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How planning my wedding was like being in the military

Y’all got to hear about how Kacey’s wedding was rescued from an ice storm, but now you got to see how the wedding-photos-that-almost-weren’t came out! Not to mention, a beautiful explanation of how planning a wedding is a lot like being in the military.

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Hayley & Patrick’s color-scheme-free, crazy-hair-filled wedding dorkfest

Haley & Patrick are lucky in the sense that both of their parents were very supportive of their offbeat-ness. This allowed them to have their wedding day their way. So, they had a quaker ceremony, followed by a reception filled with games and dancing!

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Marcella & Derek’s World of Warcraft meets Spanish carnivale wedding

Marcella & Derek are both gamer geeks who met while playing World of Warcraft. Since they met through the game they had to include it in their wedding. So they had a spanish carnival meets World of War craft themed wedding!

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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 […]

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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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Misty & Dell’s Wiccan/Pagan, Corseted Boob-Fest, Halloween Wedding

To celebrate the season, we’re featuring a Halloween wedding every week for the month of October! The Offbeat Bride: Misty, CNA Her Offbeat Partner: Dell, Repo Man Location & date of wedding: Meditation Garden at the A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, VA — October 31, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We definitely bucked tradition by […]