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Sweetheart Shoutout 5 1 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Find your perfect creative wedding invitations or design your own with The Sweetheart Shout Out

Sweetheart Shout Out is a labor of love for husband and wife team, Phillip and Tara. Like many of you, when they were planning their wedding they looked at the all ribbon-y, glittery, silk flowery, overpriced stuff that are the mainstay of most invitation companies, and decided there had to be a better option! Thankfully (for all of us) they’re both graphic designers with a passion for killer wedding invitation design.

black wedding ring pillow alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

19 ring bearer options that’ll make you die from teh cute

Obviously in the past Offbeat Brides have gotten REALLY creative with their ring pillows. But what if you don’t have time to make a Lego ring box or the skills to create a ring bearer outfit for your dog? That’s okay: for the craft-challenged, here are some ring pillows (way beyond the pretty white satin ones), and ring pillow alternatives (roses, eggs, dog wings…) that are available to you RIGHT EFFING NOW!

Jonas Seaman1009 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

An in-depth look at why Seattle wedding photographer Jonas Seaman is so insanely awesome

Jonas Seaman has a style that’s all his own, and I’m pretty stoked because he recently put out a roundup of his favorite photos from 2011 and it’s AMAZING. Before I link you to it, I want to show off some of my top 10 favorite wedding photos from Jonas AND give you a little more insider information on one of the Empire’s favorite photogs.

Les temps du sucre 4 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Rustic, DIYed, Le Temps du Sucre-inspired invitations suites

Look and lust over these DIYed wedding invitation suites, inspired by a sugary sweet tradition in Quebec, that include Moo cards, and also manage reference wild raccoons.