The Offbeat Wedding Ceremony Trend in Seattle, 3 Fun and Creative Possibilities For Your Wedding Day
A new wedding trend! In Seattle, Washington, brides and grooms are kicking it up and are setting the bar high for a new style of wedding - the offbeat wedding ceremony and celebration.
As a wedding industry professional in Seattle, I've been to hundreds of weddings in the past two years and I've noticed what appears to be a new wedding trend: brides and grooms crafting, creating and planning what can only be described as "off beat wedding ceremonies.
" I sense that offbeat weddings are a smart and creative response to a freaky economy and saving money and are also a "push back" to the traditional wedding.
So what constitutes an offbeat wedding? It's simple.
An offbeat wedding ceremony most often happens at a very unusual venue or location and the theme is DIY (do it yourself) or casual.
The same "offbeat theme" most often follows for the post-wedding reception or party.
Here are three examples of recent "off beat wedding ceremonies/celebrations" in Seattle that may provide a little inspiration for a wedding day! Seattle Offbeat #1 The Seattle Meadow & "Foodie Potluck For instance, a few weeks ago, Jillian and her team of "girlfriends" spent months planning a $3,000 wedding that was edgy, fanciful and more a theme party than a wedding.
Jillian was married in meadow (no venue cost).
The potluck wedding lunch was gorgeous and delicious as many of her artistic friends are foodies and they all pitched in with "food gifts" for what can only be described as a lunch banquet.
Jillian nixed the wedding dress and wore a favorite skirt and top with a wreath of flowers in her hair.
Family and friends were in casual dress and in lieu of a bakery wedding cake, the Groom's aunt baked a carrot cake and family friends made mini-pies and take-home cookie favors.
Seattle Offbeat #2 Vows In Front Of The Shark Tank Ray and Stephanie, were married at a local Seattle area aquarium in front of the shark tank.
While Ray and Corrine spent more money than Jillian and her team above, this wedding was definitely "offbeat.
" I mean, how many couples do you know that were married in front of a shark tank? And how many weddings have you been to that had "zoo guests" who greeted and entertained guests inside the reception area? Very fun! Seattle Offbeat #3 Married on the Corner of 83rd Street Two years ago, Corrine and Max were married on the corner of 83rd Street in Seattle with car traffic as wedding music.
This street corner had special and romantic significance to this couple so they exchanged vows on this busy street corner with 20 family and friends and to the "toot" of car horns! They walked in a "parade" to a nearby home where they had a wedding picnic catered by a friend of the couple.
Weddings tend to be fairly conservative in different parts of the country.
In Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, more and more progressive couples are giving a big kick to traditional wedding and are going "offbeat!"
As a wedding industry professional in Seattle, I've been to hundreds of weddings in the past two years and I've noticed what appears to be a new wedding trend: brides and grooms crafting, creating and planning what can only be described as "off beat wedding ceremonies.
" I sense that offbeat weddings are a smart and creative response to a freaky economy and saving money and are also a "push back" to the traditional wedding.
So what constitutes an offbeat wedding? It's simple.
An offbeat wedding ceremony most often happens at a very unusual venue or location and the theme is DIY (do it yourself) or casual.
The same "offbeat theme" most often follows for the post-wedding reception or party.
Here are three examples of recent "off beat wedding ceremonies/celebrations" in Seattle that may provide a little inspiration for a wedding day! Seattle Offbeat #1 The Seattle Meadow & "Foodie Potluck For instance, a few weeks ago, Jillian and her team of "girlfriends" spent months planning a $3,000 wedding that was edgy, fanciful and more a theme party than a wedding.
Jillian was married in meadow (no venue cost).
The potluck wedding lunch was gorgeous and delicious as many of her artistic friends are foodies and they all pitched in with "food gifts" for what can only be described as a lunch banquet.
Jillian nixed the wedding dress and wore a favorite skirt and top with a wreath of flowers in her hair.
Family and friends were in casual dress and in lieu of a bakery wedding cake, the Groom's aunt baked a carrot cake and family friends made mini-pies and take-home cookie favors.
Seattle Offbeat #2 Vows In Front Of The Shark Tank Ray and Stephanie, were married at a local Seattle area aquarium in front of the shark tank.
While Ray and Corrine spent more money than Jillian and her team above, this wedding was definitely "offbeat.
" I mean, how many couples do you know that were married in front of a shark tank? And how many weddings have you been to that had "zoo guests" who greeted and entertained guests inside the reception area? Very fun! Seattle Offbeat #3 Married on the Corner of 83rd Street Two years ago, Corrine and Max were married on the corner of 83rd Street in Seattle with car traffic as wedding music.
This street corner had special and romantic significance to this couple so they exchanged vows on this busy street corner with 20 family and friends and to the "toot" of car horns! They walked in a "parade" to a nearby home where they had a wedding picnic catered by a friend of the couple.
Weddings tend to be fairly conservative in different parts of the country.
In Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, more and more progressive couples are giving a big kick to traditional wedding and are going "offbeat!"