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Crochet your own Little Big Planet sackboy

So, you like Little Big Planet, and want to make a sackboy. If you’re like me, you’ll Google your brains out trying to find a pattern you like. I didn’t find any patterns I liked, so I made up my own!

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Maria & Dave’s roaring twenties, museum wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Maria, Graphic Designer (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Dave, Roofer/Musician Location & date of wedding: The Music House Museum in Traverse City, Michigan — Oct. 17, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We waited a long, long time for this. Dave and I met on the school bus and have been […]

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Highland & Jack’s winter wedding in Las Vegas

Jack is transgender, and the way we decided to tell our family is by having our officiant pronounce us “Husband and Wife” and use all male pronouns throughout the ceremony.

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How to make your own sparkly crystal bouquets

Hello all! This post is going to teach you how to make your own crystal bouquets. It’s pretty simple once you get the hang of it, but it IS time consuming (so don’t be like me and wait until the last couple of months before your wedding to make them!). However, because we didn’t want […]

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Bailey & Chris Sewing-themed, Texas theater wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Bailey, Grad Student, Theatrical Design and Technology Specializing in Costume Design (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Grad Student, Theatrical Design and Technology Specializing in Lighting Design Location & date of wedding: Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Theatre, Stephenville, TX. Our undergrad theatre where we met! — December 20th, 2008 […]

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Danielle & Sean’s gothy, dog loving, winter wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Danielle (aka. OBT member “Punky“), Accountant wannabe Her Offbeat Partner: Sean, Security Technician Location & date of wedding: Kitchener, Ontario — Golf course in the snow!!! — January 24, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We made it personal — we tried to do things because they meant something to us, not […]