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When Megan's not writing, traveling, and sleeping, she's eating like the fate of the world depends on it. (You're welcome, world!) You can snoop into her personal life over on her website The Dash and Dine!
reverend katherine alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The queer, feminist, cosplay-loving, Boston wedding officiant you’ve been searching for

Engaged people of Boston! Are you searching for an officiant who is all kinds of awesome, will embrace you literally and figuratively, and give one amazing wedding ceremony? Then allow me to introduce you to our sponsor Reverend Katherine, who is the freaking coolest. Here’s why…

The secret to perfect floral boutonnieres every time alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Fuck the bud: The secret to how to pin a boutonniere perfectly every time

Unless you went a butt-ton of proms, or been a groomsman in every wedding, you probably have no idea how to properly pin a flower on to yourself or someone else. I would watch from behind my camera and everyone stumbled around, trying to find that ONE person who knew what to do.

But now you will, because I discovered the secret trick to pinning the perfect floral boutonniere every dang time…

mike allebach unicorn alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The wedding photographer for happy people, naked people, and tattooed unicorns

Here’s what our sponsor Allebach Photography he wrote when our website robots asked him to describe himself (for the umpteenth time): “fun stuff. amazing stuff. happy people. naked people. unicorns. tattoos. the gays!”

All of those things are awesome. All of those things describe our readers. And all of those things are what makes this Philadelphia wedding photographer so awesome. Check it out…

bodega bay wedding by Wild About You photography alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

I’m a wedding pro, and THIS was my top wedding priority…

In all my years of writing about weddings, hearing about weddings, working at weddings, and planning weddings, I’ve decided where my number one wedding priority lies (besides, you know, the right partner and all that lovey dovey shit). Which meant that it was the very first vendor that we booked. Which meant it took me from “what the fuck am I going to dooooo!?” to “keep calm and plan the fuck on.”