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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!

Offbeat wedding registry ideas as seen on @offbeatbride

Steal these 35+ super offbeat gift registry ideas from REAL SoKind registries

SoKind Registry is also featured in our Offbeat Vendors guide!

Our kinship with SoKind Registry makes total sense when you know that they focus on gifts of experience, charitable causes, and non-stuff gifts. Not acquiring a bunch of stuff makes total sense for most couples. We decided to work with SoKind to find some of the most interesting, most “why didn’t I think of that” offbeat gift registry ideas from REAL SoKind registries.

Southeast US photographer as seen on @offbeatbride

When lightsabers meet Harry Potter wands, Sharma Shari is there to capture the geek magic

Southeast US wedding photographer Sharma Shari specializes in geeky and offbeat weddings. She seriously makes it her business to find, cherish, nurture, and beautifully capture geeky and wild weddings and everything about them that we love. When Sharma found Offbeat Bride, it was love at first nerd-filled sight. HER PEOPLE! Let’s dig into what tickles Sharma’s nerd core and why that will make your wedding photos that much more awesome.

Pennsylvania wedding photographer as seen on @offbeatbride

5 amazing Northeast wedding venues (AND a Black Friday deal from Alysha Yoder!)

Our girl, Pennsylvania-based Alysha Yoder, has everything we’d want in a kick-ass wedding photographer. She’s also seen some epic Northeast wedding venues from comic book stores to wineries to hotels in the style of The Shining. Let’s talk about a few of her favorite venues where she’s photographed weddings and how her skills will translate into making YOUR wedding photos ultra magical. OH: and there’s a special Black Friday deal in store for you, too.

Winter Wedding Invitation ideas from Minted as seen on Offbeat Bride 1 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A few of our favorite offbeat winter wedding ideas (+ a $500 invitation giveaway!)

If you’re planning a winter wedding in the Northern Hempisphere, you know how hard it can be to find ideas and inspiration for your snowy winter wedding, full of candles and romance and couples wearing boots and drinking hot chocolate. Today I’m going to put on my fuzzy gloves and collect a few of my favorite offbeat winter wedding ideas, plus a few of the coolest (HA! WINTER PUN!) winter wedding invitations from Minted… plus, announce a big ol’ giveaway they’re doing for $500’s worth of free wedding invitations, place cards, table numbers, and more! Let’s get scrolling…