It's all about Offbeat Brides!!

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Questions from JessieR, SereJane and uneek.

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Your ages?

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

How long have you been with your FI?

Where do you live? (optional)

Where are you getting married? Venue?

How did you meet your FI?

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

What are your wedding colors/theme?

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

What do you do for a living/dream job?

Any random thing you want to share with us?

Share your proposal story.

memSomerville

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Mary and Alex.

Your ages?
46 and 36. Yes, he is 10 years younger than me. But sometimes my Wii Fit age is close...?

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
No idea. Alex is a furriner, we are awaiting Homeland Security authorization for our marriage.

How long have you been with your FI?
Over a year, but we've been chatting and flirting since 2007. We know the specific date because we had to submit that to USCIS.

Where do you live? (optional)
Im in MA, he's in the UK.

Where are you getting married? Venue?
We hope to be married in a local diner, but haven't asked yet as the date is impossible to predict at this point.

How did you meet your FI?

On a political blog. That may seem strange, but we already know we are politically aligned, which is important to both of us.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Finally being together on a regular basis.

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Retro and Americana//Diner stuff. Pink/blue/orange.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
The diner in my neighborhood where I hope we can get hitched.

What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding?
If the diner thing works out, the other retro pieces that I love completely fall into place.

What do you do for a living/dream job?
I do genomics and am an entrepreneur. Oddly high-tech for a retro gal. He's a civil servant, works for the government.

Any random thing you want to share with us?
I never expected to be a bride at all. And never expected to like it if I did. It's a lot more fun than I expected.

Share your proposal story.
Skype Chat. We wanted to be together, but we can't live in either country and work legally without marriage.

Swammy Cakes

What is your name? FI's name?  Samantha (Sam preferred) and Brandon is my fiance.

Your ages? We're both 25.

Wedding date? 11.05.11

How long have you been with your FI? 5 years

Where do you live? Pontiac, Michigan

Where are you getting married? Venue? King's Court Castle..also having our reception there.

How did you meet your FI? Cupid.com haha

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Beer and spending time with out family and friend's.

What are your wedding colors/theme? Beer is our theme but I have no idea what our colors will be. I've changed my mind a million times. Right now I'm thinking orange and purple but that could change at any second.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? We're going to use beer growlers for our centerpieces.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? I'm not sure..we're doing a bunch of weird things. Probably that fact that will will be going to the bar after the reception.

What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a receptionist at an orthopaedics office.

Any random thing you want to share with us? We have two dogs named Norm and Scruffy.

Share your proposal story. Brandon propised on our 4 year anniversary in our living room as we were leaving for our anniversary dinner. He got down on one knee and told me to look at my dogs collar and he had put the ring around Sruffy's collar and asked me to marry him!

~Tuck~

What is your name? FI's name?

Margot and Jim

Your ages?
We are both in our 30s

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
4.30.2011

How long have you been with your FI?
We have been dating for almost 4 years, but we first became friends in 1996

Where do you live? (optional)
We live in an apartment together

Where are you getting married? Venue?

We are getting married at the Oceanview in Nahant, MA

How did you meet your FI?

Through mutual friends

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
The getting married part!

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Black/white, lots of sci-fi stuff

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

Using music from Doctor Who

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

Our stempunk cake topper

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I work as a satellite feed coordinator for a public television distributor

Any random thing you want to share with us?

I like cake.

Share your proposal story.
Boy loves girl.  Boy got girl ring.  Girl said yes.

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Hey, a board where I fit! Sweet!

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional): Hailey and Kyle.

Your ages? Me 23, Him 24

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) April 15 (it was just a date, no special meaning.)

How long have you been with your FI? 5 years

Where do you live? (optional) Well, I'm sort of all over the place at the moment (I work in remote camps north of Ft Nelson BC) but "home" is Burnaby

Where are you getting married? Venue? Vancouver. A really neat old hall built in the 1900's and maintained by a volunteer group. Its got character and history (he's a history buff) and is decorated in that quaint style they did back then.

How did you meet your FI? I was second semester in a college in an area I had no friends in (moved to go there). I was taking sciences and all the kids were local and too busy with homework. He was doing social arts or something. We both took japanese (we're huge geeks of many colors) and he saw my strategically placed pictures from video game webcomics, anime and manga (hoping to catch a potential friend's eye). Upon hearing I had no friends yet he introduced me to over 40 the next day! Our table took up a whole section of the cafeteria!

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Having different groups of friends get to finally meet each other (our college friends with our 'gamer' friends with our childhood friends with our family friends)! Hopefully every one mingles and has a good time.

What are your wedding colors/theme? We were blue and green just because, but since its a VERY casual wedding I tossed a theme out the window. We were going to have everyone dress up in their costumes (ren-fair and LARP (live action role play) ) but decided because there was no theme and not all our friends do it it was alittle too chaotic. Now all I know is that I have to come up with 4 different bouteniere designs because we have two sets of divorced parents and their respective families - and they don't mix well!

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Espresso bar instead of alcohol bar. I am also looking into arcade machine rental (racing or street fighter or something).

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? No formal cake (three or more smaller cakes with flavours like green tea or fruit or crazy chocolate). No monogram. No matching-the-freaking-napkins-to-my-bouquet. Oh, favoretest: My brother is my "man" of honor and I have another man and one girl in my party. My FH has 2 guys and a girl in his crew too.

