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Anyway, shortly after Valentine's day I discovered my new favorite wedding site! Here's the entry.
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Feb 18, 2010
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I was working on my new blog as well as my wedding page on TheKnot.com. I was posting information about the handfasting ceremony and it occurred to me that some people who looked at these sites might not know what I mean. Instead of taking the time, effort, and space to type up everything myself, I did a google search to find some helpful links that explain handfasting. While doing this I was able to stumble upon a site that actually sold handfasting cords! Most of them were on the gaudy side, but the few nice ones I found I saved to my wedding thumbdrive.
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This then led me to search Google for more handfasting cord pictures; so that I can figure out how to make ours - and save some cash. That was when I stumbled upon The Offbeat Bride. A website dedicated to tell the stories of non-traditional brides. It was like TheKnot.com, but for us crazy brides! Seriously, if you are a crazy and out there and non-traditional bride, this is the place to go for ideas! And how exactly DID I discover OBB? It was one of the google hits I had while searching for handfasting cords. A bride actually described her step-by-step process of how she made her own wedding cords for her handfasting ceremony! Whoot!
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I then proceeded to lurk the site. I could click on a filter to see all different weddings under one "genre." I chose "geeky" to try to get some ideas for the "Gamer Chic" reception Remy and I are having. You like that term? Gamer Chic. ^_^ I'm such a nerd!
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Anyway, the first wedding was Sci-Fi themed with multiple Star Wars references, such as a Han and Leia cake topper and rings engraved with "I Know." They also had a "first RockBand duet" along with their first dance. Apparently everyone loved watching them play their first game of RockBand as husband and wife! ^_^
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The element that really got me is something I've been interested in for a while now - naming tables for the reception instead of numbering them. The question then becomes "how do we name them?" Some brides use significant years throughout their lives and seat people according to those years. For instance, extended family at the childhood years, college friends sitting at the college years, etc. Another thought was to use names of Knights of the Round Table in order to keep the Celtic theme going, and we could perhaps even slide in a Holy Grail joke or two. Such as placing the unclaimed escort cards on to a table labeled "Sir Not-Appearing-At-This-Reception."
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What this particular Sci-Fi-Themed OBB couple did was name the tables after fictional places, like the planets in Star Wars or Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter. This made me think of naming the tables off of game worlds. This could include Legend of Zelda's Hyrule, The Mushroom Kingdom of Super Mario Bros., Fable's Albion, or The Floating Isle from Sonic the Hedgehog. Aside from maybe the Mushroom Kingdom, these places all sound sort Celtic, don't they? This could be a nice transition between the Celtic wedding and the gamer reception. Another option, if we wanted something a bit more hard-core, would be to use Super Smash Bros. levels. Teehee, Mom cringes at the thought every time. ^_^
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Three more brides really stood out for me, but I couldn't really use any of their ideas. The next bride threw in a touch of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy. Her groom made wedding programs with "Don't Panic" on the cover. Inside the program he described the unorthodox ceremony with a Hitchhiker's-like wit that would make Douglas Adams proud. The bride even included a word search, in case anyone actually got bored! I love this idea so much, but it wouldn't fit in with our Celtic theme whatsoever. I am planning on explaining the "unorthodox" wedding in our programs though, so there is that.
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The second stand-out bride had an eight-panel comic as her wedding invite! The comic itself tried to include too many elements for it to really make sense to me, but the idea was still awesome. I'll just let you read the invite instead of trying to tell you about it. Check the above link! *clears throat* Anyway, my favorite part is where Link and Zelda remove their faces to reveal that they are actually the bride and groom in disguise. How cool would it be to be depicted as Link and Zelda? Or even as a comic strip character? Well, the actual invite was on the opposite side and said such things as "[We] request the honor of your presence as two geeks save the princess, resist the dark side and pledge their lives (extra, or otherwise) to each other." They even included the Hyrulian Crest (from Zelda)! Remy and I won't be doing this for our invite though, because, just like with the Hitchhiker's Programs, the invite is supposed to set up the feeling of the wedding - which is Celtic, not gamer. Anyway, I also went to their wedding site and their writing is so funny! Whoever is writing the blog - or whatever - is very witty. I wish I had that wit. I might actually have some readers of my own. ^_^ The crowning jewel, however is the song "Mario Kart Love Song" that plays on their homepage. I have to admit I got a bit teary-eyed the first time I heard it! How sad is that? I need a copy so bad!
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Well, the final bride really jumped out at me because she became so viral that her and her groom needed to make their YouTube posting private to prevent wedding crashers! Didn't help though, since OBB posted a link where you can still see the post. What is so epic about this couple's video? They FILMED a Save the Date VIDEO!!!! It has just about every genre, recognizable movie parodies, and the deep trailer voice over. I laughed the entire four minutes and quietly cursed both the fact that I didn't think of it first, and my inability to do the same thing. The real funny thing is that this couple is also getting married in October after waiting six years for the proposal. OOOOOOOOOoooo, triiiiiiippy! ^_^
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