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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.

stereo love party cards alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How our friends helped us whittle down our wedding playlist

We had four friends come over, we ate some tacos, tested the whiskey fountain, and we voted on music. The people represented some pretty different lifestyle and music groups, too…

austenland themed bridal shower alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

“Colin Firth in a wet shirt” has nothing on this gorgeous, surprise Austenland-themed bridal shower

When Michelle asked me to be her Maid of Honor, I knew that the one thing I had to do was throw her a surprise Austenland-themed bridal shower — re-creating an outdoor tea party like the one depicted in the movie, complete with its mashup of vintage and modern contraptions. For all of us geeks who romanticize period films, here how you can throw your own Austenland bridal shower…

Bride and MOH with Hedwig alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to throw a Harry Potter bridal shower without making look like a kid’s birthday party

The bride to be, in this instance, is a HUGE Harry Potter fan. So the question for me became: How do I properly throw a party inspired by the books and movies, without making it look like a children’s birthday party? So we settled on a “Madam Puddifoot’s Tea House” theme — a tea party, complete with crumpets, and scones, and tea and lemonade…

disney bachelorette 1 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How Disney princesses throw a bachelorette party

I’m a Disney FREAK! I love the movies, I love the land, and I love Belle from Beauty and the Beast! So my amazing bridesmaids planned a Disney-themed stagette. All the ladies dressed up as their favorite princesses/Disney character!