Reader survey results: 2011
Our third year of reader survey results are in and it’s time to put on our demography hats and dork out together!
How Offbeat Bride rescued my wedding from an ice storm
Remember when Kacey wrote about having no real reason to freak out before her wedding? Yeah, she was wrong. Something went wrong and then oh, so completely right…
Yes, you DO need the book in addition to reading the website
Tribe member LucyTuppa explains how she was “saved by the book” as it were. Turns out, Ariel knows a thing or two about wedding planning… who woulda’ guessed!? -Megs
Celebrating the bridal body as a canvas of expression
My favorite thing about Offbeat Bride is that it promotes a positive attitude about body image by representing ALL shapes, heights, weights, and shoe sizes. You celebrate the body without focusing on it alone, but instead, treat it as a canvas of expression, a place to grow babies, a physical means of connecting with your loved ones, etc.
Let’s talk about Offbeat BIPOC Brides and couples of color
Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured couples of color to make them easier to find. Tagging is how we make all sorts of things on the site easier to find: Kansas weddings, brides in glasses, grooms with long hair. We’ve got hundreds of tags. We wanted to make it easier for readers who were frustrated by the experience of feeling like they only saw white couples across wedding planning websites.
Janelle says: BUY THE BOOK
“My partner of six years officially proposed last weekend! Hooray! And the very first thing I did was BUY THE BOOK! I just got it yesterday and have been burning through it and already there is advice in there about engagement and rings that I have found SO helpful and reassuring.”