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Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book) Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her son. To read her latest writing, follow @arielist on Medium.
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The purple wedding dress to rule them all!

Swoon. Purple dress. Black corset. Pink hair. Purple boots. Black veil. Jeweled crown. I don’t know anything about this bride other than that her name is Tanya and she’s from the UK and I love her. A very special thanks to analogueandy for sharing the photos with the Offbeat Bride pool on Flickr! Note: you’ll […]

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Offbeat dress advice for plus-sized brides

I haven’t spent a lot of time talking about dresses for plus size brides because my advice to y’all is the same as my advice to everyone: HAVE YOUR DRESS CUSTOM MADE.

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All-Star wedding

Everyone loves Chucks at a wedding! More pics of this All-Star wedding over here.

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Skip the drama when addressing wedding invitations

I can’t handle addressing these wedding invitations.

Everyone says I should address it to “Mr. & Mrs. Man’s-First-Name Man’s-Last-Name” but it pisses me off — addresses like this completely blow past the female component of a relationship.

Any ideas for how to be true-to-self without trying to make an in-your-face statement?