Hey, remember when Ariel profiled OBT member Teneisha's wedding high five a few days ago? You may have noticed these two popping up all over the wedding blogosphere since then, but we've got the whole scoop below. Slurp up these details, ladies…

The Offbeat Bride: Teneisha, Imagination Specialist (and OBT member)

Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Graphic Designer

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony- Valley of the Falls, Mandalay Bay, Vegas. Reception- Foundation Room, House of Blues, Vegas. After Party- The Luxor, Vegas — May 23, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: The objective for our wedding (besides getting married) was about two things — the first was a goal that every single person have a completely kick ass time (including ourselves) and the second being that we would do things our way, no questions asked.

Continue reading "Teneisha & Chris' Funky Las Vegas Wedding" →

This photo of Mariko encapsulates her and Jeremy's insanely classy-with-a-bite Hawaiian wedding:

But really, you must see the entire set of shots by Hawaii photographer Frank Amodo, which includes portraits that will make you love bamboo even more than you already probably do:

Continue reading "Classy and heavily inked Hawaiian wedding" →

The Offbeat Bride: Gabrielle, Artist/Art Teacher

Her Offbeat Partner: Andres, London Underground worker

Location & date of wedding: Ceremony at Islington Town Hall London, Reception at The Mildmay Workingmen's Club London UK — 11th April 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was DIY not just out of necessity due to the small budget, but because we wanted the wedding to be a true reflection of us. Our wedding was a mix match or a miss match of everything we like from tattoos to tea parties.

Continue reading "Gabrielle & Andres' "tattoo parlor meets tea at grandma's house" wedding" →

The Offbeat Bride: Sarah, Hairstylist

Her Offbeat Partner: Jess, Baker

Location & date of wedding: Friend's beach house in Southern Shores, NC — October 11, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We were on an extremely tight budget, so we cut out a lot of traditions that didn't matter to us. The groom's family is from Scotland, so we had a handfasting ceremony and Quaich ceremony.

Continue reading "Sarah & Jess's Scottish/Southern/Unitarian Beach Wedding" →

A very special thanks to @LaurenCrane for tweeting about this amazing vegan wedding that manages to be both a little punk and a lot classy:

The bride (coincidentally also named Ariel — no relation!) explains that "we tried to have as classy a wedding as two scruffy punks can manage."

(photos by Andrew Kercher)

For the full scoop, head on over the The Storque, or watch the Flickr slideshow below. And thanks again, Lauren!

Continue reading "Punk-but-classy vegan wedding, as seen on Etsy Storque!" →

The Offbeat Bride: Aaron Ashley, Master Colorist

Her Offbeat Partner: Tanner Jacop, Master Hair Stylist

Location & date of wedding: The tenth tee overlooking the intercoastal, Lake Worth, Fla. — January 18, 2009

Continue reading "Aaron & TJ's Dog-Lovin' Food-Fightin' Wedding" →