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Looking for wedding ideas, venues, and vendors in Washington state? Our site is published out of Seattle, so we LOVE our rainy Washington weddings. Be sure to check out our archives of Seattle weddings and Spokane weddings.

kalleh ghand wedding ceremony on offbeat wed 1

Kalleh ghand wedding: queer joy, Persian feast, underground beats

Sugar, honey, queer love! During Bobby + Kate’s kalleh ghand wedding ceremony, their family held a veil overhead and ground sugar cones together to shower sweetness into their marriage. Then they fed each other honey with their pinkies… because this love deserves to stay sticky-sweet forever.

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Black lace, bass drops, and big queer love in the trees

What happens when two EDM-loving queers get married in a literal treehouse? You get gothic romance, misty forest vows, and a reception that devolved (evolved?) into a tequila-soaked rave. Courtney and Riley’s wedding was high fashion meets high BPM—black lace, chosen family, bass drops, and tacos for days. It was tender. It was wild. It was queer magic incarnate.

Big fat gender non conforming bridal representation on Offbeat Wed 24

Big fat gender non-conforming bridal representation: a soft, ethereal shoot

Fat… gender non-conforming… in a wedding dress. This styled shoot serves ethereal softness with teeth. Shot through with dreamy light and unapologetic joy, these images say what the mainstream wedding media won’t: EVERY body is a bridal body. Not just during pride month, and not just for show, but because queerness is sacred year-round.

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A Seattle waterfront wedding with bold suits and surprise sequins

Thinking about a Seattle waterfront wedding? Peter and Felix proved it can be so much more than pretty views. With bold suits, a ceremony that honored queer community, a sequin jacket reveal, and coordinated family dance battles, this celebration rewrote the script for what love looks like. Who says tradition can’t sparkle, and maybe even do an Irish jig?