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By day, Suki teaches screenwriting and sketch comedy. By night, she's the Assistant Editor and Social Media Manager of Offbeat Wed. She loves exploring the intersections of diversity, culture, and money in the wedding industry on her IG account @2buckchuckbride. In between crying over strangers' wedding photos and making herself laugh, she likes to pretends she's a sommelier.
Queer burlesque handfasting Heather Schofner Photography45 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A non-possessive and nontraditional handfasting wedding ceremony script

Mx. Pucks found that most wedding ceremony scripts were extremely gendered and swayed towards monogamy and one true love. So they decided to write their own non-possessive and nontraditional handfasting ceremony script.

Hawaii adventure engagement photos by Kathryn Cooper Weddings1 e1641963751806 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A Hawaiian adventure engagement session

Kat and Bliss had never traveled to Hawaii together before, so this was an engagement session and a new adventure rolled into one. Their photographer brought them to lesser-known beaches which made for intimate and gorgeous engagement photos! Kat and Bliss even brought their own prop, the LGBTQ+ Pride flag, and got cozy underneath it for a few sweet shots.

Vermont fall microwedding Photos by Jacquelyn Potter44 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Vermont fall commitment ceremony micro-wedding by a waterfall

We had a super secret commitment ceremony before our legal wedding. We leaned into the “super secret” aspect, so our theme was “super secret spies”. Instead of invitations we sent dossier packages with code names for our guests and GPS coordinates for the location of our ceremony.

Grey hair wedding Photo by Jenny Ellen e1642560719163 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

12 ways to embrace your gray hair on your wedding day

We asked our readers to submit photos of themselves rocking silver hair on their wedding day and they did not disappoint! Behold, our line-up of glorious grey hair wedding photos.