“When Pagans Go Traditional” wedding
Our biggest challenge was balancing our desire to have a very pagan handfasting with the need to maintain a certain family friendly normalcy…
Elka & Peter’s Rural Wisconsin Wedding… with honey!
The Offbeat Bride: Elka, editor and writer Her Offbeat Partner: Peter, city attorney for Napa Location & Date of wedding: We had the ceremony on my family’s land, where my Aunt Kris tumbled over her pony’s head when she was galloping him in the moonlight, and where I rode horses as a child and teenager. […]
Helen & Dom’s Red, Retro, London Wedding
Some of you may remember Helen — she’s the reader who proposed to her boyfriend! Now, here’s the full story on the wedding… The Offbeat Bride: Helen, Occupational Therapist Her Offbeat Partner: Dom, Press Photographer Location & date of wedding: Register Office Ceremony, followed by reception in a local pub in London — 29th August […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]