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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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Even more tattooed brides

This thread over on Livejournal almost made my head explode with all the gorgeousness of the brides with tattoos. No seriously. These brides are each gorgeous without the ink, but the tattoos enhance the beauty times fifty infinity gazillion. Tasha Hundahl: Unknown bride with Exploding Dog tattoo and amazing hair: LJ user Alexisforever: Head over […]

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What role of honor should my friend have?

My partner and I have decided to only have our siblings in the wedding party, which is great.

However, I have a great friend that I would like to include in some sort of role of honor.

Any ideas what this role could be?

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Brides in pants

While of course I couldn’t cover every single breed of offbeat in the book (snowboard brides got short shrift, and transgender Buddhists were completely ignored), writing about brides in pants is actually something I really wish I’d included. In my poking around online I found a fair amount of inspiration for brides who wish to go the pants route, and even some awesome indie vendors…

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These bridesmaids will cut you

The Bad-ass bridemaids of the day award clearly goes to this girl-gang of lovelies rocking their black-bowed dresses, Converse low-tops, and squadron of tats. And the way they’re flanking the groom, they’ve made it clear — you mess with the bride, you mess with us. Check out the rest of the shots from Courtney’s wedding. […]