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Food

We all love alternative cake and nontraditional cupcakes, but Offbeat Wed also adores wedding pie, wedding candy, and wedding wheels of cheese. We have wedding menus, and information for special diets like vegetarians vegans, gluten free folks, and more!

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Dip Oreos in colored white chocolate for an amazing display

Don’t these look like expensive rainbow macarons? They’re actually just adorable little Oreo cookies dipped in colored white chocolate! Most guests with a sweet tooth will like either, so you can save a little money and DIY these bad boys for a sweets table.

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These ARE the cupcakes you’re looking for

You know what was waiting for us this week in our Flickr pool? A lot of awesome wedding nerdiness, that’s what! I’m talking not only this awesome Star Wars-themed cupcake display, but Lord of the Rings bridal accessories, LEGO boutonnieres, and the Doctor.

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Geek themes collide: LEGO meets a Portal 2 cake

Tribesmaid Luckycharm had an awesomely geeky wedding with references to Tetris, Dungeons & Dragons, Pokemon, Final Fantasy, and superheroes, so she’s totally a girl of my own heart. But one part that totally stands out is their Atlas and P-body LEGO cake toppers on a Portal 2 companion cube cake.

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Make marshmallow art toppers for your wedding cupcakes

Making your own cupcakes can be one of the easier ways to save some cash in your wedding budget. But adding some super easy-to-make Stormtrooper marshmallow toppers? Awesome geek cred.

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Simple afternoon tea wedding menu

Now that we’re back to catering our own wedding (with major help from the wedding party), I whipped up a concrete version of the simple afternoon tea wedding menu that’s been running around in my head. I’m aiming to keep this very very simple to spare us stress and cost and time.

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Spookily delicious Halloween wedding cakes

This Jason and Freddy Kruger wedding cake just blew my mind. It also made me think… what OTHER incredible Halloween-themed wedding cakes do we have in our archives. The answer: a shit ton and they’re all impressive, a little bit spooky, and more than likely delicious.