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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.com/submissions.

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Melissa & Lydia’s intimate island getaway wedding

The last Library Week wedding features two lovely ladies (one of whom is a Library grad student!) you’ve seen before. Get ready to get a little teary when you read the poems from their ceremony.

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Kimberly & David’s Bookish gender-avoiding party (with a wedding)

The theme for 2011’s National Library Week is “Create your story.” It don’t know what says “Create your story” more than the two tuxes, book covered tables, and ceremony standing in the round in the fourth installment of Library Week weddings.

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Sarah & Rocky’s prose & poetry wedding with a soul

What is a sweeter story than a couple writing their first book together? This wedding in the Philippines features authors, charities, and lots of poetry.

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Victoria & Jacqueline’s tiny thrifty dressy wedding celebration

Top five reasons to read this post: 1) TWO beautiful Goodwill dresses! 2) Red wedding boots! 3) Long black satin gloves! 4) Marilyn Monroe moment! 5) All you need is love.

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Shelley & Wayne’s handmade colorful 1950s wedding

There are polka dot toy cars and a real light pink classic car! I’m having a retro polka dot, craftastic, doughnut cake orgasm over here. You will, too, when you see this wedding.