The best offbeat bridal inspiration comes from other offbeat brides! Here’s a growing collection of the many thousands of amazing, independent women who have planned offbeat weddings. Some of these women were quoted in Offbeat Bride. Want to submit your wedding for consideration? Fill out the survey at offbeatbridal.com.
What was I just saying about bar weddings? Here’s another one!
 The offbeat bride: Baxter - writer (and OBT member!)
Her offbeat partner: Chris - Buyer at Amazon.com
Location & date of wedding: Discovery Park and Sunset Tavern - Seattle, WA (06-07-08) [Editor's note: Sunset Tavern, previously seen on OBB.com]
What made our wedding offbeat: Our ceremony was a short and sweet number is Discovery Park, overlooking the Sound with only family and a few friends in attendance. I wore a red corset top and a black skirt. He grew out his chops and wore a custom vest to go with his black pinstripe suit. A friend played “The Air That I Breathe” on acoustic guitar. Another friend officiated. We wrote our own vows which were basically love letters to each other, posed for some pictures and then it was on to the real party!
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 The offbeat bride: Laura (At the time an office manager and now an offbeat wedding planner!)
Her offbeat partner: Dave (Animation Production Coordinator)
Location & date of wedding: We were married at a gay karaoke bar called The Boulevard in Pasadena, on 07/07/07 — us and about 38,000 other people thought that was a good idea!
What made our wedding offbeat: We were a straight couple getting married in a gay karaoke bar with a musical theater themed ceremony. Not being much for tradition, when it came time to plan our wedding, we completely decontructed the entire process and put it back together again from scratch. We started by thinking “OK…if we were going to throw a big, fun party that *wasn’t* a wedding, where would we do that?” The answer: In a karaoke bar! (We’re theater people - need I say more?)
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You’ve seen her before on offbeat bride — but here’s the full story on Princess Lasertron’s wedding!
 The offbeat bride: Megan, designer
Her offbeat partner: David, student and medical tech
Location & date of wedding: The Slowdown, a music venue in Omaha, Nebraska. May 31, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: I proposed to him with a ring, we cried for a while, then we set off to create the fun, offbeat, DIY party that we always wanted to have … and hopefully get married too. From the vegan menu to my confection of a pink polka-dot dress, we wanted to throw a party that everyone would love.
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 The offbeat bride: Kristina, Insurance Maven
Her offbeat partner: Todd, Antique Clock Restoration Expert
Location & date of wedding: The Willows, Radnor, PA. 5-10-2008
What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was off-beat because we did it from start to finish our way. My husband works with antiques, so all the centerpieces were from his shop. I didn’t want anything too matchy, and he actually sold a few pieces, which was cool. My Aunt custom wrote our ceremony for us, and performed it. She calls herself an atheist minister. I wrote my own vows, I quoted Miss Piggy (the pig) and Pablo Neruda (the poet).
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 The offbeat bride: Quinn (artist, writer, musician all around crafty lady, Celebrant)
Her offbeat partner: Michael (woodworker, clever fellow)
Location & date of wedding: Yachats Inn, Teahouse Pavilion, Yachats, Oregon. 03/01/08
What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was SOOOO made by our own hands that you could see the callouses a mile away! (really.) From making my own dress, to the lanterns and lantern stands, the tablecloths, the namecards, seed packet favors, cupcake stand, programs, invitations, tea light stands, thank you gifts (and bags, and boxes for them), alter table… and i am sure i am forgetting something.
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 The offbeat bride: karen, gamer
Her offbeat partner: PJ, video game journalist
Location & date of wedding: san francisco zoo, april 19, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: Hoo boy. The tender union between two child-at-heart game industry kids is, of course, *unnormal* to say the least. We’re both avid gamers who love animals. The venue really hit the nail on the wall. PJ proposed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and how fitting it was to have the actual wedding at the San Francisco Zoo!?
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Well, that didn’t take long! As seen on OBB yesterday, here’s the full scoop on Sandy’s colorful wedding and her Christmas ornament bouquet.
 The offbeat bride: Sandy - high school secretary/craft maniac
Her offbeat partner: Josh - middle school social studies teacher/musician
Location & date of wedding: 3/15/08 at Butler’s Courtyard in League City, TX
What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted the wedding to reflect us as a couple and be memorable, but we also didn’t want to alienate any family members or make them feel uncomfortable along the way. We wanted to express ourselves while still making everyone feel welcome. We chose a rather traditional venue, but it still had enough character and history (we both majored in history) to make us fall in love with it. Also, the owners seemed to really be on board with any and all ideas we had, so that made it excellent.
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 The offbeat bride: Lea Vendetta, Tattooist/Artist
Her offbeat partner: Dave “Bastard” Archer, Tattooist
Location & date of wedding: Smathers Beach, Key West, Florida. April 1st 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: We got married in 1995 at the courthouse with no ceremony and no pictures. It was just the two of us, we were broke, and it was lame. Our 13th anniversary was coming up and I wanted to do something to finally be able to remember our wedding as a fabulous real wedding day! Of course we decided to do something 2 weeks before, so we improvised and everything ended up working perfectly! …like it was meant to be…
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