Alba Margarita & Jorge’s red & black, Puerto Rico weding
The Offbeat Bride: Alba Margarita, graduate student and profesional procrastinator (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Jorge, PC repair technician Location & date of wedding: Casa Diego, Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico — December 21st, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Being a rebel and all, I decided that I did not want a big cheesy […]
Teneisha & Chris’ Funky Las Vegas Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Teneisha, Imagination Specialist Her Offbeat Partner: Chris, Graphic Designer Location & date of wedding: Ceremony- Valley of the Falls, Mandalay Bay, Vegas. Reception- Foundation Room, House of Blues, Vegas. After Party- The Luxor, Vegas — May 23, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: The objective for our wedding (besides getting married) was […]
Rae & Nate’s DIY, Potluck, Gun Club wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Rae, Graphic Artist Her Offbeat Partner: Nate Location & date of wedding: Ridge and Valley Gun Club, Coopersburg PA — the wedding was 2/2/09 & the party was on 5/16/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Money was a complete issue for our wedding, so we decided early on that we wanted to […]
Our $2000 Summer Camp Wedding
We started the wedding planning process by declaring a strict and modest budget: $2,000 to be exact. We wanted our wedding to be about sincerity, authenticity, connection, and a celebration and proclamation of love and commitment. We didn’t want it to be about monogrammed napkins and excessive amounts of fondant. In all honesty, we didn’t want to let our wedding overshadow our relationship (and we needed to save money for the house we planned to buy four days after our wedding).
Kara & Nicki’s Woodsy Weekend Wedding
The Offbeat Bride: Kara, Nanny, soon to be grad student and OBT member Kara48. Her Offbeat Partner: Nicki, Law Student Location & date of wedding: Log Cabin in Saugatuck, Michigan — March 21, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Where to begin? Well, there is the obvious – two brides! But also there was a […]
Claire & Bobby’s puppet wedding
Our wedding was subversively quirky. We both went back and forth about certain traditions and our families had some say in that. I was in a big pouffy white dress with a veil for the ceremony and the boys were in tuxes. But there were puppets. Lots of them.