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gold wedding dress

What’s the meaning of a gold wedding dress? It just means you want to SPARKLE a little bit more on your wedding day. This is our archive of brides who wore gold, including lots of gorgeous plus size brides.

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ShopStyle and the digital paper dolls

So, I’ve never really understood the whole “inspiration board” thing. I guess I’m just not a collage maker, so organizing my wedding ideas that way just didn’t appeal to me. Evidently, however, I DO like to play with dolls, because I’ve recently been sucked into ShopStyle, which essentially lets you create “Looks” based on their […]

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Oonagh & Dylan’s collaborative, creative, black-tie wedding with eco-considerations

Dylan and I walked down the aisle together (me in a $199 gold tutu) towards my Dad (a judge) who was marrying us. We wrote our own vows that had ended with me launching myself on Dylan with emotion before we were officially instructed to kiss.

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The Golden Soul Love Shakedown from Lauren McGlynn Photography

Starla and Thomas had one of the most heartwarmingly stunning weddings EVAR. Lauren tells me that they dubbed their wedding the “Golden Soul Love Shakedown.” And wait till you see the rest of the rest of Lauren’s incredible images from the Shakedown…

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Carla & Zeb’s handmade everything, drumming dance party wedding

The wedding was a traditional Byzantine wedding which is somewhat offbeat even though its orthodox. Byzantine wedding in western PA; we warned people it would be just like the wedding in the move The Deerhunter.

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The Hitchening: The Party with a Wedding Inside!

The offbeat bride: De Anne, Artist and Data Analyst Her offbeat partner: Warren, Video Game Tech Support Location & date of wedding: Grandma’s house, Mt. Bonnell, Austin Texas — 9/18/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We decided that good food, photography and celebrating with our loved ones were more important that any tradition. So we […]

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Check the DRAMA of this yellow wedding dress

I wore a custom raw silk gown by Sandra Sung who is a local Vancouver based designer which was a major splurge for me but very worth it. I also wore an antique necklace from Joel’s Grannie who was unable to be with us and I had a very comfortable pair of shoes hidden under that train. Joel wore his favourite black suit and a tie also made out of the fabric from my dress made by his mother.