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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!

Dreaming of a Wai-Ching dress? It's SO in reach (with a new website, extended hours, and tons of ways to customize!)

Dreaming of a Wai-Ching dress? It’s SO in reach (with a new website, extended hours, and tons of ways to customize!)

I can’t think of a dress vendor who has been our ride-or-die partner as long as Wai-Ching has. These dresses have been a STAPLE of Offbeat Bride readers since we got our start in 2007. I can’t imagine having more faith in a dress maker and business than Chrissy Wai-Ching’s Seattle-based dress business.

We’ve long been drooling over her hand-created sustainable wedding wear and distinctive custom dresses in silk, hemp, and other natural fibers. Here’s why we continue to cheer on this amazing artisan and ogle every Wai-Ching dress that crosses our path…

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A destination elopement in Europe that’s totally planned FOR YOU? It’s a real thing…

I know just how often couples hate the process and workload of planning a wedding. Wedding planning can be stressful as hell. It can be expensive, frustrating, and just not that much fun. So when we scout out a really comprehensive, inexpensive, and customizable way to elope overseas, I’ve got to investigate. Our destination wedding partner extraordinaire, Peach Perfect Weddings, offers just that and then some. I’m talking a personal wedding planner doing all the hard work and logistics to make your adventure getaway wedding or elopement super turnkey and absolutely a blast.

Try not to grin scrolling these ultra happy wedding photos (and see how yours can look just as good!)

Try not to grin scrolling these ultra happy wedding photos (and see how yours can look just as good!)

You know when you’re scoping out the portfolios of wedding photographers and you run across some that just make you scream, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. That’s how I felt when I spied the work of our uber talented offbeat photographer partner, Danette Pascarella Photography.

Her photos were just full of that spark that you just want them to have. Clearly all of her clients are seriously comfortable in front of her camera, which is such a FIND. Let’s find out more about this awesome photographer and if she’s got any special gifts specifically for readers of Offbeat Bride. Spoiler alert: she does!

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This historic industrial chic factory space venue is the New Jersey wedding venue of our dreams

If there’s one type of wedding venue that manages to be the most versatile backdrop for ANY kind of wedding, it’s a rad factory space. Exposed brick, vintage industrial chic lighting, kick-ass props, high ceilings, and GORGEOUS windows… give me that lofty goodness any day. So when I spied the space at our venue partner, ART FACTORY STUDIOS, I.was.blown.away.