Jess & Aaron’s Funtastic Outdoor Zoo Wedding
The offbeat bride: Jess Her offbeat partner: Aaron Location & date of wedding: Western Australia Perth Zoo on January 31st, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Vivienne Westwood-inspired dress! Firetrucks! 3000 handmade paper cranes! SUPER cute bridal party Black/red/white theme… and I mean everything! Our wedding video was chosen to be done for free so […]
Sarah & Richard’s Pirates of the Carribean Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Sarah, hairdresser My Offbeat Partner: Richard, material handler, contractor Location & date of wedding: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, on my Parent’s farm — July 12, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: There are a few obvious reasons why my wedding would be considered “offbeat.” My dress was purple, my hair was red, he […]
Shannon & Brandon’s comedic Seattle wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Shannon, theater actress/web site manager My Offbeat Partner: Brandon, improv actor/managing director Location & date of wedding: Lake Forest Park Civic Club on Lake Washington in Seattle, WA (we’re not members, anyone can rent it) — 5/4/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was completely ours. We ran the thing ourselves […]
Laura & Jim’s vintage gazebo wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Laura, history detective My Offbeat Partner: Jim, army captain Location & date of the wedding: Gazebo in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lovingston, Virginia — July 26, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: When Jim and I made the decision to get married in May, we knew we weren’t going to have the […]
Kristi & John’s Crafty Rainy Day Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Kristi, pre-school teacher at a German Immersion pre-school and a previous example of why rainy day weddings = gorgeous weddings! My Offbeat Partner: John, IT guy at a middle school Location & date of wedding: Columbia Manor, Minneapolis, Minnesota — May 10th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We really tried to […]
Lisa & Rowly’s kid-friendly campsite wedding
Since both our families were from out of state, we searched for a place where we could be together for a weekend. We wanted more of an experience than just a few hours of the traditional ceremony, food and dancing. We lucked out finding the Woods at Wihakowi, which is about 5 miles from our own house. It was small enough that we could take it over for the weekend but had enough space (36 acres!) that everyone could spread out.