Happy Goth Halloween Wedding with an $800 Budget

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Liz Huff

September 11, 2024

When Hannah and Nate decided to tie the knot, they knew they didn't have a lot to spend, but that wasn't going to stop them having the wedding they wanted. Both line cooks, they were lucky enough to be offered the restaurant where the bride works as their venue, which they used after hours. Everything else was homemade and their secondhand outfits were pieced together from pieces found at Poshmark and Goodwill, totalling less than $50 combined!

Bright & Beautiful Floral Inspired Portland Wedding

Sophie Cooke

Courtney Hellen

October 29, 2021

Rainbow Dreadlocks, A Rainbow Wedding Dress, Fire-Breathers, Hula Hooping & Bubbles!!

Kat

Sentiero

November 24, 2016

Can we all just stop for one second and INTERNALLY SCREAM over how frickin' awesome this bride looks? Rainbow dreadlocks and a rainbow wedding dress!? I'm dead.

Portland Wedding with Minimal Stress

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Marcela Pulido

August 27, 2016

Ray and Tah-Lia wanted their wedding to be as casual and laid back as possible. So they took a long time to organise the day (two years!) and made decisions that kept things simple.

Science, Stars and Everything We Love

Kat

Hazelwood Photo

December 17, 2015

Lulu and Alex's June wedding was held at The Historic Overlook House in Portland. Their wedding theme was based on a sentence that they came up with on early in the planning process. "Science, Stars, and everything we love", Lula said, "and we only picked things we really loved. We obviously had our favourite colours but also dinosaurs riding pine cones, temporary star tattoos (our son loves temporary tattoos), food from our favourite restaurant, Erlenmeyer flasks, wood tables and chairs, paper crafts, mercury glass, and all the weird beautiful flowers and eucalyptus I could have asked for."

Inspired by Portland: Lady Evelyn Wedding Dresses

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Dylan and Sara

December 10, 2015

Having an extraordinarily unique wedding dress isn't is difficult as you might think. If you just take some time and explore some different avenues (such as more alternative wedding boutiques or online) there are so many amazingly talented dress designers just waiting to be discovered! Like Lady Evelyn, originally from Portland, Oregon, but now based here in the UK.

The Great Gatsby

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Meredith Bacon

April 4, 2015

This pretty Great Gatsby inspired wedding shoot is the perfect way to ease you into the long weekend. I don't really feature styled wedding shoots on the blog any more (because, let's face it, real weddings are usually way better!) but I loved the use of colour and the elegant, yet totally reproducible, details in this one so much!

Voodoo Doughnut Wedding: Mike & Ashley

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Jessica Hill

April 4, 2014

Mike and Ashley spent just $1200 on their amazing wedding. To do this, they forgot about anything traditional, instead opting to say 'I do' at their favourite place in their hometown of Portland - Voodoo Doughnut! Cat Daddy, the owner, even officiated the ceremony!

Wild and Overgrown Bridal Editorial

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Morgan Wade

December 1, 2013

Wedding photographer Morgan Wade had been dreaming of a bridal shoot in an overgrown forest for ages. Eventually she plucked up the courage to just go out and shoot it, and she brought an amazing team along with her. "My initial goal was to create a sort of anti-editorial; something that would appeal to a wilder kind of woman", she wrote. "A bride who wanted to sidestep all the pretty stuff and just go for raw. I knew it wouldn't be for everyone, and that's okay. Somewhere out there are women who have to hold back the urge to howl at the moon; those are my brides."