About

Rock ‘n Roll Bride promotes individuality and general awesomeness in a cookie cutter, pastel pink, poufy dressed wedding world. Don’t let the wedding industry define your day – let *you* define your day.

Hello one and all and welcome to my little blog. My name is Kat Williams and here at Rock n Roll Bride my aim is to provide a little haven of kick ass weddingness in the overly poofy, pastel and often puke-worthy wedding world. If you’ve ever picked up a bridal magazine and felt queasy, or trawled the internet and felt disheartened by what you didn’t find, well my friend you are in the right place!

Rock n Roll Bride is all about the charm and unique nature of ordinary people’s, extraordinary weddings.

I started Rock ‘n Roll Bride when I was planning my wedding to my husband Gareth for April 2008. However soon after the wedding, the prospect of giving up the blog was more then I could bear. I rather liked this blogging malarkey and so decided to continue gathering and posting stuff I loved and hoped others would also enjoy. 

There is no ideal Rock n Roll Bride. What I love isn’t necessarily what floats your boat. What makes the weddings (and therefore my site) so fab is YOU! I try to share a diverse variety of weddings, photo shoots and general gorgeousness so I know you’ll find something you love here. The only thing I ask is that each feature is a perfect representation of the couple and their individuality. Think tattooed brides next to eco chic weddings and DIY extravaganzas and your half way there.

My passion is photography. I am excited by every single photograph on this site and am honoured that each photographer is proud to have their work adorning the walls of Rock n Roll Bride.*

So kick off your New Rocks, settle down with a cupcake and enjoy the ride.

*Polite Note/Small Print etc – Every image featured on Rock n Roll Bride is done so with the express permission of the photographers. I work very hard to make sure this is the case. Therefore if you wish to re-blog any of the images you find here, be a doll and ask permission first. Contact details for any of the photographers can be provided upon request. Just drop me a little email and I’ll send it right over.

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Credit: David M McNeil

Rock ‘n Roll Bride (Noun) A rock ‘n roll wedding is a wedding where the couple actually acknowledge that to plan a good wedding, they have to incorporate themselves and plan what they love for their day.  They laugh in the face of the wedding industry and the wedding magazines that tell them what they need to do to make a ‘good wedding’. 

It’s not about being ‘cool’, being a rebel or even thinking of the most unique idea you can, it’s about planning a wedding that reflects you and your partner and declaring your love in your way.

To be featured on this site, you don’t have to be cool.  You don’t have to be ‘out-there’ or ‘offbeat’, you just have to be you ♥

If you would like to be considered for a feature on Rock n Roll Bride please check out my submissions info

If you are interested in becoming a Rock n Roll Bride sponsor please check out my sponsorship info

  1. angela’s avatar

    angela on January 29, 2009 at 05:15

    i just adore your blog…. its is so inspiring and really, a breath of fresh air! Just freshly engaged and currently planning my own wedding, which i hope will be featured on your blog too :) but seriously, I am a fan! I luv the photographers you feature, I just wish they were in Toronto so I can use them.

  2. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on January 29, 2009 at 09:39

    Thanks hun, That’s so sweet! I would love to feature your wedding when you’re wed..just send it my way!

  3. Caroline @ Bubbly Bride’s avatar

    Caroline @ Bubbly Bride on February 19, 2009 at 00:08

    I had to do a quick blog post on your site I adore the style and individuality that your brides and grooms bring to their big day! Check it out if you get a chance!! Can’t wait to read more :)

    http://www.bubblybride.com/blog/2009/02/q-quirky/

  4. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on February 19, 2009 at 07:58

    what a LOVELY post! Thank you so much :o )

  6. Wedding Skulls’s avatar

    Wedding Skulls on March 16, 2009 at 01:16

    I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to find your site! I’ve done a post on you over on my blog as well:

    http://weddingskulls.com/wedding-inspiration-rock-n-roll-bride/

  7. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on March 16, 2009 at 10:34

    Aww bless you thinks so much!

  8. Nikki McLeod’s avatar

    Nikki McLeod on March 24, 2009 at 23:55

    I came across your blog via my webamte Rosie Parsons; wow what a great blog!! Love it!

    Gotta ask, where did you get your hattopper fascinator?! We are having a 10th anniversary “do” this august and I am needing something “different” to go along with my purple dress!

  9. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on March 25, 2009 at 10:32

    Thanks glad you likey/ my little hat was from acessorize, got it around xmas
    http://www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/accessorize

  11. BKB Photography’s avatar

    BKB Photography on March 30, 2009 at 01:42

    Your blog ROCKS! Such a fun idea! :)

  12. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on March 30, 2009 at 09:11

    Thanks for the love!

  13. Lilia Ahner’s avatar

    Lilia Ahner on April 1, 2009 at 21:36

    Thanks for featuring our work, we really appreciate it! Love your blog!

  14. Jeremy’s avatar

    Jeremy on April 6, 2009 at 01:55

    Thanks so much for posting ‘I want to lick your face’. Ha! I really appreciate. Let me know if you ever need any other images!!!

