How life and a terminal illness inspired us to elope
The topic of elopement came and went several times, but we both decided that a big, beautiful wedding was the way to go for us. Then life decided to get involved. I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Neither of us could ignore the incessant ticking of the clock the doctors had set for me, though. So the topic came again: to elope or not to elope?
Let’s talk about “getting wifed”
If you’ve read Offbeat Bride the book you’ll remember that the final chapter is called “Getting Wifed.” We’re talking about that that very post-marital experience over on Offbeat Home & Life…
Why are so many offbeat weddings low-budget?
I’ve noticed that the majority of the weddings you feature are budget weddings. Not all of them, certainly, but quite a lot. I would imagine that even more of them get submitted than get featured.
Why are so many offbeat weddings lower-budget weddings? What is it about budget and offbeat that seem to go hand-in-hand? Is it the craftiness of the general offbeat community? Is it that we’re so broke we have to automatically eliminate almost everything and can only work back in the things that really matter? Is it that we have too many hobbies that eat up all the spare cash we could put towards a wedding?
7 Deaf wedding traditions – Waving the white napkin and more!
These are just a few wedding features designed with deaf/hard of hearing guests’ needs in mind. Offbeat to those in the hearing world, they are simply common sense to any deaf guest you invite to your wedding. Without rocking the boat, Deaf Culture can have its place in a hearing couples’ wedding. Here are eight things to think about if you’d like to add deaf-friendly wedding features to your wedding.