A classy-as-hell San Francisco wedding of two ladies
Marisa and Evan had a classy San Francisco wedding at the Foreign Cinema. After getting ready at the Hyatt, they took a party bus to the Embarcadero for portraits which led to many cheers from onlookers.
A magical Lands End wedding with Labyrinth walk and surprise leis
The week that Risa was to give birth to their daughter, Risa and Jeremy decided to explore Lands End and walk the labyrinth located on the cliffs. They took in the sights and talked about the next chapter of their lives, ultimately deciding that the Lands End Labyrinth would be perfect for a small wedding. They invited just their close family for their May Day wedding.
I got a Dark Garden corset fitted to my skeleton
Custom corsets are nothing new in these parts. I wore one at my wedding way back in 2004, and we’ve consistently ogled custom bridal corsets on Offbeat Bride in the decade we’ve been online. So when Dark Garden offered to walk me through the process of getting measured and fit for a new custom corset made to my now-measurements, I was all “Oh fuck yes.”
What does it feel like going to San Francisco and getting a corset fit to your skeleton? It feels like being a sexy bug. YES, REALLY.
This California circus wedding is the greatest show on Earth
Danielle and John’s San Francisco, California circus-themed wedding included a dance down the aisle, magic tricks by the Ringmaster officiant, ice cream, a food truck, stilt walkers, dancing, and one seriously killer venue, the San Francisco Institute of Possibilities. It’s a wild ride of a wedding that will either leave you breathless or breathing heavy from love.
This stunning boho Half Moon Bay wedding gives us all the feels
Angelica and Brian’s Half Moon Bay wedding had a stunning coastal casual chic wedding with musical influences. The reception was (one of my favorites!) a Sunday brunch wedding featuring chicken and waffles, crab cakes, and spinach florentine benedicts. Don’t miss the embroidery hoops centerpieces, tambourine bouquets, bud vases, flower stands, and even coffee beans as decor. Oh, and the GORGEOUS ceremony backdrop! Instead of champagne toasting flutes, they got personalized beer steins and drank Not For Sale Calf-eine Coffee Milk Stout, a nonprofit that works against human trafficking worldwide. Let’s see the whole delicious and gorgeous event…
5 times Dustin Cantrell’s photos punched us straight in the feels
Itinerant traveling wedding photographer, Dustin Cantrell, has taught us a fair few things in our time knowing him: how to deal with the too real anxiety of having an unplugged wedding and sad-but-true reasons to turn your wedding pics into OMG REAL LIFE ACTUAL photo prints. Dustin has been a part of the Offbeat family for a really long time and offbeat couples keep on continuously choosing him to capture their wedding moments. We already know why, and you should, too.