This is absolutely my favorite wedding shot of the day. From the bride’s expression to the decorated get-away bikes to the groom’s tie to his kilt to the fact that yes, it was taken in my hometown of Seattle … I just love it!

I’m consistently amazed and in love with the pictures that show up in the Offbeat Bride photo pool. Yay!

(Thanks to christinanicoleb for the photo!)

Every now and then I see wedding pictures that make me immediately blurt out “I WANT TO KNOW THESE PEOPLE!” That in mind, here are five reasons Kyla & Dylan’s wedding at the Scott Carpenter Skatepark in Boulder looks awesome:

1. Love the bouquet.
2. Check out how they got down the aisle.
3. The bride’s maroonish veil is awesome.
4. I want to adopt the whole family.
5. And how rad are the bride’s shoes?

Check out the full set.

After a little web snooping, I even found their wedding video! *swoon*

(Thanks to kyladuffy for the photo!)

I love this Scottish bride’s dress — I’ve never seen anything like it. The black underskirt and bust give it the most amazing flavor. I can imagine this concept working with any number of colors — blue, red, whatever.

In my secret dreams, the cream overdress comes right off, and then the bride has an amazing black gown to wear to other events. Check out the back here and a detail shot here.

(Thanks to tired and emotional for the photo!)

The offbeat bride: Ginevra, Six Apart-er

My offbeat groom: Alex, dj/student/tutor

Location & date of wedding: May 28, 2007 in a backyard … in Paia, Maui

What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted to have a small wedding that reflected not just who we were as people and as a couple, but how much our family and friends meant to us by dragging them halfway across the world.

We decided on Hawaii because we both grew up in DC, lived in San Francisco for a long time, and have settled in Boston — there was no way everyone wasn’t going to have to travel someplace, so why not to paradise?

Plus, being a destination wedding kept what I call Drunk Aunt Edna incidents to a minimum. Everyone who attended was someone we wanted to be there.

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Amazing! Click the picture for the full story.

The offbeat bride: Jessica Wilson, student, crafter, dreamer and baker of cupcakes

My offbeat groom: Jeffrey Stephens, museum lackey, artist, tinkerer and propeller maker

Location & date of wedding: March 2, 20005 at the William Mulholland Memorial Fountain in Los Angeles

What made our wedding offbeat: We bucked tradition, saved a fortune, peeved our friends and had a BLAST!

Mr. A-go-go & I thought and thought and thought about what to do for the shindig — we waffled between hitting the county registrars office and doing a Pee-Wee’s Playhouse tribute (we even found someone to get ordained and marry us as Jambi!). We ended up holding a guerrilla wedding at the famous fountain in our hood where wedding parties take their group photos every weekend.

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I mean really …

… It’s hard to beat the drama of a red wedding dress. Then again, all the shots from Suzanne and Kevin’s wedding are pretty dramatic. I especially love this shot of the bride walking in with her father, and this one of the bride & groom kissing. See the whole set. Oh, and even MORE pictures over here.

Oh and PS: best wedding boots evar!!

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