The offbeat bride: Sarah Creagh Horth, writer

Her offbeat partner: Roland Horth, Mechanical Engineer

Location & date of wedding: Marine Parade of Napier, New Zealand on December 16th, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: We didn't tell anyone and ran away to another town to get married. We love our families but as they live in different countries and due to timing constraints, we just decided to get on with it.

Continue reading "Sarah & Roland's Art Deco Elopement Wedding" →

I finally got the scoop on the vineyard wedding I featured in last week's wedding porn.

The offbeat bride: Rebecca, Speech and language therapist

My offbeat groom: Jeremy, Biomedical engineer

Location & date of wedding: Alexis Bailly Vineyard ~ Hastings, Minnesota ~ August 2007

What made our wedding offbeat: We kept it simple and intimate, with the charming vineyard grounds and surrounding country landscape as our only "decoration." The winery was open to the public (which actually made it more fun), and only our parents, siblings and their spouses, and grandparents attended the ceremony.

Continue reading "Rebecca's Midwest vineyard bike wedding" →

I love this playful bike ride shot from Rebecca & Jeremy's vineyard wedding. I don't have any details on the event other than what you can see in these pictures, but I positively adore the groom's suit (so cute with the bow-tie!) and the bride's cocktail-length dress.

Photo courtesy of Red Apple Images.

It's not often that I see something wedding-related on theknot.com that I actually like. For the most part, the site runs too traditional for my tastes — although it does have some useful tools that even the most offbeat of brides can use. That said, I about fell out of my snooty-chair when I came across Kameo Brown's amazing profile. Her photos are gorgeous and the event looks stunning. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised — the bride is a photographer and clearly has an amazing eye for the details.

Although the wedding seems like it definitely was not a low-budget affair, there are some inspiring decorative and conceptual elements that are great for brainstormers. And I absolutely loved the Kammeo's quote: "Entering my thirties, the idea of being a 'little princess' didn't appeal to me as much as being 'Queen' for the day." And omg, did she ever achieve it. Stunning!