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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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Give your wedding legs some love with LOVE seam tights

Offbeat Bride Natray demonstrates a super cute and super simple way to tuck a little extra love into your wedding day: Pamela Mann Signature Love Seam Tights.

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So you feel like you gave in: 3 ways to bounce back from wedding planning disappointments

You can rest assured that it’s going to happen at some point during your wedding planning process: that perfect venue for your vintage submarine-themed wedding is going to fall through. You battle with your in-laws to try to keep the guestlist under 100 people, and you find yourself putting stamps on 200 invitations. Your dreams of locally-sourced, delicately spiced catering is going to be replaced by your mother’s “beef or chicken” menu that reminds you of funeral food (true story!).

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Add a vintage flavor to your wedding bevvies with paper straws

So you’re serving something delicious at your wedding — maybe even a fabulous mocktail, for your alcohol-free event? And you want a little something extra, something to take your slightly rustic carnival rainbow colorsplosion non-theme to the next level? You could add a little vintage-flavored BLAMMO to your drinks with these paper straws.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their totally offbeat wedding this weekend

Mark Zuckerberg’s totally offbeat wedding

We don’t normally cover current events, but I can’t help but be all tickled by the news trickling out from Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan’s totally nontraditional wedding yesterday. A few distinctly offbeat details…