Reception logistics: How many people can fit around your reception tables?
Planning out your seating chart can be a doozy if you’re not sure how many guests can fit around the tables at your reception venue. We’ve got a rough guideline to help you plan how many guests to seat at your tables, depending on their size and shape. We’ve also included estimates for highboy tables, which are often found at cocktail receptions. Let’s talk shop on reception logistics and how many guests you can fit at your tables…
Surviving as offbeat in mainstream online communities
Is it just me, or is it difficult being an Offbeat Bride on more traditional websites? While I love to talk about planning weddings, why are the communities on these websites as a whole so judgmental? Is it just me that’s met with this…hostility, if I even dare to ask about something that seems too offbeat, taboo, and “rude?” We’re just surviving as offbeat in mainstream online communities…
Bridal “best selves”: when is too far?
As with many Offbeat Bride readers, this blog was a welcome antidote to the bridal mags and blogs that represent all brides as being white, thin, tanned, and perfect. Not that there’s anything wrong with those things, but when you don’t fit into that round hole, the bridal industry can make you feel a bit like Square Peggy. Aiming for perfection in any aspect of a wedding, whether it’s your letter-pressed invites or sun-dappled forest grove location, is asking for tears before bedtime.
I’m going to have my period at my wedding… what the hell do I do?!
“I have the heaviest, most uncomfortable and sadly unpredictable period EVER and here we are five days before the walk down the aisle and it’s about to start. Any tips for keeping the dress white?” Let’s talk about some tips to help when you have your period at the wedding, and hormone therapy isn’t an option…