Category Archive

backyard

These posts are all about getting married in backyards — sometimes the couple’s OWN backyard, and sometimes the backyard of a friend of family member. You may also want to check out our archive of at-home weddings.

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Emily & Branan’s Star Wars, wrestling, and badminton wedding

PEZ dispenser and Simpsons centerpieces, a baseball card guestbook, a huge styrofoam Yoda, and badminton birdie decor… have we boggled your mind enough yet? Oh, well then you may want to sit down for the groom’s outfit reveal. Think Randy “Macho Man” Savage at his wedding. It’s epic, but don’t miss the bride’s badminton racquet bouquet, Murder, She Wrote unplugged ceremony sign, and rubber ducky place cards.

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Briana, Joshua, & Tony’s stories and songs love triangle wedding

With this wedding, we’re getting a two-fer: a legal ceremony between a bride and a groom, and a handfasting ceremony between that bride and groom and their partner. It’s all about the tear-y groom, the cake-saving groom, the bride in a gorgeous blue dress, and three people totally in love. And don’t miss the tears-welling-like-mad triple kiss!

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Betsy & Kent’s polka-dots and April Fool’s pizza party wedding

This week we’re celebrating the tea-length, the mini, and the cocktail — that’s right, it’s short dress week! Today we’ve got a backyard wedding with family vows, Mad-Libs, polka dots, trivia, and tons of pizza. How did these two know exactly what we wanted to see today? Perk up your midweek with this super sweet, family-centric wedding on a Tuesday.

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Jade & Jonathan’s down-to-earth backyard wedding

A painted mailbox, an adorably awkward bride/grandfather walk down the aisle, and a top-your-own doughnut bar — oh hell yeah, this wedding is Fun City. This wedding also has one of the funniest moments we’ve read about in awhile. Let’s just say there was a really big mix-up in locations.

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Janet & Phil’s intimate tandem bike-themed wedding

Get ready for tandem bicycles, colored crinoline (with matching veil!), and the prettiest little backyard wedding we’ve seen in a while. It may be small, but it packs a punch in emotion. Don’t miss their custom Cards Against Humanity deck, handmade flower bouquet, and major board game setup. These two are introverts, but it didn’t stop them from sharing a lot of amazing non-spotlight time with those they love most. Learn from then, fellow introverts!

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Angi & Bret’s polyamorous backyard wedding

You may remember this bride from her post about choosing to marry her boyfriend while legally married to her husband. Now we’ve got the whole story of how it went down, including the bride’s husband catering a vegetarian meal, the handcrafted ceremony and vows, and the true meaning of what makes a “real” wedding.