Offbeat Bride’s 5th Birthday

Yesterday marked five years since the day that I launched offbeatwed.com! I wrote a whole big looooong rambling post about it over on the Offbeat Empire business blog yesterday, but to celebrate here on Offbeat Bride, I thought I’d just do a round-up of some of my very favorite shots of Offbeat Brides and their books…

Green and purple fairy wedding dress

Oh MAN, do I love a good hit off the forest fairy wedding fashion crack pipe. The sweet colors! The peaked edges! The whimsical touches. Come with me — let’s inhale Morgan’s outfit together, all as captured by Jesse Schafer Photography.

Air-mail stationery for adorable Thank-You cards

I’ve been seeing vintage airmail designs show up more and more, and while the handcrafted and custom options are awesome for our DIY queens, this simple and straight-forward air-mail stationery set could be an easy Thank-You card option — especially for destination weddings!

Wedding bloomers and knickers

A few months back, I did a post about slightly sinister plus-size honeymoon lingerie and y’all seemed to like it. I figured I’d do another quicky post featuring some more undergarment gorgeousness, this time focusing on bloomers, knickers, and other sexypants.

Now, as the subject might suggest, this might not be a post to read at work. I mean, there’s no bare boobs or anything, but there is some serious come-hither glancing going on. So, read the full post at your own peril.