What do you do for a living/dream job? Paramedic on the street part time, part time industry paramedic /Paramedic on the street part time and part time roller coaster tester.

Any random thing you want to share with us? I am so not the person to be planning a wedding.

Share your proposal story: I was down from being away for several months, and we had booked a night out at a restaurant that is one of our favorites (fancy but tasty and not too expensive...Joe Fortes for any Vancouverites) and a fancy hotel room for the night downtown. Before I had flown down the boys at my work were all bugging me about how I didn't have a ring on my finger (we were just coming on 5 years) and I kept talking about how marriage wasn't on the radar yet, no way were we ready for commitment...
So anyway, we were sitting down for dinner, and the restaurant was VERY busy but really prettily decorated for Christmas, and he kept crying! Several times! Every time he tried to say how much he had missed me or how much he loved me, and i thought "what, is he really going to propose? Nahhhh." I thought he was being a little too emotional here, I mean I loved and missed him too but srsly? Then he said something about wanting to spend the rest of his life with me and literally said "...so..." and leaned back to haul the ring out of his pocket.
And plopped the box on the table.
Yup. I looked at it, him (as he smiled through tears) and opened it (and its not a traditional engagement ring, its a band with emeralds and diamonds set in so that I can wear my gloves over top without ripping) and asked "is this...?" And he said "Yea..." so I said "Yes! KYle, yes!" and he said "Really?"
Yup, he asked 'really.'
So then I said yes of course and we akwardly hugged over this little table squished against a banister overlooking the restaurant while waiters zig zagged between our table and other tables squished ridiculously close.
We got free cheesecake though, lol!

holovach1

What is your name? FI's name? Crystal and James

Your ages? 28 and 33

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) 6/23/2011

How long have you been with your FI? 5 years

Where do you live? (optional) Williamsburg Va

Where are you getting married? Venue?  Gloucester VA

How did you meet your FI? Working at The Great Wolf Lodge

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?  Everyones reactionwhen the see the theme

What are your wedding colors/theme? Colors are Purle blue and Red/ Theme is Muppets

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? The DIY Coasters and my Kermit and Miss Piggy wedding Cake Topper

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? The muppet theme

What do you do for a living/dream job? I baby sit but want to run a resturant

Any random thing you want to share with us?

Share your proposal story.

ReidBreiling

What is your name? FI's name? Cayla and William

Your ages? 26 and 25. I'm about 8 months older.

Wedding date? May 19th, 2012

How long have you been with your FI? 2 months. Sounds crazy I know but we are also firm believers in knowing when things are meant to be and right.

Where do you live? SoCal

Where are you getting married? Venue? We arent sure yet... somewhere that will be outside and allow us to have Ford Mustangs all around, including our Mustangs up at the alter.

How did you meet your FI? We were part of the same Mustang club. He was supposed to just come up to help me fix my car and we wound up falling for each other instead.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Everything honestly...but most of all... calling him my husband.

What are your wedding colors/theme? Olive Green, Desert Tan, Burnt Orange, and Black. Theme is Ford Mustangs.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? Our Stangs being in the wedding and the burnout we are doing when we leave and for our photos. We are also thinking about having the wedding party dance down the aisle.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? The Mustangs and the burn out we are planning

What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm going to school to become an Anthropologist/Archaeologist.

Any random thing you want to share with us? We are still unofficially engaged... only because he wants to do something major when it comes to proposing to me.

LadyBug8504

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)
Char and Sam

Your ages?

25 and 30

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
Aug. 4, 1012

How long have you been with your FI?

2 years this month

Where do you live? (optional)

Ohio

Where are you getting married? Venue?

Jacksonville,FL. San Marco Preservation Hall

How did you meet your FI?

We met through my cousin who married his father. We were 21 and 25 at the time we met but didn't date until we were 23 and 28

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Declaring our love for eachother and our intentions to be together for the rest of our lives in front of our closest friends and family

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Dark Purple/Black/Ivory and our theme is Steampunk ( super excited about that)

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

My favorite purchase has been mine silver glittery heels but my favorite wedding planning idea has been the bridesmaid dresses. I can't wait to see them completely made

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

My favorite offbeat detail about my wedding is all of the details because every detail of my wedding makes it offbeat. We're having a JP do the ceremony and tossing in a handfasting as well, writing part of our vows, avoiding diamonds in both the engagement and wedding bands, not serving alcohol,. going to try and have some firebreathers at the reception if we can find them, just every detail of it makes me happy.

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I'm a nurse at a local hospital but my dream job is to be a body piercer and stay at home mommy once we have kids.

Any random thing you want to share with us?

Share your proposal story.
It was around 11:30 pm on christmas eve 2010 and we had just finished unwrapping presents with my mom, brother, his daughter and then fiance. We had retreated back to my old bedroom at my mom's where he started asking me if the band he'd given me for christmas would work as a promise ring ( which started me to tear up a little because I was really hoping for an engagement ring) i told him of course if thats what he wanted it would work. He then precedes to tell me well there is another ring that goes with that one... would you like to see it? I of course said yes I wanted to see it, so he goes into my closet and pulls out a small black box and opens it for me and asks if i want to hold the ring inside it and well of course I did! So I'm holding the ring just smiling myself silly and shaking when he finally says Charlotte will you marry me? I couldn't do anything but say yes yes yes yes and kiss him. he followed that by a just kidding though which brought me to tears and then he quickly backtracked and apologized and said no no he meant it, he thought i'd find it funny that he said just kidding. ( it's an ongoing joke with us whenever we say anything really serious and important we follow it by just kidding it seems to lighten the mood even though we know it's not a joke). I after my shock did think it was funny and we've been happily engaged ever since

megancj85

Your ages?
I'm 25 and he's 41 (offbeat enough for ya?)

