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Khera & Sean’s handmade, old-fashioned, love-in wedding

Happy Valentine’s Day! Each of us here at Offbeat Bride want to know: Will you be mine? I’m hoping this beautiful, Valentine’s Day wedding will encourage you to say “Yes!”

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Anja & Lutz’s live roleplay wedding with historical aspirations

As avid live action role players, it was only fitting that Anja & Lutz have a full-on historically-inspired, live action role player wedding. They even got their guests to dress up!

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Beth & Jay’s sunflower, kid-friendly, 40-something wedding

When asked what made her wedding offbeat, Beth said, “What, being gray and bald isn’t offbeat enough in our pretty young bride magazine world?” I say that anyone who rocks who they are and where they’re at in their life at their wedding (or in general) is just plain awesome. Beth and Jay did, in fact, rock their kid-friendly, 40-something second wedding. It included a traditional service featuring Beth’s kids as the wedding party, sunflowers, and lots of DIY details.

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Sarah & Todd’s 1930’s, travel-themed, wine box wedding

Religion is very important to Sarah & Todd. But that didn’t mean they couldn’t make a few changes to their traditional ceremony, like adding the “wine box unity ceremony” into their modern-vintage travel themed wedding.

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Hollie & Caleb’s cultural mix-up wedding and reception

Texarkana (a city that stretched across Texas and Arkansas) can be quite the scary place for a young interracial couple. But Hollie & Caleb still managed to find each other, and throw an offbeat wedding!

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Katie & Nick’s sexy, Southern-fried, black-tie hootenanny

For the reception, the bride had but two demands: fried chicken and Michael Jackson. And she got both.