OBT member Ang (check out the new Ang avatar since she became a married lady!) is back with part two of her helpful "how to" on streaming your wedding in the internets. (See part one here.) Again, this is the perfect way to include the people who can't be at your wedding, as well as a way to let all your OBB friends share in the live action wedding porn! (Sounds dirty don't it?)  -Megan

Alright so we're using Ustream because it's got lots of cool gadgets and it's FREE!

STEP ONE:

When you first get to U Stream you need to sign up. Ala this…

STEP TWO:

Put in all your info. I made this account just for you! And the birthday stuff is just to make sure you're old enough to use it, and if you forget your password.

STEP THREE:

Enter your profile info so that people can find you. For realism, I used my legal name…

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OBT member/crafter Rachel took the advice of her photographer and crafted herself and her bridesmaids some pretty nifty feathery floral fascinators for her and her new hubby's black and red uber-stylish wedding. This is a step-by-step tutorial she put together (mere days after The Big Day!). – Offbeat Shrie

Materials

• Small hair comb (plastic or metal)
• Feathers, fake flowers, ribbons, decorations
• Hot glue gun
• Yarn
• Scissors

Step 1:
Take the yarn and small hair comb. Tie the end of the yard onto the end of the comb and hot glue to the comb.

Step 2:
Wrap yarn around the comb through tines. This creates a base to glue your decorations to. Choose a yarn color that goes with your decorations so that if any shows through it is not too obvious.

Step 3:
When you reach the end of the comb, tie off the thread and hot glue again to set it. Trim the yarn so that your comb resembles the image to the top and right.

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This is OBT member Ang's advice for streaming your wedding live on the internets. This is awesome for people who aren't going to be able to make it to the wedding as well as for all your OBB friends to be able to ogle you.

Real time wedding porn, YAY!!! -Megan

So here's my situation. First and foremost we are on a budget so our guest list is limited. I am a techno geek, so most of my friends live inside my computer and are pretty far away. Even though several are going to be able to make it to my wedding, there are even more that won't be able to make it. Not to mention family and friends who won't be able to make an international trip, or who are in poor health and aren't supposed to travel. Originally I was planning on sending them all photo CDs, and doing a slideshow on our wedsite, but then I started thinking with my geek gland.

Back in March, one of my fabulous internet groups had several members who attended an expo in Chicago. ALL the members of the site had helped to fund raise, and everyone was excited about it. I decided try and stream it live, so all our online friends who couldn't be there could be participants. It was a resounding success, and everyone loved it. Why couldn't I use this self same technology for my wedding?

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Offbeat Megan snagged this awesome idea straight outta the OBT and we both knew it would be a fab DIY post. It's so super-duper unique and, well… celebratory!

Michele (congrats on the recent wedding!) put this simple how-to together to share with all you OBB lovelies. You can customize them any way you want… so get printin'! (and show us pics of your own special celebratory flags!)

"Yay!" Celebratory Flags
By Michele

I made these “Yay” flags for our wedding, intending for people to wave them for us as we walked away after the ceremony. They ended up being such an integral part of the evening, with everyone waving and shouting “YAY” every time we walked by! And since I added our names and the date to the back of them, they also served as the only favor we had for our guests. It is a quick and easy project- I hope you enjoy it!

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After spying Donelle and Adam's glorious 8-Bit wedding, we fell head over heels for their DIYed Shrinky Dink boutonnieres, hair clips, corsages and "diamond" necklace. And we were downright impressed with the fact that Donelle came up with the idea and executed it to complete perfection!

Donelle, graphic design maven of 8 Bit Onion, was oh so kind as to give us a tutorial chock full o' pictures. Read up, DIYers… this is a how-to you're going to wanna see.

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How much do you love the custom fortunes Kate included in her fabric fortune cookie favors?!

Offbeat intern cohort Megan spied this great DIY wedding favor that the crafty OBT member Kate had great success with, thanks to the no-sew, easy peasy tutorial from Megan over at Brassy Apple. It's a surefire way to kick out a cute favor with your own flair in no time.

Brassy Apple's tutorial is simple yet will have the "oohh" impact. The look could vary based on your theme and your fabric, and who says you can't jazz it up with some felt, ribbon or silly pom poms?!?! Dare I say, bedazzle it!

To get step-by-step instructions for how to make these fabric fortune cookie favors, head over to Brassy Apple.

OBT member "Zephyr" created ring books as an alternative to ring pillows — and the book loving, English major in me is freaking out over them! Luckily for all of us book lovers, she gave us the details on how to make them yourself…

Being the book geek that I am, I couldn't resist bringing books into the wedding! Here's the step by step creation of my own ring bearer books…

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OBT member "iLiveinmyLab" posted this great step-by-step on one of her wedding planning updates.

This is for those brides who want to know how to make one of the kick ass floral head wreaths that they sell at the Renaissance fairs without paying lots of money. I used to make these all the time but this shall be my first in about ten years. They can be customized in many different ways to be made in a larger style or a smaller style. They'd be great for flower girls (and if your flower girl has a favorite doll that wants to walk down the aisle too, you can make it using small rosebuds instead). For this one I'm going to start off with an easier variation of the floral head wreath.

Here is the list of supplies you need:

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