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Looking for wedding ideas, venues, and vendors in Washington state? Our site is published out of Seattle, so we LOVE our rainy Washington weddings. Be sure to check out our archives of Seattle weddings and Spokane weddings.

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The VAIN giveaway winner

Remember back in April when I co-sponsored the VAIN Hot Hair giveaway for Seattle-area brides? Well, I wanted to share this awesome photo of the winner, Shayla, rocking her wedding day hair and custom Hair Poison fascinator alongside VAIN stylist, Kelly. LOOK AT THE HOTNESS! For more info about hot wedding hair in Seattle and […]

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Astrid & Kyle’s Seattle Boat Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Astrid, Biology Student and Retail Princess (and OBT member “Astrid“) Her Offbeat Partner: Kyle, Network Analyst and Professional Napper Location & date of wedding: The Virginia V, Seattle, WA — July 24, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding wasn’t super offbeat, but it was authentically us. We left out all […]

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Sommer & Joshua’s New Years Eve Wedding

Our wedding was on a holiday (New Year’s Eve), eschewed tradition (our vows were written by a Tibetan Buddhist Monk), and our family and friends helped us keep our costs down.

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Nothing will stop … THE WEDDING

My friend and neighbor, Seattle cartoonist Ellen Forney, recently designed these sci-fi fabulous wedding invitations for a local couple, Michaela and Ryan. See, when Ellen’s not busy cranking out comics for award-winning books, she does these badass custom wedding invitations. I’ve liked lots of Ellen’s invites in the past (and featured her before) but I’m […]