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Fear mongering & you’ll seeeee

During wedding planning, we tell each other a lot of scary stories, which all too often become fear mongering. It’s sort of a pre-emptive commiseration — an anticipatory sing-song of Oh, you’ll seeeee….

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Martha-esque photo lanterns as centerpieces

Offbeat Bride Tracy took her inspiration from Martha Stewart’s (all hail Martha!) photo centerpiece idea, winged it and somehow created an awesome, true-to-example, DIY, photo centerpiece option!

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Jessi & Dave’s sincere celebration of fellowship and love & potluck wedding

We’re pretty unconventional, so we did it “us.” My bouquet came from the farmer’s market, my mom picked the flowers for the tables at the side of the highway, our centerpieces were board games, my husband wore hemp pants and a simple shirt; we didn’t have attendants, a cake, toasts, bouquet toss, etc.

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Nicole & Kyle’s eco-minimal, Toronto Zoo wedding

The offbeat bride: Nicole, Biologist (and OBT member) Her offbeat partner: Kyle, Biologist Location & date of wedding: Africa Picnic Site and Atrium at the Toronto Zoo, in Toronto, Ontario — September 12, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: My biggest goal was to reduce the environmental impact of our wedding, since that’s something we […]