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Parties & Showers

Wedding showers for couples, wedding shower games, engagement parties, bridal showers, bachelor and bachelorette party ideas, rehearsal dinners, hangover brunches… we’ve got ’em all! Check out these alternatives to traditional wedding parties.

wedding wine alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Ask for your wedding wine as engagement party or wedding shower gifts

For our engagement party, we said that if people wanted to bring gifts, they could bring a bottle of wine that we could pour at the wedding. I also think this could work really well for beer lovers by having everyone bring a six-pack of beer for the wedding.

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Say goodbye to your old name and welcome the new with a “name burning”

I decided I want to do a name burning. I don’t mean name burning as if I am taking things with my last name and burning them like a book burning. More like a camp fire — or in our case a lot of candles — and sit around and just chat about who I am. This will let me put the past behind me.

Dalek invite finished small alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Daleks like to party: Whovian bachelorette party invitations

IT’S SURPRISE DALEK DAY! No one would expect that Daleks like to party! Except that Tribesmaid Bethany totally did. These are her Doctor Who-themed bachelorette party invitations…

pantyladies alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Throw a Panty Party for your bachelorette bash

Over on Offbeat Home, Alissa wrote about her unconventional party idea that turned into an awesome annual “holiday”; for the ladies only. And we thought, hell, this sounds like this would make for a BAD ASS bachelorette party idea.