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The offbeat bride: Katie – Biologist

Her offbeat partner: Scott – Manager at GameStop

Location & date of wedding: The Medieval Times, Kissimmee, FL — April 3, 2010

What made our wedding offbeat:
We had a Medieval/Renaissance wedding at The Medieval Times Dinner Theater. The ceremony was held in the village under a trellised porch.

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The guests were encouraged to wear “garb” and all of the bridal party were in renaissance style.

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My flower girls were fairies and the ring bearer was a knight.

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The officiant was a king who also played the king during the dinner show. In addition, we drank from dragon glasses as part of the ceremony.

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My procession song was “Storybook Love” from the Princess Bride soundtrack and there was also some video game soundtracks played throughout the wedding. One video game soundtrack was Final Fantasy 7; we played the battle music to introduce the bridal party into the reception.

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My cake toppers were Link and Zelda from the Zelda video games.

After the reception the entire wedding watched the dinner show and even ate with their fingers!

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Our biggest challenge: My biggest challenge was the flower girls. I just had this certain look in my head and I wanted them to look EXACTLY like it. Trying to find a ready-made outfit was getting me nowhere so I broke it down into pieces. First I had the skirts made. Then I had wings hand made to match the skirts. The lady making the wings forgot them when I went to pick them up and it was the last day of the renaissance fair! I had to meet her somewhere half way between my house and the location of the next fair. The wings turned out gorgeous. So it was well worth it.

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But then I couldn't find leotards that would fit the girls and match the skirts/wings. So I bought pink and decided to dye them green. They actually came out really great! Finally, my last pieces were shoes and headbands. I found ballerina shoes at Payless and I made the headdresses from stuff I bought at Michaels. It all came together and they were the cutest things I had ever seen!

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My favorite moment: When I was standing inside, waiting for the procession to start, I heard the music began. The song that played was “Storybook Love” from The Princess Bride soundtrack, and I could hear everyone outside go “Awwwww”.

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The other “Awwww” I heard was when the flower girls stepped out in their little fairy wings! I couldn't see anything but hearing that just lifted my heart and I knew that everything was going to be perfect.

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My advice for offbeat brides: I found out that getting the type of clothing you want in the right colors can be difficult! I had to resort to dying some things, but I would totally recommend it. Don't be afraid to dye! Just make sure you do it early.

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