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A fellow Offbeat Bride makes a great vendor: let’s meet LA-based photographer Jessica Schilling

You might already have heard of LA-based photographer Jessica Schilling from some wicked weddings we’ve already featured. Our favorite part of partnering with Jessica is that she’s JUST LIKE US: a total Offbeat Bride herself. Let’s learn more about Jessica, her wedding, and her photographic style that she’ll apply to your future frame-worthy wedding photos.

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WTF is an STD: Offbeat Bride’s glossary to wedding acronyms and phrases

If you’re new to the wedding planning, there may be some terms you don’t know. Or are you wondering why your engaged friend keeps talking about their STDs? It’s not even the acronyms that can be confusing — the wedding planning lexicon is a strange beast. Here’s a list of stuff that gets mentioned a lot in the wedding industry.

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Are photographers going to start offering discounts for unplugged weddings?

In my almost-eight years of running Offbeat Bride and working with wedding photographers, I’ve heard of photographers offering potential clients discounts for all sorts of things: discounts for destination weddings, discounts for LGBT-identified couples, discounts for sci-fi weddings or elopements and all sorts of other niche weddings. But yesterday was the first time I saw a photographer who’s offering a discount for couples doing an unplugged wedding. Is this a new thing?

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5 non-legal commitment ceremony ideas

There are many reasons that commited people don’t get legally married — from not being allowed to by law, to just not being comfortable with the concept. We don’t give a shit why you don’t want to make it legal, we just love the fact that you want to celebrate your commitment to to one another. So here are some ways you can throw a non-wedding party…