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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!

creative scratch off Save The Dates from EmpireInvites alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Creative and interactive save-the-date cards [Updated for 2022!]

I don’t know who actually uses real life pen-to-paper calendars anymore, but I know that even I received this “Pencil Us In” Save the Date, I would go out and BUY a real calendar just to be able to save that date with that adorable-ass pencil.

Pencils, balloons, coasters… Here are save-the-dates that are so creative & interactive they’ll permanently etch your wedding day into your guests minds!

This mermaid wedding inspiration is like Atlantis come to life

Attention wedding mermaids: this beach wedding inspiration is like Atlantis come to life

Okay sure, this is beach wedding inspiration, but it’s taking things up a level to MERMAID territory. Think blue ombre hair with a handmade shell crown, a beach-y bouquet with air plants and greenery, a golden shell purse, a tall ship tablescape, a gold-gilded cake worthy of King Triton’s court, and the blue sequined dress of our sea-worthy dreams. Please take these details and inject them into your seafoam fantasy wedding and then show it to us! For now, behold the gorgeousness…

parent wedding gifts for mother of the bride and groom alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

9 creative ways to thank your parents for making it to (and through!) your wedding

Unless you raised yourselves (or were raised by wolves, which would be even better), you might have a parent figure of some kind to thank for helping you get to be the awesome human you are who gets to marry the awesome person who loves you for being the awesome person you are.

If this is the case, here are some fun ways to thank your parents before, after, or at your wedding…

This LED rainbow dress is a magical display of lights and color

LEDs and rainbow paint make magic out of a simple white wedding dress

This fantastical LED rainbow dress by Evey Clothing is our new EVERYTHING. We just did a roundup of painted wedding dresses, so there’s definitely a trend afoot. Evey filled us in on the process of creating the dress and where it’s been traveling since…