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
April 1 2012

How long have you been with your FI?
5 years

Where do you live? (optional)
California

Where are you getting married? Venue?
Mountain Terrace in Woodside

How did you meet your FI?
The magic interwebs

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Having an awesome party with our friends and family and marrying an amazing person

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Brown and green, kinda naturey keeping with the venue and ceremony

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
Can't WAIT to try on dresses! Ring shopping was pretty great too though

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?
First dance song, Mario and Princess Peach (cup)cake topper

What do you do for a living/dream job?
Currently a credit union MSR, want to go back to being a barista though

Any random thing you want to share with us?
FI and I bond over video games and cocktails

Share your proposal story.
Just before Christmas, he tells me he is debating giving me an early present. Being totally impatient and giddy I say I want to open it nownownow! So he gets down on one knee and says, "it's about time, huh?"

madausk

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Kayla and Justin

Your ages?

Both 23

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

9/24/2011

How long have you been with your FI?

5ish years

Where do you live? (optional)
MIlwaukee

Where are you getting married? Venue?

At a Barn in the area outside... reception is at a local brewery (Yea Wisconsin!)

How did you meet your FI?

In college, in one of those random chance meetings that makes you wonder if your fated to be together

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

All of it. I've fallen in love with every detail we've created, so I'm excited to see it come together.

Also, the day after, and the day after that, and the day after that... etc. and so on

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Black, white, yellow... with a slgihtly rustic/fall theme. But also just fun in general.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

My favorite thing we are doing is a puzzle guest book. It's gigantic, Fi made it.. 200 pieces and it's probably as big as a dining room table.

I just ordered shutter shades for the wedding party to wear at the reception. It's goign to be bad a$$

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

Well .. I love all the details of my wedding, offbeat and otherwise. I love my flippyfloppys, our music, our officiant (my crazy awesome uncle, ordained online), our favors (caramel apples), and all of the homemade details we've included.

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I work at a university... it's as close to as a dream job as I can get. I get to stay in college forever!

But I would give it all up to be a florist or a polar bear/elephant trainer.

Any random thing you want to share with us?

Share your proposal story.
On our annual sleigh ride trip in Northern WI, the sleigh stopped for a moment (that's the horses perogative). He took my hand, pulled me off the sleigh and proposed right there in front of my family. I had NO idea it was coming, which was exactly what I had wanted. We then bar hopped (via sleigh) with the family for the rest of the ride. The celebratory mood left the parents and other "adults" hammered, so Justin and I DDed   everyone home.. lol.

angelinaone2

   Iam just a few weeks away from my wedding. It is very non traditional. I would love to let future brides know about my little secret. I came across this website which was recommended to me by my maid of honor, it made planning my theme wedding a breeze. I really cannot wait for my unique and quirky day. I think planning a theme wedding is very diiferent from the norm. If your interested please try  uniquetheme weddings.com"http://4a04a7s6u75l4qesti5kshv9b9.hop.clickbank.net I hope this is very helpful. Enjoy your special day former bachelorettes.

PrincessMandie101312

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)
 Mandie, Kirk

Your ages?
I'm 30 he's 39

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
Sept 1, 2012 Labor Day weekend

How long have you been with your FI?
Over a year

Where do you live? (optional)
Iowa

Where are you getting married? Venue? 
A state park lodge near our hometown with a beautiful wooden deck in the back with a gazebo overlooking the river.

How did you meet your FI? 
On a blind date, set up by his cousin who is a good friend of mine.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? 
Spending time with our families, especially mine because they are out of state.

What are your wedding colors/theme? 
Up in the air right now.  We had to change our date from a fall theme on Oct 13, 2012 to Sept 1, 2012 (venue wasn't available) so now I'm thinking a Labor Day celebration tieing in the end of summer and beginning of fall.  Originally it was just fall colors with mostly oranges.  Now its going to be more rustic.  Bushels of apples for centerpieces less of the pumpkins I was originally thinking.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? 
Flower girls dress

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? 
Pumpkin and apple centerpieces

What do you do for a living/dream job?
Work in healthcare as a nurse

Any random thing you want to share with us?
I have no idea how I'm going to pull off a Labor Day weekend and fall theme wedding lol

Share your proposal story. 
We were sitting on the couch watching TV.  He was messing with my label maker and made a label that said "Will you marry me?" and placed it in the ring box.  So when I opened it the label popped out at me.  It was very intimate and sweet.

