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Lauren & Andrew’s rock ‘n’ roll House of Blues wedding

This wedding makes us wanna rock ‘n’ roll all night and party every day. Think inflatable guitars, personalized guitar picks, black outfit accents, and of course, the House of Blues in Cleveland! Even the cake is all decked in rock style. This one is pure eye candy… eye rock candy? Yep, eye rock candy, baby!

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Why Cassandra Zetta changed her Cincinnati wedding photography business to focus on LGBTQ couples

After marrying her wife, and dealing with the personal struggles of planning a same-sex wedding, our sponsor Cassandra Zetta overhauled her photography business to focus entirely on same-sex weddings. The reason will both break and repair your heart at the same time…

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Monica & Clint’s literary garden wedding

This pair had a big surprise just two weeks after getting engaged: the groom was being deployed. And so started the long-distance planning (Florida to Ohio) with a deployed groom to boot! But you’d never know it from the looks of this garden wedding with gorgeous views, literary details, and a superhero ring bearer.

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Giselle & Alan’s pirate handfasting wedding

Y’aaaaar! A pirate’s wedding for me! This geeky pair loves pirates and loves costumes EVEN MORE! So when it came to getting all the guests involved, these two did some serious pirate strong-arming and it totally worked. There were corsets, swords instead of bouquets, and no landlubbers in sight.

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Lauren & Ben’s casual double-vowed Lord of the Rings wedding

A campground wedding with picnic fare, games, and geeky details? Sign us up! We’ve got Lord of the Rings touches, Rubik’s Cube cake toppers, an awesome way to handle a ring warming. Plus, you’ll never guess how they made their first look even MORE intimate and memorable. It may have been a sweltering June day, but these two are cool as cucumbers.

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Betsy & Seth’s unexpectedly steampunk DIYed handfasting

Put on your goggles and your neo-Victorian gear, because this is STEAMPUNK WEEK! Today we’ve got an unexpectedly steampunk wedding with pumpkin wine chillers, kilts, and a fabulous handfasting. Oh, and their favorite moment is one of those that will totally make you say “awww.”