Have your guests sign postcards as your guest book
One detail I loved from Lisa and Kevin’s garden party comfort food wedding (outside of their amazing menu!) was their postcard guest book.
9 tips for a disability-friendly wedding (…especially when you’re not visibly disabled)
Unless I’m moving around none of my disabilities are particularly visible. However amongst our guests we had lots of friends and relatives with health issues of varying degrees and severity. We chose our venue and all the details of the day based on what would make everything as comfortable as possible for everyone invited. Unfortunately I pretty much forgot to take into account my own health. In hindsight, these are the things I learned or wish I’d have done at my own wedding…
Stop the violence against glassware: 6 glass-clinking alternatives
Are you like me — a person who HATES the glass-clinking tradition? If you aren’t comfortable kissing on command, or bringing out the bitch face, here are some useful glass clinking alternatives from Offbeat Bride readers…
Rock star guestbook alternative: Sign a guitar!
If you and your partner are musically inclined, immortalize your wedding day with an autographed instrument. Ask all your guests to rock the guitar. Not into the rock and roll? Mulling over a Mahler-inspired version? Sign a violin! Toot your own(autographed blue French) horn! Make beautiful music with this guestbook alternative.