Felicia & Andre’s Christmas lover’s burlesque wedding
Felicia and Andre chose a venue that decorates beautifully for Christmas. Then they surprised their guests with aerial burlesque performers at the start of the ceremony. For the reception, they served fajitas and Indian food to represent each of their heritages.
Violetta & Jason’s funky chicken dance-off wedding
Violetta & Jason had a quick ceremony at city hall (with their dog as Best Man!) and then an impromptu fall foliage photo shoot. Later they had a small dinner with friends to celebrate and then a funky chicken dance off at their local bar.
Let’s talk about Offbeat BIPOC Brides and couples of color
Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured couples of color to make them easier to find. Tagging is how we make all sorts of things on the site easier to find: Kansas weddings, brides in glasses, grooms with long hair. We’ve got hundreds of tags. We wanted to make it easier for readers who were frustrated by the experience of feeling like they only saw white couples across wedding planning websites.
Chanelle & Julie’s two-bride backyard BBQ wedding
In honor of Human Rights Day and I wanted to feature a wedding that illustrated just how absurd it is that two people this in love can’t get married everywhere in the world. – Becca