"Saving the Princess since 1985"

While perusing the OBT, as I do, I often come upon brides using pins as creative ways to personalize their weddings. OBT member "Reenie" (of "comic book style wedding invite" fame) posted in her wedding update that she's DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with cool/nerdy pins [see right]. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend…

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The offbeat bride: De Anne, Artist and Data Analyst (and OBT member "Deanderthal")

Her offbeat partner: Warren, Video Game Tech Support

Location & date of wedding: Grandma's house, Mt. Bonnell, Austin Texas — 9/18/2009

What made our wedding offbeat: We decided that good food, photography and celebrating with our loved ones were more important that any tradition. So we had a big party that at which we just happened to get married.

There was no aisle, no ceremony seating, friends rang a gong to signal that Things Were Happening for five minutes, then it was back to the par-tay.

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