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wedding planning

What funeral planning taught me about wedding planning alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

What funeral planning taught me about wedding planning

I’ve planned two funerals before planning my wedding. The first was my own funeral. My cancer came before we had a chance to speak of marriage, and preparing for the worst outcome took priority. It was not unlike planning a wedding (albeit in four days flat), and I’ve learned these lessons on how to celebrate life — whether this is a life that has gone or is about to start…

plan a wedding in a month

We planned our wedding in a month, before announcing our engagement

We wanted to have our wedding completely planned before we made our engagement announcement. Here’s how we were able to plan a wedding in a month, all before even announcing our engagement…

Set up a Dropbox for wedding vendors alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Get your shit together: Set up a Dropbox for wedding vendors

We’ve talked about how super awesome this level of techie organization can be for planning a self-catered wedding; and how awesome Dropbox is as a collaboration tool for wedding planning. Never used Dropbox? No sweat. Here’s how…

plus size bride advice alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

8 body-positive tips for plus size brides

Being plus sized (or fat — I like the word fat) can add an extra layer of pressure onto the normally stressful stuff of life. But let’s lay all of that stuff out on the line right here and now. I want to give you my body-positive plus size bride advice. These eight tips will save you tons of stress and help to make your special day actually special instead of stressful…