Lolaamor

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Tabitha & Joe Your ages? I'm 27 & he's 31 Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) October 15, 2011 How long have you been with your FI? We've been together since August 2008 Where do you live? (optional) Indianapolis Where are you getting married? Venue? Not 100% sure where we will have the ceremony but the reception will be in a park How did you meet your FI? Myspace! Hahaha What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Finally being married & celebrating with friends and family What are your wedding colors/theme? Red, black, white & gold What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I'm actually kind of excited about having a cookout! What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? The idea of my dress..... I want it to be bright! What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm a full time Mommy to our 1 year old daughter and his 11 year old daughter Any random thing you want to share with us? Im the biggest procrastinator youll probably ever meet. This wedding may very well end up being improvised! Share your proposal story. It's nothing too romantic, but it's perfect in our own way. We knew we'd get married someday. There would be days where he'd come home from work and say "I'm off this weekend, we could go to the courthouse!" I told him that he had to ask me to make it official. He told me asking made him nervous, but I didn't back down. Then one day he was holding our daughter as she was sleeping. We were having a regular conversation about something or other and out of nowhere he says "Will you marry me?" I didn't think he was serious, but he was. There was no getting on one knee, no ring, no tears......... But it fit us well.

PhoenixMama

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)
Jenifer & Allan

Your ages?
We are both 29

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
December 28, 2013

How long have you been with your FI?
5 months

Where do you live? (optional)
NE PA

Where are you getting married? Venue?
I think we are pretty settled on a historic hotel.

How did you meet your FI?
OK Cupid ~ I love seeing so many people on here that met on dating sites, too!

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Getting all dolled up and seeing my wonderful FH's face as I walk down the aisle.    Then dancing with him and my two amazing kids.

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Red & White, winter theme meets geeky old school gamers 

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
A lot of things!  The dress I have in mind is gorgeous!  The invitation geeky wording that is so perfectly us, the table themes, and if I can pull it off (fitting it in the budget) a Zelda & Link cake topper.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?
Some mentioned above...  we are having a handfasting, he will be in full tartan Celtic garb in his grandmother's clan colors, I plan on getting extra material in the tartan for our handfasting.  The totally fun geeky gamer wording for the invites and save the dates, and tables, and music.  lol  and our thai food display at the reception, which is our most favorite food and what we mostly eat out at. lol  I love everything about our wedding, it's so incredibly "us"! 

What do you do for a living/dream job?
He is a computer programmer/data security specialist... I'm a data specialist for SAP (more fun computer stuff), but one day I hope to get back into graphic/web design and run my own buisness.

Any random thing you want to share with us?
I have two amazing kids from a prior marriage and fall in love more and more with my FH everyday as I see the bond grow between him and my kids. 

Share your proposal story.
He hasn't done the official asking yet.  We set a date so we can save accordingly as we are funding it ourselves.  But he keeps taunting me with his scheming for a wicked romantic surprise asking.  The waiting is killing me. :P  I already picked out a ring, a cute heart with celtic knots.  I'm not the biggest fan of diamonds.  Our wedding bands are picked out too.  Beautiful celtic rings set with garnets.  Very us.

bridebombing

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)  Kelli/Keene

Your ages?  28/33

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)  9/17/11

How long have you been with your FI?  About 3 years

Where do you live? (optional) Colorado

Where are you getting married?  Some random park or beach in San Francisco

How did you meet your FI?  Online...what a special story, huh?

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?  The trip to San Francisco...I know my priorities. LOL

What are your wedding colors/theme?  No colors, no theme

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?  Running away is my favorite idea...visiting somewhere new...touring Alcatraz prison, that'll be cool

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?  That we're not telling anyone about it, except for the 10 people who are invited.

What do you do for a living/dream job?  I'm author's assistant.  Dream job would be finding some way to work for myself

Any random thing you want to share with us?  Used to be on the Knot for my first wedding way back when.  Trying to find the "right" board for me: Second Weddings? Snarky Brides? Offbeat Weddings? Local board or Destination Board?  I'm confused.  When I was here the first time, it was pretty much P&E.

Share your proposal story.  No story. We have known for a while we wanted to get married. We live like we're married already.  We're not religious and not particularly romantic, so we just decided a trip with a marriage attached would be fun.

frenchboho

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Cassandra and Zachary

Your ages?

21 and 23

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

July of 2012

How long have you been with your FI?

A year

Where do you live? (optional)

Montana,  but my family is from France

Where are you getting married? Venue?

A local mansion, it takes up an entire block.

How did you meet your FI?

We both volunteered at the same place and after months of flirtation I told him I'd let him take me out to dinner.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

Knowing that its the beginning of an amazing time.

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Tiffany blue,light pink and a vintage 'The Secret Garden' fairytale

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

We are going to have yellow pinwheels leading up to the entrance to the Mansion.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

My polka dot dress. It's from ebay, and was the perfect dress.

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I work at  thrift/clothing store, but would like to own an eccentric doll shop or be a glitter maker.

Any random thing you want to share with us?

I have relations to the royal family, and am allergic to cats.

Share your proposal story.
Zak took me to where we had our first date, a small patch of woods, and we had a picnic that he made. He then get out chocolates from my favorite chocolatier, and I open them inside is my engagement ring (and chocolates.) He asks me if I will marry him, and I ask if he will kill the roly poly bugs and eat the pickles off my sandwiches, to which he says yes, so I said yes!

HeyBrittany04

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Brittany and Vaughn

Your ages?
24 and 26 (I'll be 25 in July, he will be 27 in June)

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

April 14, 2012

How long have you been with your FI?

Two years, been engaged a year already.

Where do you live? (optional)

Close to Cleveland, OH

Where are you getting married? Venue?

Skyview Lodge. It is right next to an apple orchard.

How did you meet your FI?

