The Offbeat Bride: Colleen, artist

Her Offbeat Partner: Justin, artist

Location & date of wedding: Nathaniel Bowditch Schooner, Rockland Harbor, Maine — August 2, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We did it our way, we wanted something intimate and casual without being fussy or formal but still keeping it classy and personal. We decided in May to do it that summer, so it had to be planned in only a few months. Our prerogative was for it to be fun and inexpensive!

Continue reading "Colleen & Justin's Pirate Themed Wedding Sail" →

The Offbeat Bride: Sarah, hairdresser

My Offbeat Partner: Richard, material handler, contractor

Location & date of wedding: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, on my Parent's farm — July 12, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: There are a few obvious reasons why my wedding would be considered "offbeat." My dress was purple, my hair was red, he didn't wear a tux, my MOH's title was "zilla", it was outside on a farm, dress code was tropical, etc.

I considered it offbeat because everyone had a job. Anyone with a specific job had creative input. For example, my sister was a photographer and I let her do her own thing. With the florist we just discussed colours and themes and left the rest up to her. I never knew what the bouquet would look like until the day of the wedding. I didn't even know what my dress looked like until the week before.

I just chose people I trusted and left it up to them.

Continue reading "Sarah & Richard's Pirates of the Carribean Wedding" →

I adore Jackie's amazing futuristic wedding dress — and the the fact that she made it herself makes it that much more fabulous.

Further awesomeness points for also making the cocktail hat she wore, and getting married on a pirate ship in Vegas, and doing it all on Leap Day.

Check out all the photos over here, and read more about how Jackie did it all in three months over on LJ's Anti-Bride Community.

(Thanks to nightwind for the photo!)

The offbeat bride: Madame Strange, educator

Her offbeat groom: Sensei Strange, Magician

Location & date of wedding: A friend's yard, Austin Texas. 10/28/2006

What made our wedding offbeat: I was a geisha, he was a pirate, it was a costume wedding right before Halloween. It all began when we lived together in Japan, and he bought me an antique wedding kimono. It was so gorgeous, when he asked me to marry him I knew I had to wear it. And if I was going to wear it, I had to do it right, so I went all in. I had a friend make me a hair piece, dyed my hair black to go with it. He got to shoot the objector, another scurvy pirate. We had another magician tell our story prior to the pagan ceremony, followed by a hand fasting.

Continue reading "Madame Strange's Pirates & Geishas wedding" →

If you're a fellow fan of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (it's an underground perfumery in LA), you'll be as excited as I was to see photos from the founder's recent pirate-themed wedding in Vegas. Hopefully I can track down more, but for now these will have to do. Click the pix to see 'em big! (Thanks for the tip, Laurel — and for the permission to post the shots, Beth!)