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Torture-free wedding showers

Ah, the “wedding shower” — A wonderful tradition rife with feminist solidarity and celebrations of love, marriage and family bonding? …Or torture in the form of humiliating games and awkward, voyeuristic present-opening rituals?

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Kristi & John’s Crafty Rainy Day Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kristi, pre-school teacher at a German Immersion pre-school and a previous example of why rainy day weddings = gorgeous weddings! My Offbeat Partner: John, IT guy at a middle school Location & date of wedding: Columbia Manor, Minneapolis, Minnesota — May 10th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We really tried to […]

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Origami wedding boutonniere

Why kill flowers when you can just make one, in the case of this origami boutonniere. The bridal party got origami necklaces, origami place cards, the centerpieces and even the bride’s bouquet were made from origami flowers! (Thanks to mysoldiergirl for the photo!)

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Handspun yarn from a wedding dress

This Etsy seller took the “trash the dress” concept to a whole new, awesomely crafty level.