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You can have your cake and & NOT eat it too.

What happens when a crafty offbeat bride doesn’t like cake but doesn’t want to miss out on the aesthetics that a “wedding pie” just doesn’t quite provide? She crochets one… Wow. OBT member Corinne is responsible for this amazing wedding creation (as well as the fabulous crocheted flower embellished bouquet from last week). This crocheted […]

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Monica & Eric’s Artsy Craftsy Disney Infused Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Monica, system analyst and jewelry-maker Her Offbeat Partner: Eric, animator and artist Location & date of wedding: Cross-town Los Angeles – ceremony at Immanuel Presbyterian, reception at The Proud Bird — 1/31/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Eric and I both have issues with our respective faiths of origin. After I realized […]

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Kristi & John’s Crafty Rainy Day Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kristi, pre-school teacher at a German Immersion pre-school and a previous example of why rainy day weddings = gorgeous weddings! My Offbeat Partner: John, IT guy at a middle school Location & date of wedding: Columbia Manor, Minneapolis, Minnesota — May 10th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We really tried to […]

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Nicole & Marty’s Beautiful Punk/Foodie/Redneck Wedding

The offbeat bride: Nicole, Office Manager & Baker Her offbeat partner: Marty (bass player for Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) Location & date of wedding: Bankuet Place in Richmond, VA on August 9th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We met working at a record store and then we were in each others bands for […]

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Princess Lasertron’s “less wedding, more party” diy wedding in Omaha

You may know her now as Princess Lasertron, but back in 2008, Meg was just another bride from Omaha planning a vegan wedding.

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Origami wedding boutonniere

Why kill flowers when you can just make one, in the case of this origami boutonniere. The bridal party got origami necklaces, origami place cards, the centerpieces and even the bride’s bouquet were made from origami flowers! (Thanks to mysoldiergirl for the photo!)