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Food

We all love alternative cake and nontraditional cupcakes, but Offbeat Wed also adores wedding pie, wedding candy, and wedding wheels of cheese. We have wedding menus, and information for special diets like vegetarians vegans, gluten free folks, and more!

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Hand constructed Victorian duck busts as cake toppers

Sometimes the talent level of our Offbeat Bride Tribe Members astound me. Heather aka. “Hev” made these Victorian duck busts to use as cake toppers for her wedding. “My future husband and I knew that we wanted ducks on the cake and when I went looking for toppers, I just couldn’t find a decent pair […]

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Sexy gothy, vegan, Halloween wedding ideas

Thanks to Jessamyn for sending us a link to her shots from her sister-in-law’s incredible vegan, goth wedding. Alyssa and Brian got married and in Geyserville, CA. So, yeah, killer dress, obviously, and we love a tattooed bride, but there’s so much more! Like check out that veil… I freaking LOVE the little patterns in […]

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You can have your cake and & NOT eat it too.

What happens when a crafty offbeat bride doesn’t like cake but doesn’t want to miss out on the aesthetics that a “wedding pie” just doesn’t quite provide? She crochets one… Wow. OBT member Corinne is responsible for this amazing wedding creation (as well as the fabulous crocheted flower embellished bouquet from last week). This crocheted […]

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Jessica’s Handmade Deer Cake Topper

Tribesmaid Jessica81 made these deer cake toppers that are so adorable they make me want to puke, in a good way. Jessica writes, “The one with the excess flowers is ‘me’ and the one with the top hat is my darling future wife. 😉 It even turned out that her’s is a teensy taller than mine, just like real life… hee hee!”