photo by Drew Orrin-Brown

The offbeat bride: Tessa LeTaunt, Pin Up Model & Mommy

Her offbeat partner: Ronnie, Stay-at-home-Daddy

Location & date of wedding: The Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO — July 11th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: Instead of having a unity candle, we had a Native American water ritual, which consisted of both my groom and I drinking from a double-spouted jug made of clay. Although this took away from our overall theme, both of our families have strong Indian heritage, which we felt the need to embrace during our uniting as one.

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Oh Red Heart Photography you have done it again… you've brought us another incredible offbeat couple rocking a sweet Hawaiian wedding! This time it's Christina and Justin and their awesome wedding style.

I love the groom's all black, "Johnny Cash" look. It's one of those outfits that you NEVER see grooms wearing for an Hawaiian beach wedding. And, I'm sorry, what shoes are they wearing!?

Oh yeah, that's what I thought… awesome shoes.

And don't even try to act like you aren't in love with Christina's ink!

Trust me, you want to go to the Red Heart Photography blog to see more of the incredible photos from Christina and Justin's 09-09-09 wedding on the Big Island. And hopefully we'll be getting the full scoop on the wedding soon!

Finding ready-made, mass-produced "offbeat" cake toppers is an almost impossible task. Our wonderful tattooed and pierced, pink haired and mohawked, offbeat couples of various colors, shapes & sizes have a really hard time finding mini-versions of themselves to stand-atop their funky cakes. But OBT member Amanda, aka "Gia De Los Muertos" has come up with a really great solution. Why not Offbeat Bride-ify those easy-to-find traditional cake toppers?

Before Offbeat Bride-ifying.

After Offbeat Bride-ifying!

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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: Jami, coffeehouse owner

Her Offbeat Partner: Jamie, behavioral assistant

Location & date of wedding: The groom's parents' farm in McMinnville, OR — July 18th, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: This wedding came in under $2000. I kept it cheap by collecting things that I needed over the span of a year. It was beautiful, inexpensive, and so much fun!

Continue reading "Jami & Jamie's backyard game night wedding" →