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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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Rebecca & Kain Kaare’s vintage, camp ground, tea party wedding

We were on a very tight budget and ended up spending only $3000 including our wedding clothes, rings, and the honeymoon. We had the wedding party at a campground to save cash. For food, I made alot myself but also got sandwiches from Jimmy Johns because it’s my favorite food. Kaare drew the design for our wedding invitation so we were able to make those ourselves.

We went with an eclectic look; clashing bright colors (mostly orange and paisley), bowls of skittles mingled with tea cups, and cupcake stands we made ourselves out of vintage plates. We also included my husband’s heritage by having a traditional Norwegian wedding cake in addition to the cupcakes.

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Fiona & Rob’s Brideshead Revisited meets Roman Holiday wedding

Fiona & Rob turned their six week vacation, into an excuse to have a small destination wedding in Rome!

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Ana & Kim’s pinup-inspired cabaret wedding

Ancient nations’ wedding traditions + wiccan rituals + xaman beliefs + retro cabaret style = THIS.

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Cath & Iain’s colorful and geeky garden hootenanny

Cath & Iain didn’t chose a theme, which meant they had the freedom to do anything they wanted.

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Emmalyn & Gavin’s gender-neutral, LGBTQ-friendly, Renaissance Festival wedding

On the fourth day of Pride Week, we will travel to the Arizona Renaissance Festival. Where Emmalyn & Gavin, who identify as gender queer, celebrated their nuptials with a joust! – Coco

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YAY BEST DAY EVER: Shana & Jessica’s glitter-fied backyard rock ‘n’ roll wedding

On day two of Pride Week we have Shana & Jessica. They wanted a wedding that resembled their lives: shiny, silly, loud, musical, glittery and full of the people they love. If that doesn’t tell you enough about the two, they wore their dresses again, to a Lady Gaga concert. Loves it! -Coco