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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.
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Our 5 favorite customized engagement rings

Recently, we were asked to select our favorite rings in a curated collection of hand-picked awesomeness. I had to spend some serious time to whittle the list down. One thing to know about offbeat sponsor Gemvara is that customization is king. We know a lot of you want your engagement rings to be interesting and have access to lots of metal and gemstone options. It’s not all about the diamonds!

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Play wedding lawn games with a custom cornhole platform

A lawn game idea that looked really fun and really simple to execute (if you’ve got hammer and nail skills) was a wedding cornhole game that you can customize in your colors, theme, or even based on your invitation, as is the case here.

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A wedding comes full circle in this couple’s coffee shop of love

Maeraj and Michael met online and their first date lasted twelve and a half hours! About a year and a half later, Michael proposed at that same coffee shop, Back to the Grind. And where were the ceremony and reception held? That same coffee shop! It’s full circle for this love story.

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Add some comic geek cred to your photo booth

Planning a DIY photo booth? Some black, propped-up foam core board can turn a regular photo booth into a life-size comic strip.