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eloping

Offbeat Wed loves elopements! Come fill up your eyeballs with inspiration (plus advice on how to avoid family drama!) Also browse our archive of courthouse weddings (because we loves us some Justice of the Peace!).

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Jessica & Lorien’s Oliver Stone meets David Lynch fantasy wedding

The offbeat bride: Jessica Her offbeat partner: Lorien, CEO of Pingg.com Location & date of wedding: Wedding in Nevada desert, party in NYC loft — 10/3/09 wedding; 10/24/09 party What made our wedding offbeat: Never a traditionalist. Always a rebel (unless it turns into a cliche). Terrified of weddings and every “walk down the aisle,” […]

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Short pink dress + beach wedding = WOW!

The bride and groom eloped to Maui from India. Their wedding incorporated Indian wedding traditions like Henna tattoos for the bride and some island wedding elements like a sand ceremony and a dove release.

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How to elope to NYC

If you’re looking to skip all the wedding planning drama and elope in New York City, you can make your life easy by getting in touch with Judie and Liam from Elope NYC.

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Kendra & Blake’s Rock & Roll Revival, Post-Elopement Party

The Offbeat Bride: Kendra Bentle, Branding and Design Writer and OBTer SheHim Her Offbeat Partner: Blake Rainey, Musician Location & date of wedding: The EARL, music venue and bar, Atlanta, GA — 1/11/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Blake and I met on-stage at an Atlanta music venue called The EARL during an event aptly […]

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Laura & Jim’s vintage gazebo wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Laura, history detective My Offbeat Partner: Jim, army captain Location & date of the wedding: Gazebo in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lovingston, Virginia — July 26, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: When Jim and I made the decision to get married in May, we knew we weren’t going to have the […]

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Jackie & Steve’s “Joyride in an Old Chevelle” getaway wedding

Our first vacation as a couple was Key West, FL. We made a promise at the end of our stay that we would return and get married on the beach. But we didn’t want to spend a lot of cash on sharing a few words and signing some papers. We wanted a quick getaway.