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"I&amp;amp;#8217;m totally inspired by a super-creative (and potentially money saving!) move from a real wedding of a couple named Danielle and Stephen. They had a gorgeous rustic wedding in a friend&amp;amp;#8217;s backyard in Southern New Jersey (where they grew up together and fell in love&amp;amp;#8212;how cute is that?!). For the table settings, they skipped rental plates and disposables, and instead, went on a hunt at thrift stores for mismatched dinnerware! There are a billion reasons why this is such a fun idea, but you lovelies will have to settle for three really good ones: There&amp;amp;#8217;s no limit to how creative this can get. You can decide how far you want to go mixing colors, styles, and patterns. You could, say, do a whole bunch of solid plates with mixed patterned plates as accents, or go the whole nine yards and have every setting be mismatched. It&amp;amp;#8217;s a neat way to get family and friends involved. I can think of a ton of plates I have left over from old dish settings I&amp;amp;#8217;ve since upgraded, and there&amp;amp;#8217;s a good chance that your wedding guests will, too. It&amp;amp;#8217;ll put a unique stamp on your wedding. If you&amp;amp;#8217;re not sure which non-traditional touches to embrace, trying something different with your table settings is a punch your guests are certain to notice, but isn&amp;amp;#8217;t quite as risky as other offbeat ideas! Kinda seems like this would be a neat wedding d&amp;amp;eacute;cor treasure hunt for brides who want a little adventure, don&amp;amp;#8217;t you think? So how about you ladies? Would you ever try mix-n-match plates at your wedding? Have any other cool ideas about how to make this DIY touch really shine? More things genius DIY d&amp;amp;eacute;cor ideas: * Easy, DIY Aisle Swags * Super-Cute DIY Favor Boxes * Gorgeous DIY Centerpieces More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage FREE Beauty Stuff! Enter for your Chance to Win a New Prize Every Day! Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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