Myspace. He messaged me, I didn't respond. Then he messaged me again and I gave it a shot. I ended up giving him my phone number cause I (at the time) wasn't online much and I had an hour drive to and from work everyday. We talked on the phone for a few days then had our first date at Dave and Busters.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

Seeing him all spiffied up, with his hair professionally cut. And knowing it's the beginning of my forever after.

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Red, black and silver (coincidentally my high school colours - not on purpose, I assure you) with a video games theme.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

The centerpieces. I am making a different one for each table - all video game related. (For example, one will have Mario on his way down the flag to the castle to meet Princess Peach at the bottom)

What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding?

The cake! I found a fantastic woman who's very very reasonably priced. It's two tiered - bottom tier is an Atari with two controllers, top tier is angled and looks like a TV screen with a Tetris screen shot.

What do you do for a living/dream job?

Right now I work at GameStop. My dream job is a stay at home mom. With a part time job still at GameStop.

Any random thing you want to share with us?

I, too, am allergic to cats. I don't like maple syrup or whip cream. And I love to read.

Share your proposal story.
Nothing super fancy. His mom was at our house when I got home from shopping with a friend. He pulled everyone outside of our house. He had me close my eyes, got down on one knee and said "So is Miss Brittany going to marry me or what?" I immediately started bawling before I even opened my eyes. And it took me a minute to say anything and he asked "So? Is that a yes?" before standing back up. Of course I could only nod.

MrsWhitmanDec2012

Hi ladies I didn't know there was an offbeat brides board My boards (Washington & December boards) are dead, dEAd, DEAD!!!

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)Malyssa & Kyle

Your ages?

I'm almost 21 (in July) He is 24 

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

December 21, 2012- We picked it because it is the day/night of the Winter Solstice  

How long have you been with your FI?

It will be 3 years next April

Where do you live? (optional)

Vancouver, Washington

Where are you getting married? Venue?

We haven't secured our venue yet, but we are hoping for the Pomeroy Living History Farm

How did you meet your FI?

A very interesting story, When I was 18 & living in Cali & going to college (I grew up there) we met through a friend of his who was actually my brother's roommate. He was stationed in Honolulu in the Air Force & His friend had mentioned me to my fiance and my fiance was interested. We talked over text & IM (gotta love skype) and we both knew there was something there, he flew me out to Hawaii for a few days and we just hit off. We've been together since

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

Honestly I love the planning aspect, I love to plan things!!! Plus I want to wear my dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What are your wedding colors/theme?

Red & Sky Blue/Aqua- Winter theme I found the perfect invites which were actually the inspiration for my theme. There are white pine trees with red cardinals in them with a bright sky blue background.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

My favorite so far is my dress, but I am definitely looking forward to all the small details, the little things that make a wedding unique.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

We plan on having a handfasting, and most of the traditional elements of a wedding will be thrown out the window and we'll make up our own stuff

We picked our day because it is the day/night of the Winter Solstice. 

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I work with kids, nannying. I am going to school for psychology

Any random thing you want to share with us?

The entire first year of our relationship was spent long distance

Share your proposal story.

He proposed in November of 2009 after Thanksgiving with my family, it wasn't anything elaborate or planned out, but it was special and means the world to me. People think he proposed too soon, but they said I was crazy to be in a long distance relationship, and here we are 2 years later & every day just gets better and better.

veronicahitch

What is your name? FI's name?

Veronica and Chuck

Your ages?
I'll be 27 and he'll be 32 when we get married

Wedding date?
Tentivily February 16th 2013

How long have you been with your FI?
Our first date was November 24th, 2010, the night before Thanksgiving.

Where do you live?
Atlanta

Where are you getting married? Venue?
At a old-timey looking theatre.

How did you meet your FI?
Thought OK Cupid

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Seeing the guests reactions to all the crazy things I have planned.

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Purple, green, and orange! It's a Muppets Mardi Gras!!! We'll have Muppet themed foods, Mardi Gras beads as decorations, people dressed in Muppets costumes, face painting, hand puppets for the kids to make, and I'm only just getting started!!

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
Muppet Themed foods. I am  IN LOVE with my dress as well.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?
That we're having it in a theatre since the Muppet Show was always in a theatre.

What do you do for a living/dream job?
I work for the Boy Scouts, I'd eventually like to be an office manager. I've love to be a SAHM, but my fiance doesn't pull in enough to support us alone.

Share your proposal story.
We were at a friends halloween party. He'd found an awesome Kermit costume online so I found a Miss Piggy costume. We were both quite drunk(as we have been at every step forward in our relationship), and I decided to give him a deadline. "Chuck, I've decided I want to get married on 12/12/12. You have between now and then to propose." Later in the night he told me he sat there for a while trying to figure out why we weren't engaged. It was a how befuddled fun crazy night. We didn't have a ring even. Completely unplanned. Took a while to get in, but now I have this BEAUTIFUL claddagh ring in sterling silver with gold around the heart and tiny little diamonds.

random4180

]What is your name? FI's name? Rachel and Dan

Your ages? I'm 31 and he's 23 

Wedding date? Summer? Fall? August 8, 2012

How long have you been with your FI? Almost 4 and a half years

Where do you live? Queens (NYC)  

Where are you getting married? Venue? Bedford NY (Westchester) At a historical hall

How did you meet your FI? At Boy Scout camp- He ran the Archery Range and I ran the Handicrafts area

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Being married!

