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These wooden custom-made rings contain whole tiny worlds -- as seen on @offbeatbride #wooden #rings #engagementring

These wooden rings contain whole tiny worlds!

Looking for a seriously stunning and interesting ring to carry around a teeny tiny world on your finger? Canadian designer Isabell Kiefhaber of Secret Wood is creating wooden rings with resin, beeswax, and other materials to capture wearable little landscapes. They’re both of this world and totally out of this world. You’re going to want to see more of these rings.

Spy the rings below to see absolutely gorgeous scenes of tiny forests, Aurora Borealis-inspired skies, forests, waterfalls, and lagoons. they’re all slightly different since they’re all handmade to order (with a four to five week wait — likely worth it based on these designs!). Let’s ogle the designs and wish they were ours, shall we?

ModCloth wedding collection as seen on @offbeatbride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Let’s get #marriedinModCloth: The new bridal looks from ModCloth are here!

We all know and love us some ModCloth wedding goods. Hell, there’s an entire tag devoted to their wedding wear: #marriedinModCloth, yo! So you’ve probably already heard the fashionably fantastic news that ModCloth has announced their curated collection of exclusive bridal gowns, bridesmaid gowns, accessories, intimates, shoes, and décor.

Forest wedding bliss as seen on @offbeatbride

The festival-inspired, rain-soaked, bohemian wedding of our dreams

Heather, a self-described “writer, tight-wad, and fantasy nerd” married Nic, an outdoorsman who insists on “building his own everything,” in a lovely forest on a rainy day in Stony Bottom, West Virginia. They’re just a festival-going, nature-loving couple who wanted to throw a rad party with camping, port-o-potties, lanterns, umbrellas, and an outdoor sink made by Nic. Let’s peek at their outdoor wedding shenanigans and get heart eyes.

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Protect the environment and look like boho deliciousness with Celia Grace Fair Trade Bridal

Imagine a fabulous gown that gives back and empowers women around the world. Celia Grace uses unique and exclusive heirloom silks, laces, and organic dyes from Indian temples. Each Celia Grace wedding dress is handcrafted in safe, fair, and empowering Fair Trade conditions, and they give back locally with each dress sold. Basically, your eco wedding dress is helping to protect the environment, empower women around the world, as well as make you look smashing. Oh, and they are competitively priced too.

martin mccrea wedding dresses alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Whoa-my-gawd gorgeous vintage-inspired bohemian wedding dresses from Martin McCrea

Where are my beautiful vintage-inspired, bohemian, and whimsical brides? Are you looking for simple-but-beautiful wedding dresses? Then you’re going to wanna give me a big ‘ol smooch for introducing you to our sponsor Martin McCrea Couture — the designer of all of these whoa-my-gawd gorgeous dresses…

Andreas & Ariel’s island hippie/raver forest freak-fest (10th anniversary flashback!)

10 years ago today, the wedding that ultimately kicked off the whole weird world that is Offbeat Bride happened. On August 7th 2004, I married Andreas. Then I wrote a book about it. Then I launched a website about the book, and now here we are. To celebrate, I figured I’d fill out a wedding profile myself. If these pics make you curious, you can get the Offbeat Bride book on Amazon for like 50 cents.