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non-floral bouquet

You may have seen our bouquet alternatives archive, but let’s say you’re still looking at something that resembles a bouquet a bit more closely. You just aren’t sure if you’re completely into honest-to-goodness FLOWERS. We’ve rounded up a bunch of posts with nonfloral bouquets just for you!

Chili pepper bouquet

Add a little fire to your style with a chili pepper bouquet!

One of our killer photography vendors, [heart link="http://vendors.offbeatwed.com/listing/altar-image-photography"]Altar Image Photography[/heart], captured a hot (literally) chili pepper bouquet that slays. Okay, technically, this was the maid of honor’s bouquet, but who wouldn’t want this to get a little of the spotlight?

alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Super fun and whimsical feather wedding decor

We love feathers and peacock feathers and all the ways you can inject some natural elements into your wedding fashion and decor. We’ve rounded up some of the loveliest and most fun ways to use feathers at your wedding. Think headpieces, centerpieces, nail art, rings, guest books, and all kinds of other ways to make your wedding take flight.

DIY felt succulents kit

This DIY felt succulents kit makes felt flowers painless

We’ve already tested out DIYing your own felt succulents for a felt flower bouquet or centerpiece and it checked out as easy-peasy. But if you’re already overloaded with craft projects, down to the wire, or just plain suck at DIY, this felt succulents kit will make a DIY fabric flower bouquet dead easy. The kit comes with everything you need to make 18 succulent plants, including some seriously styling ombre leaves.

Halloween wedding inspiration from @offbeatbride

Hair-raising halloween wedding inspiration to scratch your eldritch itch

Halloween weddings always give us some eerie fodder for swooning. And we never get enough! This time around, we wanted to scare up some new Halloween wedding inspiration from some of our favorite offbeat vendors who specialize in finding the glam in the creepiness.

From classy succulent pumpkins and fabulous costumes to zombie unity ceremonies and rib cage ties, we’ve got some KILLER ways to amp up your Halloween wedding. Raise your hand in the comments if you’ve got some spoopy planned at your upcoming wedding.

Would you rock this vintage-chic ceramic flower bouquet?

Would you rock this vintage-chic ceramic flower bouquet?

We spied these ceramic flowers for bouquets or centerpieces over on Etsy and can’t wait to see ceramic flower bouquets become a thing. We’ve already seen felt flowers (tutorial here!), paper flowers, crystal flowers, brooch bouquets, even pot bouquets, but as of yet, not that many sculpted beauties have crossed our path.

What say you: are you down for a vintage-style multicolored ceramic flower bouquet or are you sticking with the classics? Share your bouquet (or non bouquet!) plans in the comments!

Big paper flower bouquets as seen on @offbeatbride #paperflowers #wedding

We’ve got mad love for these big paper flower bouquets

Are you into flowers for your bouquets but thinking paper might be the way to go to keep them forever? These big paper flower bouquets I found on Etsy create a gorgeous huge flower impact.