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The offbeat bride: Katy, Autistic Support Teacher
Her offbeat partner: Drew, Artist and Graphic Designer
Location & date of wedding: Penn Treaty Park and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA on August 16th, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: We were married by a former roommate. Who did get a cert online to be a reverend a marry us though it wasn't necessary as we got a Quaker marriage license (available in PA) which requires no ceremony.
The ceremony was in a local park and reception in a de-sanctified church from the 1800s connected to an art gallery that was open to the guests, a very affordable and unique space. Our dogs also were included in the ceremony as flower girl and ring bearer.
We spent as little money as possible. My dress was from Nordstrom's for $398. I wore all borrowed vintage jewelry and we used saved us sake bottles from my days as a waitress at a sushi restaurant as vases.
Our caterer did mostly veggie food as our request. He was amazing! My husband's mom made the Tasty Cake cake. Our photographer, Carina Romano, worked with our budget and took some of the most amazing pictures I have ever seen.
Our biggest challenge: Money. We started with a $5,000 budget. Unfortunately with my large family our guest list was not dipping below 100. We found an affordable caterer and though we went over the $5,000 budget we really did not spent too much after the food.
My favorite moment: The amazing food, which I tried to eat a lot of!
The families coming together and getting along so well was pretty great.
My offbeat advice: Etsy is an amazing resource for bridal posse gifts! It's also an awesome resource for anything else for your wedding.
Don't go to a bridal store for your wedding dress. Remember you can't make everyone happy but when it is all over and everyone sees how well it came together you will have made almost everyone happy!
Enough talk — show me that wedding porn: Katy & Drew's Afternoon in the Park/Art Gallery Wedding!
Other links to more photos greatness here and here!
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