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Bailey & Chris Sewing-themed, Texas theater wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Bailey, Grad Student, Theatrical Design and Technology Specializing in Costume Design (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Grad Student, Theatrical Design and Technology Specializing in Lighting Design Location & date of wedding: Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Theatre, Stephenville, TX. Our undergrad theatre where we met! — December 20th, 2008 […]

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Wedding flats for brides who hate heels [UPDATED for 2022!]

Last week, I heard from several readers who were like, “Yeah sure cute — but what about those of us who want to wear flats?” While I make a point to include flats in every batch of shoes I feature, because as someone who can’t walk in a heel over 2 inches, I got nothing but love for the ladies who want to rock the flats on their wedding day.

And so, without further ado, here’s my collection of lovely low heeled wedding flats that will make you feel 10 feet tall.

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Ragani & Will’s Cinematic Gala & Music Spectacular Wedding

This is sort of an Offbeat Bride family wedding. Not only is it the wedding of longtime OBT member Ragani — but it was the first wedding that Managing Editor Megan ever photographed. Kudos to Ragani & Will for taking a chance on an a newbie wedding photographer.   The offbeat bride: Ragani, Art Director […]

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The Hitchening: The Party with a Wedding Inside!

The offbeat bride: De Anne, Artist and Data Analyst Her offbeat partner: Warren, Video Game Tech Support Location & date of wedding: Grandma’s house, Mt. Bonnell, Austin Texas — 9/18/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We decided that good food, photography and celebrating with our loved ones were more important that any tradition. So we […]

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Jen & Brynley’s red & white, 50’s inspired wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Jen, Graphic Designer (and OBT member “Jensensi“) Her Offbeat Partner: Brynley, Musician Location & date of wedding: The Country Cottage, Nottingham, UK — 27-06-09 What made this wedding offbeat: We decided from the get-go that we wanted it to be as cheap as possible without compromising too much on a nice venue. […]

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Isa & Clinton’s easy-peasy, eco-friendly bush wedding

“Perhaps the thing that made our wedding most unusual was how EASY everything was! It all just fell into place, with minimal stress and effort.”