Category Archive

Features

When we want to get more thoughtful, this is the spot for our feature articles. Sometimes we talk big-picture philosophies, other times we discuss wedding trends, and every once and a while we just go ape-shit over a wedding WTF?!

djinnaya reading alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The passing of the book

Before leaving home and heading off to her wedding, Djinnaya made sure to grab her Offbeat Bride book for a very special ceremony at her reception.

24995 392479462720 73283542720 4388468 2637783 n alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Offbeat bachelorette party ideas

We get a lot of emails asking for bachelorette party advice and then recently I was asked by a soon-to-be married friend of mine for offbeat bachelorette party ideas, citing that, “The awesome male strip review that we were going to go see only has shows on Friday and Saturday and my party is on a Wednesday night. Boooooo. I need offbeat bachelorette party ideas!” So here we go.

3988672650 3eb49d9097 o alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A slap in the face (in a good way!)

A reader writes in: “I needed a reality check so I came back to offbeatwed.com to get the slap in the face I deserved.”

lavender alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Offbeat Bride in Lavender Magazine

I recently did a Q&A about my book with Lavender Magazine, Minnesota’s gay and lesbian glossy. I rambled about transgender weddings, lesbian weddings, and het weddings alike … you can read the full interview here, but here’s a little excerpt: Lavender Writer Chats Up Offbeat Weddings: Interview with Ariel Meadow Stallings Ariel Meadow Stallings first […]