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Real Offbeat Weddings

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nerdy multicultural wedding Koontz Photography26 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A nerdy multicultural wedding with an introvert charging station

Lia and Justin’s nerdy multicultural wedding is for the book lovers, sci-fi nerds, fantasy geeks, and anyone else who wants to bring some more magic into their wedding day! It will inspire you to LEVEL UP your nerdiness on your big day–or any other part of you that you want to celebrate! Plus, introverts will LOVE how they had an introvert charging station!

Rainy Seaside Wedding Bess and Eric 33 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A cozy & cosmic New Jersey wedding by the sea

It made sense for us to have a seaside New Jersey wedding at The Grenville Hotel! Our wedding was an ode to the beach, the stars, and cosmic joy. In lieu of anything religious, much of the energy at the wedding was sheer gratitude for existence. Since we both love astronomy and the vastness of the cosmos, we wanted our wedding to have an ethereal, contemplative quality.

atheist game night wedding Daniel Fugaciu Photography12 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A Leap Day atheist wedding with board games

It’s like we were meant too have a Leap Day atheist wedding! We were a 99% match on a dating app and have been lucky in love ever since. When selecting a date we saw that 2/29/20 was a Saturday and knew that was the right date for us to take the Leap! We decided on a game night theme, as it’s our favorite activity that we share with family and friends.

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This lesbian couple met in Texas and had a waterfall wedding in Iceland

Leslie moved with Lexie to California. Lexie proposed to Leslie at the Orange County fairgrounds with the help of family and friends. When they were discussing wedding plans, Lexie said “wouldn’t it be crazy if we just eloped in Iceland?!”, Leslie said that was the best idea and the planning began!