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steampunk

We featured our first steampunk wedding back in 2007, and have been celebrating the Neo-Victorian aesthetic ever since! We’ve got everything from grooms in googles and top hats to brides in gorgeous bustled steampunk wedding dresses… if you like this look, be sure to check out our wedding corset archive, as well.

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Monday Montage: owls, thumbs, and swords OH MY!

In an attempt to brighten up a typically bleak monday I present to you another edition of the Monday Montage. It was difficult to chose which pictures I wanted to feature from the Offbeat Bride Flickr pool this week as there are so many exciting photos these days. This week we have a few furry friends, an epic thumb war and a steam-punk engagement shoot on a train! REMINDER, you can always click on a photo to see more!

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Epic fantasy wedding gowns from Romantic Threads

When Belinda from Romantic Threads contacted us, Ariel and I flipped because we knew how much OBBs would LOVE her amazing custom made fantasy gowns. You’ve actually seen Romantic Threads before in Sophie & David’s fantastic romantic Alaskan wedding — Belinda did Sophie’s “Super Duper Dramatic Fantasy Gown.” And there are so many more colors, […]

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Natalie & Joe’s stellar intimate ceremony and dinner

Natalie & Joe’s hand-crafted their wedding ceremony by drawing inspiration from pagan rituals. In addition their wedding theme was based around the Incubus song “Stellar.”

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Cat and Andrew’s sci-fi, gamer nerd wedding goodness from Whitney Lee Photography

If you’ve been a reader of OBB for a while you will recognize the name Whitney Lee Photography — we’ve gotten so much amazing wedding porn from this Austin, Texas photography team that we’ve even assigned them their own tag! Well now Whitney Lee Photography is back to share Cat and Andrew’s sci-fi, gamer nerd […]

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Adrianna’s incredible steampunk wedding dress

Woweewowowza, check out Offbeat Bride Tribe member Adrianna in her fantabulous steampunk wedding dress. She recently did a photo shoot with photographer, Thomas Doggett at the Illinois Railway Museum and produced some amazing old timey fashion photos. The dress (and the jewelry) was designed by Nancy Wong of Aerisk Fashion. It was Nancy’s first steampunk […]

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Michele & Matt’s steampunk, cocktail party wedding

Wow, we’ve been teasing this wedding for quite a while now… Remember the “Yay!” flags, made by OBT member Michele, that everyone loved so much that we made Michele give us an “how to” post? And then remember the awesome steampunk groom fashion post? Well that was all from the same wedding and we finally […]