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rainy

A gentle rainfall. Creamy pale lighting. You strolling arm in arm with your lover down a glistening sidewalk, the breeze gently tugging you both along. Sigh. Rainy wedding days are so fucking romantic.

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Christina & Jason’s colorful, Renfest, dance-apalooza wedding

Remember the bellydancing bride we fell in love with a little while back? Well, she was kind enough to give us the whole scoop on her amazing wedding festivities.

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Ingi & Jay’s neo-Victorian, steampunk, black & white, garden wedding

The offbeat bride: Ingi, teacher (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Jay, beer warehouse supervisor Location & date of wedding: Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, VA — 10/17/09 What made our wedding offbeat: I fell in love with the Poe Museum’s Enchanted Garden on a tour when I moved to Richmond years ago, so when […]

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Miranda & Josh’s river running wedding & rainy day reception

The Offbeat Bride: Miranda, Juvenile Court Employee Her Offbeat Partner: Josh, Web Developer Location & date of wedding: Wedding: Lochsa Lodge in Northern Idaho; Reception: Miranda’s Parents’ Backyard in Boise, Idaho — Wedding, June 11, 2009; Reception, June 13, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: One of our favorite places on earth is the Lochsa […]

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A small, self-uniting wedding

We wanted to keep things simple and inexpensive, but we still wanted some traditional elements. We prepared the food ourselves, and I made the wedding cake. We cooked steaks and baked potatoes on the park grills, and used antique china plates and saucers we got at a local thrift store.

The day started out very chilly and windy. My in-laws helped us set up, but because of the wind, we weren’t ready to begin when the guests arrived. Not to fear! They were wonderful family friends, and jumped in to help us finish putting things together. (There is a picture of me standing on a picnic table in 4″ heels while our guests help me decorate the wedding arch!) We had rain off an on, and my father-in-law had to hold an umbrella over the grill as my new husband tended it!