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When we want to get more thoughtful, this is the spot for our feature articles. Sometimes we talk big-picture philosophies, other times we discuss wedding trends, and every once and a while we just go ape-shit over a wedding WTF?!

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How to make things easy for your bridesmaids — no penis cake necessary

“Is it too presumptive to tell my bridesmaids that I don’t want a bachelorette party OR a bridal shower?”

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Yes, I’m a sucker for reader photos

I love this shot of OBT member Emily and her husband Michael doing a little light reading at their wedding in September. Emily captioned this shot Offbeat Bride: Don’t Get Married Without It!

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Why you’re not supposed to like everything you see on Offbeat Bride

Part of why I continue to run Offbeat Bride is because it’s an excuse to get exposed to a whole big wide range of cultures and styles and people and design outside my daily experience.

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Wedding pins and buttons personalize the heck out of your wedding day

Reenie (of comic book style wedding invite fame) mentioned that she’s DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with nerdy pins. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend. Here are ways to use pins as fun wedding accents.