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Whether you’re looking for unique wedding dresses, wedding shoes, cute wedding invitations, nontraditional wedding rings, or an offbeat wedding photographer… chances are you’ll find ’em here. Start by browsing our Vendor Directory for vendors in YOUR area, and then have fun with these posts to find online wedding dressmakers, photographers, and more!

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Cocktails, themes, and discounts: It’s all about custom bartending options from the West Coast’s Mint & Mirth

If you’ve been digging the influx of wedding bar and alcohol tips on Offbeat Bride lately, then you have our sponsor Mint & Mirth to thank. Joni and Jennelle are a Portland-based couple who started their own custom cocktailing business in 2012, and now they offer licensed and insured cocktail bartending all over the West Coast. Along with being LGBTQ community-friendly, they’re also suuuuuuper Offbeat Bride-friendly…

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These boots are made for walking… down the aisle

For me today, they do. I look at a lot of wedding pictures, and I randomly get obsessed with certain accessories… today it’s boots. Brides in boots! I love them. Y’all should know me by now: I like daring (aka LOUD!!) wedding shoes, and I’ve geeked out a full range of boots here… including some booties.

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Find out what Ozzy Osbourne, MMA, and abandoned asylums have to do with NY wedding photographer Jeremy Harris

Man, it’s been a while since we last checked in with New York-based photographer Jeremy Harris. Since it’s been about five years since we’ve gushed about Jeremy Harris Weddings, we’ve got a LOT to catch up on. Let’s talk rock stars, weddings, and abandoned asylums (what!?) with Jeremy Harris…

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Silver wedding shoes for brides, grooms, and everyone else

I saw this photo of John Legend and I was inspired to wrastle up some more silver shoes for he-foots, she-foots, and anyone else who loves silver!

DIY Art Nouveau book invites alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The DIY Art Nouveau wedding invitation books that you’ll want to keep forever on your shelf

I love Art Nouveau. So we’ve been making DIY Art Nouveau book invitations, with the help of a very talented friend, who owns an old letterpress. Want to take a peek inside?

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Get your head-to-toe vintage wedding look from The Wardrobe Shop

Do y’all remember our sponsor The Wardrobe Shop — the place to find all the vintage-styles of your Downton Abbey fashion dreams? For those that don’t recall: The Wardrobe Shop, and carries vintage-style clothes inspired by Titanic-era fashions, Downton Abbey, as well as Old Hollywood silent movie star fashions. Now they’re back with a special promotion! But first, let’s talk vintage-style fashion…