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Come get inspiration for your snowy winter wedding, full of candles and romance and brides wearing boots and drinking hot chocolate…

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Surprises abound at this intimate candlelit wedding (planned in weeks!)

Jeff and Don made their marriage official surrounded by their 10 closest friends in a candle-lit living room after 14 years together. They had only decided to get married a few weeks earlier, and every part of the evening was a collaboration of their guests.

Are you ready to see this intimate candlelit wedding? You know you are!

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A waterfront wedding crawl planned in only a month

Small, adorable, family-focused, and planned in a little more than a month… this wedding crawl waterfront meets restaurant wedding is a dream. They focused on including friends as vendors, keeping family work at bay, and just having a rad time. don’t miss the boho wedding dress, awesome groom gear, and sweet daughter/flower girl.

A frostbitten Canadian park elopement (with bison!)

A frostbitten Canadian national park elopement (with bison!)

Bri and Dale had a whirlwind winter elopement at Riding Mountain National Park, followed by a reception a few months later. Manitoba in February isn't when most people would plan an outdoor wedding, but then they wouldn't get to have snow-covered bison as their special guests!

When there's skiing out of the ceremony, you're in for a magical Aussie ski wedding

When there’s skiing out of the ceremony, you’re in for a magical Aussie ski wedding

Josh and Steph are avid snowboarders, and decided to get married in the ski fields of Falls Creek, Australia. There was even a little snowstorm to make sure we all knew this was in the thick of winter. The wedding was on the smaller side with 30 guests, so they were able to have the reception at a restaurant with speeches at their penthouse. But our favorite part? Their skiing recessional from the ceremony!

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23 offbeat wedding themes that blew even our minds

One type of wedding that we feature heavily is a THEMED WEDDING. We love our theme-less weddings just as much, but sometimes a killer theme just feels so right. Is there a theme that hasn’t been done? Surely. Are we game to see it? Absolutely. Here are a few offbeat wedding themes that blew our minds at the time (and maybe still do to this day!). Whether it was totally gorgeous, hilarious, outrageous, or just plain new to us, there have been some doozies.

A shredding wedding: snowboarding wedding is a total win

A shredding wedding: snowboarding post-nuptials is a total win

Twee and John had a small and heartfelt snowboarding wedding at Sapphire Point overlooking a frozen Lake Dillon and the mountains of Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado.

After their morning wedding, they decided to do what they loved doing together: hitting the slopes! Twee rocked a cheetah print shrug along with her dress, which covered almost her entire board and collected many pounds of snow and ice along the way. Are you ready to see this hardcore shredding wedding?