parent's met for the first time, Nikki & Chris realized that they wanted their wedding to have that same level of love and intimacy. So, they scrapped their mansion wedding in favor of a small backyard wedding complete with Nikki's mom's Jerk chicken. Wish I could have been there! Mmmmm …

Ty & Paul chose to get married in Texas on June 12, which is "Loving Day." Loving Day was special to them because it commemorates the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia (1967). Which was the Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage in the United States.