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Fall into Red Ruby Rose’s clutches

These amazing clutches come are made from an eclectic mix of contemporary and vintage fabrics that seem custom catered to Offbeat needs — check out the full range of peacock designs! Some of them are so brilliantly colored and gorgeous that I could see a courthouse bride using one instead of a bouquet. Imagine this being held by a bride in a tea length dress, wearing sharp little red gloves…

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100% homemade, recycled paper wedding invitations

I sat around stressing out over what kind of image I wanted … I knew I wanted to do it myself but had no idea where to begin stylistically. But I finally buckled down and did the block print of the hands, and as soon as I lay the ink on I knew I had my design…

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Monica & Eric’s Artsy Craftsy Disney Infused Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Monica, system analyst and jewelry-maker Her Offbeat Partner: Eric, animator and artist Location & date of wedding: Cross-town Los Angeles – ceremony at Immanuel Presbyterian, reception at The Proud Bird — 1/31/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Eric and I both have issues with our respective faiths of origin. After I realized […]

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Jessica’s Handmade Deer Cake Topper

Tribesmaid Jessica81 made these deer cake toppers that are so adorable they make me want to puke, in a good way. Jessica writes, “The one with the excess flowers is ‘me’ and the one with the top hat is my darling future wife. 😉 It even turned out that her’s is a teensy taller than mine, just like real life… hee hee!”

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Tanya & Gavin’s wet and windy ship wedding!

We had been together for a while and decided to do the wedding thing our way. We wanted a small ceremony and we weren’t tied to any religious buildings, so after a quick search we decided on a ship.

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How to use Etsy for your wedding, from an Etsy vendor

In 2007, I dropped the maintenance of my own website in lieu of joining a legion of independent designers on Etsy, a website full of handmade, independent goodness. As one of the many Etsy vendors who’s thoroughly addicted to their forums, I went digging and found a few shoppers dressing up their wedding days with […]