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Wedding Planning 101

You’ve just gotten engaged and don’t know where to start. Here are some wedding planning basics to get you started in planning your alternative wedding with Offbeat Wed!

Joni and Jennelle of Mint and Mirth gives us the lowdown on wedding bartending

Bar talk with Mint & Mirth: Licensing, insurance, and when to hire professional bartenders

Let’s talk about when you should hire professional bartenders for your wedding, when you shouldn’t, and how to cut costs on the bar area in general.

how to order wedding items from China

Tips for buying eBay wedding dresses or accessories made in China

Having now bought not one, but TWO of my important items from China (specifically for my wedding day, not to mention a raft of other things), I have learned much about dealing specifically with Chinese eBay listings. If you like to take a small risk on the off chance of BIG savings, I can heartily recommend trying Chinese eBay-ers.

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How to keep dry during a rainy wedding day

I’ve read through your posts on how to keep warm, and how to keep cool at your wedding. But I felt there was one you are missing… How to keep dry! Do you have any offbeat tips on how to keep dry?

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How my wedding planner saved me so much money that she paid for herself, and then some

One day I had plans to meet with a caterer and a photographer and my planner tagged along, and brought with her a second photographer for us to meet with. The moment the amazing, wedding planner-picked husband and wife photography team commented on my TARDIS-blue nail polish, I was sold — SOLD, I tell you — on a photographer that I would never known about if it wasn’t for my planner. Holy cow, did springing for a wedding coordinator just save me $2,550? Yes, yes it did.