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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.
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Is it worth spending money on wedding art?

Custom wedding stuff has a sneaky way of costing more than mass produced mainstream stuff. So what’s “worth it” when it comes to custom wedding art?

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How to get a lower budget hotel wedding

Jezebel recently did a post addressing how wedding costs can add up (In The Long Run, Your Wedding Could Cost You Big Time), and while the post itself is somewhat interesting, I was completely taken by a comment posted by a user named geekgirlliz, who caters weddings. Here were geekgirlliz’s excellent tips on how to […]

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Reader Survey results, Part 2

So first, how about some more cold hard facts from the 2010 reader survey? Y’all are social media geeks! 40% of you have a blog and 40% of you use twitter. 20% of you use our Facebook fan page to follow Offbeat Bride updates, and 20% of you use RSS. You’re mostly urban, with two […]

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Reader Survey results, Part 1

Almost 2500 of you took my 2010 Reader Survey in January, and I figured I’d say thank you by sharing some of the results. First, the nitty gritty: Unsurprisingly, 98% of you are women, with 1% each identifying as male or transgender (Aside: big thanks to the reader who suggested I add “Neither/Both” as a […]