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Wedding ideas on a budget? Hell yeah. Wedding ideas for fall weddings? So many. Yes, it’s okay to steal any of these unique wedding ideas… that’s what they’re there for! You may also want to follow us on Pinterest — our pins are basically a steady stream of creative ideas to steal.

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Serve “walking tacos” at your reception

A “walking taco” is an awesomely portable, perfectly portioned, totally casual snack that would be perfect during a cocktail hour or reception. The trick is how to teach your guests how to make it!

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Build a guest book from Jenga blocks

Have guests write little guest book notes to you on the sides of Jenga blocks to build up a tower of love. This is exactly what Devon and Michelle did at their pirate-themed wedding at a bowling alley. A game guest book fit like a glove.

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Use Polaroids to personalize your wedding decor

Katie and Clinton’s centerpieces featured these Polaroid photos of special places and moments. It seems like the perfect pre-wedding get-away: jump in the car and head around town to snap photos of your favorite restaurants, date spots, where you got engaged, etc. Then slip them into your flowers.

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Fake out your guests with a bouquet toss switcheroo

Katie (of Katie & Clinton’s photo-tastic family fun farm wedding fame) is quite the jokester. So when she decided to participate in the bouquet toss ritual, she decided to throw a wrench into it. A rubber chicken fake-out was in order!