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Laura & Gosia’s Beautiful & Fun, All-Bride, All-Dress Wedding

“We couldn’t agree who had to change her last name, so we played a Name Change Soccer Game the afternoon before the wedding with our guests, and the winner’s team got to pick our new last name.”

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Wedding wings for dudes big and small

I’m a longtime fan of wings in weddings, but usually it’s brides and flower girls wearing wings. It was so refreshing to see Fairylove‘s wedding gallery, which features several shots of a Hawaiian groom rocking his own set of wedding wings: The gallery also features what look like ring bearers and bridesmen wearing wings as […]

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Kat & James’ punk rock handfasting

Members of the OBT already know Kat — she’s one of my beloved moderators! Here’s the full story on her awesome Solistice wedding The offbeat bride: Kat, bookseller and OBT moderator Her offbeat partner: James, writer Location & date of wedding: My dad & step-mum’s house, Lantzville, BC. June 21, 2008, Summer Solstice What made […]

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Kat’s Ottawa wedding was all about the offbeat details

The offbeat bride: Kat, Craftsperson Her offbeat groom: Kurt, Computer Engineer Location & date of wedding: Ottawa, ON (Canada), married at the Army Officer’s Mess. June 23rd, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding seemed fairly traditional on the surface — it was held at a popular local venue for formal events, the bride […]

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How to dress a groomsgirl

A black dress and a saucy tie? AWESOME. Want even more inspiration? Click here: What’s a groom’s gal pal to wear? Options for the Best Woman and Groomsgirl

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Behold this $500 library wedding

We only had seven guests, and we only spent $500. We spent the tiniest fraction of money you can on a wedding — we did this because we live in Brooklyn (high rent!) and our parents didn’t have money to give us so we knew we just had to be creative.