Offbeat Weddings

some pics for my offbeat girls

Hey ladies!

I posted this link on the FB group, but I think only a few of us are on there... anyway, here is a link to the slideshow that my photographers put together.  The song is Swing Life Away by Rise Against, which was our first dance song, as well as the song that my dad and I walked down the aisle to (instrumental version). 

Enjoy!

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  • Awesome pics,  I love the picture frame pics - sooo adorable!  Congrats!!!!

  • omgosh I agree w/ the picture frame thing, sooo adorable and awesome.  and you look so great and happy! 

    I tried to click on that link on fb and it wouldn't work on my browser or something, but it works today! YAY! 

    It says K***** wedding...is that the name you married into/your maiden name? Just asking because on of my bridesmaides/bffs is K***** and her family/extended family is from TX and they're the weird ones in the family that moved away and live in NM (well, she's in Oregon now) but yah I just thought "hey! that's my bff's last name, cool!" Anyway, congrats!
  • Thanks for sharing! Your pics rock! You are an awesomely rockin' bride!
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  • Radon, that is my new married name.  His family is born & bred Texas, I think mostly Gainseville originally, but now mostly located in Grapevine and Denton.  I dont know of any family in Austin (NM or Oregon!), but who knows, maybe there is! 

    Thank you girls!!
    We had a blast, and I'm so glad it shows! 
    For more pics, I just posted the link to my photog's blog on the AW thread above this one.  Laughing

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  • The wedding looks amazing! You gave me a few ideas for sure! I wanna see if we can get silly string banned at our venue as well:)

    Side note: are you selling any of the blue and white decorations?

  • You wedding looked awesome. I may have to steal the frame idea. Where did you get the frame?
  • You looked amazing! You guys looked like you had so much fun and it was so beautiful! Congrats!!!!
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  • wow! your wedding looks like such fun! and what a unique idea for your unity thinggy! i may have to dteal that from you! lol.And the silly string at the end andstuff like that....just awesome! love the sneaks were doing something like that too!
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    I LOVE how you used the paper lanterns.  And the picture with everyone tossing them into the air is amazing.  You did a great job of combing your unique offbeat details while still maintaining a beautiful overall look! I am getting married under a tree as well and may have to copy the lantern idea if you don't mind!

    Edit:  How did your photographer get the height on some of those shots?  The pictures look like they were taken from up above?
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    Where to start? Everything looks so beautiful! I love the picture frame photos. As a pp said, I also might have to steal that idea. And the unity volcano is awesome!

    And congrats on being the most unique! I love the article your photographer wrote about your wedding. So cool!
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  • gorgeous. i gasped at your flowers. congratulations!!!!
  • super awesome, loved the pics!
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  • thanks for the pics everything looks awesome! loved all the unique things you did :)

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  • LOVED the bouquets (purple is my fav color!).

    Loved the periodic table (seating chart?)! And then the unity (volcano?) chem mixing was beautiful!
    Also, adored the magic cards on the tree! :D Were they just used for decoration or a purpose?
    AAaaaannddd!! We were gonna rockband too. A+ for ideas! :D
    .......teh tires have significance, I assume? You met him when he changed your tires, or...?
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    [QUOTE]The wedding looks amazing! You gave me a few ideas for sure! I wanna see if we can get silly string banned at our venue as well:) Side note: are you selling any of the blue and white decorations?
    Posted by beckster5551[/QUOTE]


    Good luck with getting silly string banned at your venue!  This is where I ordered it in bulk:  <a href="http://www.zurchers.com/party-supplies/silly-string.html" target="_blank">Zurcher's</a>

    Regarding the decorations.. do you mean the Mr & Mrs banner?  I will be keeping that, I hand made it, following directions from my wedding planners blog:  <a href="http://rachelevents.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/homemade-love/" target="_blank">Banner Inspiration</a>   It was easy, but more time consuming than I'd anticipated. 

    If you mean the tablecloths/etc, those were provided by my venue...  I'm trying to think what else you might have meant??
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    [QUOTE]You wedding looked awesome. I may have to steal the frame idea. Where did you get the frame?
    Posted by kgrunow[/QUOTE]


    Thanks to everyone that loved the frame idea!  Please, steal away!  I saw some photos online or in magazines that I liked, and I just stole from those.

