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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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Bridesmaids as chakra fairies

You know it’s a left coast hippie wedding (secretly, my very favorite kind) when you’ve got your bridesmaids dressed up as chakra fairies: If you lean towards the hippie/raver forest fairy end of the offbeat spectrum (which GOD KNOWS I do!) you need to see all the photos on Facebook of this very Northern Californian […]

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The marriage of the magician & his assistant

Some of you may remember my post from last fall about Katie’s amazing vintage-style headband. You may recall that this was the wedding of Mario the Magician — Katie is his lovely assistant. There were only a few shots online last fall, but a full set of stunning photos by photographer Daria Bishop are starting […]

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Hello Super 8 Wedding Films and the Hello Guestbook

One of my dearest friends in the world, Megan Hill, just launched her new 8mm wedding film company: Hello Super8! I’m a 15-year fan of Megan’s visual aesthetic — she designed the invitations and stickers for our wedding and also designed my business cards. And her taste in music? She was one of our wedding […]

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My DIY skull theme

My fiance is OBSESSED with Duke Basketball… so the wedding colors are Duke blue. i reeeally love skulls so we are incorporating skulls into the stationary, place cards and cake. i’m pretty proud of the subtle incorporation of skulls in the invitations: and here are the place cards… these are going to have the swirls […]