Remember when Ariel got all jumpy and hand-clappy over that gorgeous goth stripey bride? Where here she his with the whole gorgeous goth wedding details!

The offbeat bride: Danielle, Comedic Actress, Usui Reiki Master, Village Witch & Tarot Reader (and OBT member "Danielle")

Her offbeat partner: Banger: Semi Professional Musician, Financial Services Consultant

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony: Congo Square
Cocktail Reception: Séance Lounge in Muriel’s on Jackson Square.
Cake & Party Reception: Bourbon St. Balcony Suite, Bourbon Orleans Hotel,

New Orleans, LA. — October 31, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted everything to have a very lush, theatrical, maturely decadent, and darkly sensuous dramatic feel. With the wedding being an immersive, interactive experience for our guests, not just something to be observed.

Continue reading "Danielle & Banger's gothique, Burton-esque, New Orleans, voodoo, Hallows-Eve, handfasting" →

Oh Danielle, my gorgeous bride in striped wedding dress, how goth doth I love you?

Photo submitted to Offbeat Bride Pool, courtesy of photographer Laura Nikisher

I'm very much looking forward to telling y'all much much more about this supremely stylish Halloween wedding in New Orleans. As soon as Danielle submits her bride profile. (HINT HINT HINT.)

For now, let us all bow down and pay homage to the photos, courtesy of Laura Nikisher:

Continue reading "Striped wedding dresses make me clap my little hands together" →

The Offbeat Bride: Karen, PC coordinator / data analyst (and OBT member "Karen")

Her Offbeat Partner: Doug, System Administrator

Location & date of wedding: Rosy's Jazz Hall, New Orleans, LA — March 14, 2009 (Pi Day!)

What made our wedding offbeat: We're nerds. We met at a live-action roleplaying game and got together at a sci-fi convention. We have computers at home, we love Lovecraft, he reads comic books, and I collect old-school My Little Ponies. We knew we wanted stuff there that would represent the things we love.

Continue reading "Karen & Doug's WedCon 2009!" →

Photo by Maile Lani.

The offbeat bride: Jenn, Youth Worker

Her offbeat partner: Brandon, Musician

Location & date of wedding: Illuminated Sculpture Gallery in New Orleans, LA on January 10th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We were already legally married and decided to get "weddinged" almost exactly on our one year anniversary.

Not bad to have already gotten through the first year of marriage on your wedding day…makes for a lot less nervousness.

Continue reading "Jenn & Brandon's Matrimonial Purple Tudor Tea Party" →

The offbeat bride: Lolo, Nurse Practicioner

Her offbeat partner: Kevin, Good Ol' N'Awlins Musician

Location & date of wedding: St. Anthony of Padua (ceremony) and the Benachi House (reception) in New Orleans, LA on October 11th, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Not my first time around but his and he's in the music biz and almost 50! So it HAD to be a production. Balloons, pinatas, rubber duckies in the 100 year old fountains…

Continue reading "Lolo & Kevin's N'Awlins/NYC Wedfest" →