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How to spot and avoid the wedding vendors that are faking it to make it

So what can you do to avoid the fake wedding vendors? Don’t be put off — these fakes are the exception to the norm — but do be smart and do your research.

There are some fairly easy steps to gage how genuine a creative business is, and how good they actually are…

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Obvious and outdated: is my work here done?

Offbeat Bride’s first edition was released in 2006, with a second edition in January of 2010. A negative review came in a couple months ago that blew my mind in the best possible way…

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How escaping Scientology weirdly relates to wedding planning

Whenever people are like BOO MAINSTREAM WEDDINGS BOO WIC I HATE THE WEDDING INDUSTRY RAH RAH RAH, I’m always like “I get your frustration there, guys — but stop fighting so much against what you don’t want, and start proactively working to determine what you DO want. Construction is always more difficult than demolition!” Here’s why creation is more interesting to me that reacting.

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5 new wedding trends that are making me go “huh?”

Remember when Tribe member likegracekellyintroduced us to the concept of maintenance shaming? Well, she’s back to talk about trends that make ya go hmmmm