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Real Weddings: Northeast US

From New England to New York and Rhode Island to Long Island, couples in the Northeast have their own distinct brand of offbeat. A little urban, and little upstate, and a bit of an edge — we love you East Coast offbeat couples! Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Michele & Stuart’s splendiferous, Scottish shindig

Michele and Stuart, who introduced us to post-it note STDs and some bad ass custom matches, also created their own graphic logo for their wedding … and that’s just the tip of their creative wedding iceberg!

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Jennifer & Hugo’s kilted, hardcore, tattoo, veggie wedding

The offbeat bride: Jennifer, Account Manager- Printing Company Her offbeat partner: Hugo, Assistant Studio Manager- Ad Agency Location & date of wedding: Church: OLPH, Lindenhurst, NY. Hall: Larkfield Manor, E. Northport, NY — August 14, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: The first thing we decided on is that the entire menu would be vegetarian. […]

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Brenda & Rob’s sci-fi, eco wedding with a Tardis

As someone who often puts together bride profiles while watching marathons of Doctor Who, Brenda and Rob’s sci-fi tv show-themed, eco friendly wedding with a Tardis really made me happy. Also it’s a first for “costumed wedding cat” that I know of!

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Diane & Taren’s Pagan/ADF, Druid, fall-fest wedding

Parts of our wedding included blessing our guests with land, sea and sky, three rune readers who read relevant runes while holding our rings to infuse blessings, a prayer to the Earth Mother, and the reading of a poem. Our dog even had a part!