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Jesse’s New Orleans-influenced laid-back wedding

The offbeat bride: Jesse, Jewelry designer and style blogger My offbeat groom: Jamez, Restaurant manager and musician Location & date of wedding: March 2007 at the oldest Unitarian church in the South, the Unitarian Church of Charleston What made our wedding offbeat: The concept for our wedding was planned over drinks in a tapas bar […]

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Why I’m not into Trash The Dress

While I respect the visual kick of trash the dress shots and absolutely understand why photographers and couples could love the concept, for myself, I find the idea wasteful. Indulgently wasteful, actually.

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Katie’s at-home Washington wedding

I think two things really set the tone for our offbeat wedding: 1.) Save the date magnets with ketchup and mustard bottles holding hands and smiling with, “some things just go together! Please save the date for our wedding” and 2.) A quote by Thornton Wilder on our (very lovely) invitations: “my advice to you, is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.”

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Make your peace with the fact that your wedding programs will become paper airplanes

If you’re hemming and hawing over where to put your wedding money, just remember this picture if you’re considering selling the farm for things like wedding programs…