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Real Weddings: Western US

Here are some of the most freaky fabulous weddings from the shores of the Best West Coast all the way to the Rocky Mountain states, including Seattle weddings, Portland weddings, California weddings, and more. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Mary & Stephen’s friend-made forest camp-out wedding

You’ve seen this wedding teased once before as we all drooled over Mary’s incredible custom dress. Now we get to drool over all the rest of this amazing forest wedding!

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Lindzy & Davido’s river camp wedding

Lindzy & Davido’s met as river guides, so naturally they had to have a river camp wedding that involved a post ceremony raft ride.

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Julia & Bobby’s 1950s, kiddie cowboy and lollipop party

Julia and Bobby threw the ultimate 1950s, retro, candy-coated wedding celebration, with fashion and decor that’ll make you salivate.

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Christie & Steve’s Lord of the Rings, Celtic, tango dance party wedding

Can’t tell what we love most about Christie and Steve’s wedding… the clothes, the nerdy details, or the choreographed tango!

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Alyssa & Brian’s dark and romantic vegan wine country wedding

You might recognize these two from when when we showed off their sexy, gothy wedding porn a few months ago. Well here’s the whole story on this vegan winery wedding. The offbeat bride: Alyssa, Crafty Concierge Her offbeat partner: Brian, photographer Location & date of wedding: Alexander Valley Hall, Geyserville, CA — October 3, 2009 […]

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Our gender-neutral wedding at the University of Washington

“We’ve both had reservations about marriage: it’s often associated with sexism, it implies that relationships should be permanent even though they often aren’t, we were already long-term, and we think marriage should be legal for more people.”