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Print custom wedding glassware for your attendants (…or guests!)

Looking for a customized gift to please thirsty bridesmaids, groomsmen, bridesboys, groomsgirls, and whatever attendants you’ve got? Offbeat Bride Tribe member Krissybeth included these adorable custom glasses in her welcome bags for her attendants, printed with the logo from her wedding invitations.

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How to propose to your “wedding crew” with pirate-themed booze-y gifts

Instead of bridesmaids or groomsmen we’re having a Wedding Crew. Which, seeing as how 90% of us met via our Pirate Kickball League (underground/rebel pirate more than “yaaar!” Pirate) we thought it was fitting to go with the pirate theme for this little project. Hope this inspires you to do something fun for your crew if you have the time and the desire to do so!

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Write thank-you notes as you open your shower gifts

Tribesmaid Writeroffiction and her groom had a killer coed wedding shower with trivia games instead of traditional shower games, a blind beer-tasting competition, and they skipped opening gifts at the party. The secret sauce of waiting to open their gifts was that they were able to write their thank-you notes as they opened the gifts.

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Custom ties and wedding accessories from Cyberoptix Tie Lab for any and all tastes

Who says that non-traditional folk don’t want to get super-fancy with their personal expression? That’s why The Cyberoptix® TieLab is all about! Cyberoptix was started back in 2005, when the creators noticed a void in non-traditional yet sophisticated neckwear. We introduced you to them last year, so this time let’s just dive right into ogling their neck goodies…

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Keep pieces of your invitations in a heart-shaped bottle

This was a gift from a guest of Seth and Jerilyn’s wedding. Their thoughtful guest cut up pieces of their invitation and stored them in a heart-shaped container. Jarilyn says that it now “graces our TV, because that’s where we look the most!”

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Ask for your wedding wine as engagement party or wedding shower gifts

For our engagement party, we said that if people wanted to bring gifts, they could bring a bottle of wine that we could pour at the wedding. I also think this could work really well for beer lovers by having everyone bring a six-pack of beer for the wedding.