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A sweet barn wedding with a string band

Maggie and Theresia made almost all of the decor themselves including all of the tablecloths, bunting, and book centerpieces. Friends made their cake and each of their grandmas made cookies. One of their favorite memories was when their friends, who had formed a band and practiced for weeks for this event, performed “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

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Kate & Nate’s dark blue wedding with shoe games

The bride may have worn an awesome dark blue dress that became the color inspiration for everything else, but the most fun to be had in this wedding was the photo booth, hidden gem venue, and the shoe game! They were a little worried about their first dance since they never practiced, but winging it looked like a hell of a good time.

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Zoe & Zach’s puppet show park wedding

These two artists collaborated with friends to create an epic “Owl and the Pussycat” puppet show ceremony including rockets, banners, singing, a ring dove, and a look-alike puppet officiant. They followed up the performance with barbecue and polka music. And don’t worry: there’s a video!

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CJ & Jessica’s lesbian elopement to open-minded Iowa

CJ & Jessica found the most welcoming town in Iowa (…or maybe even the entire world?) to have their LEGAL nuptials.

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Dori & Ben’s Jewish, vegan, eco-friendly wedding and bonfire

In honor of the beginning of Hanukkah or The Festival of Lights, here is Dori and Ben’s Jewish wedding, which fittingly (I thought) ends with a bonfire! Happy Hanukkah!

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Kristen & Derek’s Friday the 13th courthouse wedding

We celebrating Friday the 13th with a wedding that is both a Friday the 13th wedding AND our first Kansas wedding! The Offbeat Bride: Kristen, Greenhouse Peon Her Offbeat Partner: Derek, Greenhouse Peon also Location & date of wedding: Courthouse / Park Building Reception, Kansas — Friday the 13th, February 2009 What made our wedding […]