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jewelry

shoulder necklace alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Dress up your strapless shoulders with a funky necklace

If you’re wearing a strapless dress, and want to add a little more pizazz to your wedding day style, consider rocking an eye-catching necklace… for your shoulders. Just throw this neck — er — shoulderlace(?) over your head, then arrange its wonderfully webbed wings to drape over your shoulders, and BOOM, unexpected bridal accessory style.

gemvara engagement rings alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Our 5 favorite customized engagement rings

Recently, we were asked to select our favorite rings in a curated collection of hand-picked awesomeness. I had to spend some serious time to whittle the list down. One thing to know about offbeat sponsor Gemvara is that customization is king. We know a lot of you want your engagement rings to be interesting and have access to lots of metal and gemstone options. It’s not all about the diamonds!

rose gold elegance alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Crazy impressive and one-of-a-kind artistic wedding rings

I am crazy impressed with Wexford Jewelers. Impressed is an odd word to describe my reaction to our newest jewelry sponsor, I know. But the thing is, I work for a wedding blog, I see a LOT of jewelry — and I have NEVER seen anything like Wexford Jewelers designs.

Wanna feel impressed along with me? You will be when you see more of their designs and the special offer they have waiting for you at the end. Ooh, and you’ll get a gander at the most badass BLACK wedding set that is really tempting my pocket book something fierce.
Wanna feel impressed along with me? You will be when you see more of their designs and the special offer they have waiting for you at the end…

The Plumosa Ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The antique engagement ring style guide from Brilliant Earth

If you’re looking into vintage engagement rings keep peeping, because I’m not only gonna break down the antique ring style guide, but I’m also going to show you some fabulous choices that are available right now (but for how long!?). Let’s start with the oldest styles and work our way up to modern bling…

gemvara valentines day gifts 1 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

There’s something for every one of your Valentines (even the darkest of hearts) from Gemvara

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and you know what that means — HEARTS GALORE and people expressing their lurve! Ok yeah: the assumption is that the manly dude is going to buy these for his bling-loving ladyfriend. But this is Offbeat Bride, so let’s talk about who ELSE might love these things… Ladies, does your girlfriend love the sparkly shit? What about showing a little love for your femmey bottom boyfriend? Do we have some stuff for you guys to check out!

73c78aa8e643b7a95719c81e638b09b9 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Ear cuffs need a revival: fantasy elf ears and rainbow feathers

It started with seeing a cute elf ear cuff on Pinterest and led to an ear cuff revolution. Well, maybe not that far, but you can still check out these ear cuff ideas in this week’s Superficial Snack. Rainbow feathers, dragonflies, and steampunk ear cuffs abound!