Category Archive

courthouse

We love offbeat couples who opt to skip organizing a ceremony AND reception, and just go straight for a courthouse wedding. This category celebrates folks who chose to rock a creative courthouse wedding dress and dapper duds, and say their I DOs efficiently and with love.

An intimate city hall wedding (with a fascinating romance backstory!)

An intimate city hall wedding (with a fascinating romance backstory!)

Dominic, an Englishman, was in Paris studying French. Marjorie, a Frenchwoman, had just finished her art studies and was babysitting two Anglo-French children in the Loire Valley. One November, while Dominic was visiting his aunt, the babysitter came home with his cousins. That babysitter was Marjorie. They met again the following summer while Dominic was spending his holidays there and bonded over a mutual love of rock ‘n’ roll. Fast forward to their intimate courthouse wedding in San Francisco…

A redwoods, dragons wedding in San Francisco

A redwoods, dragons, and purple wedding in San Francisco

Alanna and Vihang’s wedding theme can be summed up into three words: purple, dragons, and redwoods. After a sweet family-focused Friday ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, Alanna and Vihang celebrated with their friends with a party in Oakland’s Redwood Regional Park. Come toast with some dragon goblets to this adorable pair…

Heart eyes emoji for this lolita fashion wedding in San Francisco

Heart eyes emoji for this lolita fashion wedding in San Francisco

This lolita fashion wedding is pure and awesome aesthetic with a meaningful and gorgeous backdrop. It was held at the San Francisco courthouse followed by a lovely lunch. You’re going to flip when you see the fashion, the shoes, the makeup, and the pure love behind every glance.

fire engine wedding alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

What happens when a fire truck crashes a wedding? A little magic

You know we love us a sweet and tiny courthouse wedding. It’s one of our favorite kinds of small weddings and elopements! And this one has a little detail that we adored: a fire truck that was very special to the groom, a firefighter.

Their wedding day was seven years to the day of their first date. And it was on a Thursday! Now that’s how you get it done. Let’s take a look at this simple and elegant fire truck courthouse wedding in Raleigh, North Carolina.