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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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Finger food wedding menu

This wedding menu roundup was inspired by and based on Juliette and David’s rock ‘n’ roll wedding with finger foods… and the quite possibly the classiest s’mores ever!

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Wedding beverage dispensers to make your guests drool [Updated for 2022!]

If you’re thinking of setting out hydration stations at your summer wedding wedding, here are a few options that will not only serve up yummy liquids, but will match your wedding decor — from vintage-style to nerdy and gothic.

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Wedding brunch menu ideas that are delicious and sometimes adorable

Ah, the brunch wedding — budget-friendly and delicious. And don’t get hung up on tradition… brunch can take place at ANY time. But what to serve your hungry guests? At the risk of getting even hungrier, let’s look at all the delicious options for your wedding brunch menu, including THE perfect wedding egg (you’ll die when you see it).

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The Pi Day ode to wedding pies

I’ll let you in on a fact about offbeat wedding photographers — one of our most “in demand” wedding photography days is Pi Day. Yup, March 14th is the perfect day to get married for any nerdy couple. Now, you already saw the Pi Day wedding I shot last year, and you probably noticed their abundance of delicious wedding pies. Cake v. pie arguments aside, let’s take a moment on this frabjous day to celebrate the wonder that is wedding pies.

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From political messages to Playstations: more fun groom’s cakes!

It’s that time again! Get your virtual forks out and let’s chow down on some more nom-alicious groom’s cakes that have been popping up in our Flickr pool! We’ve got total nerd cakes, a cake with a political message, even a mostly-fake pirate cake made by a bride on the morning of her wedding. And the groom’s cake that made me kick myself for not thinking of it first.

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How to make a watermelon shark punch bowl

Y’all may know how much I love sharks, so it’s no surprise that I flipped the fin out over this watermelon shark punch bowl. BerettaFleur (of hanging Mason jar fame) got the idea from the National Watermelon Appreciation Board (I know, right!).