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Alex & Mark’s Mexi-Kitchy-Chic-Forest-Wonderland Wedding

You’ve seen this wedding before when Ariel raved about the “best woman’s” amazing outfit. Now get the entire scoop on my friend Alex’s beautiful offbeat redwood forest wedding that I was lucky to attend. The Offbeat Bride: Alex- Community Manager Her Offbeat Partner: Mark- Restaurant Manager Location & date of wedding: Nestldown, Los Gatos CA […]

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HOT DIY Matchbook Favor Action

Remember Save the Dates with post-it notes? Well, their creator, Tribesmaid Grafxcowgirl (aka Michele), is back with a new DIY wedding project that I love!

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Ewok Wedding Invitations

What do sentient fur-covered bipeds, native to the moon of Endor, have to do with weddings? Probably nothing, that was until Tribe member Melissa designed these incredible accordion fold wedding invitations… outside: inside: Ewoks and wedding rings! How can you not love it!? These just warmed my little Star Wars nerd heart. To read more about Melissa’s invitations Tribe member […]

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These View-Master wedding invitations will blow your mind

“Our invitations were kept secret from EVERYONE. My parents, sister, friends, everyone. So it was a complete surprise when they showed up in mailboxes. We are both graphic designers but wanted to truly splurge on our invitations.”

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100% homemade, recycled paper wedding invitations

I sat around stressing out over what kind of image I wanted … I knew I wanted to do it myself but had no idea where to begin stylistically. But I finally buckled down and did the block print of the hands, and as soon as I lay the ink on I knew I had my design…

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You can have your cake and & NOT eat it too.

What happens when a crafty offbeat bride doesn’t like cake but doesn’t want to miss out on the aesthetics that a “wedding pie” just doesn’t quite provide? She crochets one… Wow. OBT member Corinne is responsible for this amazing wedding creation (as well as the fabulous crocheted flower embellished bouquet from last week). This crocheted […]