What are your wedding colors/theme? Green, yellow, and red. There's a lot of rustic touches

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? My dried flower bouquets with birch wood handles, love the vendor I found on etsy!

What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding? My bridesmaids are all picking their own dresses in any jewel-tone color they want, we're having a little vegan wedding cake, and we're getting married on a Wednesday (our fifth anniversary.)

What do you do for a living/dream job? I'm an assistant teacher at a special ed pre-school. My dream job is working for animal welfare at a non-profit (ASPCA or North Shore Animal League.) 

Any random thing you want to share with us? We have two cats (Henry P and Sammy J,) a snake (Fang,) and a rabbit (Polyester.) 

Share your proposal story. It was our fourth anniversary and he was working at camp for the summer while I planned our move back to NYC. So I travelled to be with him to celebrate and we went out to dinner. It was about ten when we got back to camp and I gave him my present (I said it was just something we could share/for the house and since we were moving and trying to save money there was no need for him to get me anything) He said he had until midnight but I just laughed it off. We hung out with some friends in the woods and as we were walking back to the car, he stops us and pulls me close and starts talking about how it was there that we met four years before and he was so happy and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me...and then he got down on one knee. it was a few minutes to midnight.

jammingchic

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

My name is Kari-Anne, and FI's name is Chaz.

Your ages?

I am 25, and he is 28

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

We are getting married Friday May 18, 2012.

How long have you been with your FI?

We have been together for 3 years and 3 months. We got together October 18, 2008. I think 18 should be our new lucky number!

Where do you live? (optional)

St. Louis, Missouri

Where are you getting married? Venue?

We will be having the ceremony in our backyard and the reception in a local community center. 

How did you meet your FI?

We met online on a Christian dating site. 

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

We have many family members coming from Colorado, Maryland, Florida, and England, and it will just be so great to have our family with us all at once to celebrate our marriage. 

What are your wedding colors/theme?

We don't really have a theme per say other than laid back, but our colors are red, white, and a little splash of yellow. 

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

I'm very excited about the funky props we are purchasing for our DIY photobooth at the reception. 

What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding?

I'm very excited about our table layout of white butcher paper with the centerpieces being common card games (Uno, Phase 10, etc) with decorated small metal bins of crayons to color on the table with. 

What do you do for a living/dream job?

My dream job is to be a social worker working with people in poverty. 

Any random thing you want to share with us?

I can make a three leaf clover with my tongue. 

Share your proposal story.

It was a very sweet and simple proposal that happened New Years Eve Night 2011. Right before we left to go to the party he hugged me really tight, and started getting this nervous voice. I honestly don't remember the speech, but then he asked if I'd marry him, and then I said yes. It was very short, sweet, and simple which is just the way we like it. :-)

romamor4

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)  Cassi and Mark

Your ages? ... 

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)  September 22nd

How long have you been with your FI? Almost 4 years

Where do you live? (optional)  Chicago Suburbs

Where are you getting married? Venue? An Art deco hotel in a small downtown area from the 1920's

How did you meet your FI?  We met at a swing dance. He asked me to dance 

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?  Wearing my pink dress r eally though, celebrating our happiness and forming of a new family! 

What are your wedding colors/theme?  Theme is Art Deco/Vintage and colors are Cappucino Brown, pink and French blue

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?  My pink dress 

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? my pink dress lol There really are too many details that I am so excited about!! We plan on showing little snippits of old movie musicals during dinner, for one. 

What do you do for a living/dream job?  I am an administrative assistant currently but my dream job is to be a study abroad advisor in Higher Ed.

Any random thing you want to share with us?  I wish I would have checked out this board sooner! I didn't think I would be considered off-beat, but I'm glad to say I am! 

Share your proposal story. 

FI and I met at the Willowbrook Ballroom. It is one of the oldest ballrooms in the U.S. that is still in existance today. If you've ever heard of Resurrection Mary, that is where her legend comes from. 

We frequently attend dances there. This past summer, we went to a very fancy dance there. FI even bought me a dress to wear to it and planned dinner there before hand, which is unusual. I sort of suspected something was up. But when the dance started, I didn't think anything of it when a ton of my friends started showing up. I had always invited them but they could rarely attend. 

Anywho, at a certain point, FI left me on the dance floor and told me to wait there for a second. The next thing I knew he was on stage with the band, who are actually friends of ours, and he is singing our song!!! I couldn't believe it!! He invited me on stage with him. He told me that this time he wasn't just asking me for a dance, but rather to spend the rest of my life with him! He then got down on one knee in front of the 300 people there and proposed. I couldn't believe it! I looked out into the audience and saw several other friends of mine just appear out of nowhere! It was an amazing night and I will never forget it!!! 

sonya+adam

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)
Sonya & Adam

Your ages?
Currently, 21 and 22. We will be 24 and 25 when we get married.

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
August 9th, 2014

How long have you been with your FI?
a year.

Where do you live? (optional)
College Station, TX

Where are you getting married? Venue?
Austin, TX. Venue is undecided.

How did you meet your FI?
Working at Main Event.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?
Marrying my best friend.

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Navy, Pink, and Silver accents.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
Favorite idea is our centerpieces.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?
Probably our music, so far.

What do you do for a living/dream job?
I work at a Chick-fil-A right now. My dream job is opening my own bakery.

