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A DIY colorful wedding

If you’re not hooting and hollering and holding up a yay flag for this colorful bonanza of a DIY wedding, then we are not doing our jobs. Come for the Red Wedding sangria and bridezilla card box… stay for the naked cake and “clown-vomit garland.” Oh, and get this: there’s a time-to-kiss gong, some quite literal “toasts,” and a MACHETE involved!

Buy more tape and 6 other things I learned as a day of coordinator

Buy more tape, and 6 other things I learned as a day-of coordinator

I volunteered to be the day-of coordinator for a friend’s (college friend and fellow Tribesmaids) wedding, and it may have been one of the best things I could have done to prep for my own wedding. Here are the things I’ve learned that I hope I can remember when it’s my turn to play Mayor of Wedding Town.

Ombre wedding cake

Rachel & Jacob’s handmade community wedding

Adventure Time, pretty colors, handmade bouquets, and MINGLO — these two know what we like! You’ll also swoon over the ombre cake, the unplanned ceremony make-out session, sweet letters to the bridesmaids, and the big dash to the door during “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

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Ryan & Kesslan’s rockin’ rainbow weekend dance-fest

Color color everywhere and we get to take it all in! This adorable pair celebrated their love of bright colors, bandannas, and dancing at a chill retreat in Washington. With a cake decorating contest, a choreographed dance down the aisle, and super sweet speeches, it looks like a bright and colorful future is in store. Plus, you’ll love how they officiated the ceremony themselves!

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Crash this geeky, Star Wars-themed, nerdstravaganza wedding at the Jim Henson Studios

Remember a while ago when I got to crash Offbeat Bride Jennifer and her husband Ryan’s wedding at the Jim Henson Studios here in LA? Well, Jennifer and Ryan’s pictures are in, and I want you to re-live the wedding crashing goodness with me. Come with me to see the geektastic wedding details that’ll definitely cause a pleasant disturbance in the Force.

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A fantastically gorgeous math- and Lost-themed Costa Rican wedding

Jinger and Calvin got married completely off the grid. They from their hometown of New York City to the southern jungles of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. The rugged conditions matched the Lost-themed day, with everything from the save the dates to the bridal party’s entrance music included nods to the television series.