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Surprise your dad with his own first look (and make us weep!)

By now you maaay know my love for first looks. They just get me every damned time. But Danielle’s take on the first look really got me right there in the ticker. She decided to have a DAD FIRST LOOK. Sure, dad might already be seeing you before the ceremony if you’re going that route (and if he’s there), but doing the surprise-and-turn just makes it that much more adorable.

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6 tips for designing your own custom wedding ring with Joseph Jewelry

We love custom options and making something standard into something that is totally YOU. We see custom dresses all the time, and we pretty much know how that all works; but when it comes to a custom engagement or wedding ring, it starts to get a little hazy. We’ve partnered up with longtime best custom jewelry-making pals, Joseph Jewelry, to see what a custom ring entails and how we can make it a REALLY fun and creative experience.

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Use snapshots of your guests to assign seating

Kat and Earl injected their table assignments a little more personalization by using snapshots of their guests. While this might not work for large weddings, your small to medium-sized wedding could totally benefit from more photos of your guests’ purty faces.

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18 costume weddings that got it right

It’s getting to be that time of year again: Halloween wedding season! We can always count on seeing loads of weddings where guests are encouraged to come in costume. Because, seriously, costumes always amp up the fun factor. Here are 18 weddings that totally get it right when it comes to rocking the costumes.

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6 tips for an extra-useful wedding website

Not everyone chooses to have a wedsite, but since many offbeat weddings are themed, costumed, outdoors, interfaith, or just plain need a little ‘splainin’, a wedding website is often your key to making sure you give everyone a heads up. Here are six tips for giving your wedsite some extra zing.

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1920s-inspired wedding details you’ll love as much as Gatsby loved green lights

Beaded headbands, dapper top hats and canes, scandalously short skirts AND hairstyles, and Art Deco details every-flippin-where are a recipe for wonderfully “loose morals” and high-stepping. Embrace your inner flapper and shimmy your way into some of our favorite Roaring Twenties-inspired weddings.