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Real Weddings: Western US

Here are some of the most freaky fabulous weddings from the shores of the Best West Coast all the way to the Rocky Mountain states, including Seattle weddings, Portland weddings, California weddings, and more. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Julie & Jonny’s Glamorous Art Nouveau Costume Wedding Extravaganza

I have never been the “wedding planning” kind of girl, and never thought too much about weddings until I met my Jonny Boy. We are both pretty offbeat in our daily lives, so it only made sense that we should plan a wedding that truly reflected our personalities.

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Bri & Ian’s Stress-Free Celebration of Love and Vegan Pastries!

The offbeat bride: Bri, Pastry Chef-in training and Ex-Weather Forecaster Her offbeat partner: Ian, Computer Nerd and Library Lover Location & date of wedding: The Fremont Troll (ceremony) in Seattle, WA and Ian’s sister’s backyard (reception) in Seattle, WA on September 5th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I proposed to Ian in December of […]

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Kara & Loop’s Glamourous Indie-Rocker Loft Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Kara, Customer Service Rep – Fashion Her offbeat partner: Loop Haro Location & date of wedding: The Marvimon House in Los Angeles, CA – June 29th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Since I am from Minnesota and my husband is from northern California, we needed an easy location that could accommodate […]

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Katie & Forrest’s Old-Timey Historical Ship Wedding!

You may remember us featuring Topsy Turvy’s amazing hats back in September… Topsy Turvy strikes again here with Katie’s gorgeous top hat! The offbeat bride: Katie, Education Her offbeat partner: Forrest, Video Games Location & date of wedding: Aboard the Hawaiian Chieftain in Ilwaco, WA – May 14th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We […]

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Rachael & Josh’s Victorian Gothic Woodland Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Rachael, DJ/Producer Her offbeat partner: Josh, IT Guy/Producer Location & date of wedding: Forest (ceremony) and a haunted 1920’s Log Mansion called Gold Mountain Manor (reception) – Big Bear, CA on September 26th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I knew I wanted my wedding to be a little… dark. I didn’t […]

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Maria & Luke’s Hispano-Hipster dance party wedding!

Our wedding was concert-themed, meaning we got married on stage, to music, in a show venue, distributed tickets, handbills, etc. So many things made this wedding *us*. From our garb (giant red dress & powder blue vintage tux) to the venue (an old warehouse converted into a show venue), to the homemade cupcakes and home-arranged flowers, we managed to get everything we wanted, for dirt cheap, and still made it all look relatively good.