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Real Offbeat Weddings

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We heart this wedding at Burning Man

Major heart eyes for this Indian wedding at Burning Man

In the middle of the playa amid dust and love, Avni and Pavan rocked their most awesome outfits (a short white dress and white mehndi for her, a floral jacket and rad sunnies for him) to get married. This Indian wedding at Burning Man had an intimate feel despite it being at a hugh-jass festival of art and culture. If you’re not familiar with it, this archive will help.

Let’s peek at this gorgeous couple making it official in the desert of Nevada with their awesomely-clad pals…

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What happens when a fire truck crashes a wedding? A little magic

You know we love us a sweet and tiny courthouse wedding. It’s one of our favorite kinds of small weddings and elopements! And this one has a little detail that we adored: a fire truck that was very special to the groom, a firefighter.

Their wedding day was seven years to the day of their first date. And it was on a Thursday! Now that’s how you get it done. Let’s take a look at this simple and elegant fire truck courthouse wedding in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A sinister and glam Halloween wedding of epic proportions

A sinister and glam Hallowedding of epic proportions

Patti and Matt are Halloween fans and their Hallowedding was the ultimate expression of spooky romance. Patti wore a black dress while her crew wore their own style of gray dresses. She gifted them with “blood stained” clutches to match the theme. Don’t miss Matt ‘s Vans and skulls tie, too.

They walked themselves down the aisle to The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” and had vows inspired by different quotes from movies. Hell yes, movie fans!

Anne Boleyn weds Freddy Krueger: When a Halloween wedding wins over every horror fan

Anne Boleyn weds Freddy Krueger: When a Halloween costume wedding wins over every horror fan

We wanted potential guests to know what they were getting into right away and used our invitations to set the tone. They had a photo of us as bride and groom zombies and included a “Costumes Required” section. We had a basket of masks available at the ceremony in case people didn’t take the invitation seriously but our guests outdid themselves. Every single person got behind our theme and showed up in an amazing costume. Despite the instructions to our guests many thought we were going to wear “normal” bride and groom attire. We proved them wrong and got married in our dream Halloween costumes. Anne Boleyn weds Freddy Krueger? Why not?!

Pink dress, costume contests, and a Harry Potter ceremony blessing at this spooky glam wedding

Pink dress, costume contests, and a Harry Potter ceremony blessing at this spooky glam wedding

Since we’re going for full-on Halloween party here, there was a costume table and a WWE championship belt for the costume contest. It’s time to finally see this spooky glam wedding…

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A gas mask-erade wedding fit for the impending zombie apocalypse

James and Ashley are Halloween fiends, so this Halloween wedding with gas masks, a zombie cake, and Beetlejuice ring hand gave us chills in ALL the best ways. Don’t miss Ashley’s short and sweet Halloween-inspired dress, the zombie hand holding the rings, the orange and purple accents everywhere, the pumpkin cufflinks, and the masquerade masks and gas masks… making this a total mask-erade wedding.

Ashley hand-painted the cake toppers on their spider web Halloween cake to include their zombie pooch. Are you ready to see this killer zombie gas mask-erade wedding?! We are, too…