Category Archive

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.
striped paper straws alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

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…

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…

wedding hair and shoes match alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

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.