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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.

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Lasara & Robert’s quiet elopement with the kids

On day three of Offbeat Mama-Bride week we’re featuring Lasara and Robert’s beautiful and simple elopement witnessed by Lasara’s daughters and a couple of friends.

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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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Grace & Mike’s hat-tastic church wedding, with a pirate cruise reception

Although Grace & Mike had traditional nuptial mass there wasn’t much else that was traditional about this wedding.

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Tanith & Darius’s laid back, Motor City recession special wedding

“People kept asking me why I wasn’t stressed — it’s because I kept in perspective what the day was actually about. I knew no matter what went wrong I would marry the love of my life so that alone would make my day perfect!”

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Maria & Dave’s roaring twenties, museum wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Maria, Graphic Designer (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Dave, Roofer/Musician Location & date of wedding: The Music House Museum in Traverse City, Michigan — Oct. 17, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We waited a long, long time for this. Dave and I met on the school bus and have been […]

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Sophie & Derik’s Canadian Thanksgiving Elopement

“What I loved about my wedding was that there was absolutely no “show” aspect to it. I’m a very shy person and I’m always feeling awkward at big parties, so I knew for sure that the best day of my life couldn’t be one of those.”