This rockabilly-themed wedding is retro fabulous #Real Weddings: Western US#brides in glasses#california#plus size#retro#rockabilly August 19 2016 | Offbeat Editors offbeatbride Photos by: Jenn & Pawel Photography Photos by Jenn & Pawel Photography The Offbeat Bride: Marissa Her offbeat partner: Josh Date and location of wedding: Owl Creek Farms, Temecula CA — June 25, 2016 Our offbeat wedding at a glance: Our rockabilly-themed wedding was inspired by our love of the rockabilly look — bold colors, fun style, and an all-around good time. While we love rockabilly, we decided to steer clear of the typical skulls that are common place in the style and geared it more toward the music by incorporating records into the decor and naming the tables after popular bands in the rockabilly genre (both new and old). Tell us about the ceremony: We were married under a large oak tree at our venue. The wedding party entered to an instrumental version of Elvis Presley's "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You." I walked down the aisle to Johnny Cash "Rose of My Heart". We kept the wedding ceremony short and our sarcasm made the officiant laugh a couple of times (I'm quite certain he's never heard a bride answer "I suppose" before!). When the ceremony was over, we exited to The Stray Cat's "Can't Hurry Love." Tell us about your reception: The reception offered fun, fun, and more fun including a tattoo table with temporary tattoos, a personalized cornhole game, caricaturist, photo booth, popcorn, cupcakes, DIYed ribbon wands, and a guitar guest book. The food was a taco caterer and we served home-brewed beer and a signature blood orange mojito (to match the persimmon color of the wedding). It wasn't stuffy or overly fancy, just a great time with friends and family. What was your most important lesson learned? The biggest planning challenge I faced was planning from a different state. Josh and I live in Washington but married in Southern California where we are from. We allowed ourselves plenty of time to plan and I had an excellent support system back home to help check out the venue and prep decor. The best advice I can give is not to stress the little things. At the end of the day, what matters is that everyone has a good time… not the cake topper, a shattered water dispenser, or exploding beer (yep, those all happened!). Vendors Caterer: Taco Lady Custom Popcorn: Wooden Crate Popcorn Company Bouquet: The Altered Chick Cake/Cupcakes: Elegance on Display Photo booth: Moore Photo Video Booths Photography: Jenn & Pawel Photography Venue: Owl Creek Weddings Dress: Alfred Angelo Bridesmaid Dresses: Hardley Dangerous Couture Gallery This slideshow requires JavaScript. Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo PREVIOUS A smoldering couple celebrates their elopement with a haunting winter shoot NEXT Wedding wedges you can actually walk in, with lace, ivory, and gold Show/Hide comments [ 4 ] Thank you Offbeat Bride. The spread looks wonderful 🙂 Reply So awesome! Thank you for sharing. Marissa and Josh are such great people it was a privilege to be able to document their day. Reply Love the colors of this wedding! I don't think I've ever see a "persimmon" color scheme in a wedding before, and it lends a lovely Fall feeling to this beautiful June wedding! Reply Thank you meiry! The hubby loves orange after advising him that any more orange would look too halloween-ish ( as we were utilizing a bit of black too) we landed on the persimmon and peach to soften the color scheme a little. The persimmon was not easy to match that's for sure! David's bridal doesn't even work with men's warehouse on any coordinating pieces. Reply Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your 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. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 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.
So awesome! Thank you for sharing. Marissa and Josh are such great people it was a privilege to be able to document their day. Reply
Love the colors of this wedding! I don't think I've ever see a "persimmon" color scheme in a wedding before, and it lends a lovely Fall feeling to this beautiful June wedding! Reply
Thank you meiry! The hubby loves orange after advising him that any more orange would look too halloween-ish ( as we were utilizing a bit of black too) we landed on the persimmon and peach to soften the color scheme a little. The persimmon was not easy to match that's for sure! David's bridal doesn't even work with men's warehouse on any coordinating pieces. Reply