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Japanese inspired, “Geeky love” wedding invites

Ah Geek Week, you keep producing such gems… Take a gander at OBT member Lara drew and designed their invitations, giving nods to Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli, and Zelda: The Wind Walker. And even if you’re not geeky enough to get the references… they look freaking AMAZING! (As you view them keep in mind […]

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8-bit video game wedding invitations!

Just in time to celebrate Geek Week — Offbeat Bride Tribe member Darina and her fiance Niko have unveiled their 8-bit video game wedding invitations that they designed themselves! Darina explains: “We knew that we didn’t want standard paper invites. We wanted something for people to keep and remember. We are geeks. We love video […]

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Is it worth spending money on wedding art?

Custom wedding stuff has a sneaky way of costing more than mass produced mainstream stuff. So what’s “worth it” when it comes to custom wedding art?

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It’s peanut butter jelly wedding time!

Thanks to OBT member Ellabean for both finding and sharing this super creative cake topper from Bee Mine Designs… Ellabean sez: “We wanted to have our son represented on the cake topper with us, because we believe this is as much his day as it is ours. I asked the lady who made the [cake […]

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Gorgeous shotgun wedding invitation

I have to send a great big ‘ol shout-out to OBB reader Nancy for ushering us in the direction of a super (and may I even add “duper?”) custom wedding invitation by Anna Rummey who shows us all a thing or two about how to make an awesome wedding invitation when you’re “visibly up the […]

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Check out these cool laser cut invitations!

OBT member “Elisa” created some really unique looking wedding invitations with the use of a laser cutting machine. We laser-cut the blue cardboard using our friend’s thumbprint to access the zillion-dollar machinery at RMIT (for real! there’s a gadget thingy attached to the machine that reads fingerprints! No access to the plebes!), and the orange […]