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ddd alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A Medieval camping festival wedding (aka Game of Thrones meets Burning Man meets Asian customs!)

We wanted an outdoorsy, Game of Thrones meets Burning Man meets Asian customs wedding. It opened with a "Red Army" parade: a parade of our closest friends with banners, drums, bubbles, and flowers! The groom, Nick, also read family vows to my daughter. We had 300 pounds of meat (because we both love food), belly dancers, live music, fire performers, and a bounce house!

6 tips for finding your wedding venue match (on the cheap)

6 tips for finding a cheap wedding venue

For those of you who recently got engaged — congratulations! Now that the news has sunk in, the fun (“fun?”) begins. There are lots of things (and expenses) to think about, and your initial reaction might be to panic. But don’t fret, finding a cheap wedding venue on your budget is doable, even if you […]

dssd alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A Nigerian-American carnival themed wedding (with Six Flags post-party!)

John and I love theme parks, especially Disney World, so I had the idea to have a carnival themed wedding. I initially wanted to incorporate carnival rides, but given our guest list size (about 250 people invited), we had to be more space conscious, so we opted for a wedding weekend that included a trip to the area theme park (Six Flags) in our wedding attire.

A polyamorous elopement at a lakeside bungalow

A water-themed polyamorous elopement at a lakeside bungalow

hen I set out to marry my boyfriend Tom, I’d already been married for nine years to my husband Dan. This would be Tom’s first wedding, so I didn’t really want to just run off and elope, but he was cool with it, so away we went. I didn’t want a big poofy white dress, since I’d done that previously, and I wanted to be able to enjoy my time with my new guy, so no fuss was my general goal. Here’s how our tiny elopement went down…