The offbeat bride: Naomi
Her offbeat partner: Casey
Location & date of wedding: First Assembly Church Chapel in Cedar Rapids, IA. November 1, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: For starters, I wore a black dress. It was actually a bridesmaid's dress, which made it tons cheaper.
Then, we did almost everything ourselves. I made our invitations on postcards. No real flowers — my bouquet was handmade from little christmas bulbs and tulle. Oh, and little white lights. Yes, it lit up!
Every tradition in weddings we pretty much went against. No unity candle, I stood on the 'wrong' side, my mom and dad walked me down, Casey had his parents walk him down.
There was no white was at our wedding — it was all black and bright blue.
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The offbeat bride: Jenn, Musician and Music Teacher
Her offbeat partner: Cody, Social Security
Location & date of wedding: City Arts Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 28th, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: We had a wedding with a concert theme, or rather a rock concert with a wedding in the middle. Our invitations were concert tickets with instructions to please wear your favorite concert t-shirt.
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Offbeat Brides in Indiana, your time has finally come! If you're looking for a Indianapolis wedding photographer who's friendly to the ways of the non-trad bride (red dress? fairy wings? no problem!), J. Scott Photography is ready for you.
Run by Jamie and Brandy, a husband and wife team who played the theme to "The Odd Couple" at their own wedding, J. Scott Photography's shots clearly run towards the artist and lush.
Jamie has a fine arts degree, and you can see from their wedding photo gallery that he definitely brings that aesthetic eye to his wedding photography as well.
For lots more shots from J. Scott Photography (including the cutest be-winged flower girls evar!) keep reading…
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The offbeat bride: Sarah, barista
My offbeat groom: Josh, architecture student
Location & date of wedding: County park in St. Louis, MO (May 20th, 2007)
What made our wedding offbeat: I know "green" weddings are quite popular on the coasts, but here in the Midwest, people were stunned. We did our best, on our budget, to be eco-friendly. And our subtle message resonated with our guests, who were all intrigued and asked lots of questions. Our wedding was truly a family affair. Our focus was on having a nice, peaceful, low stress day. Oh, and our goal was to spend less than $2,000. We ended up spending about $2,500, which is probably rounding up, on a wedding with 75 guests.
We kept our own names. I wore Chuck Taylor's at the reception. Fuck heels.
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