    I bought the frame from Hobby Lobby, it was on clearance because of a chunk missing in one of the corners.  Totally not visible for my purposes... 20x24, marked down to $13. 
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    [QUOTE]I LOVE how you used the paper lanterns.  And the picture with everyone tossing them into the air is amazing.  You did a great job of combing your unique offbeat details while still maintaining a beautiful overall look! I am getting married under a tree as well and may have to copy the lantern idea if you don't mind! Edit:  How did your photographer get the height on some of those shots?  The pictures look like they were taken from up above?
    Posted by thevegetariana[/QUOTE]

    I hired a wedding planner who was absolutely amazing.  She totally "got" us, loved our out of the box ideas, and totally jumped on board and had some amazing ideas of her own.  I didnt want to spend a fortune on flowers, so the lanterns were an alternative idea she came up with.  They were tied down with clear fishing line, since it was outdoors, and any breeze would have made a mess of things!  I ordered 75 lanterns in various sizes and colors for $97 including shipping from here:  <a href="http://www.paperlanternstore.com/" target="_blank">Paper Lantern Store</a>   They have TONS of options!  I ordered the rice paper ones, thankfully it didnt rain!  They also have nylon ones available for a little more.

    And yes, those shots were taken from higher up.  Just behind where the ceremony was held, there is a patio area.  One of the photographers stood up there to take those.  It is visible in some of the photos of the actual country club building.
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    [QUOTE]Where to start? Everything looks so beautiful! I love the picture frame photos. As a pp said, I also might have to steal that idea. And the unity volcano is awesome! And congrats on being the most unique! I love the article your photographer wrote about your wedding. So cool!
    Posted by Grau[/QUOTE]


    The volcano was a huge hit!  Honestly, I read about it in an issue of Brides magazine and freakin loved the idea of it.  Both Shelby and I are science nerds (he is into physics and chemistry and I lean towards biology) so it was so clearly US.  Also, we planned our Honeymoon in Hawaii, so again, it was a perfect tie-in! 

    I found a video online with instructions on how to construct the frame of the volcano:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZW4FeHHbU" target="_blank">YouTube video</a>   Instead of a plastic soda bottle I bought a nice flower vase, about 12-14 inches high, so I had to use 2 layers of posterboard to create the shape.  And since I slacked on DIY stuff until the very end I didnt have time for paper mache.  Instead I just covered it with the same fabric that I used for the Mr & Mrs banner, and fabric glued it down.  The end product was so much better than I'd hoped... it really looked volcano-esque, despite being blue!  haha  And now we have the vase to keep as a reminder of our unity ceremony. 

    Here is another video from YouTube that I found after I read about the idea... I will admit that I copied their wording for this part of the ceremony nearly word for word... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtUbLoCErLQ" target="_blank">Volcano Inspiration</a>
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    [QUOTE]LOVED the bouquets (purple is my fav color!). Loved the periodic table (seating chart?)! And then the unity (volcano?) chem mixing was beautiful! Also, adored the magic cards on the tree! :D Were they just used for decoration or a purpose? AAaaaannddd!! We were gonna rockband too. A+ for ideas! :D .......teh tires have significance, I assume? You met him when he changed your tires, or...?
    Posted by JazzDragon022[/QUOTE]


    The periodic table seating chart was an idea from our officiant, actually!  When we met with him and told him a little bit about ourselves and where our ideas were taking us, he suggested that, and I loved it!  When it came time to actually put the seating chart together, I started out with Row 1 as the Sweetheart Table, as there are only the 2 elements... Then I realized that our 7 tables did not include the Sweetheart Table and so then my whole layout was flawed.  As I sat there thinking about how I could alter it without completely starting over, I was trying to figure out where I was going to seat all the different family members and groups of friends... and then I just didnt care anymore.  So I just starting writing peoples names randomly in the boxes.  The text at the top actually says "Periodic Table of Wedding Guests (This is NOT a seating chart.) The bride decided that making an actual seating chart would be more stressful than it was worth.  Please sit where you would like, we are all here to have fun in the end!  <3 the bride"  It got quite a few laughs, but I heard that people were so confused why they werent sitting with their spouses until they actually read it!

    The cards hanging from the centerpieces were also used in the bouts for the guys, and they did have significance.  It's a CCG similar to Magic, but its called UFS (Universal Fighting System). You build a deck based off a character and it pulls from different fighting games like Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, Tekken, Dark Stalkers, etc...  anyway, I met Shelby at a UFS tournament in Louisiana (I was living in Austin and went with my group of friends, he lived in Dallas and went with his group of friends) and long story short, it was fate.  :)  Full story available <a href="http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/pwp2/view/MemberPage.aspx?coupleid=7421650697651081&pid=5540892" target="_blank">HERE</a>.

    And last but not least.. the tires.  :)  He is an assistant manager at Discount Tire and has been there for just over 10 years.  Tires are kinda his thing.  This is his wedding band, which all his friends and coworkers are pretty jealous of:  <a href="http://www.titanium-buzz.com/titrtiri.html" target="_blank">RING</a>
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  • PHEW!   Thank you girls for your kind words!  It means so much to me that I was able to inspire so many of you!!!  My mom always said I went to the beat of my own drum and if anybody didnt like it they could be damned.

     I just know who I am and what I love, and I'm not afraid to be ME.  So there.  Cool
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