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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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When your tattooed grandma gets married

Tamara & Peter are kind of opposites. Tamara is heavily tattooed and Peter is a little more conservative. So their wedding was a combination of their two personalities: Ms. offbeat meets Mr. onbeat. The result couldn’t have been more beautiful.

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Nina & Sean’s 1950s-inspired quirky courthouse wedding

Nina & Sean had always dreamt about having a lakeside wedding in Michigan. However, one morning Nina woke up and asked Sean to marry her at a courthouse in Georgia instead. It was kind of a big deal because Nina is not the spontaneous type!

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Theresa & Andy’s stress-free, vegan rainforest wedding

Theresa & Andy wanted a stress-free yet meaningful wedding day. As an anthropologist, Theresa gets her “geek on” about rituals, so they carefully planned out every detail of their ceremony. This meant a small vegan rainforest wedding followed by a cruise on the Daintree River.

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Caitlin & Jos chaotic gothic geek-chic wedding/party

Purple and green, zombies, pirates and dinosaurs… Oh my, Caitlin & Jos sure know how to celebrate a wedding their way.

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Bridget & Jonathan’s elopement and short wedding film

To end our elopement week we give you Bridget & Jonathan. Instead of having a huge wedding and inviting all their friends and family, Bridget & Jonathan decided to elope privately and turn it into a film. Afterwards they sent DVD’s to their friends and family so that they could share their wedding day with them. How cool?! -Coco

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Katie & Dave’s Area 51 alien roadside wedding

Katie and Dave wanted a traditional wedding, but found that the cost was just to much, so they decided to elope instead! And when better to do it than while in Las Vegas fulfilling one of Dave’s dreams (to attend the International UFO Congress).