Offbeat Wedding Planning Resources & Tools

Congratulations on your engagement! Here are ALL kinds of wedding planning resources & tools to help you plan an epic offbeat wedding. This is where you'll find your wedding binder, vendor resources, a wedding website, an interactive checklist, and so much more.



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Organize your wedding planning

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Sending invitations

Letterpressed lovelies or emailed videos, how will you be letting everyone know the deets?

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Wedding website

Offbeat Bride has partnered with mywedding.com to bring you free wedding websites with non-froofy wedsite templates designed specifically for geeks, steampunks, rockabillies, and other offbeat wedding aesthetics.

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Offbeat-friendly vendors

Some wedding vendors will look at you funny when you share your nontraditional plans, but the businesses in our wedding vendor directory LOVE alternative clients. (Some even offer special discounts just for Offbeat Bride readers!)

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Your wedding budget

Making and sticking to a wedding budget is key to staying sane and keeping your life in balance. We've got tips…

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Craft your ceremony

From vows to readings to unity ceremonies and playlists, there's more to ceremonies than meets the eye.

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Wedding day timeline

From the crack of dawn to falling into bed at the end of the wedding day, it'll likely be jam-packed. Here's how to get it all organized…

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Find your outfits

Whether you'll be wearing a long white gown or a floral pantsuit, your wedding day outfit should totally be YOU.

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Decor & Flowers

Decor can be totally optional with the right venue, but if you're handy, crafty, or chic, this is where you can shine.

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Playlists and reception

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Relationships and Support

Having a wedding theme is not at all required, but they can certainly be fun to incorporate as little or as much as you'd like.

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Themes and real weddings

Having a wedding theme is not at all required, but they can certainly be fun to incorporate as little or as much as you'd like.

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Ready for even deeper insights?

There are loads more advice posts over on our wedding basics page, our full content archives, and of course, by searching the site! You can always submit your questions and ideas here, and wedding photos here, if you need more advice. We want to help!

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