Mom’s wedding dress
Raina, who’s featured in the budget chapter of the 2nd edition of Offbeat Bride the book, rocked her autumn wedding wearing her mother’s wedding dress.
Wedding cue cards
I love that the groom matched the theme with his red mohawk — but I’m especially smitten by the fact that a groomsman helped the guests by holding up helpful cue cards during the ceremony.
Pirate wedding
If you’re a fellow fan of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (it’s an underground perfumery in LA), you’ll be as excited as I was to see photos from the founder’s recent pirate-themed wedding in Vegas. Hopefully I can track down more, but for now these will have to do. Click the pix to see ’em big! […]
Punk rock Hawaiian wedding
Nothing says “Hawaiian wedding” like a sweet ocean breeze and the warm tropical sun, with the sound of palm trees rustling in the background … and full sleeve tats and a spiked mohawk! Way to rock the beach wedding. (Thanks to Red Heart Photo for the shot!)
Even more tattooed brides
This thread over on Livejournal almost made my head explode with all the gorgeousness of the brides with tattoos. No seriously. These brides are each gorgeous without the ink, but the tattoos enhance the beauty times fifty infinity gazillion. Tasha Hundahl: Unknown bride with Exploding Dog tattoo and amazing hair: LJ user Alexisforever: Head over […]
Brides in pants
While of course I couldn’t cover every single breed of offbeat in the book (snowboard brides got short shrift, and transgender Buddhists were completely ignored), writing about brides in pants is actually something I really wish I’d included. In my poking around online I found a fair amount of inspiration for brides who wish to go the pants route, and even some awesome indie vendors…