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Build your wedding logo around your favorite video game

Tribesmaid Solowren and her groom bonded over growing up with Final Fantasy and are basing lots of wedding details on gaming, including a wedding logo based on Final Fantasy VI!

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A pared-down wedding weekend in South Africa

Edré and Riaan are both down-to-earth folks and planned a similarly down-to-earth, small and simple wedding. They decided, in lieu of having a honeymoon, to just extend the wedding to a weekend-long event and spend the extra time with family. This pared-down celebration is a great example of less is more.

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Kelsey & Meghan’s classic happy-sappy wedding

These two ladies decided early on that priorities were key and they wouldn’t be going into debt from the wedding. And they were able to pull together a lovely ceremony and dancefest reception (with s’mores!). You might also never guess that the bride’s two dresses and all the dresses in the wedding party were handmade, too!

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These two are training for their wedding: check out this invitation video

Tribesmaid Calikazam and her groom decided to forgo a printed invitation in lieu of this wedding MONTAGE video! You know we need a montage. Check out the video and their explanation.

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Cecilie & Robert’s history geeks medieval wedding

These two are serious history geeks and managed to inspire all of their guests to time travel back to their favorite medieval era. With handmade place card scrolls, a lakeside ceremony, and a little medieval barn nookie, there’s lots to see and loads to love about this sweet wedding in Denmark.

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How to make your own lino block rubber stamps for all your wedding needs

My future wife and I wanted to DIY our invites from scratch. So, I found these cute print-yourself blank invites and we’re adding our Minnesota outline wedding logo to the cards via lino block stamps. Here are my very simple DIY instructions on how to make your own lino block/rubber stamps for all your wedding needs.