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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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Nina & Tom’s super fun transportation wedding in Seattle

Nina & Tom rented the SLUT (South Lake Union Trolley) for their wedding ceremony! Following the Trolley ride/ceremony, they took everyone on a duck tour of Seattle.

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Carla & Jon’s intimate and enchanted forest wedding

Carla & Jon had an enchanted forest wedding in an incredibly magical looking hobbit house shaped like a gnomish hat! However, due to California’s legislated exclusion of gay marriage they chose not to get legally married until they were in the more fair-minded state of Iowa!

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Margaret & Dave met while traveling in South Korea. They bonded over a shared love of the itinerant lifestyle. Their ceremony reflected this. The had completed the old sailor’s tradition for travel which includes taking two shots of rum!

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Kerri & Kai’s feathers and koi fish DIY wedding!

Since Kerri & Kai could not get legally wed in California they had a destination wedding in Canada! They DIYed so many things and went with a feather and koi fish theme.

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Lenore & Andrew’s “Young At Heart” Park Wedding

Lenore & Andrew aren’t quite ready to grow up. So they used A LOT of bright colors, kids’ toys and games to help decorate. AND they had their wedding ceremony ON a jungle gym in a park! Then after they exchanged rings, they slid down the slide to end their ceremony.

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Joanne & Brian’s gothic and glamorous castle wedding

Last Monday, I showed you a couple who had an owl as a ring bearer. That was just a mini preview of Joanne & Brian’s amazing gothic wedding. They blew the budget and totally did it up, with a fantastic gothic reception including disco in the dungeon! -Coco