Why didn’t you feature my wedding?
Sometimes we get emails from brides who’ve submitted their weddings, asking us what was wrong with their wedding that we didn’t feature it. So maybe it’s time to explain how we pick the weddings we feature…
Trends vs. Super Awesome Ideas
Why do we have to use the word trend? It seems that most people, especially Offbeat Brides, wrinkle their nose at that word. But maybe we could just call them super awesome ideas.
4 ways I’m keeping my family off my back during wedding planning
I have been pondering ways to keep my family involved in my wedding yet respectful of our wishes. I almost feel like it is harder to plan a “mostly traditional with some personal twists” style wedding than a totally off-the-wall affair, mostly because if you are having the latter, it seems friends and family will eventually resign themselves to the fact that you are unequivocally NOT going to have the wedding they want.
Offbeat-er than thou
I belong to a community of brides on another site. One of the brides prides herself on her uniqueness and originality. No one has a problem with that. But she really puts down a lot of the other brides who are more traditional. She calls their weddings ‘cookie cutter’ — which really hurts some people’s feelings! How can I tell someone to chill with their “I’m so original and different” superiority trip?