Category Archive

steampunk

We featured our first steampunk wedding back in 2007, and have been celebrating the Neo-Victorian aesthetic ever since! We’ve got everything from grooms in googles and top hats to brides in gorgeous bustled steampunk wedding dresses… if you like this look, be sure to check out our wedding corset archive, as well.

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Ear cuffs need a revival: fantasy elf ears and rainbow feathers

It started with seeing a cute elf ear cuff on Pinterest and led to an ear cuff revolution. Well, maybe not that far, but you can still check out these ear cuff ideas in this week’s Superficial Snack. Rainbow feathers, dragonflies, and steampunk ear cuffs abound!

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Discounts, giveaways, and exciting brand NEW designs from Royal Steamline

If you’ve been drooling over Royal Steamline wedding invites (and less face it, most of us DO) then get your salivary glands in check because they just released new invitation designs AND they’re offering an exclusive offers to Offbeat Brides AAAAAND they’re hosting a give-away! (I know, right!?)

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How a bride and her mother hand-crafted a fantastical steampunk wedding ensemble

I hope you have a spare pair of underthings at the ready, because after this post about Dana’s infathomably gorgeous hand-crafted steampunk wedding dress, you’re going to need to go change yourself. I mean, OBVIOUSLY everyone at this wedding looked like they just stepped out of some neo-Victorian psychedlic wet-dream, saturated in rich colors and brass baubles and amazingness. But the bride’s dress was crafted from an old prom dress and a parachute — the story simply must be shared, straight from the bride’s mouth.

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8-bit fun, a wee metalhead, and an ombre dress of awesome

Long black gloves, an ombre dress, a La Bohème cake… so much coolness was to be found in the Offbeat Flickr Pool and Pinterest account. Check out those plus a little metalhead and a kick-ass photo booth idea in this week’s Monday Montage.