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Whether you’re looking for unique wedding dresses, wedding shoes, cute wedding invitations, nontraditional wedding rings, or an offbeat wedding photographer… chances are you’ll find ’em here. Start by browsing our Vendor Directory for vendors in YOUR area, and then have fun with these posts to find online wedding dressmakers, photographers, and more!

alternative and offbeat engagement photo ideas

21 fun engagement photo ideas to inspire your own pics

There’s more to fun engagement photo ideas than gazing into each others’ eyes in a park. You can do, well, anything! We put out the call for some alternative ideas for engagement shoot ideas and our vendors came through with some winners. We’re talking movie and TV references, arcade gaming, dinosaur cameos, lightsabers, wands, and dance parties anywhere.

Surprise wedding dress

This groom MADE his bride’s surprise wedding dress

Adam, an art teacher and puppeteer, handmade his bride Maria’s dress for her as a surprise, an impossible feat for most of us, let alone with such SKILL. We were blown away by the fab sleeves and high-low design. We were able to snag a little more information about it plus a behind-the-scenes look at the process just 15 days before the wedding. Bonus? She didn’t even get to see the dress until noon on the day of the wedding. Wut. Let’s take a peek at how it all went down…

pokeball wedding band on offbeat bride

Totally non-boring & unique masculine wedding bands for folks of all genders [Updated!]

We’ve shown you LOTS of men’s and masculine wedding bands before, but I’m bringing some new ideas to the table this time. I’m talking wood grains, rainbow-inlaid crystal, trillion-cut sapphires, animals sculpted into the metal, neon inner bands, brushed metal, the Bat Symbol, skulls, and DRAGON SCALE. It’s a whole new batch of weird, wild, and totally non-boring masculine wedding bands to fill your dapper heart (or your groom’s!) with pure, golden joy.

This guy trying on a wedding dress is ALL OF US

This guy trying on a wedding dress is ALL OF US

Offbeat couples wear all kinds of outfits on their wedding day, from dapper suits to hugh jass multicolored gowns straight from fashion week. And of course, a whole bunch of them wear a traditional white dress. And that’s amazing. You do you, boo. Even if you’re not planning on rocking a white cupcake froth-fest on your wedding day, it CAN be pretty fun to try one on just for the hell of it. This is exactly what YouTuber Zack Arad did. And he luuuuurved it.

Let’s take a peek at this guy having all his dreams come true in the form of a wedding dress…