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Sponsors: Invitation Designers
Gears, skulls, and bikes: Odd Lot Weddings has your wedding invitationsI'm excited about our newest sponsor Odd Lot Weddings because these invites hit the mark with so many of y'alls favorite things. Julie, the designer and owner of Odd Lot Weddings, creates awesome wedding...
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Philosophizing
The joy of NO: What offbeat-types can teach you about saying "no," even to yourselfBeing on the wild end of the offbeat spectrum does confer certain disadvantages and benefits. Disadvantages in that you can't pass for mainstream — you're always a threat, always a target. People attack...
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Real Weddings: Northeast US
Erin & Jay's queer Jewish Dominican weddingThis pair has an awesomely diverse community willing to celebrate and totally donate their time and energy into making this wedding rock. And boy, did it. In addition to the bride's handmade dress (out of a sari!)...
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Floral Porn
Use a Cricut to make your funky wedding flowersScrapbookers love Cricuts –the personal cutting machine — because they're super easy to use. Which is why you should use them to easily make funky paper wedding flowers, like these from Tribesmaid...
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Decor Porn
Wedding place cards that do WAY more than just show guests to their seatsLet's break it down here: Do you need place cards and table settings? Only if you're doing assigned seating. Are they a pain in the ass to deal with? Yes — and they're super time-consuming. So, if...
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I've got a question! (Offbeat Families)
My anniversary and my daughter's birthday are the same day — how can we celebrate both?Our daughter was born on our wedding anniversary. I am absolutely not prepared to compromise on celebrating either of these occasions — our wedding anniversary means everything to me, and I intend to celebrate it...
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Relationships (Offbeat Home)
Roll around on the bed with your partner for an immediate mood boostA while ago I was feeling overwhelmed, as I often do. That particular time, it was about wedding planning and how much stuff we had left to do. My now-husband looked at me very seriously and said, "I just changed... |
Used with permission from Stars for Streetlights
Stacie at Stars for Streetlights came up with a rad way to preserve a little piece of your ceremony site: use some local rocks to craft up a necklace! Or you could use some rocks from a meaningful place and wear it to the wedding itself.
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ZOMG, getting married in Los Angeles is so fucking expensive. The wedding industry is stupidly pricey already, but then add a major city into the mix — especially a city that throws million dollar parties weekly — and finding a place to get hitched with a $10K budget become seemingly impossible. But no fear, Kimmypossible is here, to reveal six surprisingly sensational venues I found in Los Angeles that are as fun as they are freakishly cheap.
Check out this wedding cake with an anatomical heart cake topper, made out of Rice Krispie treat. In fact, we took a vote and "anatomical heart cake topper, made out of Rice Krispie treat" is one of our favorite sentences ever written in the history of Offbeat Bride. Yes, hearts and weddings often go hand in hand. But, with Samm and Tribe member Meirybomb, their heart and wedding went hand to mouth…
This one is going to be right on the money for you couples planning Halloween weddings right now. We've got two ladies celebrating their favorite holiday, a black ribbon veil, amazing black pumpkin bouquet, and of course, Central Park in New York City! Plus, they had The Reverend D (rad Offbeat Bride vendor) officiate dressed as ELVIRA! And there may have been a wedding crashing zombie in attendance as well.
I have this idea that I should be embarrassed about wanting a wedding. I keep pretending to care less than I do. Insisting that my dress isn't a big deal — I'll still get to get married, even if I don't look pretty doing it. If our retired-baker friend has plans and we don't get a cake, that'll be okay, since we can always get a sheet cake from the grocery story. Flowers? Who needs 'em? It reminds me of when I was a senior in high school, and I wanted desperately to go to the prom, but had to act like I was too cool to actually care.
Katie and Gautam traveled from Washington DC to Twin Peaks, California for a destination wedding in the mountains (AND planned it all sight-unseen!). This pair successfully combined his Indian wedding traditions with her American traditions, including gorgeous saris, a flower crown, a candle-lighting ceremony, a tearful father/daughter dance (just try not to choke up!), and a rockin' dance party with an iPod DJ!
It's Christmas in May around here! This pair doubled down on ornaments and jingle bells in the bouquets and boutonnieres, to super cute effect. Add in the bride's mini top hat, the bridesmaids' retro twirly skirts, some geeky necklaces and toasting flutes, and the groom's self-described "poodle hair," and you've got fancy fun all over this joint.
Instead of bridesmaids or groomsmen we're having a Wedding Crew. Which, seeing as how 90% of us met via our Pirate Kickball League (underground/rebel pirate more than "yaaar!" Pirate) we thought it was fitting to go with the pirate theme for this little project. Hope this inspires you to do something fun for your crew if you have the time and the desire to do so!
Preserve a piece of your outdoor wedding site in a necklace
6 unconventional (and surprisingly affordable!) Los Angeles wedding venues
Eat your heart out… of your wedding cakeKristen & Jet's zombie-infused Elvira-loving NYC HalloweddingAirs of indifference and being "too cool" for this wedding stuff
A multicultural destination wedding in the mountains
Make custom coffee sleeves with your wedding logo
Bethany & Joe's geeky winter church wedding
How to propose to your "wedding crew" with pirate-themed booze-y gifts
A wedding style board for the refined rocker from Well-GroomedFirst dance songs that haven't been done to death
The F word
"Here Comes the Bride" alternatives for ALL kinds of processionalsNon-sappy father/daughter dance songs
The unplugged wedding: couples tell guests to put down their devicesNo, he doesn't wear a ring
Duplicate It Yourself: the dark side of DIY
The best decision I made in my marriage? Keeping my name.This is your last chance to run: why commitment comedy falls flat for meNon-floral wedding centerpieces
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