We're doing a week of geek weddings on Offbeat Bride! I've been waiting for an excuse to do this and I think the countdown to the Offbeat Bride book re-release party is a great reason! So we're kicking off "geek week" with Sarah and Justin's geek-chic wedding, coincidentally right around the time of their first wedding anniversary! -Megan

The Offbeat Bride: Sarah, Admin Associate at the University of Texas (and OBT member "mamomo")

Her offbeat partner: Justin, Radio Shack manager

Location & date of wedding: Justin's uncle and aunt's house in Austin, TX — March 28, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a traditional foundation but added details to reflect our interests and personalities.

Continue reading "Sarah & Justin's geek-chic, backyard fiesta" →

The offbeat bride: Diane, Domestic Violence Counselor

Her offbeat partner: Taren, Mental Health Advocate

Location & date of wedding: North Park Lodge, Pittsburgh PA — 10/3/2009

What made our wedding offbeat: The groom and I are both members of Arn Draiocht Fein (or ADF for short), an international Neo-Pagan Druid Fellowship. Despite honoring many deities, the one consistent thing about ADF is its liturgical format. We based our ceremony on that format while still adding elements of our own.

Continue reading "Diane & Taren's Pagan/ADF, Druid, fall-fest wedding" →

Thanks to Raelyn from Helmutwalker Photography for letting us know about this super surreal wedding they photographed. Clara & Brandon had a storybook themed wedding, complete with awesome costumes for the kids!

The ring bearer was Max from Where the Wild Things Are and the flower girl was Ferdinand the Bull who loves to smell flowers (get it?).

And these little girls got to wear the cutest "little red riding hoods!" The cute is so overwhelming I can't stand it!

And also, I can't get over how beautiful this bride's smile is…

Continue reading "Storybook-tastic, fuzzy costume loving, amazing shrug having wedding porn" →

The offbeat bride: Britany, recent college grad trying to get out of retail (and OBT member)

Her offbeat partner: Tyrone, workaholic and all around awesome guy

Location & date of wedding: Tippecanoe Place, South Bend, IN — 11.21.09

What made our wedding offbeat: We are offbeat in that we are an interracial couple and we were already married for over two years before we had our wedding ceremony.

Continue reading "Britany & Tyrone's small, family oriented, vow reaffirmation" →

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" →