A rustic Northern California wedding with Southern flair (and a spectacular gray dress!) #Wedding Porn#california#grey dress#red hair#rustic wedding#tattooed bride#wedding boots Updated Mar 15 2021 (Posted Dec 6 2017) Offbeat Editors Photos by: Matthew William Photography Photos by Matthew William Photography Offbeat partner: Evan, Art History Professor and Arts Journalist Offbeat partner: Sean, Mechanical Engineer Date and location of wedding: Old Crocker Inn, Cloverdale, California — September 9, 2017 Our offbeat wedding at a glance: With two very nontraditional people, we decided to highlight aspects of our specific tastes and lives. All the bridesmaids had floral dresses of their own choosing, and the groomsmen all had floral ties of their choosing (and one female groomsmen picked her own floral dress as well). Vegan, gluten-free Southern cuisine was served along with local Northern California wines and beers. Instead of a wedding cake, we opted for vegan, gluten-free donuts and danced the night away to a live bluegrass band. We both dressed in gray, no whites, no blacks, and we opted out of the traditional wedding march music and instead had gorgeous Hozier songs playing as the bridesmaids and bride walked down the aisle. Tell us about the ceremony: Our ceremony was centered around our vows, which we wrote ourselves. We incorporated the traditional Irish handfasting ritual to emphasize our commitment in tying the knot. I walked down the aisle to Hozier's "Like Real People Do," by myself since I do not like the tradition of being given from one man to another. Tell us about your reception: The reception was an amazing party full of love and light. Sitting under the twinkle lights as the sun went down, listening to bluegrass music from Long Beach bluegrass band Big Bad Rooster, we saw two families of deer eating plants around the field we were on. We had some games set up for people to play on the far side of the field, and people loved the opportunity to play cornhole and giant jenga. We also provided a popcorn machine for late night snacks if wedding donuts were not sufficient. As we danced the night away, we witness shooting stars above us and fell in love all over again. It was a magical night. What was your most important lesson learned? If I could give some other offbeat couples some advice, it would be to get everything in writing before you pay. We got swindled by three different vendors and had to negotiate way too much. Apart from the familial drama that ensued with my nontraditional aesthetics and desires for this day, the contracts with my vendors were the biggest headache. Vendors Photographer: Matthew William Photography Dress: Bride's own creation, with help from Dressilyme.com and even more help from Shirin at Love and Lace Bridal and Tailor Veil: Bride's mom Sandy Bradley made it Venue: Old Crocker Inn Flowers: Dragonfly Floral Wedding Donuts: Flour Craft Bakery Catering: Gaia's Garden Suit: Express for Men Rings: the couple made their own rings Hairstylist: Amelia Dinmore Rental Companies: Encore Events Rentals & Grapevine Party Rentals Drinks: Bottle Barn Gallery This slideshow requires JavaScript. PREVIOUS We had a Game of Thrones themed shower with an actual Iron Throne! NEXT Badass winter wedding woollies that won't kill your style vibe Show/Hide comments [ 3 ] I'm just going to go ahead and tell everyone that this was my wedding. Yup, that's me, rocking a gorgeous gray dress and amazing tattoos. What? My hair? Oh, no, it was always long and gorgeous. Reply That dress! That veil! And the way the plunging neckline perfectly frames the owl tattoo! <3 Reply Stunning dress. Almost wish I could get married again so I could wear it. Reply Join the conversation Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.
I'm just going to go ahead and tell everyone that this was my wedding. Yup, that's me, rocking a gorgeous gray dress and amazing tattoos. What? My hair? Oh, no, it was always long and gorgeous. Reply