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DIY

If you’re looking for free wedding printables and wedding DIY tutorials, it’s here. We’ve got everything from wedding decor DIY projects to fashion DIY, and of course DIY wedding favors. But for the love of god, mostly everyone wants wedding invitation DIY — we’ve got it all!

How to broadcast your wedding live on YouTube

How to broadcast your wedding live on YouTube (UPDATED FOR 2020!)

In my post about live-streaming your wedding, I singled out Google+ Hangouts on Air/YouTube Live as my favourite option if you want to broadcast your wedding to more than a few people and have a recorded copy saved — for free. Here’s my screenshot-laden tutorial so you’ll be up and streaming, no sweat.

How to make mocktails for your non drinking friends at your boozy wedding alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to make mocktails for your non-drinking friends at your boozy wedding

The secret that some bartenders don’t want you to know is that nearly any cocktail can be improvised into a mocktail. Why don’t they talk about this more often? I don’t know. I take the completely opposite stance. I feel that being able to cater to any kind of guest demonstrates flexibility. Today I’m going to share with you some of my go-to mocktail recipes.

leaf place cards alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Create gorgeous place cards for free with leaves

Hey, do you need place cards for your table, but don’t want to spend ANY money on them? Then you’re going to want to steal this idea from Hannah and Mick’s wedding in Bali

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How to make a Portal Companion Cube card box

We were inspired by this post on Craftster to make a Companion Cube card box. And then we found the basis for our templates (to which we made some crucial modifications) over here. But we had to make a bunch of mods to make these work the way we wanted them to, and it was kind of terrifically complex. So I figured in case anyone else wanted to give this a try, I’d post what we did to help ease the process for y’all. So here goes…

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D-I-WHY!? Confessions of a non-DIY bride

In a community of artists, seamstresses, metallurgists, and crafters, I am awed at the DIY talent that abounds on Offbeat Bride. I always fancied myself creative, but I don’t have the passion, the patience, or the prowess to do the massive projects undertaken here on a daily basis.

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How we made cute QR code wedding programs

When my sister was planning her camping-themed wedding she was adamant that (due to budgetary constraints and DIY overload) she did not want to have traditional paper programs. Enter the QR code wedding program.