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Remember Raina, the autumn bride who wore her mom’s dress? Here’s the full scoop on her library wedding!
 The offbeat bride: Raina, Graphic Designer
Her offbeat groom: Mike / freelance photographer & TV production guy
Location & date of wedding: The Clayville town library in Clayville, NY
What made our wedding offbeat: We really wanted to save a lot of money and keep it simple, simple, SIMPLE! We only had 7 people at the ceremony besides the two of us.
We did it at the tiny library in the town I grew up in. It was perfect because it was so small on the inside, and it happed to be a church at one point which lent itself to the layout of the ceremony well. We didn’t have a religious ceremony but it was kind of cute to be in an old church turned library (and my job involves designing book jackets, so it was extra special!).
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Remember the Wards and their colorful wedding? Well, here’s the full scoop!
The offbeat bride: Helen Ward, Graphic Designer
My offbeat groom: Tim Ward, Graphic Designer
Location & date of wedding: The Paintworks gallery space, Bristol, UK
What made our wedding offbeat: The first thing I knew was that I WAS NOT going to be wearing a white dress and that I WAS going to be wearing red shoes!! Everything else went from there really.
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Those who’ve read my book (which should be all of you *cough cough*) will notice that this wedding sounds awfully familiar. Elisa and I grew up together on Bainbridge Island, and our weddings had a lot in common! I’ve mentioned her wedding before, but here’s the full profile…
 The offbeat bride: Elisa, Therapist
Her offbeat groom: Eric, Electrician
Location & date of wedding: My mom’s backyard in a clearing surrounded by Cedar trees on Bainbridge Island.
What made our wedding offbeat: We decided to go low key, fun and DIY! We had a backyard ceremony and I wore the same dress that my grandma and great-grandma wore. It was so special, I’m really glad I did! After the ceremony I changed dresses so I wouldn’t trash the antique one and we danced and hung out all night. I made many of the things for the wedding to keep it cheap and cute, with everything being our colors of bright orange, pink, red, and fushia.
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 The offbeat bride: Sharon, Admissions Officer/Blogger
My offbeat groom: Tim, Software Engineer
Location & date of wedding: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception a short walk away at the San Francisco Film Centre. August 2007.
What made our wedding offbeat: For an outsider it may have seemed somewhat traditional, but for us it was about doing the traditions our own way. We wrote our own ceremony which included a reading from “The Little Prince” and a tree planting. It was officiated by Tim’s brother who was deputized for the day. All the ceremony music was Sufjan Stevens. There were a ton of DIY elements — my mother-in-law hand-wove shawls for the bridal party, we ordered the flowers directly from an organic farm and made our own bouquets, nearly all of the reception decoration was from recycled/reused materials.
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I’m trying to get caught up on my backlog of bride profiles — so this week it’s wall-to-wall wedding porn for y’all. Enjoy!
 The offbeat bride: Melissa, Student
My offbeat groom: Jon, Student/Retail
Location & date of wedding: Jon’s Parent’s HUGE yard in rural Manitoba, Canada. June 23, 2007
What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was unique in that we both wanted to save money (because we both feel the same way about overpriced wedding crap) and wanted to have an outdoor celebration that was not limited by who could join us. So we chose Jon’s parents home as a location that would not limit our needs.
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 The offbeat bride: Ingo Pixel, Makeup Artist
My offbeat groom: Andy Pixel, Software Developer
Location & date of wedding: 7/14/07. Henry Art Gallery and Twilight Exit, Seattle.
What made our wedding offbeat: We tried everything we could to stay away from traditional wedding vendors and to involve our friends, family, and amazing network of talented and helpful individuals to make it all intimate and special.
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 The offbeat bride: Tina, Makeup artist for 7 Floors of Hell (haunted houses)
Her offbeat groom: Rob, Haunted house architect
Location & date of wedding: October 24th 2007 at The Cemetery of 7 Floors of Hell in Berea, Ohio
What made our wedding offbeat: It was love made in heaven, but a marriage made in Hell. What didn’t make this happy day offbeat? The theme of the wedding was “Love Never Dies” It was full moon, which we did not plan. The location was one of the big things — we were married in front of the Cemetery of a haunted house. We chose that location not only because we both work there, but because we fell in love there and it has become a huge part of our lives.
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 The offbeat bride: Zandra, Art Director
My offbeat groom: Jordan, Creative Director
Location & date of wedding: Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC May 13th 2006
What made our wedding offbeat: We got married in a cemetery overlooking the ocean — it was beautiful.
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