The Onion skewers us: Horrible Couple Really Wants Wedding To Reflect Their Personalities
This is the most awesome satire of offbeat wedding trends since Portlandia’s “Cool Wedding”:
Horrible Couple Really Wants Wedding To Reflect Their Personalities.
Yes, it’s mean-spirited as hell, but I think we can all recognize ourselves in there and laugh at our own ridiculousness.
Wording from an Unplugged Wedding program
Last year, we introduced the concept of “Unplugged Weddings,” where couples ask their guests to put down their cameras. We even gave you some examples of how to word your request.
Well, a year later, we’re starting to see more and more couples choosing to unplug their weddings. New York’s Ryan Brenizer Photography recently posted this photo of a wedding program on his Facebook wall, with the caption, “I saw this in the wedding program yesterday. Fantastic.” Looks like they read Offbeat Bride!
Screw “timeless” weddings, I WANT my wedding to look dated
I am sick of the words “timeless” and “classic.” I’m pretty sure it’s going to be obvious I got married in 2013, and I’m fine with that, because… I will have gotten married in 2013! Why would I even try and attempt to circumvent that?
Charitable weddings: Using your wedding for good
Over on Offbeat Home, two sisters, Amy and Mistie, wrote an awesome guest post on how you can use your powers — and parties — for good. This is an idea that’s near and dear to my heart as Aaron and I used our shark-themed wedding as a platform to raise awareness about shark finning. I also immediately thought of other offbeat weddings that have added a charitable element to their parties…
Wedding Dress Thursdays (with or without guns) need to become a thing
Jehnua has a few extra wedding dresses that she got super cheap on Craigslist. One she’ll wear at her reception, another one she’ll turn into a zombie bride dress for the annual local Zombie Walk (obviously!). But what to do with the others…
Supposed-wedding trend: “Global meats”
We received a press release about 2012 wedding trends — half of it was slightly interesting and the other half was just full of WTF-ery. Most notably this little gem…