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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.com/submissions.

queer winter garden wedding Events By Merida5 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The teal velvet suit at this queer winter garden wedding is seriously fire

Winter weddings are WAY underrated, in our opinion, and this queer winter garden wedding is all the proof we need. By choosing a plant nursery as their venue, Erin and Annie were able to achieve a natural, outdoorsy vibe many people might think isn’t possible for a wintertime ceremony, but these photos from Events by Merida prove them all wrong!

intimate mountain elopement McKenzie Bigliazzi Photography10 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A black wedding dress takes this intimate mountain elopement to new heights

It’s not often we hear about an elopement that happens after a bigger ceremony, but this couple is reminding us what Offbeat Wed is all about: when it comes to your wedding, the only rule is to stay true to who you are and what you want. Kristen and Casey had already had a ceremony in Illinois with their loved ones in attendance when they whisked each other away to the gorgeous peaks of Colorado for a more intimate mountain elopement ceremony.

modern queer wedding Dutcher Photography36 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The table names and cake at this elegant queer wedding took center stage

Black and white is anything but boring at this modern queer wedding! Luckily for us, Dutcher Photography really captured Matt and Drew’s knack for making black and white pop. And while we’re sure the day took lots of planning, they make it look easy and effortless – just like their joy to be celebrating their love together with their family and friends!

green wedding dress camping wedding Broken Glass Photography21 e1697163240461 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This bride wore a green wedding dress to her vow renewal after a disastrous camping wedding

We had what ended up being a disaster of a camping wedding. So we resolved to do it again someday. That day was our 10 year anniversary. For round two of the camping wedding, we rented out a campsite and I wore a green wedding dress to fit our fey (fairy) theme.

wedding portrait ideas zac wolf photography 5 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wedding portrait ideas all camera-shy cuties should save right now

If you’re looking for creative wedding portrait ideas, we’ve got five pose ideas (plus one big PRO TIP) that will help you get cute wedding portraits.

night wedding michele lanterns 58 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A night wedding with an ombré dress and constellation jacket

Michele is a schoolteacher, so a Summer wedding was a must… and she also wanted to have a night wedding, in order to properly showcase the lanterns she’d themed the wedding around. Her husband Rob got in on the theme with a custom jacket, featuring a design based on the night sky at the time of their first date in 2019!