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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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Brenda & Rob’s sci-fi, eco wedding with a Tardis

As someone who often puts together bride profiles while watching marathons of Doctor Who, Brenda and Rob’s sci-fi tv show-themed, eco friendly wedding with a Tardis really made me happy. Also it’s a first for “costumed wedding cat” that I know of!

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Sarah & Justin’s geek-chic, backyard fiesta

We’re doing a week of geek weddings on Offbeat Bride! I’ve been waiting for an excuse to do this and I think the countdown to the Offbeat Bride book re-release party is a great reason! So we’re kicking off “geek week” with Sarah and Justin’s geek-chic wedding, coincidentally right around the time of their first […]

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Melissa & Phil’s Day of the Dead, heavy metal Mexipalooza wedding

From the start we wanted to do something that completely embodied our personalities. Dia De Los Muertos was the perfect fit! It is a custom that is spiritual, quirky, morbid, and unique -– just like us!

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The Hitchening: The Party with a Wedding Inside!

The offbeat bride: De Anne, Artist and Data Analyst Her offbeat partner: Warren, Video Game Tech Support Location & date of wedding: Grandma’s house, Mt. Bonnell, Austin Texas — 9/18/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We decided that good food, photography and celebrating with our loved ones were more important that any tradition. So we […]