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wedding dogs

So you want to have a wedding dog! We’ve got tons of cute ideas for having your dog in your wedding ceremony, plus lots of real wedding inspiration featuring adorable wedding pugs, pitbulls, and more.

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Chastidy & Rick’s Punk-Rock-Paper-Scissors wedding

The offbeat bride: Chastidy, barista Her offbeat partner: Rick aka “Mo,” cd slinger Location & date of wedding: Lake Sacagewea, Longview WA – Aug. 16th 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I wanted my wedding to be inspired a bit by the retro lifestyle I love so much, a bit by polka dots because I […]

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Molly & Laurie’s Island Outdoor Lesbian Yes-We-Can Wedding

We had a Ring Warming during the ceremony where the rings were passed around and guests were asked to take a moment to hold them, infuse them with their physical, emotional, and spiritual warmth…

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Katy & Drew’s Afternoon in the Park/Art Gallery Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Katy, Autistic Support Teacher Her offbeat partner: Drew, Artist and Graphic Designer Location & date of wedding: Penn Treaty Park and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA on August 16th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We were married by a former roommate. Who did get a cert online to be a […]

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My 2008 halloween costume: YOU!

After working on offbeatwed.com for almost two years now (and Offbeat Bride the book for another year before that!) I’ve started to see some definite trends in offbeat bride styles. I mean yes: we’re all doing our own thang, but there are definitely elements that seem to pop up repeatedly in offbeat weddings. To celebrate […]

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The Offbeat Aunties

Those of you who have read my book will remember my aunties, Andrea & Stacy. I handed my bouquet off to them at our wedding. They’d gotten married a few months before us in 2004 … but then the law changed and they weren’t married any more. Since California law has changed again, they decided […]

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Mike & Danica’s Simple Island Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Danica Her offbeat partner: Mike Location & date of wedding: Newcastle Island, Canada – August 8th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We kept it simple. I made all the cupcakes for the guests (all ninety! WHEW! Transporting them was a BITCH). We had our talented photographer friend Aki walk on stilts. […]