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Wedding trends

While editing Offbeat wed, we look at thousands of weddings a year. Sometimes we notice trends — and sometimes we notice things that the mainstream wedding media SAYS are trends, that actually totally aren’t.

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Ringing bearers: for weddings with lots of children

I went to some friends’ wedding a couple weeks ago, and they began their wedding-in-the-round ceremony with this wonderful thing I’d never seen before…

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Smile! The new mustache?

Could this be the new alternative to the mustache meme? I don’t know, I hope so, because it’s kind of all sorts of freaky, silly, awesomeness.

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On being an offbeat consumer

I don’t see consumer as a bad word. You just have to be clear on your consumer values, and stick to them.

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The wonderful world of wedding ring tattoos

Love the idea of wedding rings but hate to wear them? Enter the wonderful world of wedding ring tattoos!

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Lanterns instead of bouquets

We’ve featured tons of non-floral bouquet alternatives, but here’s one alternative I think we’ll be seeing more of in the future: Rachael‘s bridesmaids carried red glass lanterns instead bouquets …

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Wedding pins and buttons personalize the heck out of your wedding day

Reenie (of comic book style wedding invite fame) mentioned that she’s DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with nerdy pins. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend. Here are ways to use pins as fun wedding accents.