Just want to send out a quick "happy birthday!" to Esther, who also informs me that this particular offbeat bride, is also soon to be an offbeat mama — she got pregnant on their wedding night!

The offbeat bride: Esther, Infographist
Her offbeat partner: Dan, Logistics Manager
Location & date of wedding: Westmount Park, Montreal, QC — August 15th, 2009
What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding day was mostly stress-free. We spent less than $1000 by having our friends help. I bought my flowers at a little community-oriented shop by my house who gave me great deal. We chose to eat in the backyard of a restaurant COOP called Touski who nicely agreed to rent it to us for free and chose to get married in a Park, which was also free of cost. We had planned to distribute umbrellas in the event of rain but we were blessed with a sunny day. We chose an agnostic and open-minded officiant who did the ceremony in both French and English, since my fiance's family is American and mine is French-Canadian. I was lucky that my close friend did my make up, and another friend did the photography.
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