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custom rings

We’ve featured a ton of amazing custom wedding rings, handcrafted and designed just for the couple. You may also be into eco-wedding rings, non-ring alternatives, and ring tattoos! Oh and der: don’t forget about our Vendor Guide listing of alternative wedding rings and jewelry.

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Fire! Hot Metal! We made our own wedding rings!

It wasn’t easy, and it was not cheap, but we had a lot of fun, and I learned that I can use those sort of tools and I’m not afraid. It’s the ultimate DIY project. And here is how we did it…

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Brent & Jess’s unique custom fingerprint wedding rings

Wedding rings don’t really come much more custom than these… Brent & Jess makes custom wedding bands from your own fingerprints! I love the ones pictured above with the print inside of the ring, it’s like keeping one of the things that makes your partner totally unique close to you at all times. Plus it makes […]

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Shablis & Devin’s Jaunty Homespun, Anachronist-Punk, Hodgepodge Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Shablis – Museum Security/ Receptionist (and OBT member “Shabs“) Her Offbeat Partner: Devin – Developmental Therapist Location & date of wedding: Avant Garden, Houston, TX — May 23,2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Friends and family helped with absolutely everything! Music, officiating, cooking, decorating, photography… everything! The best part about it was […]

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Our Formal Feminist NON-LEGAL commitment ceremony

The offbeat bride: Lith, Pregnancy and Postpartum Doula Her offbeat partner: Ealesy, Community Corrections Officer Location & date of wedding: Tecoma Pavilion in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia on February 24th, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: I planned our wedding in a total of 9 days! Our wedding was not a legally recognised […]

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Stefanie & Aaron’s Renaissance Fantasy Church Wedding

The offbeat bride: Stefanie, Accountant/Opera Singer Her offbeat partner: Aaron, Web Designer Location & date of wedding: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco in San Fransisco, CA on December 13th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: The wedding was very detailed, complete with Renaissance music, vows rolled in parchment scrolls, a feather quill pen […]