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Halloween wedding as seen on @offbeatbride #wedding #halloween

The handmade masks at this Chicago Halloween wedding are #goals

Sam and Justin’s Chicago Halloween wedding featured handmade costumes, vinyls, a flower girl throwing googly eyes, and a first look in a cemetery. Before the ceremony, they rocked some portraits at Laurie’s Planet of Sound and Ash’s Magic Shop. Our favorite part was the elaborate handmade Halloween masks and subsequent mask makeouts. Halloween couples: it’s time to be inspired, and like the sign says, “Let’s get weird.”

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Michelle & Phil’s Oscars in space sci-fi extravaganza

This sophisticated sci-fi wedding was truly an Oscars in space epic adventure with Wookiee cookies, a lightsaber bouquet, and the most gorgeous custom-made green and gold down we’ve seen. Don’t miss the spatula references in the ceremony (with matching tattoos!) and aptly named sci-fi-themed drink menu.

Goth fantasy wedding as seen on @offbeatbride

Our hearts are black and blue from this goth fantasy wedding

Royal blue and black details, a black dragon cake, the bride’s corseted dream gown, and tons of steampunk, goth, and Victorian-inspired garb on the guests — it’s a stunning goth fantasy wedding. Don’t miss the heavy metal soundtrack ideas, the poetry readings, and the dark, dreamy, mysterious DIYed decor.

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Sweet simplicity: Sam & Meghan’s small, simple Winter wedding

This was a very small and simple Winter wedding — a celebration of our relationship. There were 17 guests in attendance, just immediate family and best friends. We met in the dead of winter at a small college chapel for the ceremony, then went to a restaurant down the street for dinner. We had few decorations, no theme, no wedding party, no rehearsal dinner, no formal invitations, no gifts, no dancing — and it was glorious.

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This Chicago brunch wedding slays us with board games and nostalgia

Davora and Roxy exchanged their vows at a kick-ass restaurant in Chicago, Carnivale. They had a board game-themed brunch reception with board game tables, board game centerpieces, and even board game dessert trays. They included Candy Land, Balderdash, Sorry!, and Cranium, among other nostalgia.

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This geeky superhero Halloween wedding wins the internet today

A knife handle sticking out of a dripping superhero wedding cake: this encapsulates the feel of this geeky, spooky, zombiefied, spider-webbed, goth glam superhero Halloween wedding in Illinois. It all started with the decision to include mac and cheese, costumes (natch!), and a giant party into the night.