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WE LOVE THESE FOLKS! These indie businesses have paid to sponsor Offbeat Wed because they love nontraditional weddings and want to work with more offbeat folks. We think they’re awesome, and we think you will too. If you want to support Offbeat Wed, using one of these vendors in your wedding is the best way to do so… they’re how we’re able to stay online and continue our mission of supporting offbeat awesomeness everywhere.

Vendors, want to be a part of this love-fest? Join us as a sponsor!

How do you get that flawless yet natural wedding makeup look? This makeup line is changing the game

How do you get that flawless, natural wedding makeup look? This makeup line is changing the game

One thing we definitely know about readers of Offbeat Bride: they run the gamut when it comes to the “rules” of wedding makeup. Some go the traditional route of hiring a pro, some do it themselves, and some go totally makeup-free. But we do know that they want to make sure their wedding makeup lasts, looks amazing, and is cruelty-free. And that’s totally why we love partnering with Per-fékt Beauty since they absolutely GET offbeat weddings.

Here’s the sitch on what they can offer you (or your chosen makeup artist!) that will keep your makeup looking gorgeous dahling while lasting ALL day and making you want to wear it forever and ever after.

The trick to colorful, authentic, and totally YOU wedding photos? This Philly wedding photographer!

The trick to colorful, authentic, and totally you wedding photos? THIS Philly wedding photographer

Philly photographer Justin Heyes is one of our favorite wedding photographers with a seriously interesting background. Not only does he capture all kinds of amazing offbeat weddings, write as an industry expert for photography magazines, and generally own the space in creative photography, but he used to work with photography and lighting at QVC — yep, the home shopping channel. It gave him a really diverse array of skills when it comes to making stage lighting more exciting and capturing details. But will it translate to capturing your wedding? Just wait until you see the proof.

s'mores wedding favors

Eat ’em or take ’em: these s’mores wedding favors are a gooey gift guests will devour

S’mores are a staple of outdoor weddings in any season, but especially in the fall when the weather gets chilly and a bonfire is apropos. You’re cooking them up over a bonfire, adding them to your sweets table, and even making them into cakes! But a perfect way to provide a dessert AND a takeaway gift is an easy-to-make s’mores wedding favor.

Here’s how to make them super easily with a few staples from Michael’s Weddings™…

image 11 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

5 weddings that prove LA’s Rawtography excels at stunning wedding photography and video

If there was ever a photo and video team who keeps us googly-eyed at the weddings they send our way, it’s the LA-based superstars of Rawtography. They’ve captured some truly stunning offbeat weddings including one of the most amazing goth weddings, a natural history event complete with volcano, a wedding at the Houdini Estate, a Muppet extravaganza at Jim Henson Studios, and the incredible seafoam circus wedding of Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver-Van Dyke. Yep, THAT Dick Van Dyke.

Here are some of their favorite weddings (that are now ours’, too!)…