Open thread: What were your favorite wedding gifts?
We know a lot of y’all just got married. (Congrats, and thanks for still hanging out with us!) So here’s a fun post-wedding related question, one of our readers recently asked… “Totally materialistic post: What was your favorite wedding gift? Most unique? Most creative?” Ooh ooh, I’ll start…
Weird and awesome ideas for your wedding registry
As some of you may know, I’m not just the Managing Editor of Offbeat Bride, I’m also the Managing Editor of our sister site, Offbeat Home & Life. Offbeat Home is where I geek out over home goods, decor, and gifts. I thought I’d round up some of my favorite home goods and serve them up to you as weird and awesome ideas for your weird and awesome wedding registries.
Our big list of wedding planning apps Part III: wedding registry apps
We’ve been talking about the latest wedding planning apps that are taking over the big planning binder. In part I, we talked specifically about inspiration and collaboration tools, and part II covered RSVP and wedding website apps. This time around, we’ll be talking about the best online wedding registry apps. Some of them focus on honeymoons, some on gifts, and some on more alternative ideas like charity and experiences.
My tacky registry: Why I think registry etiquette is bullshit
Sometimes I browse the Knot (I know I KNOW) for etiquette tips about things I’m not sure of (traditional wording on invites, etc) or to get an outside perspective. Talk about a mistake! The last time I did this was to try and get a handle on exactly WHY it is such a breech of etiquette to do anything other than a traditional, scan gun, store registry. I bring this up only to point out my first big issue with “wedding etiquette” and that’s the mistake of thinking that what’s rude is universal. It isn’t.
Insider tips to make your cash registry just right for you
As you’ve probably already learned from your likely experiences trying to register at your local big box store, it can be daunting and restricting to say the least. We’ve gathered some tips from our sponsor Zola to make sure your registry is as flexible, usable, and customizable as we know it can be.
Wedding registries: The gateway to lifestyle creep
Wedding registries. It’s awesome to get presents, but it sucks when you realize that all your presents mean you have to spend more money to upgrade everything else to match. You will find yourself purchasing things so that they can “match” your new items. Even if your stuff up until now was perfectly fine, even if you never thought to replace it.