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Advice

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.

I bought a colored wedding dress and now everyone's mad! What should I do?

The big wedding dress timeline

Need to know when to start shopping for your wedding dress? When to start stocking up on nude knickers? When to schedule your fittings? When to start flippin’ out? (Hint: never!) This is your Offbeat Bride wedding dress timeline guide. Here’s a run-down of all the necessary steps to acquiring your rad wedding outfit in a lower-stress way.

Use a shared Pinterest board

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…

Ring care tips as seen on @offbeatbride

7 ring care tips to keep the spring in your bling

Have you recently acquired a schmancy new engagement ring? I’m guessing since you’re on a wedding blog, that you may just be rocking a rock. Then again, we’re down for all flavors, so you may be going ring-less, opting for a ring tattoo, or other ring alternatives. Just in case you ARE sporting some bling, here are our top ring care tips for keeping your engagement or wedding band in top shape.

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All stressed up with nowhere to go: 8 tips to de-stress wedding dress shopping

Planning your wedding dress shopping strategy and getting all stressed up with nowhere to go? It’s time to take a step back and look at your priorities. We’ve compiled a few tips to take back the dress shopping experience and de-stress the whole damned thing. Go from stressed up to dressed up in an outfit about which you’ll feel awesome. Here are some tips to de-stress wedding dress shopping.