Offbeat Bride | Wedding porn

Don’t be ashamed. Wedding stories and pictures are like porn for those planning their own nuptials. So turn down the lights, put on some sexy music, and feast your eyes on these fully-clothed offbeat brides and their inspirational weddings. (Share your offbeat wedding story over here.)

Musical theater wedding toast: Amy’s Song —

Best wedding toast evar? (thanks, Lani!)

Oh hai. I can haz hottie groomsmen breakdancing at reception, plz?

I wish we could have seen the bride break out HER moves, since the bride and groom are both professional dancers. Check out Steelo & Penelope’s wedding shots from Scott Robert Photography over here. I especially love this shot of the groom and his b-boy groomsmen:

I’m all a-twitter over the amazing photos and stories from the wedding of two members of the Offbeat Bride DC Wedding Co-op.

…The bride had a sword!

…The groom wooed her with a bowl of brownies he baked that morning!

…They did all their flowers themselves!

…The bride’s entrance was one of the most dramatically beautiful I’ve ever seen.

…The location (Adelphi Mill) was insanely gorgeous!

Basically, you should just go read the groom’s incredibly sweet post about the wedding. I’m going to go lose myself in the photos again, myself…

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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I’ve been waiting to see if the much-discussed black wedding dress trend would actually come to fruition this year.

I mean sure, there have always been fabulous gothic brides who wear black, but rumor had it this was going to be the year that ladies other than my Brides Of The Night broke out the black dresses.

…And it looks like it’s finally coming to pass.

To see more black wedding dresses on offbeat bride, click here!

(Thanks to chris_kisela for the photo!)

Two of my favorite offbeat trends in one gorgeous photo.

Pam opted not to have a veil, going instead for a fabulous feather/bead fascinator from the UK.

And look at that back work — gorgeousness. I’m also a big fan of the eyeshadow.

Lots more photos from this WOW-inspired wedding over here.

(Thanks to living_ded_grrl for the photo!)

Swoon. Purple dress. Black corset. Pink hair. Purple boots. Black veil. Jeweled crown. I don’t know anything about this bride other than that her name is Tanya and she’s from the UK and I love her.

A very special thanks to analogueandy for sharing the photos with the Offbeat Bride pool on Flickr! Note: you’ll need to be a member of the group and logged into Flickr to see the photos I link to in this post.