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Real Offbeat Weddings

We love featuring a truly diverse range of real weddings, from highly stylized theme weddings to elopements to simple and small weddings. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Aimee & Jon’s garden tea party pagan wedding

This week we’re celebrating woodsy, outdoor weddings before it gets too cold. Today we’ve got a UK wedding focused on keeping things eco-friendly, educational for non-pagans, and full of music. With a handmade corset dress, a ceremony in the round, and a forest setting, this pair totally knows how to do fun, frolic, and rock ‘n’ roll out in the wilderness.

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Wendy & Tom’s joyful community-made Heathen mini-festival

This week we’re celebrating woodsy, outdoor weddings before it gets too cold. Today we’ve got a Heathen wedding full of meaning, community-driven support, and an amazing campground venue. Don’t miss the bride’s flower crown and purple hair combo, the druidic ceremony, and the extra sage words from the bride that will totally put your planning into perspective.

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Rebecca & Scott’s fairyland forest wedding

This week we’re celebrating woodsy, outdoor weddings before it gets too cold. Today we’ve got a leafy backdrop in autumn for this sweet wedding full of bubbles, origami cranes, and honey favors. Keep an eye out for the bride’s purple ceremony dress and vintage-styled reception dress!

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Julie & Trevor’s mountain handfasting with drums

This week we’re celebrating woodsy, outdoor weddings before it gets too cold. Today we’ve got a blend of offbeat and traditional in a mountain setting. Think wildflowers, a ring warming, and a whole drum corps of “groomsdrummers” ready to lead you into a meadow surrounded by forest.

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An intimate spooky wedding with a bride in a green dress!

It’s our favorite week for spooky, gothic, and horror-themed weddings — it’s HALLOWEEN WEEK! Today we’ve got a lovely tattooed bride in a fabulous green gown, a handsome groom, one sick pumpkin, a wild ride trying to find a venue, and of course… one poisoned cupcake. Eat up, my pretties.

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Karen & Chris’ spooktacular Halloween wedding

It’s our favorite week for spooky, gothic, and horror-themed weddings — it’s HALLOWEEN WEEK! Today we’ve got a couple fully decked-out in Halloween colors, pumpkin cakes, a costume contest, and lots of Tim Burton. Don’t miss the super gross-looking (but surely tasty) blood fountain.