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Star Wars Custom Wedding Set in Palladium alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These gorgeously geeky engagement rings (hy)rule!

Inspired by nature and science fiction, our sponsor Metal Wendler Designs creates engagement rings and wedding bands that combine a love of nature and fandom that you have to see to believe!

From realistic tree bark textures, to fan-inspired wedding and engagement rings, these are one of a kind geeky engagement rings and bands that you won’t see ANYWHERE else…

Custom Castle Diamond Fashion Ring top 103196 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Half-moon, cushion, sausage: Which one of these diamond shapes is your favorite?

Heart? Half-moon? Cushion? Trillion? “Sausage”? (You’ll get that reference in a minute.) There are so many diamond shapes to love, and Joseph Jewelry is here to show them all off.

Scroll through and pick which one is your favorite…

dog toy emojis alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These photo booth props can help shelter dogs after your wedding

I found those plushies that would be super cute for photo booth props. But they’re also dog toys! And then I realized… I could purchase a ton of fun-shaped dog toys, perfect for photo booth posing, and then donate them to a dog shelter afterwards!

Here are some dog toys that would make great photo booth props…

Leather Luggage Tag Travel Gift alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wedding gift ideas for people who didn’t f***ing register!

“Since this is the second marriage for each of them, they are not registering, and to top it off, it’s a destination wedding! I want to get her something to celebrate the occasion, but nothing over the top if that makes sense.”

Hey! I’m a person getting married for the second time, who didn’t have a registry (until we were forced to cave due to various requests). Perhaps I can be of assistance. Here are my suggestions for “what to get the people who don’t want to tell you to get them, but you pretty much feel like you need and want to get them something anyway”…

gender neutral wedding party gifts NSFW alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Gender-neutral (and slightly NSFW) wedding party gifts

If you’re on my same wedding date trajectory (Wedding Season 2017!) then you’re probably frantically looking for gifts for your wedding party. And, you’re also noticing that almost all things labeled “wedding party gifts” have “bridesmaid” emblazoned across them in giant cursive letters. Welp, my wedding party is co-ed, and I don’t see my best friend Ken rocking that “best bridesmaids ever” tank top any time soon.

So here are some of my favorite gender-neutral wedding party gifts (that are also slightly NSFW) that I’ve found whilst on my search…

Fun wedding invitations Inked wedding invitation alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Ethereal and fun wedding invitations for every wedding vibe

I’ve been in love with Minted’s wedding invitation designs for years. You can find almost anything to match your wedding theme. But what if your wedding theme is more etherial, like “colorful and fun.” They have that too!

In fact, I’m using a bunch of these designs myself! Check out some of my favorite fun wedding invitations from Minted, and then keep scrolling to see a couple of my own personalized wedding purchases…