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Rainbow embroidery floss dress on offbeat wed 7 scaled alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A rainbow crochet wedding dress made from 7 MILES of embroidery floss

If you’ve ever cursed your way through a craft project, muttering, “Why did I do this to myself?” meet Audrey Blackburn. She didn’t just commit to making a wedding dress… she committed to it entirely made of embroidery floss. That’s right, the delicate thread people usually reserve for cross-stitching and friendship bracelets. Audrey? She turned it into a full-length, rainbow-gradient, body-hugging masterpiece.

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Love, rainbow wedding cake and a Wilson Phillips sing-a-long at Olio

Jen and Laura celebrated their nuptials at Olio, a newly renovated 1912 historic venue just north of Boston. The defining moment of the night had to be when the band started playing Wilson Phillips. EVERYONE joined in – if there is one correct way to enter a lifetime of wedded bliss, it’s gotta be via a sing-a-long!

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A double rainbow wedding that neither a nor’easter nor corona could stop

It was the week of Jayleen and Kailer’s wedding. Kailer tested positive for COVID, and a nor’easter from Hurricane Ian was dropping record-breaking wind and rainfall on Pennsylvania. Thus, come the morning of their wedding, Jayleen was understandably in tears… but wait until you see how things turned around!

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The couple walked blindfolded down the aisle at their backyard wedding

Not only did this couple walk down the aisle blindfolded to have their first-look at the altar, but one of the brides did all the flowers! Wait until you see…