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When Megan's not writing, traveling, and sleeping, she's eating like the fate of the world depends on it. (You're welcome, world!) You can snoop into her personal life over on her website The Dash and Dine!
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Furry, funky, and fun options that’ll keep you warm on your winter wedding day

My fiance and I are getting married in December, and the ceremony is going to take place outside. Any ideas on how I can stay warm during the ceremony and still show off my pretty dress?

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From political messages to Playstations: more fun groom’s cakes!

It’s that time again! Get your virtual forks out and let’s chow down on some more nom-alicious groom’s cakes that have been popping up in our Flickr pool! We’ve got total nerd cakes, a cake with a political message, even a mostly-fake pirate cake made by a bride on the morning of her wedding. And the groom’s cake that made me kick myself for not thinking of it first.

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How to make chopstick sleeve place cards

We made chopstick sleeves using some leftover travel-themed wrapping paper from our envelope liners. We then printed out each adult guest’s name onto extra linen card stock and ended up with functional chopstick sleeve place cards that we made like this…

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Whatever you do — DON’T SMILE

In which Megan answers the question of “what is with the trend of people not smiling in their wedding photos?” And in doing so, she unveils a secret about her wedding that she never made public on Offbeat Bride until now.

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Fabulous fascinators and alternative headpieces for fearless brides

Redux Vintage has been supplying me with amazing fascinators for years (I even gave one of them to Ariel for her birthday). Then I saw one that was PERFECT for a bride. This got me thinking: what other alt-wedding headpieces can I find for the fearless bride? Ooh boy did I find some amazing options!

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Companion cube + cake = Portal wedding invitations

We originally brought you the Portal wedding cake. And then there was the engagement proposal as an elaborate Portal 2 level, and conceptual Portal wedding rings. But you have yet to see Portal wedding invitations… until NOW! Dun dun dun.