Thanks so much to Abby Rose Photo for sending me these amazing photos of Tim & Andrea's Ann Arbor wedding. All the details are amazing — you'll see! — but I especially love that their reception was at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market.

Seriously, folks: it pays to think very creatively when it comes to selecting your venues! (And yes, it helps if you have an amazing photographer — a lesser photog's shots of this unique venue could have made it look less than awesome.)

For more amazing shots from this wedding, keep reading — or get the full shebang by heading to Abby Rose Photo's blog!

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The Offbeat Bride: Gaia, Solar Energy Designer

Her Offbeat Partner: Parker, Gourmet vegetarian chef

Location & date of wedding: Under our geodesic dome at our home in rural Michigan — April 20, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Our ceremony was about equality and expressing our unique personalities. She's a buddhist, he's a pagan, so we chose very egalitarian vows representing both traditions.

We took all the typical sexist language out of the ceremony, questioned the origin of every tradition and sought out ideas and symbology from many cultures.

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The Offbeat Bride: Kara, Nanny, soon to be grad student and OBT member Kara48.

Her Offbeat Partner: Nicki, Law Student

Location & date of wedding: Log Cabin in Saugatuck, Michigan — March 21, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Where to begin? Well, there is the obvious – two brides!

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The offbeat bride: Melissa, Web Master

My offbeat groom: John, Network Admin

Location & date of wedding: Uptight Wedding Chapel in Trenton, MI, April 23, 2005

What made our wedding offbeat: Mostly we bucked tradition. Not even in a huge, flamboyant way. But it drove the chapel owner/managers crazy and the minister refused to speak with us except for the ceremony itself.

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