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Real Offbeat Weddings

We love featuring a truly diverse range of real weddings, from highly stylized theme weddings to elopements to simple and small weddings. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.net/submissions.

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Kim & Alex’s “Nightmare,” zombies, and Halloween geekfest wedding

The offbeat bride: Kim – production designer, illustrator and shadow caster (and OBT member “Kim“) Her offbeat partner: Alex – filmmaker and shadow caster Location & date of wedding: Bloor Cinema (ceremony) – Gladstone Hotel (reception) in Toronto, ON Canada — Saturday, October 31, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was a huge […]

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Sarah & Ryan’s Toronto Island love festival

Almost every aspect of our 130-guest wedding was handmade. We sewed tablerunners and hankies, Gocco-ed the invitations, and bound little books for guest favours. My bridesmaid made my wedding band, a milliner friend updated my mother’s veil for me, and my brother and sister in law designed the wine labels for our homemade wine. There are too many DIY details to list here!

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Oonagh & Dylan’s collaborative, creative, black-tie wedding with eco-considerations

Dylan and I walked down the aisle together (me in a $199 gold tutu) towards my Dad (a judge) who was marrying us. We wrote our own vows that had ended with me launching myself on Dylan with emotion before we were officially instructed to kiss.

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Danielle & Dave’s geeky, puzzle-laden, Brooklyn wedding

The offbeat bride: Danielle, Attorney Her offbeat partner: Dave, Computer Programmer Location & date of wedding: The ceremony was held in the arch under the Manhattan Bridge, and the reception was held at the Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, NY — August 29, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding invitation was illustrated by our friend […]