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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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Michele & Matt’s steampunk, cocktail party wedding

Wow, we’ve been teasing this wedding for quite a while now… Remember the “Yay!” flags, made by OBT member Michele, that everyone loved so much that we made Michele give us an “how to” post? And then remember the awesome steampunk groom fashion post? Well that was all from the same wedding and we finally […]

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Kerin & Matt’s celtic winter wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kerin, special ed. teacher for middle schoolers with mental illnesses Her offbeat partner: Matt, computer geek Location & date of wedding: Barker Tavern, Scituate, MA — Nov. 1, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We really cherry picked the traditions we wanted to use. We did not get married in a church, […]

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Andy & Jeff’s bright green, design-detailed wedding

I had a “Just Married” sign on the back of my wheelchair, and at the end of the aisle we had a pause and were able to enjoy each others company for a minute…

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Jessi & Dave’s sincere celebration of fellowship and love & potluck wedding

We’re pretty unconventional, so we did it “us.” My bouquet came from the farmer’s market, my mom picked the flowers for the tables at the side of the highway, our centerpieces were board games, my husband wore hemp pants and a simple shirt; we didn’t have attendants, a cake, toasts, bouquet toss, etc.