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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.

TSA tips for traveling to your destination wedding or honeymoon

TSA tips for traveling to your destination wedding or honeymoon

If you’ve been gearing up to travel to your destination wedding or to your honeymoon, you might be getting antsy about the extensive lines at airport security lately. I even recently forced my partner get TSA pre-checked for an upcoming flight. Poor dude had no choice. Traveling can be stressful enough without that hassle, so here are some TSA tips that should make it as easy as it can be.

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I now pronounce you a Hot Mess: On being the best you can be when shit goes wrong

Murphy’s Law says anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. We never want anything to go wrong on that specific important day, but sometimes reality wins. These are true tales of failure, loss of control, and surprising delights that wouldn’t have happened otherwise…

Delicious brunch wedding ideas as seen on @offbeatbride #LiveLoveBrew @Keurig #Sponsored #keurig

These delicious brunch wedding ideas will make you a morning person

Brunch weddings have a LOT of perks: cheaper rates at venues, lots of daytime fun for lawn games and getting everyone home early, breakfast foods (the best meal of the day!), and of course… MORNING COCKTAILS!. Brunch is best, you guys. Here are some delicious brunch wedding ideas including topping bars, waffle cakes, and coffee cocktails. Let’s talk making brunch bananas.

Google Spaces wedding planning tips as seen on @offbeatbride

Mad how-to skills: Using Google Spaces for wedding planning

We love us some Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) for wedding planning. You can create spreadsheets, shareable documents, and all kinds of helpful databases for your wedding planning team to use. Google just recently launched a new service called Google Spaces which functions as a project planning tool for sharing ideas, photos, links, YouTube vids, and all kinds of documents on which to comment and share between your people. Here’s how we’d use Google Spaces for wedding planning.

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5 things to do when your best friend said no to being in the wedding

About three days after getting engaged, I texted my best friend to quickly confirm that he would, indeed, be in my wedding party. His response was… not what I was expecting. Here’s how I dealt with it.

In a sadness tailspin, I reached out to my future husband, who was in the midst of a two hour work meeting. So I reached out to my ex-husband (who knows our relationship the best of anyone) and he had some awesome advice for anyone who has a best friend that said no to being in your wedding party…

How to know which wedding ring metal is the one for you as seen on @offbeatbride

Heavy metal: How to know which wedding ring metal is the one for you

One of the most often asked questions I receive is, “What are the differences in metals that you use? And what is the best metal for me?” I’ve put together this guide to give a little insight into the different properties and characteristics of the metals I use in [heart link="http://vendors.offbeatwed.com/listing/metalicious"]my studio[/heart] so that I can help you make the best decision for your rings. Let’s talk about how to know which wedding ring metal is the one for you.