The Offbeat Bride: Jeannette, belly dancer, violinist, and daytime accountant

Her Offbeat Partner: Cliff, software engineer

Location and date of wedding: Ceremony: Arizona State, Reception: Jeannette's parents' back yard — September 13, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We always knew we wanted a very small wedding. We decided to skip a bunch of the usual built-in drama and leave out bridesmaids, groomsmen, ringbearers, piles of doves, etc.

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The offbeat bride: Chastidy, barista

Her offbeat partner: Rick aka "Mo," cd slinger

Location & date of wedding: Lake Sacagewea, Longview WA – Aug. 16th 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: I wanted my wedding to be inspired a bit by the retro lifestyle I love so much, a bit by polka dots because I love them so, and a lot by us! And I think it turned out fabulous. We all adorned classic chucks, my pug Munster was my ring bearer, my girls danced down the aisle to a What a Wonderful World cover by the one and only Joey Ramone and, well, we played rock paper scissor to determine who had to say those scary vows first. I think my conservative family was a bit thrown by our brightly colored hair, punk rock music, and silly antics but, hey, that's us!

the converse wearing bridal party with one of the cutest ring bearer EVER!

I love this touch of magic at the altar — Sara and her husband Ev (who you may know as one of the guys who invented Blogger) played a li'l game of rock-paper-scissors at the altar to see who would say their vows first.

Evidently, Sara won.

(Hat tip to Maggie for the story!)

(Thanks to rcarver for the photo!)