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alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Atoms and dragonflies: a fantasy wedding reading straight out of a book

Philip Pullman fans: did you know there’s an awesome wedding reading hidden in The Amber Spyglass from His Dark Materials series? Yep, a fantasy wedding reading right smack dab in your fiction. Not shocking considering all the amazing readings we’ve spied in literature.

But this one is pretty special. It’s got atoms creating new atoms and light in sunbeams and dragonflies and pine trees and ohmyglob someone use this reading in their ceremony! Want to hear it? Let’s go…

Tom and Patrick's chic and stunning London wedding stole our hearts

Tom and Patrick’s chic and stunning London wedding stole our hearts

Tom and Patrick’s London wedding was a sight for sore eyes. Their beautiful, light-filled house served as the pre-drinks location, followed by the shadowy and gothic The Asylum Chapel for the ceremony, and then all the quirky eccentricities of Brunswick House for the meal, speeches, and partying.

Don’t miss the gorgeous greenery centerpieces, the double decker bus transport, and chic suits.

A muddy four-wheeling ATV trash the dress anniversary sesh

A super muddy four-wheeling dress-trashing anniversary photo sesh

A couple of brews, some anniversary celebrating, and a whole lot of mud — this ATV anniversary shoot was also a trash-the-dress shoot by default. How could it not be when they were flying headfirst through the countryside? Courtney and Seth wanted to do this muddy anniversary session while 4-wheeling since they both love speeding through the country. They ended the day crashing with beers at Seth’s grandmother’s house. Let’s take a look at how fun a mud-covered dress can be…

Amy Jake 15 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Why couples walk down the aisle TOGETHER + processional song ideas

What better way to keep your cool and soothe your nerves than by walking in to your ceremony with your partner (like Jenny and Dean happily did above!)? Sure, it’s awesome to have that surprise moment, but coming in to the ceremony together means you share a processional song and a really sweet moment together, avoid any unnecessary gender roles, and keep yourself on equal footing. For some couples, it’s totally the way to go. Here are a few of our favorite couples who opted to walk down the aisle together…

A super chic greenery wedding in the heart of Chicago

A super chic urban forest wedding in the heart of Chicago

Karen and Bill wanted a stylish urban forest wedding in Chicago, and somehow managed to bring in so much of nature into a chic city space. Air plants, succulents, ferns, logs, herbs, and manzanita branches created the most lush forest we’ve seen in a wedding yet… without actually being a forest, of course! Want to see?

led wedding dress alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Get your glow on with these LED wedding ideas including a light-up wedding dress!

We shared an awesomely weird Austin wedding that featured an LED wedding dress among other glowing accessories. If you too are jonesing to relive your raver days with some glow-in-the-dark wedding accessories, here are some dazzling LED wedding ideas to bring some light to your outfit.