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Real Weddings: Northeast US

From New England to New York and Rhode Island to Long Island, couples in the Northeast have their own distinct brand of offbeat. A little urban, and little upstate, and a bit of an edge — we love you East Coast offbeat couples! Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Angela & Nick’s candy-filled, colorsplosion wedding

Angela & Nick celebrate their inner child with a candy-filled colorsplosion, not to mention an EPIC cake smash!

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Amanda & John’s Vedic wedding ceremony and square dance wedding party

Amanda & John scrapped their planned two-year engagement for a intimate Vedic ceremony six weeks later. Then nine months later they threw a celebratory square dance!

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Jill & Peter’s folk-band, vineyard, clambake wedding

Jill & Peter’s wedding plans went awry when it started raining, but they didn’t let that stop them from celebrating! They turned it around by squeezing all 100 guests into a one of the Vineyard’s tiny tasting rooms.

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Jennifer & Mark’s 1950s, vintage Barbie, Hollywood glamour wedding

Day two of Offbeat Mama-Bride week brings us Jennifer and Mark’s vintage-style wedding with a Barbie theme. Jennifer’s daughters were both MOHs and rocked some pretty incredible bridesmaid’s dresses.

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This nontraditional hospital wedding

Rebekah and Shayne’s decided to move up the wedding when Shayne was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Since they did not have enough time for wedding rings, they decided on matching gray Converse with pink shoelaces instead!

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Lauren & Madhu’s eco-friendly, handmade, Hindu-Catholic fusion wedding

Lauren & Madhu fused different traditions from both of their religions to create a casual, eco-friendly ceremony that celebrated both faiths. The wedding even inspired Lauren to explore a new career path!