The Offbeat Bride: Mandi, Marketing Manager

Her Offbeat Partner: Neil, Tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle-games retail assistant!

Location & date of wedding: Cooling Castle Barn, Kent, UK — 4 December 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We had a few ideas about what we wanted; normal for us — not so normal for others it seems We had a few setbacks during our year of planning, so we stripped right back to only the things we really, really wanted. We encountered a bit of resistance from people along the way but on the day, we had what looked like a very traditional wedding from the outside but a little bit different once they were all tarpped in the room with us!!

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The Offbeat Bride: Shyla, Home Maker

Her Offbeat Partner: Richard, Marine

Location & date of wedding: The Grove in Las Vegas, NV — Aug 29th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We saved a fortune becasue it was a package Las Vegas wedding — we had a vow renewal ceremony as the big shin dig instead of the court-house wedding we had six months ago.

I got to wear my chucks and kick-ass stockings. We played the music we wanted at the reception. DId I mention we did a crap ton of it ourselves? The programs were amazing… okay so maybe i'm biased because we made a billion of them! Lol.

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The Offbeat Bride: Rachelle, Executive Assistant

Her Offbeat Partner: Joshua, Eggo Waffle Warehouse Man

Location & date of wedding: Corinthian Event Center, San Jose, CA — November 15, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Josh and I are tattooed rockabilly nuts, but our parents are rather traditional. We decided to compromise a bit and shot for a very elegant and lavish vintage inspired winter night wedding. We went all out and my event planning experience really paid off while planning our big day. Every little detail displayed our style and made our wedding the most-memorable.

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The Offbeat Bride: Hope, Lawyer & part-time politician (and OBT member "Hopium.")

Her Offbeat Partner: Gavin, Engineer and "cannon fodder"

Location & date of wedding: Stony Range Botanical Gardens, Dee Why, Sydney, AUS — 6/6/2009

What made our wedding offbeat: There are numerous items that make it a little unusual. I think it's the personal touches that make a wedding offbeat — well, how many you can get away with.

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You might recall these amazing green wedding shoes that made Ariel wet her pants. Well here's the scoop on the rest of OBT member LucyLu's wedding.

The Offbeat Bride: Lucy, client services

Her Offbeat Partner: Travis, engineer

Location & date of wedding: Milwaukie Community Club Center, Milwaukie, OR — March 7th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: From the start, we knew we wanted the wedding to be uniquely ours and not cost a gazillion dollars. Although we ended up going over our budget, the cost was still way less than the norm since most everything was vintage, crafted, or Etsy (aka. "crack central"). I was torn between an elegant or fun vibe, so did my best to do both.

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