Michelle & Philip’s multicultural, 1930s wedding and tea ceremony
Michelle & Phillip had a multicultural wedding that took place in a 1930’s Art Deco theatre. But before all that they played Chinese Door games, where the aim is to make the groom and his men do challenges in order to prove himself worthy of the bride and a Tea Ceremony!
Jess & James’ whimsical, vintage-inspired, DIY feathery lovesplosion
Here is the story of JE$S & James’ feathery lovesplosion.
Dani & Scott’s laid-back 1920’s(ish) handfasting
On day four of Offbeat Mama-Bride week we’re featuring Dani and Scott and their semi-pagan, 1920s-style handfasting. Dani & Scott had been together for fifteen years, had two children together, but had never officially “tied the knot.”
Marylyle & Jordan’s Sephardic, Celtic, Balkan bash
The offbeat bride: Marylyle, Librarian (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jordan, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The garden outside UVA Alumni Hall in Charlottesville, VA. — 08/16/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Jordan is a Sephardic Jew and I am Unitarian. It meant a lot that both of us and our traditions […]
Michele & Matt’s steampunk, cocktail party wedding
Wow, we’ve been teasing this wedding for quite a while now… Remember the “Yay!” flags, made by OBT member Michele, that everyone loved so much that we made Michele give us an “how to” post? And then remember the awesome steampunk groom fashion post? Well that was all from the same wedding and we finally […]
Spokane couple aims to recycle 400,000 cans to pay for their wedding
Andrea and Pete are combining two different kinds of awesome into one fabulous wedding: they’re trying to pay for their low-budget summer 2010 wedding by recycling 400,000 aluminum cans. In a move that it’s both uber-eco-friendly as well as budget minded, they’re scouring their city of Spokane, WA to find cans to recycle. I cornered […]