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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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Behold this pinball bride in our Monday Montage

Lots of brides don’t submit their profiles until they have their professional photos, as as we all know — that can take months. So what to do when I see a photo I’m dying to feature, but don’t have the full story on? ENTER THE MONDAY MONTAGE!

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Breathtaking fairytale wedding dresses from Stiltskin’s Spindle

Stiltskin’s Spindle is a new wedding design company based in Canada and serving the globe. As the name suggests, they offer the nontraditional wedding seeker a selection of dresses inspired by fairy tales, fantasy, and historical periods that. Their designs focus on bold patterns, extravagant looks, and they top it all off with some pretty incredible photo shoots. You’re guys are going to loooooove these…

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Skull shoes for your Halloween wedding, or just because

I figure that some of you are planning your Halloween weddings. And, well, even if you’re NOT planning a Halloween wedding, others of you might just like punk-flavored skull shoes peeking out from beneath the hem of your gown.

So I went hunting for skull shoes and you know what? It’s interesting because they’re either, like, novelty shoe dirt cheap or haute couture stupid expensive. As always with my shoe posts, I offer you both ends of the spectrum all mixed together and without commentary.

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Fire spinning wedding ideas

A while ago we featured pictures of a bride spinning fire on her wedding day in her mother effing wedding dress and it was awesome! But you know what else was awesome? The rest of Amanda and Alasdair’s wedding…