Category Archive

at home

Everything you need to know about getting married in or around the comfort of your own home… even getting married in your own driveway! We also have an archive of backyard weddings, which includes couples who got married in the backyard of friends or family members.

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Bekka & Matt’s über DIY wedding at home

Bekka and Matt are both working artists — Bekka is a ceramic artist and Matt does graphic arts — so every aspect of their at home wedding was hand-crafted by them. Their wedding was so DIY that their photographer, Sheila Addleman, was the only vendor they hired! Prepare to be impressed by this uber DIY wedding.

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An adorable living room wedding with a Doctor Who surprise

Rich and Michelle were both pretty anti-marriage… until they met each other! When they changed their minds on the whole marriage thing, they wanted to have low-key, offbeat wedding. So they decided to do the ceremony in their living room and get married house party-style.

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Jennifer & Bruce’s Vintage Jedi driveway wedding

Jennifer and Bruce had a swingin’, vintage wedding in their driveway/carport filled with full on nerdiness — a light saber arch that they were married under, music from The Princess Bride and Star Wars, and lots of references to Star Wars, Star Trek, games and even robots!

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Jennifer & Chut’s Thai-rish gastronomic family celebration

Chut’s parents are traditional Thai Buddist, and Jennifer’s are artistic Irish spiritualists. So they decided to celebrate both sides with two ceremonies: a full-blown Thai Buddhist celebration at their home and a non-religious riverside ceremony.