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Amazing LGBT Las Vegas wedding as seen on @offbeatbride

The matching suits at this Vegas wedding will fill your heart with floral-covered joy

I don’t know if I can adequately prepare you for the super chic matching suits on Lance and Cary. It’s almost too much to bear. You just have to see it, appreciate it, and let it fill your heart with joy. The matching fabric was originally spotted on a pillow while they were shopping for their interior design clients, and they felt it totally pulled together the garden feel of the venue and their fave color. Plus, they’ve been together for 28 years and counting, so we’re looking at long-time love in action. Swoon city, people.

Wedding seating chart tips from @offbeatbride

9 wedding seating chart tips for less conflict and maximum fun

Ready to plan out your wedding seating chart? Before you start, don’t forget that you can always go sans assign seats and let guests choose their own. Yep, it’s a thing. But if you need to make sure that volatile family members are seated away from each other, want to help your introvert guests find a pal with whom to chat, or want your single friends to meet your other single friends for some hooking up, these wedding seating chart tips are for you.

Forest wedding bliss as seen on @offbeatbride

The festival-inspired, rain-soaked, bohemian wedding of our dreams

Heather, a self-described “writer, tight-wad, and fantasy nerd” married Nic, an outdoorsman who insists on “building his own everything,” in a lovely forest on a rainy day in Stony Bottom, West Virginia. They’re just a festival-going, nature-loving couple who wanted to throw a rad party with camping, port-o-potties, lanterns, umbrellas, and an outdoor sink made by Nic. Let’s peek at their outdoor wedding shenanigans and get heart eyes.

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Dreaming of your own Scorsese? You’ll want this list of what to ask a wedding videographer

If you’re looking for a professional videographer to capture your LIVE ACTION wedding moments, we feel you. It’s one thing we’ve heard is so worth it if you can afford it. Our Vendor Guide has good options, but what do you ask them once you’ve narrowed down your choices? Here’s a list that you’ll want to bring with you to meet with your filmmaking wunderkinds.

Everything you need for a zombie wedding from @offbeatbride

Everything you need for the most bad-ass zombie-themed wedding (axes included!)

Boys and girls of every age, you might be planning a zombie-themed wedding. And if you are, you’re our Halloween heroes. If you’re looking for that perfect zombie pin-up button, blood-spattered heels, zombie cross-stitch pattern, zombie guestbook poster, braaaaains tie, we’ve got a GIANT list of 40+ zombiefied wedding goodies for your very own zombie-themed wedding needs. Let’s get to eating I mean reading.

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The dead rise from the grave at this killer Minneapolis zombie wedding

Every Halloween, Holly and Scott go all-out for an annual “Zombie Pub Crawl” in Minneapolis. So when Holly suggested that they plan a zombie-themed wedding, Scott was totally on board. Their traditional families took a little coaxing, but embraced the idea and full costumes like pros. Grab some brains, rattle some chains, and get to ogling this Halloween zombie wedding at the Profile Event Center in Minneapolis.