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Beautiful zombie wedding invitations

Want to see some awesome DIY invitations that combine beautiful colors, zombies, robots and sewing? I thought you would, so I asked OBT member ZombieFrog Bunny to give us the inside scoop on her super duper unique wedding invites.

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12 creative wedding card boxes

Card boxes are a really good idea to have at a wedding. I had no idea these things were even… things, so at our wedding we were handed a few cards by family members and in the hustle and bustle we totally misplaced them. (Major party foul.) To make sure you don’t embarrass yourselves the way that we did, think about setting up a card box at your wedding.

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Beautiful offbeat mama-bride Vashon Island wedding

Eliza Truitt Photography shot a really touching wedding of an offbeat mama in a summer camp wedding and I wanted to share these photos with you during Offbeat Mama Week…

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Offbeat bachelorette party ideas

We get a lot of emails asking for bachelorette party advice and then recently I was asked by a soon-to-be married friend of mine for offbeat bachelorette party ideas, citing that, “The awesome male strip review that we were going to go see only has shows on Friday and Saturday and my party is on a Wednesday night. Boooooo. I need offbeat bachelorette party ideas!” So here we go.

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Adrianna’s incredible steampunk wedding dress

Woweewowowza, check out Offbeat Bride Tribe member Adrianna in her fantabulous steampunk wedding dress. She recently did a photo shoot with photographer, Thomas Doggett at the Illinois Railway Museum and produced some amazing old timey fashion photos. The dress (and the jewelry) was designed by Nancy Wong of Aerisk Fashion. It was Nancy’s first steampunk […]

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Crossword puzzle cake

Check out this awesome crossword puzzle cake from Katie and Andy’s rooftop cocktail party on the prairie… Katie explains, “Our cake was a crossword puzzle that we made and we posted the ‘clues’ in frames so everyone could see.” My favorite is 8 Down: Result of seeing Katie in her dress. Answer: TKO