Those of you dealing with stick-in-the-mud officiants will be inspired by Lamira Martin, an ordained celebrant in St. Louis who's motto is "Your ceremony, your way." With a background in cultural anthropology, she makes it clear that she believes "each person is a spark of God or Universal Energy. I believe there are many avenues to that source and there is not one right way."

She's overseen pirate weddings and handfastings, and she's got samples of wedding and commitment ceremonies on her website. Lamira is available for weddings in St. Louis, Missouri and Southern Illinois area, and can travel if you need her to. Check out Lamira's website: YourCeremonyYourWay.com.

Designer Erin Blankley offers wonderfully weird custom wedding invitations as part of her burgeoning design firm, Corndog Industries. Erin's past custom work is full of inspiring designs like Ouija Board-influenced invites you see here, plus even wilder stuff like coffin-themed and Van Halen rocker invitations. She's got gentler designs too, of course.

Corndog Industries offers three tiers of pricing options, and is offering a special promotion to offbeat brides with free guest addressed envelope printing with Price Packages A or B. That's 100-200 smackers off, easy! Just mention Offbeat Bride when you get in touch to take advantage of the discount.

If your tastes run toward the elvish, fairy, medieval, celtic or renaissance styles, you pretty much can't do better than Rivendell Bridal. The gowns ain't cheap, but the inspiration is free!