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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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Turn that vintage nightmare into the wedding dress of your dreams with Blue-Eyed Boutique

Our sponsor Blue-Eyed Boutique provides one-of-a-kind dresses up-cycled from vintage clothing. Which means, that less-than-flattering dress or your mother’s (or grandmother’s) can become the a dress that looked like it was made just for you!

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Friday freakout: wedding wedges [Updated for 2022!]

This week I’ll be panting over wedges. I’m a huge fan of wedges because they give you that lift of a heel, without the stab of a stiletto (or even the wobble of a kitten heel). As always, I aimed for a range of colors (white wedges! red wedges! blue wedges!) and costs (from forty bucks affordable to zomg those shoes almost cost as much as my entire wedding budget).

Wright Bruington alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

18 costume weddings that got it right

It’s getting to be that time of year again: Halloween wedding season! We can always count on seeing loads of weddings where guests are encouraged to come in costume. Because, seriously, costumes always amp up the fun factor. Here are 18 weddings that totally get it right when it comes to rocking the costumes.

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6 tips for an extra-useful wedding website

Not everyone chooses to have a wedsite, but since many offbeat weddings are themed, costumed, outdoors, interfaith, or just plain need a little ‘splainin’, a wedding website is often your key to making sure you give everyone a heads up. Here are six tips for giving your wedsite some extra zing.

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Betsey Johnson’s wedding shoes just SOMETHING BLUE me away (har har har)

Betsey Johnson might have declared bankruptcy a few years ago, but she’s still kicking! Her line of Something Blue shoes is a nice take on wedding footwear… some of these might lean a little less loud than I typically go, but I’m a sucker for the blue soles with a heart.

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1920s-inspired wedding details you’ll love as much as Gatsby loved green lights

Beaded headbands, dapper top hats and canes, scandalously short skirts AND hairstyles, and Art Deco details every-flippin-where are a recipe for wonderfully “loose morals” and high-stepping. Embrace your inner flapper and shimmy your way into some of our favorite Roaring Twenties-inspired weddings.