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Bethany & Kris’ Fabulously Fall “Extended Dinner Party” Wedding

My partner and I both love the fall and consider it the best season in Minnesota. I also love to throw dinner parties and wanted our ceremony to be an “extended dinner party” with wonderful food and wine. We also wanted to accentuate the beautiful colors of fall, so we found a beautiful “chalet” at a city park. I wore a chocolate brown dress with awesome orange shoes. Kris wore a classic black suit with a golden rust tie. We had no attendants or “wedding party.” Just us.

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Rachel & Matt’s Moulin Rouge meets Tim Burton Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Rachel, Project Manager Her Offbeat Partner: Matt, Photo Retoucher Location & date of wedding: The Regency Grand, San Francisco — 2/22/09 What made our wedding offbeat: We had a theme wedding and asked all our guests to dress in red & black, “festive” attire. Everything about the event was a hybrid of […]

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Amy & Mike’s “come for the cupcakes, stay for the wedding” Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Amy, full time stay-at-home mom Her Offbeat Partner: Mike, software developer Location & date of wedding: Fantasy Farm – Makebelieve Ballroom in Toronto, Ontario — November 16th, 2008. What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted a wedding that would be, above all else, FUN! We did away with certain traditions — I […]

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Katie & Clinton’s Photo-tastic Family Fun Farm Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Katie, Photographer & Teacher (aka. KatieMalone on the Offbeat Bride Tribe.) Her Offbeat Partner: Clinton, Glass Blower Location & date of wedding: A farm in Berkshire County, MA. — August 23, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was perfectly us in every detail. We knew we wanted a fun country […]

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Kara & Nicki’s Woodsy Weekend Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kara, Nanny, soon to be grad student and OBT member Kara48. Her Offbeat Partner: Nicki, Law Student Location & date of wedding: Log Cabin in Saugatuck, Michigan — March 21, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Where to begin? Well, there is the obvious – two brides! But also there was a […]

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Virginia & Lars’ Snow White & the Red Rose Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Virginia Her Offbeat Partner: Lars Location & date of wedding: Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis, IN — June 2, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: I tied in my favorite Grimm fairy tale “Snow White and Rose Red” into our Venetian Carnevale theme, to keep guests wondering what was coming next. I […]