Category Archive

Friends & Family Advice

Whether it’s your mom pressuring you to lose weight or not inviting family to your wedding or how to fire a bridesmaid… this is our archive of how to handle wedding planning drama with friends and family. Be sure to check out our archive of copy ‘n’ paste conflict resolution posts, too!

Use a shared Pinterest board alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Use a shared Pinterest board as the visual “Shit People Suggest” spreadsheet

We all know that planning a wedding = a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. Tons of inspiration and easily searchable database, but there’s inspiration overload and it can also make you feel bad about your design and DIY realities. Offbeat Bride reader Katie had a brilliant idea to make Pinterest your ally again…

wedding guests wont rsvp alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

What to do if wedding guests don’t RSVP? Copy ‘n’ paste this polite message!

So you’re down the wire with only a month left before your wedding date, and you still have a third of your guests who haven’t RSVPed? Here’s what to do, complete with a copy ‘n’ paste message for exactly what to say.

magic the gathering thank you cards alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to thank people when “thank you” isn’t enough

Everyone got thank-you notes, except the core group of five people who were instrumental in making this whole wedding happen. We’re a close-knit group of geeky, quirky friends and I’ve been at my wits end for months as to how to properly thank these folks. And at last it came to me a few days ago and I kick myself for not thinking of it sooner…

4 types of wedding photobombers alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Save yourself from these 4 common kinds of wedding photobombers

With pretty much every guest bringing some sort of recording device to a wedding nowadays, the odds of running into photobombers is growing increasingly higher. Many couples have avoided this with planning “unplugged” weddings; however, there are still a few types of people who don’t like to play by the rules.

After having shot weddings for nearly seven years, I feel like I’ve seen enough photobombers to be able to not only classify them but have learned a little about how to deal with them. Here are, from my experience, the four categories of photobombers, and how to deal with them…