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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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Altar your thinking t-shirts

The “Altar your thinking” tshirts shirts are here! These replace the old “Fuck Taffeta” shirts I used to sell… cuz I realized that you know what? Some people LIKE taffeta, and that’s cool too! The shirts look great, and I’m especially excited about the plus size/men’s tees, which are big, but not boxy. I shipped […]

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Fabulous futuristic wedding dress for a leap day pirate ship wedding

I adore Jackie‘s amazing futuristic wedding dress — and the the fact that she made it herself makes it that much more fabulous. Further awesomeness points for also making the cocktail hat she wore, and getting married on a pirate ship in Vegas, and doing it all on Leap Day. Check out all the photos […]

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Turn a “regular cake” into a wedding cake with fruit and flowers

These cakes made me start drooling — y’all can keep your fondant-covered multi-tiered cakes. I’m sure they’re delicious! But for me, it’s all about cakes covered in flowers and fruits, like these cakes from Ivonne and Josh’s 2004 wedding. Oh and check out Ivonne’s dress! Holy hell… Anyway, for more info about how Ivonne saved […]

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Earrings for brides with stretched lobes

I have stretched earlobes, 2G to be precise. Not as big as they could be, but they’re definitely not bridal-jewelry accessible. Even though my ears are larger-than-the-average-bride, I want to play with the wedding bling too! i’ve seen some beautiful large-gauged fancy filigree, and diamond studded plugs online, but I’ve yet to find anything that […]