The offbeat bride: Katie – Nursing Student
Her offbeat partner: Dave – programmer
Location & date of wedding: The Black Mailbox, Area 51, Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada Desert — February 22, 2010
What made our wedding offbeat: This was a bit a crazy. We organized our wedding in less than six weeks! We had intended to get married Autumn 2010 in a more traditional way, but it just cost to much and caused so much drama. One of Dave’s big ambitions was to attend the International UFO Congress one day. (He runs the Birmingham UFO Group.) I noticed that the conference was happening in Las Vegas soon. So I thought that we could go to the conference and get married at Area 51 while we were there.
He was absolutely gobsmacked when I told him my idea but he loved the idea. I think this is probably one of the few weddings where the groom was more enthusiastic about the planning than the bride. Dave ended up sorting out most of the arrangements which made it a really relaxing time, pretty much all I had to worry about was designing my dress.
I wanted a 50’s style dress… which wouldn’t get grubby on the desert floor! Luckily my mum is an amazing dressmaker and rustled up my design in a few weeks in the most stunning bright blue.
The wedding went amazingly smooth. The only problem was that I thought that desert meant it would be hot. But alas, it was actually minus temperatures and snowing!! We froze!
We had the most incredible holiday of our lives, met some great people, made new friends… and got married. We really couldn’t have asked for more!
Tell us about the ceremony: The ceremony was quite simple but meaningful. Dave read me a poem he wrote for me which was just amazing.
Our biggest challenge: Our biggest challenge was overcoming the fear about how other family members would feel about us not having a traditional wedding. Organizing the whole thing in just six weeks was a bit crazy but great fun!
My favorite moment: Getting married on the other side of the world and having a wedding which was really just about each other. Laughing together during the ceremony and knowing that it was just perfect for us.
My funniest moment: When Revered Ralf added in some extra vows. That from this day forward…I am the BOSS. Hehehe!
My advice for offbeat brides: Don’t worry too much about tradition and family expectations, do something true to each other.
Care to share a few vendor/shopping links?
- Organized the day: Las Vegas Wedding Company
