"Saving the Princess since 1985"

While perusing the OBT, as I do, I often come upon brides using pins as creative ways to personalize their weddings. OBT member "Reenie" (of "comic book style wedding invite" fame) posted in her wedding update that she's DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with cool/nerdy pins [see right]. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend…

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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 "Julia-Gulia" and her future husband are admitted gamer geeks. So when it came time to come up with their wedding favor they thought, "What better favor for our gamer geek wedding than personalized dice?" What better favor? None better favor. Gaze upon their geeky glory…

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Remember Save the Dates with post-it notes? Well their creator, OBT member Grafxcowgirl (aka. Michele), is back with a new DIY wedding project that I love!

She created these customized match books for her wedding favors by simply purchasing cheap blank matchbooks, printing out her design on sticker paper, trimming and adhering, and voila! The result — these super hip matchbook wedding favors!

OBT members can check out her wedding update about these matchbooks for info and step by step instructions.

The Offbeat Bride: Khaki, photographer

Her Offbeat Partner: Carl, Musician

Location & date of wedding: The Inn at Middleton Place (plantation), Charleston, SC — 4/18/09

What made our wedding offbeat: We got married on a plantantion in Charleston, SC (The Inn at Middleton Place) on April 18, 2009… sounds traditional, I know. But, I wore a black wedding dress and the bridal party wore pin-up style pink dresses by Stop Staring.

Being a photographer, and my husband a musician, we knew we wanted to do things our own way and didn't want to follow all the traditional wedding customs. I don't think anyone was really shocked. It was a smaller wedding (80 people) and everyone knows us so well, and knew better than to expect something very traditional.

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