The Offbeat Bride: Chloe – Advocacy Worker (and OBT member "Chloe")

Her Offbeat Partner: Tank – Student Supervisor and DJ

Location & date of wedding: Registry Office, Pub, Fratry and Tithe Barn in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK — 25th Oct 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was designed by us, run by us and done by us! We saved money and saved our sanity by creating a day that reflected us.

Continue reading "Chloe & Tank's Fiery Red UK Wedding" →

The Offbeat Bride: Tracy, Editor (and OBT member "Tracy")

Her Offbeat Partner: Aaron, Building Engineer

Location & date of wedding: Peace Valley Park in New Britain Township, PA. — October 25, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We had a self-uniting ceremony, which means we had no officiant. We kept our vows pretty traditional, but we led ourselves through them.

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The offbeat bride: Emily, Geologist & General Rock Geek

Her offbeat partner: Dave, Environmental Consultant

Location & date of wedding: The deck of my parent's cottage in central Alberta, Canada on June 5th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We both really wanted to have a party with all of our family and friends. The actual ceremony lasted less then 10 minutes, but the party lasted for three days.

Continue reading "Emily & Dave's Rainy Cabin Potluck Wedding" →

Ladies, you see that adorable short wedding dress the bride Catherine is wearing? You see that adorable groom next to her? His name is Hans and he made Catherine's dress. Seriously: he made his bride's dress!

That said, I noticed this little post on the groom's blog:

number of dresses i've been asked to sew in the past 3 months by friends: 8. number of dresses i've sewn in the past 3 months: 1.

hint: i don't want to sew you a dress.

In other words, just because he made his bride's dress, doesn't mean he's making you a dress!

To get all the details about this amazing piano player and typewriter themed Seattle wedding, head on over to Vintage Glam Weddings or click the photo below.

(Photos by Kristina Goudey from Goudey Photo. And thanks to Miss Jess for sending this in!)

The Offbeat Bride: Chantal, stay-at-home mommy (aka CeCe on the OBT)

Her Offbeat Partner: Kirk, customer service representative

Location & date of wedding: Shore Side Lake Nipissing, North Bay, ON — August 5th, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was offbeat for a few reasons…

Continue reading "Chantal & Kirk's Simple Pink Preggers Wedding" →