The offbeat bride: Lynn, Customer Service Rep

My offbeat partner: Adam, Customer Service Rep

Location & date of wedding: Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

What made our wedding offbeat: We totally bucked tradition. We chose a non religious setting by having our wedding in an art museum. We also had our entire wedding party perform our ceremony!

The bride wore a pirate garter and had tiny skulls added to almost everything. There was a picture of Batman and Superman on the wedding cake. The groom wore bright red socks. The maid of honor was the bride's daughter and she was given away by her 16 year old son.

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Here's another "offbeat bride to offbeat photographer" story — this time, it's Brandi Thompson who's a Dallas/Forth Worth wedding photographer.

Brandi loves to capture anything wacky, explaining, "I would love to shoot in a grocery store, a bowling alley — I am totally 100% up for adventure at all times!"

That much is evident from her bad-ass wedding photography blog, which lives at rockstarphotographyblog.com.

Brandi's amazing photography is going to make y'all lose your minds — couples with their hearse! Brides and grooms groping each other! A bride in a kitty hat! Brandi's also offering a discount to Offbeat Brides, so keep reading to see all …

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Here's another great offbeat wedding from Offbeat Advertiser Whitney Lee Photography. I asked Whitney's client, Joy, to tell us a little about her recent Texas wedding full of kids, games, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, and even a "Just Married" sign that the couple came bursting through!

Joy says: I went into this wedding with a couple of guiding principles: kid friendly, casual for comfort in a state park, and budget. First, my brother has 4 kids and there were 18 kids total on the guest list. As an elementary school teacher I have an understanding of how rough it can be to do anything when you have kids so I wanted to make the wedding fun for both kids and adults. My husband and I are both fairly goofy to boot so lots of our details reflected that.

I'm famous for saying, "do do do doot!" when I get excited about something so we provided kazoos for everyone and instructed the whole audience how to use them to give us a kazoo fanfare after the announcement of the first couple. Lots of people had a hard time figuring out how to use them – but it was so much fun!

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Whitney Lee is a wedding photographer (and artist who does kitschy latch-hook rugs) in Austin, TX who is on the hunt for offbeat clients. She explains, "I love the non-traditional and the traditional-with-a-purpose. My favorite is to work with self-confident couples who view the wedding experience as an expression of themselves and their relationship."

Whitney's got a fabulous photo blog (I think this post is my favorite!) and is so committed to wooing offbeat couples that she's offering a 10% discount to new clients who mention they found her on offbeatbride.com. Get in touch with Whitney Lee to make the magic happen!

Well, that didn't take long! As seen on OBB yesterday, here's the full scoop on Sandy's colorful wedding and her Christmas ornament bouquet.

The offbeat bride: Sandy – high school secretary/craft maniac

Her offbeat partner: Josh – middle school social studies teacher/musician

Location & date of wedding: 3/15/08 at Butler's Courtyard in League City, TX

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted the wedding to reflect us as a couple and be memorable, but we also didn't want to alienate any family members or make them feel uncomfortable along the way. We wanted to express ourselves while still making everyone feel welcome. We chose a rather traditional venue, but it still had enough character and history (we both majored in history) to make us fall in love with it. Also, the owners seemed to really be on board with any and all ideas we had, so that made it excellent.

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