A few of our favorite offbeat winter wedding ideas (+ a $500 invitation giveaway!)
If you’re planning a winter wedding in the Northern Hempisphere, you know how hard it can be to find ideas and inspiration for your snowy winter wedding, full of candles and romance and couples wearing boots and drinking hot chocolate. Today I’m going to put on my fuzzy gloves and collect a few of my favorite offbeat winter wedding ideas, plus a few of the coolest (HA! WINTER PUN!) winter wedding invitations from Minted… plus, announce a big ol’ giveaway they’re doing for $500’s worth of free wedding invitations, place cards, table numbers, and more! Let’s get scrolling…
What to do if wedding guests don’t RSVP? Copy ‘n’ paste this polite message!
So you’re down the wire with only a month left before your wedding date, and you still have a third of your guests who haven’t RSVPed? Here’s what to do, complete with a copy ‘n’ paste message for exactly what to say.
Accountability: Offbeat Bride’s official stance on wedding etiquette advice
Not infrequently, Offbeat Bride will be criticized for supposedly telling couples to ignore certain kinds of wedding etiquette advice. Or we’ll catch shit for sharing weddings where folks went way off the beaten track when it comes to what you might think of as acceptable wedding etiquette. Given that the “Offbeat Bride hates etiquette!” critique comes up repeatedly, perhaps it’s worth capturing our official stance on wedding etiquette advice.
Make a DIY wedding garland from materials sent by friends & family
A really special part of the decor were all the felted garlands that hung around the reception and ceremony. Family and friends from around the world created these, sending packages full of felted balls to us during the engagement. We strung these and used them as decoration to create a cozy, intimate feel, as well as include guests who couldn’t attend.