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blue dress

What if your SOMETHING BLUE was your blue wedding gown? We think blue wedding dresses are GORGEOUS and have assembled this collection for your enjoyment. And if you’re considering a blue wedding dress, maybe you’re interested in blue hair or blue shoes?

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Christine & Matthew’s Good Vibes Anything Goes Wedding

The offbeat bride: Christine, Web Designer Her offbeat partner: Matthew, Musician Location & date of wedding: Golf course tent in Omaha, NE on September 13th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We set out to have a good time and didn’t take the day too seriously. We figured if our guests saw that we were […]

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Naomi & Arian’s Serene and Personal Japanese Garden Wedding

The offbeat bride: Naomi Graham-Hormozi – Manager/Researcher/Kimono Addict/Textile Artist Her offbeat partner: Arian Hormozi Location & date of wedding: Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California on September 26th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was very private and serene. We are both big no-fuss people, and the thought of a large wedding just didn’t […]

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Sheri & Theo’s 18th Century Scottish Harvest Wedding

The offbeat bride: Sheri, Curriculum Developer Her offbeat partner: Theo, Software Test Engineer Location & date of wedding: Carrigan Farms, Mooresville, NC on November 4th, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: My husband wanted to wear a Great Kilt in his family’s tartan, so we decided to use the 18th century as inspiration and the […]

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Handmade blue wedding dress

Thanks to offbeat reader Danielle for emailing me about these amazing photos from the schoolhouse wedding of Lulu Bliss. The bride made her 1950s-style tea-length dress by hand (she reports it took about 100 hours) and if you look carefully, you’ll see red crinoline peeking out the bottom. (Colored crinoline FTW!) We all know I’m […]

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Rivendell Bridal’s elvish dresses

If your tastes run toward the elvish, fairy, medieval, celtic or renaissance styles, you pretty much can’t do better than Rivendell Bridal. The gowns ain’t cheap, but the inspiration is free!

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A steampunk wedding

The fact that Souxzi was able to organize this stunning, stylish wedding in three months (while also grieving her mother’s recent passing) is totally mind-boggling and is a sharp ruler on the knuckles of anyone who says you can’t plan a wedding in less than six months. Congratulations, Souxzi!