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Haley & Joe’s infamous porange Buddhist hippie party wedding

Haley & Joe are totally Burners, and since half my friends are at Burning Man this week, I figured it was the perfect time to feature this fabulously PORANGE wedding! The offbeat bride: Haley, Nanny Her offbeat partner: Joe, Engineer Location & date of wedding: Joaquin Miller Park Cascade, Oakland, CA. June 29, 2008 What […]

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Gothabilly bridal up-do

Study this amazing pin-up bridal hair. Learn from it. Worship it. Lots more pics over here, including my personal fave, which is this one of the bride and her grandmother:

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Sarah & Jenn’s backyard fairy wedding

“All of the guests humored us by dressing up in wings and fancy fairy garb, and our officiant was a happy purple fairy~ We were married at Twilight, and the entire ceremony quoted from Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) or was written by us, invoking all of the faerie realm.”

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I am but your humble cheerleader

Honestly: it’s not like I love every single nontraditional wedding I see. It’s not like I’ve never looked at a wedding photo and thought “Woah! Bleah!” But ultimately my goal has always been acting as a cheerleader and supporter of nontraditional couples.