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Lydia & Johan’s metal-inspired relaxed wedding (with skits!)

A little heavy metal, some geeky references, a custom Etsy dress, and a lot of friends contributing to the fun… sounds like a wedding made for our readers. This bride also learned to put down the wedding magazines and totally embrace a lack of control on the wedding day. Plus, a certain Dutch tradition of performing skits will totally amaze you.

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Superficial snack: a different kind of body art

After featuring Lenny’s bridespaint at her wedding in the Netherlands, I had to investigate to see if this was becoming a THING. It’s amazing and I want to see more! But so far I’ve only seen this particular brand of body art in Europe. Take a look at a couple of examples in this week’s Superficial Snack.

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Lenny & Mark’s handfasting and dancing castle wedding

Take some LARPers, bagpipers, Cercle and Balfolk dancing, a folk band, and a gorgeous green dress and you’ve got a lot to celebrate. you’ve seen Lenny and Mark’s kitteh invitations and Lenny’s brides paint, but you haven’t seen anything yet! Check out this medieval-inspired party in a castle.

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Hanneke & Laurens’ relaxed Dutch botanical garden wedding

After having to postpone the wedding for health reasons, these two Dutch grad students pulled together their laid-back party with surprise folk dances, interactive games and quizzes, and loads of DIY with friends and family. They also had a gorgeous botanical garden as the backdrop, but only five minutes of sunshine was found the whole day!