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Fun and funky pool decor for your backyard wedding

So we are getting married next to a swimming pool, on a patio that we won’t be able to decorate much. The thought just occurred to me that we could have something float in the pool for decoration but I can’t think of what. Any suggestions?

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Elizabeth & Jeff’s vintage whimsical handmade flower wedding

Just looking at all of the handmade flower arrangements at this wedding makes me have sympathy DIY finger pain. But man, does it look awesome. With a vintage dress made for twirling, honey favors, and beaded bouquets, this is one whimsical wedding.

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Pi & Lynton’s hacienda, poolside, ska-becue wedding

We live in Lanzarote, one of the Spanish Canary Isles, just off the coast of Morocco. Every one of our guests had to come a few thousand miles, so we made an entire week of it…

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Jessi & Dave’s sincere celebration of fellowship and love & potluck wedding

We’re pretty unconventional, so we did it “us.” My bouquet came from the farmer’s market, my mom picked the flowers for the tables at the side of the highway, our centerpieces were board games, my husband wore hemp pants and a simple shirt; we didn’t have attendants, a cake, toasts, bouquet toss, etc.