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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.
Michael Marco DFS 51 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A sunset catamaran ceremony, a travel theme, and two dudes in love

Michael and Marco were planning their wedding celebration in Texas before the memorable “Love Wins” announcement. The excitement really ramped up after the ruling passed. They love to travel and were brought together by their love of ’80s music and movies, so that was included in their theme. The pair sailed off at sunset on a cruise with champagne for the catamaran ceremony.

Scheduling a wedding around the holidays as seen on @offbeatbride

8 tips for scheduling a wedding around a holiday

Planning your Halloween wedding, Christmas wedding, New Year’s Eve wedding, Arbor Day wedding? That last one probably isn’t such a big deal, but the other biggies certainly can be. For one thing, you’re likely running into pre-made days off for more wedding frolic with your pals, but might also run into folks already on their own vacations. Here are some tips that we gathered for scheduling a wedding around a holiday.

Wedding brainstorming tips from @offbeatbride

How to plan your wedding using active wedding brainstorming

If you’ve ever worked in corporate America (or the equivalent in other countries), you’ve probably been involved in some fancy-pants organized brainstorming sessions. They’re all about goal-making and no answers are wrong and generally being really structured. I figured that since these sessions can end up pretty useful, that they could probably be applied to wedding planning. And you know what? they totally can. Let’s see how we’d do some high-level wedding planning brainstorming.

Giant collection of colorful natural hair inspiration as seen on @offbeatbride

18 rainbow-filled reasons to rock colorful natural hair at your wedding

We’ve seen some breathtaking natural black hairstyles before (hell, we’ve got a whole archive!), but this time around we’ve collected a massive bouquet of bright and colorful natural styles to inspire your rainbow wedding look. Let’s make eyes at these stunning, candy-colored, natural-haired cuties rocking the unicorn-inspired hair color we love.