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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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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

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Caitlin & Rob’s Help! A Nom-Monster Ate Our Wedding!

After six years together (four of which were spent mostly apart due to Rob’s Army enlistment and Iraq deployment) Caitlin & Rob finally decided to get married. They both donned their best converse and rocked out at Caitlin’s grandparents’ property overlooking the ocean in Maine!

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Angel & Dave’s old-school glamour, “Dangelous” backyard wedding

Instead of choosing a theme, Angel & Dave just went with what they wanted. It resulted in a red, black and silver themed outdoor wedding in Angel’s grandparents’ backyard. The funniest part was when their son Trent interrupted the ceremony by making laser noises with a big stick and said, “Don’t worry mommy, I busted all the ghosts.” Adorable!

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Stacy & Daniel’s Episcopal Dr. Seuss wedding

Stacy & Daniel had a Dr. Suess themed wedding which included three foot Cat in the Hat hats, a five foot Cat in the Hat cardboard cut out, stuffed Seuss characters used instead of pew bows and more!

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Kimmy & Ramzi’s hill country sunset wedding with bells!

Kimmy & Ramzi didn’t think their wedding was gonna happen. However, one day Kimmy googled, “free wedding venues in Austin” and they literally found the venue of their dreams! And it was free to boot!

Kelly & Rick’s zany, red and black gothic wedding

Kelly & Rick didn’t really have a budget in mind. But they also knew that they didn’t want to spend a fortune on their wedding. Instead of compromising their vision they decided to look for cheaper options. The result was a beautiful red and black themed gothic wedding!