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Customized wedding clutches from Red Ruby Rose

You may already be familiar with longtime OBB sponsor Red Ruby Rose — unique handmade clutches, but you may not know is that Red Ruby Rose has a whole new product line!

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The audacity of asking for cash gifts

If you ever want to get into a quick argument, try talking to someone about doing a cash wedding registry. People love to debate the issue, and sometimes it feels like the discussion just goes on, and on, and on. In fact, the New York Times recently published an article by Princeton sociology professor Viviana Zelizer that makes it clear that the debate has been raging for over a 100 years…

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Easy options to dress up welcome/gift bags for your out-of-town guests

Tribe member AmandaMan asked for ideas on to make her recently purchased welcome bags look awesome and still be something that people will reuse. I just helped my oldest buddy dress up her plain brown paper bags for her out of town guests, so I’m rife with ideas!

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Location-specific welcome bag inspiration

Although this post is going to be pretty location specific, (I’m looking at you Pennsylvania and Michigan!) I figured that OBT member AndreaJ‘s welcome/OOT bags could be a wealth of inspiration for putting together your own location specific welcome bags. Check ’em out…

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Cheap wedding favors: 8 clever ways to save money on your wedding favors

Bridal magazines feature a heap of mass produced “personalized” wedding favors that cost a fortune once you multiply your gifts by fifty… or heck, even 300!

Now of course, the cheapest way to do wedding favors is not to do them at all, which is cool by us!

That said, for those who have chosen to do favors for their guests, here are some cunning ways I’ve found to source cheap gifts for your loved ones without resorting to taffeta bags of almonds…

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DIY shirt bleaching tutorial: make things infinitely better by ruining them!

Bleaching fabric is the EASIEST way to customize a shirt for your wedding (or party, or for fun…) This video tutorial got us started.