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registry

We love wedding registry alternatives like honeymoon registries and charity registries, but we also feel that more traditional registries have their place… this is our spot for offbeat wedding registry advice, etiquette and ideas.

Leather Luggage Tag Travel Gift alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wedding gift ideas for people who didn’t f***ing register!

“Since this is the second marriage for each of them, they are not registering, and to top it off, it’s a destination wedding! I want to get her something to celebrate the occasion, but nothing over the top if that makes sense.”

Hey! I’m a person getting married for the second time, who didn’t have a registry (until we were forced to cave due to various requests). Perhaps I can be of assistance. Here are my suggestions for “what to get the people who don’t want to tell you to get them, but you pretty much feel like you need and want to get them something anyway”…

Time to add ALL the cat registry gifts to your wedding registry

Time to add ALL THE CAT THINGS to your wedding registry

There’s a cat version of everything because there are so many kick-ass cat ladies and dudes like myself who want ALL THE CAT REGISTRY GIFTS. All of ’em. All the cats. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite cat registry gifts for your ailurophile wedding registry including wine bottle stoppers, LED lights, mugs, magnets, shark cat beds, cat ice cube trays, kitchen timers, and many more kitty-loving items.

Let’s get to shopping RIGHT MEOW…

Wedding registry ideas for the cooking challenged alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wedding registry ideas for the cooking-challenged: The must-have kitchen items

We recently had long-term house sitters who found our kitchen very much lacking in basic amenities. So I asked them what our kitchen needed. They turned around and said… basically, everything.

If you are also cooking-challenged, and want to use your newly married lives as an excuse to start learning how to use your kitchen, here are the things that a newbie should register for…

Noir registry gifts for those who long for a darker color than black

Noir registry gifts for those who long for a darker color than black

Are you the type who loves to wear black and sees the world through sleek goth lenses? These noir registry gifts should definitely be added to your wedding registry. From goth-inspired playing cards to black Post-Its to sleek black candles, these are the gifts that will make your home (or your friends’ homes!) look chic as hell.