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I found my perfect wedding shoes, but I couldn't afford them. So what's an Offbeat To-Be-Wed to do? DIY, obviously! This project is not for the faint of heart, but if you're still with me, then let's get started.

White footwear can sometimes slip through the cracks of my "all color, all the time" gnat-like attention span. If shoes aren't louder than loud, I'll admit it: sometimes I don't notice them quite as much.

Today, however, I am saluting the power of the great white wedding shoe. As you can see from this amazing winged Vivienne Westwood pump here, white does NOT have to mean boring. I've got a few options for you below, ranging from pure and snowy all the way to blood-splattered and cherry-picked.

Upon researching some amazing Offbeat Bride reader-found skeleton shoes, I also stumble upon another pair of skeletal shoes with spikes, which THEN lead me to a treasure trove of steampunk shoes. WHOAMYGOD.

Every once and a while I like to drill down into one designer's offerings in these shoe posts — I mean sure, lots of times I cluster by color (yellow! red!), style (boots!), or special need (larger sizes! wide!) but today it's all about one designer: Chinese Laundry.

Figgie Shoes became an offbeat sponsor after they were recommended to us by a reader — Naomi wrote us and said "I love this website and I thought this would be another neat way for an Offbeat Bride to express her quirky side!" And when we clicked over to the website, we went from OMG to OMGer as we looked through all the vibrant custom shoe porn. We just knew that all y'all were gonna love them too.

Keep peeping to not only find out how YOU can get your hands on a pair of custom wedding shoes, but to also get some MAJOR inspiration. Plus, who doesn't love a custom shoe porn overload?

What happens when a nerdy offbeat bride meets an Etsy seller who customizes shoes? You get these amazing Legend of Zelda wedding wedges. Warning: your eyeballs may not be able to take in all the awesomeness without there being permanent damage done.