Category Archive

Invitations

We have of creative inspiration for wedding invitations, save the dates, and funny wedding programs! We’ve got a separate category for DIY wedding invitation projects, and you may also want to check out our printables posts.

vine save the date alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

I made my Save The Dates with Vine: check out my 6-second STD

We wanted to let everyone know about our partnership ceremony date, but couldn’t be bothered with the time and expense to send paper Save the Dates. So we have made a Vine and Facebooked and emailed it to everyone. Here’s the result…

Jane Austen wedding invitations alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Jane Austen-themed wedding invitations with personalized library catalog RSVP cards

When it came time to design our wedding invitations I wanted to keep the literary, Jane Austen, vintage themes going (future librarian here). I found several awesome ideas for literary invitations and RSVP cards and combined them all together…

giant dice Save the Date alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Use giant dice to show off your wedding date

Offbeat Bride member Cari and her fiance Matthias just sent out their Save the Date postcards for their wedding in Aachen, Germany. These two smart nerds came up with a crafty way to highlight their wedding date — by building their own giant dice and positioning them just so.

star wars rebel and empire wedding invites alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

An elegant Star Wars invitation suite, for a more civilized age

When we first thought about having a Star Wars-themed wedding, I knew I had to design all the stationery myself. Of course, we chose a theme that is already its own brand, but I didn’t want to just arbitrarily take from what’s already in existence, and I wanted something a little more elegant than geeky. So how do you create a “brand” or consistent theme that is totally geeky, with an established standard, yet still keep it elegant?

DIY Art Nouveau book invites alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The DIY Art Nouveau wedding invitation books that you’ll want to keep forever on your shelf

I love Art Nouveau. So we’ve been making DIY Art Nouveau book invitations, with the help of a very talented friend, who owns an old letterpress. Want to take a peek inside?

90s style save the date video alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Pixellated Save the Date video full of ’90s nostalgia

We’ve seen a LOT of Save the Date videos, so many that I’m a jaded asshole about them. Maybe it’s because I’m a child of the ’90s, but this one just killed me in all the best ways…