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Let’s get soggy with Miranda & Joe’s wonderfully woodsy, rainy wedding

This is some gloomy chic, gorgeous Pacific Northwest rainy amazingness right here, folks. Moody, misty, and perfect. Let’s follow this couple through their two-mile hike for an elopement full of haikus, copper cups of bourbon, and the sweetest pooch covered in a blanket you’ll see today.

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How our friends helped us whittle down our wedding playlist

We had four friends come over, we ate some tacos, tested the whiskey fountain, and we voted on music. The people represented some pretty different lifestyle and music groups, too…

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Bethany & Brendan’s honeybee wedding on the farm with cows, chickens, and tears

These two B-named cuties decided to have a honeybee wedding on the sweetest little Minnesotan farm. Don’t miss the beehive piñata, honeystick favors, dad/daughter first look, and all the tears EVER. Everyone’s crying and we’re totally crying along with them. Oh, and check out the bride’s good luck heirloom dress, too.

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Christy & Patrick’s romantic gothic wedding

Let me just throw this out there: boob-grabbing wedding party photos and dads and grandpas with purple hair. Oh, that’s all it took? I knew we’d get ya. There are also grandmas in photo both costumes, colored hair extensions, and an epic post-ceremony selfie!

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How to make a wedding broom for a jumping good time

The wedding broom is popular amongst both the Celtic diaspora and the African diaspora. They are also very common in Pagan handfastings.

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Jess & George’s Hawaiian luau with a theatrical flair (co-starring hurricanes!)

A Playbill-style program, a lei ceremony by a force-of-nature officiant… and some actual forces of nature in the form of a hurricane and an earthquake — this ohana-focused wedding in Hawaii is nothing if not exciting. Don’t miss the kilts, the pineapple cake, the gorgeous guest book art piece, and all the luuurve.