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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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Sarah & Roland’s Art Deco Elopement

We didn’t tell anyone, and ran away to another town to get married. We love our families but as they live in different countries and due to timing constraints, we just decided to get on with it.

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Molly & Laurie’s Island Outdoor Lesbian Yes-We-Can Wedding

We had a Ring Warming during the ceremony where the rings were passed around and guests were asked to take a moment to hold them, infuse them with their physical, emotional, and spiritual warmth…

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Naomi & Casey’s punk rock Iowa wedding

The offbeat bride: Naomi Her offbeat partner: Casey Location & date of wedding: First Assembly Church Chapel in Cedar Rapids, IA. November 1, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: For starters, I wore a black dress. It was actually a bridesmaid’s dress, which made it tons cheaper. Then, we did almost everything ourselves. I made […]

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Natalie & Nick’s Red Queen Garden Party Wedding

The offbeat bride: Natalie, Graphic Artist Her offbeat partner: Nick, Finance Officer Location & date of wedding: Newstead Park Rotunda, Brisbane, Australia on April 19th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I wore a red gown that I designed myself that was inspired in part by the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland, Victorian fashions […]