Any random thing you want to share with us?
I'm obsessed with Pretty Little Liars. (Don't judge me.)

Share your proposal story.
We were in my hometown for New Year's. On New Years Day, he took me to my favorite park. We went for a walk, and he sat me down on a bench. He gave a really sweet speech, and then got down on one knee, and asked me to marry him!

pennylg

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional) Penny and Ed

Your ages? 44 and 33

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) 10/6/12

How long have you been with your FI? just shy of 4 years

Where do you live? (optional) Maine

Where are you getting married? Venue? In a chapel located in a historical cemetery in our neighborhood, reception to follow at our favorite restaurant

How did you meet your FI? match.com... they didn't match us, he found me on his own on the site and contacted me

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? seeing each other in the chapel for the first time and saying our vows in front of our family and friends

What are your wedding colors/theme? ivory, champagne and black

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I found my dream dress on the clearance rack, in ivory and my exact size, for $449, an $800 discount

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? Ed loves gnomes and we're going to incorporate that into our decor (cake topper hand painted to look like us and table cards)

Any random thing you want to share with us? I'm making it more fun the second time around (his first time)

ariella42

What is your name? FI's name? Ariella and John

Your ages? I'm 27 & he's 34

Wedding date? September 22, 2012

How long have you been with your FI? Less than a year

Where do you live? NC

Where are you getting married? Venue? My aunt's farm in WNC

How did you meet your FI? Okcupid.com

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? Marrying my beloved (oh, and the dress)

What are your wedding colors/theme? We're having a Doctor Who themed wedding. Our colors are red, blue and silver

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? I have Union flag (British flag) boots! We're also making a Tardis-themed chuppah

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? I'm fond of the Tardis chuppah and the Dalek cake toppers

What do you do for a living/dream job? Law student/pop star

Any random thing you want to share with us? I got kicked off of offbeatbride.com (was I not offbeat enough or something?), so I hope there are some people on this board I can share with/steal ideas from.

Share your proposal story.
He proposed to me out of the blue in awful French. It was adorable though, and I said, "Oui!"

mishy527

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)-TJ(thomas) and Michele

Your ages? I am 39 going to 40 in may and he is 29( yes he is younger but in our hearts we are the same age-not to mention our mentatlity)

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) June 30, 2012

How long have you been with your FI? 4 years this october

Where do you live? (optional) tobyhanna, PA

Where are you getting married? Venue?Charles Point Park and then VFW hall

How did you meet your FI? honestly, i dated his friend for two weeks and did not see him again until about a month later at a karoke bar.  We talked all night and then he accepted my facebook request and been together ever since. 

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?  To be spending the rest of my life with him and joining our family as one.  Plus being a princess again for a day.

What are your wedding colors/theme? red and white-rose-Plus Doing everything ourselves

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?I have to say my dress was the best purchase but we are doing all the decorating and cooking so planning everything together has been fun.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?The fact that his friend will be doing the wedding ceremony.  Plus the fact that we will be having a nice dinner plus a bbq. 

What do you do for a living/dream job?I am a cashier at lowes

Any random thing you want to share with us? That I love this site that others think the same way

Share your proposal story.  We had picked out my ring ahead of time so I knew what it looked like.  But he kept tricking me telling me to look in my stocking for christmas and every time I did getting excited, it was usually something silly like a toy or candy.  The last time he told me to check, I refused for over an hour thinking I was getting fooled again, till I turned around and he had the ring in his hand.  Asked me to be his forever love!

bsims726

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)
Britney & Brock

Your ages?Both 22 (will be 23 on our wedding day)

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)
9/15/2012

How long have you been with your FI?

Known each other for about 11 years, together for 6 of those years

Where do you live? (optional)
I’m in Georgia and he’s in Illinois (Wedding is in GA and he’ll be moving here)

Where are you getting married? Venue?
Ceremony: The church where we rediscovered Christ together and where he proposed. Reception: The banquet hall across the street from the church.

How did you meet your FI?
When he lived in Georgia, we went to the same middle & high school and had the same circle of friends.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?Getting it over with. People say I should savor the moments of planning, and there are some aspects that I like, but I mostly just want to see all my planning and preparation finally come together. That, and marrying my best friend of course

What are your wedding colors/theme?
Colors: Red, white, & black accents. Unofficial theme: Ribbon in the Sky (A Stevie Wonder reference)

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?
My favorite purchase is my one shoulder dress & red shoes.

What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding?
Since we’re traditional with our own contemporary twists, it’s hard to choose just one. Some things I like are the photo strip STDs we sent out, the pollera dancers we’re planning to hire, the photo booth we’re planning to have, and the cake I designed (we want it to be a square-circular combo & askew). (Oh, and I’m in love with my red shoes!---much to my mom’s initial disapproval, she’s over it now though lol)

What do you do for a living/dream job?
I’m a stay at home mom, college student, & ministry leader  
 
Any random thing you want to share with us?
Random? I LOVE pancakes! In high school, I was even known for remixing songs to include lyrics that expressed my love for pancakes lol

Share your proposal story.

http://brockandbritney.ourwedding.com/view/6299410904200669/6242539

AngB1230

What is your name?Angela
 FI's name? Clint
 Your ages? 31 and 37
 Wedding date? 9-22-12
 How long have you been with your FI? 5 yrs
 Where do you live?  Pennsylvania
Where are you getting married? Pittsburgh Renaissance Fair 
How did you meet your FI? match.com
 What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? marrying my man! and seeing it all come together
 What are your wedding colors/theme? fall, red/gold
 What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? grooms attire
What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? the location
 What do you do for a living/dream job? i am a direct support staff
 Any random thing you want to share with us?ummm...i am eating a bowl of cereal
 Share proposal story. to long...its on my website
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diabride

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)

Amy & Brendan

Your ages?

