Category Archive

courthouse

We love offbeat couples who opt to skip organizing a ceremony AND reception, and just go straight for a courthouse wedding. This category celebrates folks who chose to rock a creative courthouse wedding dress and dapper duds, and say their I DOs efficiently and with love.

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Kristen & Derek’s Friday the 13th courthouse wedding

We celebrating Friday the 13th with a wedding that is both a Friday the 13th wedding AND our first Kansas wedding! The Offbeat Bride: Kristen, Greenhouse Peon Her Offbeat Partner: Derek, Greenhouse Peon also Location & date of wedding: Courthouse / Park Building Reception, Kansas — Friday the 13th, February 2009 What made our wedding […]

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Miranda & Jake’s Themeless, Unrehearsed & Heartfelt Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Miranda, copy editor Her Offbeat Partner: Jake, student/IT Location & date of wedding: San Francisco City Hall — Thursday(!), June 4, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: As a kid, I never really dreamed of “My Big White Wedding.” I knew I wanted to marry Jake and I knew my mom would […]

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Helen & Dom’s Red, Retro, London Wedding

Some of you may remember Helen — she’s the reader who proposed to her boyfriend! Now, here’s the full story on the wedding… The Offbeat Bride: Helen, Occupational Therapist Her Offbeat Partner: Dom, Press Photographer Location & date of wedding: Register Office Ceremony, followed by reception in a local pub in London — 29th August […]

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Is having an offbeat wedding any different than having a traditional wedding?

That’s the question that Jezebel.com asked this weekend, and I figure maybe I should give my answer.