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Wednesday weddings: midweek magic or just cheaper champagne?

Saturdays have long been held hostage by the wedding industrial complex. Venues charge triple, photographers are booked years out, and you compete with literally every other engaged couple for that one sunset slot at your dream rooftop. But Offbeat Wed has been celebrating weekday wedding rebels for years.

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Vermont fall commitment ceremony micro-wedding by a waterfall

We had a super secret commitment ceremony before our legal wedding. We leaned into the “super secret” aspect, so our theme was “super secret spies”. Instead of invitations we sent dossier packages with code names for our guests and GPS coordinates for the location of our ceremony.

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Minglo aka Mingling Bingo – the easy game for wedding guests

An Offbeat Bride reader named Sandra recently wrote in to share the version of MINGLO aka Mingling Bingo that she did at her recent wedding, and we wanted to share it with those of y’all who might be looking for a fun game for wedding guests at YOUR weddings.

This rad pop-up wedding had glitter, sequins, and huge rainbow mural LOVE

Approximately one bazillionty wedding dress code wording examples (some with dinosaurs!)

Here are approximately one bazillionty samples of wedding dress code wording — everything from short and sweet, to elaborate and nerdy. We’re covering everything from casual outdoor weddings to costume weddings and everything in between.