Can’t have your dog at your wedding? Cardboard cutouts to the rescue!
Chances are if you’ve got a pet and you’re reading Offbeat Bride, you’d really like to have them at your wedding. But sometimes Fido just isn’t cool with crowds, or maybe you’ll be the one who’s stressed, or you know your cat would just be bored. What if they had a cardboard cutout stand-in instead?
Pugs, brooches, and glamour: Catherine & Chris’ quirky pug lovin’ wedding
Some people may balk at your photos with your beloved pups, but this couple knows exactly how to ignore those silly “rules” — your pugs, your photos, your way! Add in the playing card details, the GIANT red + brooch flowers, super sentimental brooch bouquet, chic as hell groomswoman, and adorably mismatched ceremony seating, and you’ll be as much in love as we are.
Get back to nature with Tatjana & Ken’s dog-friendly and rainy forest wedding
A mood, dreamy, rainy forest ceremony (complete with ring bearing dog and super shy flower girl), a lovely cabin reception with tons of dancing — this is our kind of nature-loving wedding. Don’t miss the bride’s Legend of Zelda flats, the different twist on a salt ceremony, and an epic bike ride getaway after the ceremony.
Heather & John’s secular, no-vow, Alaskan mountaintop wedding
Look, let me just say in advance: we put a lot of puppy shots into this wedding. It couldn’t be resisted. It just happened and now you have to live with it. You’re welcome. But really, the views in this wedding alone make it a must-see. Oh, and the flower girl dresses. And the rainbow cakes. Oh yeah, and the sweet father/daughter dance to Green Day. Oh and yeah, the most adorable puppers ever to crash a ceremony. Don’t take my word for it: go look!
Kimmy and Erik “party forever” at their gorgeous, earthy, live music showcase wedding
Who wants to see Managing Editor Megan’s first time as a bridesmaid? Her two very close friends, Erik and Kimmy, married each other in chic bohemian style, in the Los Angeles mountains. Come for the live music (the groom is a musician), but stay for the fashion (the bride is a stylist).
Julie & Tim’s garden party family and friends wedding
Gathering family from many locations can be stressful, but these two celebrated their 15-year romance with their nearest and dearest and made it look easy. They rocked a choreographed mother-daughter-sister dance and a “first performance” instead of a first dance. But a cameo from a carboard pooch proved the funniest moment of all.