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parrot alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Level up your brooch bouquet: give it a theme!

There is no such thing as an uncool brooch bouquet. BUT. Have you ever considered building your bouquet to a theme?

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Have a bow tie handfasting to complete your Doctor Who wedding

I was wandering through Offbeat Bride’s Doctor Who weddings when I came across Emma and Brian’s take on a geeky wedding ceremony. The couple performed their handfasting to a reading modeled after the Doctor Who episode called “The Wedding of River Song”. Naturally, they used a bow tie for the handfasting cord! Because, as we all know…

Let nongeeks in on the jokes with your geeky wedding program alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Let non-geeks in on the jokes with your geeky wedding program

I hate (like reeeeeeaaaaally don’t like) being on the outside of an inside joke. So I am in total love with how Karen and Terry let their non-geek guests know what was up at their geeky wedding. They drafted up a super informative geeky wedding program, with short and sweet blurbs explaining just what steampunk meant anyway and yes, the Discworld really is flat…

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Boxed candy place cards: a sweet way for guests to find their seats

Belinda and Danielle had a hint of a movie theme at their wedding — like reception place cards that were personal boxes of Mike & Ike’s and Junior Mints, like you get at a theater.