32

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)

November 2, 2012

How long have you been with your FI?

1.5 yrs

Where do you live? (optional)

Denver, Colorado

Where are you getting married? Venue?

Denver, Colorado @ a club/lounge that dear friends own.  3 Floor venue.

How did you meet your FI?

We met at a bar on a night that was going to be a "girls night" he sat down next to me and neither of us ever looked back from that moment.

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?

Honestly the very first moment we have apart from everyone else being husband and wife.  We also have some incredible friends/family that will be in from out of town and are doing a bunch of really artsy fun stuff for the wedding.

What are your wedding colors/theme?

We are having a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) wedding and are going with a very bright and vivid color palette that is traditional with that holiday.

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?

We are having a Taco Bar and I think it will be amazing.  We are able to offer our vegan family& friends that option.  I am also in love with the custom skate shoes that I ordered for my fiance and his party. 

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding?

We are hosting a Happy Ever After-Party.  My fiance is in the music business and we are pretty blessed to have some pretty famous dj's playing at our after-party.

What do you do for a living/dream job?

I am a social worker at a non-profit (dual diagnosis clients with mental illness & substance abuse) that works for and with the homeless.  My FI is an agent in the EDM world.

Any random thing you want to share with us?

I really want a cotton candy machine for my wedding!

Share your proposal story.
I am a chronic workaholic.  My nights are often spent working in bed from my iPad accomplishing my case notes before going back to work the next day.  It sort of drives my fiance crazy that I work from bed (but it is super comfy for me and I have been doing it for years lol).  So on 11.9.11 he informs me that he found this website that he needed to show me.  I was grew a bit frustrated that he wouldn't use his iPad to show me because I was working from mine.  So after a few moments I handed it over and he pulled up a website that he had built just for me.  It talked about how we met and made a promise to love me forever.  The very last link on it went to a picture of my ring (and by that time he was on my side of the bed on bended knee holding my ring).  I love that I will forever have this website that I can go to and that I have been able to share the site with friends and family who live far away. 

karulyne

What is your name? FI's name?

Caroline and Mark

Your ages? 31 and 36

Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread) May 18 2013

How long have you been with your FI? 6 and a half years!

Where do you live? (optional) Fort Worth, TX

Where are you getting married? Venue? Fort Worth, in the garden of a mexican restaurant

How did you meet your FI? at a bar, I became friends with his group of pals

What are you most looking forward to with the wedding? seeing all my friends and family in TX, they're all in New England mostly.

What are your wedding colors/theme? navy blue, aqua, and a little yellow/the theme is old fashioned country garden happy fun time I guess!

What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase? lots of DIY, I am making my flowers from fabric and sticks and making little planters.

What is your favorite offbeat deatil of your wedding? my short wedding dress and all our silly music

What do you do for a living/dream job? high education admissions

Any random thing you want to share with us? not offhand!

Share your proposal story. no proposal really...we just sort of started talking about it and by the end of the conversation we were engaged! suited me fine, I'm not big on surprises!

lgoin1

What is your name? FI's name? (sharing this is optional)Lisa & David
Your ages?25 & 26 (26 & 27 at wedding)
Wedding date? (also post this info in the Wedding Dates thread)5/24/2013
How long have you been with your FI?2.5 yrs
Where do you live? (optional)viva Las Vegas!
Where are you getting married? Venue?the Historic Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas
How did you meet your FI?he interviewed me.  true story.  i was applying to work in his office, and his boss included him in the interview.  i got the job, we became friends at work, and then the rest is history.
What are you most looking forward to with the wedding?getting our families and friends together.  a part of his family lives out of town, so they've never met my family.
What are your wedding colors/theme?ivory/champagne/red/black with a Jazz Age theme
What is your favorite wedding planning idea/purchase?since this is Vegas, we're incorporating a bit of a casino/speakeasy theme.  our STDs and invitations will be modeled after playing cards.
What is your favorite offbeat detail of your wedding?we're not having a separate ceremony!  and we're incorporating some of my mom's Filipino traditions for our vows, sans mass (we're not religious).  that and the fact that his friend's punk band may be performing for us hehehe.
What do you do for a living/dream job?i am a graduate assistant, and will be teaching English composition while i finish my master's.  my dream job: research/teach for a university of course.  that or professional napper.
Any random thing you want to share with us?THERE WILL BE NO CAKE!  well, no.  there will be cake.  just no wedding cake.  we're having creme brulee instead.
Share your proposal story.

we had already talked about getting married, but were going to wait until after we both finished graduate school (he's one year ahead of me).  we were laying around after a nap, and we started talking about graduate school (this is before I finished my bachelor's).  i said that i had come to the realization that i couldn't leave him to go to graduate school.  i'd either postpone it, or stay where we were to go to school because i just couldn't be without him.  he replied: "really?  well that changes things.  let's just get married then!"  i was stunned haha.  ...but he was dead serious.