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Kendra & Blake’s Rock & Roll Revival, Post-Elopement Party

The Offbeat Bride: Kendra Bentle, Branding and Design Writer and OBTer SheHim Her Offbeat Partner: Blake Rainey, Musician Location & date of wedding: The EARL, music venue and bar, Atlanta, GA — 1/11/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Blake and I met on-stage at an Atlanta music venue called The EARL during an event aptly […]

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“When Pagans Go Traditional” wedding

Our biggest challenge was balancing our desire to have a very pagan handfasting with the need to maintain a certain family friendly normalcy…

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Elka & Peter’s Rural Wisconsin Wedding… with honey!

The Offbeat Bride: Elka, editor and writer Her Offbeat Partner: Peter, city attorney for Napa Location & Date of wedding: We had the ceremony on my family’s land, where my Aunt Kris tumbled over her pony’s head when she was galloping him in the moonlight, and where I rode horses as a child and teenager. […]

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Bethany & Kris’ Fabulously Fall “Extended Dinner Party” Wedding

My partner and I both love the fall and consider it the best season in Minnesota. I also love to throw dinner parties and wanted our ceremony to be an “extended dinner party” with wonderful food and wine. We also wanted to accentuate the beautiful colors of fall, so we found a beautiful “chalet” at a city park. I wore a chocolate brown dress with awesome orange shoes. Kris wore a classic black suit with a golden rust tie. We had no attendants or “wedding party.” Just us.