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Morgan & Ryan’s woodland mythical handfasting wedding

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.

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Nikki & Chris’s Jamaican-American, Southern soul backyard wedding

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.

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Joey & Maxine’s lesbian, drumtastic, family and friends wedding fest

“We chose to throw caution to the wind and have the big white wedding many dream of – that however is where the traditional aspect ended!”

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Drum circle & jumping the broom FTJ (for the joy)

Apparently, after their wedding breakfast, Joanne and Maxine surprised their guests with a drum workshop! The photos are so beautiful, you can almost hear the drums and feel the happiness…

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Tanith & Darius’s laid back, Motor City recession special wedding

“People kept asking me why I wasn’t stressed — it’s because I kept in perspective what the day was actually about. I knew no matter what went wrong I would marry the love of my life so that alone would make my day perfect!”

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Marylyle & Jordan’s Sephardic, Celtic, Balkan bash

The offbeat bride: Marylyle, Librarian (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jordan, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The garden outside UVA Alumni Hall in Charlottesville, VA. — 08/16/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Jordan is a Sephardic Jew and I am Unitarian. It meant a lot that both of us and our traditions […]