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geeky weddings

Gamers, comic book nerds, pop-culture enthusiasts, and geeks of all kinds: Offbeat Wed is the original home of nerdy weddings going way back to 2006. We’ve got geeky wedding ideas for all the fandoms: Doctor Who weddings, Star Wars weddings, Lord of the Rings weddings, Harry Potter weddings, Game of Thrones weddings, and so many more…

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Hows about a little chemistry with your unity ceremony?

A 5th grade science activity can make a meaningful and exciting unity ceremony! See what happens when one couple decided to conduct a unity ceremony chemistry experiment live at their wedding.

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Jenne & Alex’s Viking belly dancing backyard wedding

After a wedding (or two) under their belt, it was time to make this one their own: Vikings, a fiery red dress, belly dancing performers (who dragged everyone up to dance!), and a processional song written by the groom. Join us (and Geoff Peterson) in reading about this backyard shindig.

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Find your perfect creative wedding invitations or design your own with The Sweetheart Shout Out

Sweetheart Shout Out is a labor of love for husband and wife team, Phillip and Tara. Like many of you, when they were planning their wedding they looked at the all ribbon-y, glittery, silk flowery, overpriced stuff that are the mainstay of most invitation companies, and decided there had to be a better option! Thankfully (for all of us) they’re both graphic designers with a passion for killer wedding invitation design.

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Make your own offbeat snowglobes for favors & decor

Snowglobes are super rad. I Iove making ’em just as much as I love shaking ’em. Here is a quick tutorial on waterless snowglobes. If you want to put water in your globes, Martha Herself has a tutorial. But here’s how the Offbeat DIY Editor rocks her some Martha-inspired crafts.