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A gorgeous nautical wedding as seen on @offbeatbride #beach #wedding

Sleep well with these funny wedding do not disturb signs

We featured these rad and funny wedding do not disturb signs from Avari and Ed’s beach wedding in North Carolina last week and wanted to make sure you saw them AND a few other options. Wedding door hangers are great for favor bags (if you’re offering them), especially for out-of-towners staying at your hotel. In fact, we’ve got a load of tips for hosting non-local guests and tips for multi-day wedding weekends.

This woodsy backyard wedding was a labor of love

This woodsy chic backyard wedding was a labor of love

Corey and George had an intimate wedding that celebrated the vibrant colors of fall and their waterfront backyard venue in the woods. They grew their own flowers, and the bride’s mother made her bouquet which included a deer horn to honor the bride’s father and the groom’s mother. The groom surprised everyone with a live band, and they provided a huge drawing board for the kids and anyone who wanted to leave a love note for them. It was a chic backyard wedding, and a lovely labor of love with local vendors and gorgeous details.

Offbeat Bride at Monique Lhuillier

Fairy nipple flowers & Khaleesi dresses: My Monique Lhuillier surprise visit

I knew my friend was taking me to a dress shop in LA that is filled with non-traditional dress options. But what I didn’t know is that she made a surprise appointment for me at Monique Lhuillier.

Now, like anyone with eyeballs and an appreciation of the art of fashion, I loves me some Monique Lhuillier. But ME, a ratty little tomboy, in a Monique Lhullier? The thought made me laugh. But, what happened really surprised me…

Surviving as offbeat in mainstream online communities

Surviving as offbeat in mainstream online communities

Is it just me, or is it difficult being an Offbeat Bride on more traditional websites? While I love to talk about planning weddings, why are the communities on these websites as a whole so judgmental? Is it just me that’s met with this…hostility, if I even dare to ask about something that seems too offbeat, taboo, and “rude?” We’re just surviving as offbeat in mainstream online communities…