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Marie-Eve WeddingThe offbeat bride: Marie-Eve, graphic designer

My offbeat groom: Vincent, maître d’hôtel

Location & date of wedding: Manoir des Érables’s gardens, in Montmagny (a little city in the province of Québec, Canada) June 16, 2007

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted to get married only if it was to be in our way. We wanted something simple and fun. We enrolled my aunt Lucie to be our “minister” and we wrote the whole ceremony together, with vows speaking of chicken soup and gigs we attended through the years.

“I want it to be FUN, not PERFECT” was my mantra

We choose our readings from children books and Beatles songs and wrote a special one for our family members. We also had a few of my sister’s friends playing some wonderful live music: we walked in on “Here comes the Sun” and run out on “All you need is Love.”

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