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Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

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How can I discourage over-drinking at my reception?

Anyone have any good tips on preventing guest over-drinking at our reception? A dry wedding isn’t what we’re aiming for, but we have a few family members who tend to party a little too hardy for our tastes. We’re still in the early stages of planning, but our bar will probably be at least partially open, since we have a lot of friends who are low on cash. Any ideas?

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Put your bossy auntie in charge and other tips for making family photos the easiest part of the wedding day

As a wedding photographer, one of the biggest questions/concerns my couples have is about family photos. How do you do them and keep everyone happy? When is the best time of day? How long do they take? And so on. Given all of the potentially complex and likely murky make-up of families, couples, photographers, and planners could spend HOURS strategizing family photo time… or they could follow these three simple guidelines…

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Ask your guests to get artsy on loose scrapbook pages for your guest book

Thanks to Offbeat Bride reader Lindsay for uploading this interactive guest book idea to our Flickr pool

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How far would you go to save money: Would you have a “sponsored wedding”?

So, in my crawls across the internet I came across the idea of “sponsored weddings” ie services that you either get discounted or free in exchange for promotions/advertisements at the wedding. On one hand, I think it’s tacky… on the other, I think it’s fabulous.

What are your thoughts on all of this?