Our guestlist is lopsided!
My fiancé has a very small family, while my family is ridiculously huge … do you have any ideas on how we might be able to help his family (of about eight Polish immigrants with limited English speaking abilities) be not so intimidated by my family (of about 50 festive Mexican Americans)?
Mad libs wedding vows
ManicBride has a great idea: Let your guests write your vows with wedding vow madlibs!
NO RINGS: how can I make no ring wedding ceremony?
To help me answer this question, I decided to pull on the expertise of two wedding officiants — my parents! They’re both Internet-ordained ministers, and between the two of them they’ve married dozens of people, often helping couple craft their ceremonies from scratch. They have different styles of officiating, though, so may I present to you the first edition of DUELING OFFICIANTS!
Marry this, bitches — four ways to save your sanity
This is a very old post, back from Offbeat Bride’s early days. But it still holds true!
Silk wedding dresses from Wai-Ching
For those uninterested in princess wedding dresses, prepare to have your head explode from the innovative gorgeousness that is indie-designer Chrissy Wai-Ching Leung’s dress line. Hailing from Seattle via Chicago, Hong Kong, and Nice, France, Chrissy specializes in making custom silk wedding dresses that fly (or in some cases float) in the face of over-brocaded […]
Floral-induced psychosis: How big is TOO BIG for a bouquet, and other pressing questions
I don’t get the whole wedding flowers thing. I just want the place to look pretty! Why’s it gotta be so hard?