Add a little charm to your bouquet

We’ve written before about adding something unexpected to your floral bouquet, but when I tweeted about this origami necklace, Offbeat Bride Gemma tweeted back…

Are the gifts I’m getting for my attendants cultural appropriation?

I’m thinking about buying my bridal party luchador masks. But here’s the deal: I am not Mexican. I am a fan of the wrestling style, but not a huge one. I just think they’re delightful.

Does this seem like co-opting another culture? I mean, it isn’t like Dio De Los Muertos, where it’s steeped in religion, but… what do you think?

Celebrate ALL your relationships on your wedding anniversary

Each time our anniversary has come around I think about how much I love my husband, but also how much I love all of the people in my life. Because I’m grateful to have him, but it also makes me think how full of gratitude I am to have people who wanted to help us have a great wedding when they could have just gone home.

Your fave Minted invitation designs (plus a $300 giveaway!)

Ooh, it’s that time again! That slightly creepy time where I look deep into the bowels of my affiliate sales reports to see which Minted.com invitation designs y’all are loving the most. For those of you just joining us, here’s how it works: when you buy something from Minted.com after clicking a link on Offbeat Bride, I can see what you buy. I can’t see WHO buys what (your secrets are safe!), but I can see which stuff is the most popular with my readers. This is kind of awesome because y’all have great taste.

As we head into the planning season for 2013’s winter and spring weddings, let’s take a peek at the invitation designs that are getting Offbeat Brides the most excited right now. PLUS, as an added bonus, I’ve got info from Minted about how you can enter to win $300 worth of FREE invitations.