  15. Troy Kingman’s avatar

    Troy Kingman on April 16, 2009 at 04:38

    Hello! I have to say first of all, my fiance and I love your blog and your amazing style! In fact, you posted our engagement photos taken by Jonathan Canlas ( http://www.rocknrollbride.com/?p=4336 ).

    We are are in the process of getting ready for our wedding during late July. My fiance has found a beautiful dress ( from what I hear ) from Pricilla of Boston and now she is looking for a veil… and may I saw, what a challenge!!! She is looking for a Birdcage or French veil, many of which I have seen posted on your blog, but we are having a difficult actually purchasing one. Of all the websites that we visit, none are actually capable of selling their veils. Can you recommend anyone? If you know of any site or store that carries Birdcage or French veils, would you please let us know.

    Thanks so much for your time.

    Best Regards, Troy

  16. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on April 16, 2009 at 07:13

    Hi Troy, I will fo a bit of research for you and get abck to you….you looking for a short net veil like this yeah?

  17. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on April 16, 2009 at 09:30

    I have had a quick look and I’ve found these places…any good?
    here
    here
    here

    also etsy is a fab resource for homemade custom stuff, veils included…i have done a quick search and ll these sellers came up…here!

  18. Troy Kingman’s avatar

    Troy Kingman on April 16, 2009 at 16:17

    THANKS so much Kat!!! These links are a HUGE help. Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to send you our wedding photos ( which will be shot by Canlas… so you know they will be good. HAHA). Our theme is Dia de los Muertos…Should be lots of fun.

    Thanks again!

    -Troy

  19. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on April 16, 2009 at 17:23

    so glad i could help Troy. I cant wait to see your wedding photos after!

  20. Molly’s avatar

    Molly on April 19, 2009 at 22:45

    Hi Kat! I am SO FLATTERED that you found and posted the photos from Sharine & Carolyn’s wedding here, thanks muchly for the shout-out :) I’m happy you liked them!

  21. Jenn’s avatar

    Jenn on April 20, 2009 at 15:21

    Just found your blog and I love it! I appreciate people that stick to posting stuff like this. Every post has been fantastic.

  22. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on April 20, 2009 at 15:25

    thanks so much! i am so glad you like what im doing!

  24. Megan*’s avatar

    Megan* on May 1, 2009 at 23:30

    Kat:

    Check out this incredible Russian photog who works out of New York, Gulnara, at http://www.gulnarablog.com...

    She is shooting my Indian wedding this summer (July 25) in New Jersey. I am Irish and my fiance is Indian, and tattooed, so I can bet you’re going to want our pictures!!!

  25. eva’s avatar

    eva on May 2, 2009 at 00:49

    I love your blog. you have given me so many great ideas for my upcoming wedding.

  26. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on May 2, 2009 at 05:45

    wow, I bet I am too! You better send them to me and good luck with all your planning!

  27. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on May 2, 2009 at 05:47

    had a look on her site & her photos look fab! Really want to feature some more of her work!

  28. Accidental Housewife’s avatar

    Accidental Housewife on May 4, 2009 at 19:38

    Awww… I totally heart your new banner! You look so cute! Good job!

  29. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on May 4, 2009 at 19:38

    why thanky (blush)

  30. Trixi’s avatar

    Trixi on May 10, 2009 at 21:57

    Just love your blog – am going to take the time to read it all one day. Loved getting married too – so much so, I started my own website – its contagious isn’t it?

  31. Chadd’s avatar

    Chadd on May 14, 2009 at 02:58

    LOVING this blog! I discovered it via the Imaginative Studios blog. Great work!

  32. Camie’s avatar

    Camie on May 15, 2009 at 09:11

    Ooh, found you just in time! I’m a SoCal girl marrying my Essex sweetie, and this blog is the BEST!! We’re a couple of horror/80s nerds, so we want our wedding to be fun and original. I’m inspired by the ideas featured here, and btw, your sense of style is to die for.

  33. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on May 15, 2009 at 10:44

    why thank you lady. your wedding sounds fab. cant wait to see the results! hope i can inspire you!

  34. Heather’s avatar

    Heather on May 25, 2009 at 05:58

    This is going to sound cliche with the plethora of other comments saying the same thing…but, I gotta put in my TWO CENTS or three or four as I LOVE THIS SITE!! it’s so completely up my alley! one, as a photographer that is hungrily searching to find what I want to shoot…and this is it! I want to seek out the unusual, the funky, the fun, the people just being themselves and having a damn good time doing it. Secondly, I am also planning my own wedding and want it to express who I am. So, I am having my favorite punk band play at my wedding…during Halloween, with a haunted house nearby in an old Victorian mansion with a candy bar and apple bobbing and general Halloween and Samhein festivities goodness! So, I sincerely hope to share my story on your blog in the near future as well. not to mention returning here time and time again to seek out ideas and savor everyone else’s happiness and uniqueness. Wow..again, this site is superb!

