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Real Weddings: Global

Although we’re based in the United States, we feature weddings from around the world — especially the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Erica & Erin’s decadent, artistic, feminine, fantasy, winery wedding

We finally got the whole scoop on this beautiful, two-girl, two-dress wedding in an Australian winery.

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Gloria & Pete’s low-budget, fun, Chinese & Western culture fusion wedding

The offbeat bride: Gloria, Event Co-ordinator Her offbeat partner: Pete, Self Employed Location & date of wedding: Favorite picnic spot in Sydney Australia — 22nd November 2009 (Hottest day of the year!) What made our wedding offbeat: One of the things that made the wedding offbeat was that I had two dresses! A traditional white […]

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Trish & Patrick’s tattooed, gothic, rockabilly, metal funfest!

The offbeat bride: Trish – graphic designer Her offbeat partner: Patrick – technical operator Location & date of wedding: Wandsworth Town Hall, London UK — 14th November 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We didn’t have a lot of cash, and we didn’t want a shiny ‘perfect’ day. We wanted to get married with all […]

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Danae & Dougie’s 50’s-style, Lego & candy wedding

To put it briefly, we really didn’t want a “classy” wedding, we wanted a fun wedding. I’m not a classy woman, so why try to turn myself into one for just one day? Both of us are well-known for being big kids, so we went with that and set out to have a fun, happy wedding that incorporated the things we love.

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Alba Margarita & Jorge’s red & black, Puerto Rico weding

The Offbeat Bride: Alba Margarita, graduate student and profesional procrastinator (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Jorge, PC repair technician Location & date of wedding: Casa Diego, Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico — December 21st, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Being a rebel and all, I decided that I did not want a big cheesy […]

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Suzie & Martin’s Moulin Rouge meets Dr. Who Vienna wedding

The offbeat bride: Suzie, kindergarten teacher and student (and OBT member “Suzie Müllner“) Her offbeat partner: Martin, electrician and photographer Location & date of wedding: 8th district of Vienna — 24.07.09 What made our wedding offbeat: We decided to forget about this traditional Austrian wedding stuff, because that’s not really us. So, the location was […]