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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Okay! We got the full scoop on the Natural History Museum wedding that Ariel first introduced you to back in March! Read it and learn…

The Offbeat Bride: Leslie, sculptor of little monsters and OBT member "LPage"

Her Offbeat Partner: Emory, clerk-typist for The Man

Location & date of wedding: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County — 3/21/09

What made our wedding offbeat: The museum means a lot to us as a couple, so having the wedding there was the most defining element for us. We designed little dinosaurs for the invites and used them on the cootie-catcher programs as well.

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The Offbeat Bride: Miranda, copy editor

Her Offbeat Partner: Jake, student/IT

Location & date of wedding: San Francisco City Hall — Thursday(!), June 4, 2009

What made our wedding offbeat: As a kid, I never really dreamed of "My Big White Wedding." I knew I wanted to marry Jake and I knew my mom would kill me if I didn't have a big party and ceremony, too. So I threw myself into it and tried to make it ours — no white dress, no hairspray, pizza for dinner, "Star Trek" processional, photos at ruins, pawn shop rings, a bouquet made of flowers guests bought at a liquor store or on the street on the way there.

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This is what it looks like when you get married at a Natural History Museum, like Leslie and Emory just did. (All photos are courtesy of LA's Serene Images Photography.)

To see a couple more photos from this awesome, quintessentially offbeat wedding, keep reading…

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Yes, I'm a longtime fan of Wai-Ching dresses, and even wore one to my book release party. But with this silk dress, Chrissy Wai-Ching has truly outdone herself. No seriously:

I love that Chrissy made the groom's dramatic silk tie to match … but really you haven't lived until you've seen the back of the dress. That's where the real party is goin' on…

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