Category Archive

micro-wedding

We adore intimate weddings with very small guestlists, and this archive is filled with microwedding ideas and real wedding inspiration. If you’re skipping the guests entirely, be sure to browse our elopement archive. Elopements are the ULTIMATE microwedding.

This rad pop-up wedding had glitter, sequins, and huge rainbow mural LOVE

How I worded my wedding announcements after my coronavirus elopement

My husband and I were planning a big wedding for fall 2020, but obviously, a global pandemic had other plans in store for us. We decided to elope, and we sent announcements because we didn’t want people to feel that they were excluded on purpose. Here’s how we worded them…

Crowley Morrsion Tree Huggers alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This butch lesbian wedding had two brides, two suits, and ten guests

We knew from the start that our wedding wasn’t going to be very much like the ones you see on TV. We were two butch lesbians, for one, so even the gay wedding media I so desperately sought out rarely depicted couples that looked like us. Then COVID hit, and then spread, and everything changed…

how to have a micro destination wedding on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to have an affordable destination micro-wedding

A destination micro-wedding is simply a wedding away from home with 10 people or less as your witnesses. Here are 8 tips for how to have one, and how to save money doing it!

Wedding vows for a second marriage on offbeat bride 2 scaled alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wedding vows for a second marriage

Lauren and Chris got married South Africa, and had the perfect vows for a second marriage.

Rose ceremony as seen on offbeat bride 3 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Our microwedding rose ceremony (complete with gender neutral ceremony script!)

We decided to have a very intimate wedding with under 15 guests. We came across endless inspiration for unity ceremonies, but none of them were quite right for us…. until we found the idea of a rose ceremony.

Offbeat Marriage Announcement 3 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Thoughtful covid wedding announcement wording for uninvited guests

I’m the mother of the bride — I want to send out an announcement about my daughter’s wedding, but I want to include a simple statement of why the recipient was not invited due to concerns about covid and social distancing. Can you help me with some wording examples?