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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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Ang & Matt’s low maintenance, low budget, DIY wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Ang, Bingo Chat Mod, Event Planner wanna-be Her offbeat partner: Matt, Automotive Technician, Musician Location & date of wedding: Bethany Covenant Church, Bedford, NH — 11/14/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: The main theme of this wedding was low maintenance. I wanted to ENJOY the wedding process, not be miserable and stressed […]

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Jill & Kimeee’s lesbian barn dance & Mad Libs wedding… with goats

We didn’t have a lot of money nor were all of my family willing to acknowledge or participate, so we knew right from the beginning this was gonna be DIY to the max — just the way we like it.

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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, […]