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dry wedding

Have a dry wedding means not serving alcohol at your wedding… which is absolutely AWESOME when there are so many great mocktail recipes out there! This is our archive of dry wedding ideas, complete with venues, wording, nonalcoholic drink recipes, and more!

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Lesley & Nick’s laid back, vegetarian, Buddhist wedding

Lesley & Nick wanted a simple wedding without breaking the budget. They cut costs by DIY’ing, cutting things they didn’t need and hiring an aspiring photographer. They kept the ceremony at ninety guests and then had everyone (including those who didn’t attend the ceremony) meet at a bar after for drinks!

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How early is “too early” for a morning wedding?

Based on the weddings I’ve featured here on Offbeat Bride, I’m going to go for “dawn” as my answer.

Many readers may remember a sunrise wedding we featureed. This wedding was remarkable for a lot of reasons, but it’s worth noting is that an 8:30am wedding allowed the couple to have essentially an open guestlist, thanks to know that only the most dedicated family would make it that early, combined with the fact that they weren’t feeding everyone a sit-down dinner.

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Shani & Bengt’s quaker, University, garden wedding

Shani & Bengt’s really pooled all of their resources to have a beautiful, entertaining garden wedding while still keeping it affordable. This meant having the wedding on University grounds and recruiting guests to help!

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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 […]