Category Archive

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.

4093277578 2499d71b1d

Jenny & Evan’s wedding feast of love

Jenny & Evan loved the wedding crane tradition. The tradition is for the bride or couple or guests to fold 1000 paper cranes–if accomplished, they are able to wish for a thousand years of happiness together. So Jenny & Evan did just that, and then they used the cranes as decorations during their wedding!

4753032083 1eb19cc02d

Jennifer & Chut’s Thai-rish gastronomic family celebration

Chut’s parents are traditional Thai Buddist, and Jennifer’s are artistic Irish spiritualists. So they decided to celebrate both sides with two ceremonies: a full-blown Thai Buddhist celebration at their home and a non-religious riverside ceremony.

4780613309 1d681c7bcd

Ruby & Martin’s kid-friendly, homemade garden wedding

Ruby & Martin decided they wanted to have a kid before they got married. So they did just that. Then when it when we came time to plan the wedding they wanted to make it as family oriented and kid friendly as possible!

cool older bride on offbeat bride

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.