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.

Finding ready-made, mass-produced "offbeat" cake toppers is an almost impossible task. Our wonderful tattooed and pierced, pink haired and mohawked, offbeat couples of various colors, shapes & sizes have a really hard time finding mini-versions of themselves to stand-atop their funky cakes. But OBT member Amanda, aka "Gia De Los Muertos" has come up with a really great solution. Why not Offbeat Bride-ify those easy-to-find traditional cake toppers?

Before Offbeat Bride-ifying.

After Offbeat Bride-ifying!

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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 Sara Downey had a dilemma on her hands. She wrote in her wedding update, "I wanted to make STDs that were eco-friendly and still badass, funny and that fit mine and the FH's personalities." After a few months of pondering this STD challenge, she and her friend came up with a really awesome solution.

Sara took these:

And made these:

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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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