December 2010 | Offbeat Bride

Save the Dates are weird — they're often looked at as an unnecessary, silly extra expense and have the WORST acronym of the wedding world. But they can also be the perfect way to infuse a little personality into your wedding and to give your guests the heads-up that this event isn't going to be your typical white wedding. That's why I'm all about these nerdy Save the Dates, the perfect way to say "we're two total nerds in love and we're abouts ta get married!"

In honor of the beginning of Hanukkah or The Festival of Lights, here is Dori and Ben's Jewish wedding, which fittingly (I thought) ends with a bonfire! Happy Hanukkah!

Sometimes I get the feeling that my fellow Offbeat Lites feel out of the loop on Offbeat Bride. They let themselves feel pushed aside, and unrepresented. I'm here to tell you that's not the case.

Tribe member AmandaMan asked for ideas on to make her recently purchased welcome bags look awesome and still be something that people will reuse. I just helped my oldest buddy dress up her plain brown paper bags for her out of town guests, so I'm rife with ideas!

In honor of Human Rights Day and I wanted to feature a wedding that illustrated just how absurd it is that two people this in love can't get married everywhere in the world. – Becca

In honor of Star Wars Pride Day, I gift you this Han Solo frozen in carbonite wedding cake…

Angela, aka. New York based wedding photographer Milestone Images, is back with another guest post full of her offbeat and wonderful wedding porn! This time Angie shares with us her Top 10 favorite wedding details from the offbeat weddings she shot this year.

Emily and Ali drove from Tampa to Vermont for their weekend wedding in the woods. A friend performed the ceremony, which they wrote themselves and included a handfasting.