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Proposals & Engagement

How to propose to your boyfriend, alternative engagement ideas, engagement stories, unique engagement rings, and more!

Star Wars Custom Wedding Set in Palladium alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These gorgeously geeky engagement rings (hy)rule!

Inspired by nature and science fiction, our sponsor Metal Wendler Designs creates engagement rings and wedding bands that combine a love of nature and fandom that you have to see to believe!

From realistic tree bark textures, to fan-inspired wedding and engagement rings, these are one of a kind geeky engagement rings and bands that you won’t see ANYWHERE else…

Granola glam: these raw diamond engagement rings will blow your mind

These raw diamond engagement rings are granola glam [Updated!]

I went down a rabbit hole which I never want to leave: raw diamond engagement rings! So many rough edges, nature-inspired cuts, and hammered metal. Raw diamonds come in tons of colors, sizes, and textures and I can’t get enough. Are you ready to start dropping hints like crazy by sharing you favorite among these nature-inspired and rustic AF rings? Let’s go ring shopping, y’all…

Custom Castle Diamond Fashion Ring top 103196 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Half-moon, cushion, sausage: Which one of these diamond shapes is your favorite?

Heart? Half-moon? Cushion? Trillion? “Sausage”? (You’ll get that reference in a minute.) There are so many diamond shapes to love, and Joseph Jewelry is here to show them all off.

Scroll through and pick which one is your favorite…

This hometown engagement session is perfect for Netflix + cats couples (like most of us!)

This at-home engagement session is perfect for Netflix + pets couples (like most of us!)

Jade and Matt have been together for ten years, they live together, and they didn’t need the traditional engagement shoot. The stereotypical couple poses just didn’t really represent who they are and where they are in life… and we know many Offbeat Bride readers relate! They decided to document a more typical day for them, plus some shots of them exploring of their city, Atlanta — and some fun kitty-themed props. This led to a really intimate and far more real-feeling engagement session…

harry potter geeky ring box on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

11 geeky ring boxes that will make your nerdy lover say YES [Updated for 2022!]

Whether you’re proposing to your gamer/bookish/cosplaying partner or need a geeky ring box to carry your nerdy wedding rings down the aisle, these geeky ring boxes will totally do the job. Are you a Potterphile? A Whovian? An member of the Rebel Alliance? Or maybe you’ve full embraced Pokemon Go. Either way, there’s a geeky ring box in your future. It’s dangerous to go alone. Take these…

Cotton candy, smoke bombs, and LED outfits shine at this wonderfully weird Austin wedding

How to use smoke bombs like a pro in your wedding portraits

Y’all probably remember Jane and Matt’s amazing wedding, right? Their colorful smoke bomb portraits are still whizzing around our dulcet dreams. I needed to know: how easy are these smoke bombs/smoke fountains to use and are there some best practices to make them rock? The answer is totally YES. Here’s how to use smoke bombs in your wedding or engagement photos…