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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.
this is your last chance to run alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This is your last chance to run: why commitment comedy falls flat for me

Every once in a while, I peek my head out of the safe, offbeat cave I’ve carved for myself here in this corner of the wedding industry and I get a terrible shock. See, I spend so much time over in my little niche that I forget about the rest of the wedding world and how icky it often is.

Case in point: this HARDY HAR HAR hilarious sign…

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Match your hair and your wedding shoes

Ooh, girl. You know I loves me some loud shoes and some pink hair and when you coordinate your loud pink shoes with your bright pink hair? You’re basically guaranteeing that I have to go change my pants.

Daddy and me just married Billi alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Blended family wedding vows: 9 wedding scripts + what NOT to do

Over the years, we’ve seen lots of really lovely ways to include children in blended family weddings, but we’ve never featured the vows that were spoken. I’ve enlisted the help of a few of our favorite officiants, asking them to share wording for blended family vows that they’ve written. (Plus, we’ve got one batch of bonus vows from an Offbeat Bride reader!)

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Paint hearts on the back of your wedding shoes

So you say you can’t find the perfect shoes for your wedding? Do like Offbeat Bride reader Fichterleen did and paint some hearts on your old used shoes!