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Wedding pins and buttons personalize the heck out of your wedding day

Reenie (of comic book style wedding invite fame) mentioned that she’s DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with nerdy pins. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend. Here are ways to use pins as fun wedding accents.

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How to make geek-tastic 8-bit wedding accessories

After spying Donelle and Adam’s glorious 8-Bit wedding, we fell head over heels for the DIYed 8-bit boutonnieres, hair clips, corsages and, of course, Donelle’s “diamond” necklace. Here’s how you can make ’em.

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Emily & Dave’s Rainy Cabin Potluck Wedding

The offbeat bride: Emily, Geologist & General Rock Geek Her offbeat partner: Dave, Environmental Consultant Location & date of wedding: The deck of my parent’s cottage in central Alberta, Canada on June 5th, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We both really wanted to have a party with all of our family and friends. The […]

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Shannon & Brandon’s comedic Seattle wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Shannon, theater actress/web site manager My Offbeat Partner: Brandon, improv actor/managing director Location & date of wedding: Lake Forest Park Civic Club on Lake Washington in Seattle, WA (we’re not members, anyone can rent it) — 5/4/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was completely ours. We ran the thing ourselves […]

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Christie & Phill’s red dress nature wedding

We knew before anything else that we wanted our wedding to be our way and made a vow to not budge one inch on anything… and we didn’t! And you know what? People loved it! and we didn’t compromise even once. No one died, no one suffered. No one even complained.

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Jenn & Cody’s Colorful Rock Concert with a Twist Wedding

The offbeat bride: Jenn, Musician and Music Teacher Her offbeat partner: Cody, Social Security Location & date of wedding: City Arts Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 28th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We had a wedding with a concert theme, or rather a rock concert with a wedding in the middle. Our […]