The Offbeat Bride: Kat, Desktop Publishing Specialist, Musician, and Semi-pro Crafter

Her offbeat partner: Mike, Operations Ninja and Writer

Location & date of wedding: Thorpewood, Thurmont, MD — 01/17/2010

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was very much about expressing our geeky, crazy love. When we decided on a winter wedding, we stumbled upon the idea of the “Midwinter Night’s Dream” theme, and tried very hard to make it whimsical, light-hearted, and above all fun, without being too over-the-top with the faerie or renfest theme. I’m also a crafter who loves DIYing everything, so pretty much everything we COULD make ourselves, we did.

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When you want shoes that take the whole "romance" thing quite literally, then you want a pair of so-sweet-they'll-give-you-cavities heart-themed wedding shoes.

I went and trawling for heart shoes, and found the full range — from loud 'n' proud to understated. Some of these shoes are subtle, with hearts on the soles or heart-shaped buckles. Others of them are more obvious, with their hearts on their sleeves (AARGH! How could I not make that joke?). As always, I tried to go for a range of styles: heels, flats, boots, sandals, cheap, spendy, etc.

There are some old favorites here (no heart shoe collection would be complete without the infamous Vivienne Westwoods!) but lots you've never seen on Offbeat Bride.

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Here's to the last day of "geek week" weddings and the end to the count-down the book reading! And do I got a doozy for ya… See what happens when two comic book dorks fall in love. I'll give you hint — utter amazingness. -Megan

The offbeat bride: Ann, Reservations Agent, Dork, and Sewing Superhero (and OBT member "Ann Verleg")

Her offbeat partner: Sean, Kitchen Manager, Dork and Ann’s personal Chef

Location & date of wedding: St. Andrews on the Square Kamloops, British Columbia Canada — October 31st, 2009 Halloween

What made our wedding offbeat: Our quest was to make our wedding hilariously fun and heartfelt. Everything was about us and our weird and wonderful imagination. We had a Viking themed ceremony that included a sword ceremony and dowry exchange, a dorktastic photo shoot in the park and at the comic book store where we met, a reception complete with beard contest and a pajama party/gift opening at breakfast.

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This week's shoe gazing post is all about buckled wedding shoes.

Buckled heels, buckled boots, buckled flats. White, red, pink, silver, gold. Big heels, little heels, no heels, platforms … I tried to get a little bit of everything, always imagining how great they would look both peeking out from under a relatively traditional white gown, or as a show piece with tea length dress in some daring color. I tried to get a range of splurgeyness, too — from $60 to $600.

As usual, I like my shoes loud and your tastes may vary. But if you're looking for buckles, ladies, I got you covered…

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So, this might be creepy. Prepare yourself. When you buy shoes through my wedding shoe posts, I can see what you buy.

…I KNOW, RIGHT!?

I can't see who buys what (your purchasing secrets are safe with me!) but I can see what shoes are the most popular with Offbeat Brides. Once you get over the 1984 implications, it's kind of awesome because it means that rather than just inflict my taste on you, I can show off a few of the shoes that y'all love best. So, let's take a look at the shoes Offbeat Brides have been loving this month…

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