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Wedding Planning 101

You’ve just gotten engaged and don’t know where to start. Here are some wedding planning basics to get you started in planning your alternative wedding with Offbeat Wed!

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How to plan a disability-friendly wedding

You’re recently engaged? Congratulations! As you’ve probably discovered, images of brides and grooms with disabilities will not be easily found within the pages of popular magazines. So there are probably very few examples to generate ideas and reminders for all of details you’ll need to incorporate into your event. That’s why you should check out these tips for planning an accessible ceremony, disability-friendly considerations for your reception, and accommodating guests with different needs…

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How to tell your family that your wedding will be adults-only

I want to send an email to our family members letting them know that the wedding will be adults only. While I still can’t control the way anybody interprets the message, doing it this way at least allows us to control the words that they see/hear. This was really difficult to write, but here’s what I’ve come up with…

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Get past grin and bear it: 8 wedding photographer secrets for less sucky family portraits

Sober, and with blood sugar crashing, I can’t think of a better way than a formal photo session to torment family members who just want to get to the reception to party and eat.

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Bridal suit shopping because I’m a combo platter of femininity and masculine traits

I tried on a couple of the dresses and felt more uncomfortable than I have felt since the fifth grade, when I allowed a girl to put makeup on my face for the first time. I saw the beauty in it — it just didn’t feel right. Why did I want to wear a dress? All I could think about was my desire not to fulfill a stereotype that I actually fit into — the dress/pants lesbian wedding. Was that worth the discomfort that I knew I would encounter on what is supposed to be the best day of my life? NO. Time to look for a new plan.