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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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Use vintage salt & pepper shakers as cake toppers

As part of “Elephun Elephant Day” I bring you OBT member Erika’s awesome elephant cake toppers! Emily wrote in her wedding planning update: My best friend Ebay led me to some sweet salt and pepper shakers, which I will use as my cake topper. I’m a collector of elephants and these are up my alley… […]

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Lego chocolate favors

So you’re having a Lego cake-topper. Or maybe your groom made himself Lego cuff-links. Regardless, you’re thinking to yourself, “Self, what’s the DIY perfect wedding favor to go with these Legos?” Answer: Chocolate Legos! OBT member Shandriz made these for her wedding, simply by pouring melted chocolate into a Lego ice tray. So easy! So […]

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In defense of using thrift store dishes and silverware at your wedding

Last weekend I went to a thrift store and got 40 pieces of silverware (in good condition), 10 wine glasses, and about 5 coffee cups (all attractive, in very good shape) for freaking FOUR DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. I actually cackled on the way back to my car.

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Rachel & Ali’s wedding food makes me say OM NOM NOM

Looking at this photo from Rachel & Ali’s recent Persian wedding in San Francisco made me drooly — look at that amazing spread of food in front of them! Om nom nom nom… Come, let’s drool over some wedding food porn.