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What made our wedding offbeat: What made our wedding offbeat was it truly reflected us and the life we have at this very moment in time. My husband, the creative one, taught me what it is to edit. We spent 5k on offbeat bride los angeles day.

Our biggest challenge: Our biggest problem was convincing my mom that it was okay for us to have a wedding. When we called them from London to tell them we were engaged, the first thing out of her mouth was, “So, are you just going to go to the courthouse and get it over with? Just because it was my second marriage and we had been living together for three-ish years did not mean that we didn’t want a celebration. We dealt with that problem by just plowing ahead, we were paying for it anyway.

My mom came and had a great time. We found out later that her biggest fear was our families not getting along due to her experience with in-laws, but that was completely put to rest by his family. They are amazing and everyone had a great time. My husband starting his vows with “Today is just another day. I had no idea where it was going, was a bit shocked and had no idea what would come next.

He followed it up with the a depth of feeling and eloquence that blew me away. The Passenger” by Iggy Pop and everyone got out and danced. We linked arms and danced in a huge circle in the living room of our second LA home. I have no documentation of this moment of our whole family, blood and choice, just a sparkly wonderful memory. There’s been a running joke that Seena and I are half owners of the house because we take care of it whenever the owners are out of town. We know their kitchen better than they do. The words that left my mouth were: “Thank for opening OUR house, I’m mean YOUR house, YOUR house!