If you've been reading Offbeat Bride for a couple years, then you've seen Kate NG Sommer's wedding photography before — you old timers might remember it as the midwest vineyard bike wedding.

Since then, Kate NG Sommers Photography has geared her business toward serving the unique needs of offbeat couples. And we think it shows…

Kate's built up an entire "offbeat bride" section of her blog that currently features a gamer wedding, an unconventional farm wedding and a click on the above pic to see country wedding bliss with a blue dress. It's pretty amazeballs.

And to show her ongoing love of the OBBs, Kate is offering you guys a special deal. Keep reading to check it out…

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You want it — you got it! All the great details and even greater wedding porn from Oonagh and Dylan's Toronto wedding! And, inspired by this wedding, this whole week we'll be featuring amazing Toronto weddings in so many different shapes and sizes and colors.

The offbeat bride: Oonagh, Documentary Theatre Artist and Personal Trainer (and OBT member "OonaghDuncan"

Her offbeat partner: Dylan, Engineering Technologist

Location & date of wedding: Gladstone Hotel in Toronto — 12 September 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Dylan and I walked down the aisle together (me in a $199 gold tutu) towards my Dad (a judge) who was marrying us. We wrote our own vows that had ended with me launching myself on Dylan with emotion before we were officially instructed to kiss.

All the flowers were "ditch flowers" from the roads near my Mum's farm, except for my bouquet, which she had created from paper printed with Harlequin romance novel cover art.

Continue reading "Oonagh & Dylan's collaborative, creative, black-tie wedding with eco-considerations" →

Stay tuned, ladies. We'll have much more about this Toronto wedding next week, featuring photos by Brian Tao of Luxography:

It features a gold tutu, "ditch flowers," and a personalized board game. In the meantime, here's one more shot to tide you over…

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The offbeat bride: Lindsay, Registration Coordinator

Her offbeat partner: Joe, Adoptions Manager

Location & date of wedding: Magisterial Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA — July 9, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: When I found out that I'd need major surgery for a serious health condition, my husband and I scrapped our original plan to get engaged and then wait a year before getting married. Instead, we got married on the Thursday of that same week at our local magisterial courthouse. Criminals were
being led out as we walked in.

Continue reading "Lindsay & Joe's pre-surgery shotgun wedding" →

The offbeat bride: Jessica

Her offbeat partner: Lorien, CEO of Pingg.com

Location & date of wedding: Wedding in Nevada desert, party in NYC loft — 10/3/09 wedding; 10/24/09 party

What made our wedding offbeat: Never a traditionalist. Always a rebel (unless it turns into a cliche). Terrified of weddings and every "walk down the aisle," "cut the cake" part of it.

Continue reading "Jessica & Lorien's Oliver Stone meets David Lynch fantasy wedding" →