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Why my wedding WON'T be just a party where we happen to get married

I've been spending some time looking at other atheist or agnostics weddings, and it's been amazing helpful to see what thoughts everyone has on an atheist or civil ceremony. It's led me to the conclusion that I am not a "party where we happen to get married" bride.

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Zombie vows on your unity set? The Custom Wedding Shop can make it happen

While the Custom Wedding Shop is in the Offbeat Lite category, the fact that they do fully customizable everything means that we can't wait to see what you guys come up with — Elliott Smith lyrics? xkcd comics? Zombie vows? AWW YEAH.

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Toasting flutes that are all kinds of AWESOME

Toasting flutes: Wedding Industrial Complex fluff or excuse for a bit more AWESOME? Here are a few ridonkulously cool toasting flute options, that include dragons, optical illusions, and more.

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How to make your own backstage passes for your VIP wedding crew

Kristen once showed you how to make a sewing pattern out of existing clothes, now she's showing you how to make backstage passes for your rock 'n' roll wedding.

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Scary-good monster movie poster wedding invitations!

Tribe member DragonLady just unveiled her frighteningly awesome wedding invitations in the style of a monster movie poster. It had me at "shark hanging from a skirt."

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Ignoring your partner after you have a baby happens, and it sucks

Here's sort of how it happened with me: one second I was a happy mom-to-be with a baby safely tucked up in my womb. The next thing I knew, the baby was born and all of the sudden I was 100% certain I had never loved...

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Sweet rainbows: How to make your own colored sanding sugar

As a rainbow-loving lady, I'm always trying to add color to my confections. As a newly-diagnosed diabetic, I have to watch what I'm adding to sweet treats. This is a trick I've used to color sugar for topping cupcakes...

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One thing to know about offbeat sponsor Gemvara is that customization is king. We know a lot of you want your engagement rings to be interesting and have access to lots of metal and gemstone options. It's not all about the diamonds! And the customization is a bit addicting.

Gemvara is also featured in our Offbeat Vendors guide!

The ring above is called the Bouquet Ring and has black diamonds in a platinum setting. A little birdy told me that one of our readers in the past has purchased this ring, and I can totally see why. The black is a little gothic, the platinum is shmancy… but you can always get a lower price and a completely different look by choosing different gems and another metal like gold or silver. Either way, the impact of this cocktail-size ring is obvious.

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