  35. Kirsty-Abu Dhabi’s avatar

    Kirsty-Abu Dhabi on June 2, 2009 at 15:27

    I love your blog – I love people who make their wedding’s about them! My mum just couldn’t understand why I didn’t just want to go to the Hilton and have their standard roll it out wedding do – but it was OUR day and we wanted OUR way of doing things! If only your blog had been around back in 2004 – it might have helped her get over what an “awkward madam” I was being! Now I just hope that one day I get some wedding clients cool enough to feature on your blog instead!
    Fab, xx

  37. cameron’s avatar

    cameron on July 2, 2009 at 20:24

    I love your blog! I only wish I had found it sooner, as we are only 5 weeks out. I am always happy to see people promoting individuality and diversity of thought that extends beyond the mores of the wedding industry.
    I only have one thing to say:
    Rock on!

  38. Fiona’s avatar

    Fiona on July 7, 2009 at 03:02

    Hi there, Just found your wonderful blog via Wedding Chicks. It’s such a refreshing take on weddings and I wish I’d found it sooner! I’ll have to get you some pics of my 1940’s styled wedding from October 2009. I love the unique, individual and especially vintage flair that you clearly have a knack of bringing out in the weddings and products that you feature on your site. Can’t wait to have more time to go back through old posts and check them out!

  39. Laura from LK Photography’s avatar

    Laura from LK Photography on July 22, 2009 at 00:18

    Where have you been all my life?!
    I just came across your site today and love it to death!
    Congrats on your new redo & on having such a clever hubby.

  40. Cait’s avatar

    Cait on July 27, 2009 at 14:23

    Awesome blog! Came across it a few hours ago and haven’t been able to llok away. I’m getting married in 4 months and this is perfect!

  41. Caroline Ghetes Photography’s avatar

    Caroline Ghetes Photography on July 28, 2009 at 08:21

    I just wanted to say that I really truly love your enthusiasm. We’ve never met, but from our few emails back and forth, I can tell you write like you talk and I just love you already! Keep up this zest for life, love, and weddings! It’s something unique that you have that many other wedding inspirations blogs don’t seem to possess. Have a wonderful night!!

  42. aneta mak’s avatar

    aneta mak on August 2, 2009 at 21:27

    what a great website…. totally random how i found your site, and with a name like yours for your blog, how i could resist… im constantly looking for sources of inspiration for my photography and different ideas that arent just the dull norm.. keep up the fab work. i will be visiting you again for sure!
    aneta

  43. loulou’s avatar

    loulou on August 18, 2009 at 00:59

    I want to thank you 1000 times over for the time and dedication you put into this blog. When I first stumbled upon it I was amazed and still am. I recently started contacting photographers for my wedding and I put rockandrollbrides.com directly in my inquiry emails. It perfectly embodies what I’m going for. One of my prospective photographers called back and said he adored your website the the images. He may be a keeper. lol

  44. Kat’s avatar

    Kat on August 18, 2009 at 08:09

    yey! so glad you are loving the site and all the wonderful photography! i would love to know which photographer you’ve gone for…

  45. Megan*’s avatar

    Megan* on August 18, 2009 at 20:25

    as promised (back a month or two ago)… links two my two weddings.. if anything i am sure you will want to feature my indian wedding considering i had the BEST photographer ever…. (as you can see i take no credit)

    here are the links:
    american wedding:
    http://www.kodakgallery.com/ViewSlideshow.action?&collidparam=85328250303.496118106703.1250626953057

    indian wedding (just a few pics so far…):
    http://www.gulnarablog.com

  46. Troy Kingman’s avatar

    Troy Kingman on August 29, 2009 at 17:27

    Hello Kat!

    So the pictures from our wedding, shot by Jonathan Canlas, are now up on his blog…

    http://canlasphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/clare-troy-7262009-san-diego-ca.html

    You might recall that we were having issues finding the correct Birdcage Vail and you were kind enough to help, thanks. Well my wife actually found hers at David’s Bridal ( of all places) and she took her clippers to it and made it her own style. I hope you enjoy the pictures!!!

    Best Wishes, Troy & Clare Kingman

  47. Fiona’s avatar

    Fiona on September 2, 2009 at 09:41

    What a lovely blog! I’ve got just the couple for you too. I’ll have to send you some pictures later.

  48. Melanie’s avatar

    Melanie on September 2, 2009 at 17:55

    Kat,

    I would LOVE to blog about your site. Can you contact me and send me an e-mail so I can give you a little info? Thanks a million.

    p.s. Love the pink wig.

  49. steph’s avatar

    steph on September 22, 2009 at 20:55

    i just wanted to say thank you for posting some of my wedding work back earlier this year. i just saw today that you had and really it made my whole flippin day. so thank you. i could kiss you. xoxox steph

  50. teng’s avatar

    teng on September 23, 2009 at 07:59

    hi! i love your blog, you feature really great and unique weddings.
    i’d just want to ask a few questions because I’m writing an article about Blogging Weddings, and I would like to hear a few of your insights regarding the matter.
    please email me as soon as possible at writerforhizons@gmail.com

    thanks! XOXOX

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