In the years since, my publications have reached about 60 million people via web and social media properties like, formerly known as Offbeat Bride. In 2009, I went full-time with my bootstrapped digital media company, Offbeat Empire LLC. Ariels first book, Offbeat Bride, was first published by Seal Press in 2007. I got my start in the mid-’90s editing a rave magazine, graduated the Columbia Publishing Course at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2001, and then spent most of the ’00s doing marketing for corporations like Microsoft, Amazon, and The Seattle Times. About Ariel Meadow Stallings: A writer and editor who got her start editing. My writing likes to poke at the soft places of overlap between culture, identity, relationships, and personal development. I started blogging in 2000, and have worked full-time as a publisher since 2007 - but I’m also the author of three books, including From Shitshow To Afterglow, PROS BEFORE BROS, and three editions of Offbeat Bride. Your tip will go to Ariel Meadow Stallings through a third-party platform of their choice. Hey, I’m Ariel, the founder of Offbeat Empire LLC. The three editions of the Offbeat Bride book: 2006, 2010, 2019.

She provides plenty of insider tips for avoiding extra costs and cumbersome obligations, along with a clever planner to help you create your own special day.īoth practical and enjoyable, Offbeat Bride validates choosing the funky, different, and offbeat over the traditional, and leads couples through the planning process-from unique ideas on how to announce the engagement all the way to answering the question, 'So, how's married life?' Stallings is the ultimate guide to the alternative wedding of your dreams, encouraging every bride and groom to create their own distinctive celebrations of partnership and love.Latest essays on Medium Lapdances4god: my dance course She lives in Seattle with her son, and if she's not writing or scrolling, chances are good that she's dancing or happy-crying. Offbeat Wed launched in January 2007, supporting the release of Ariel Meadow Stallings book, Offbeat Bride.

Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials. In this newly updated edition of Offbeat Bride, Stallings humorously recounts the story of the original offbeat wedding-hers-and shares anecdotes and advice from dozens of other nontraditional couples. Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and From Shitshow To Afterglow, Ariel Meadow Stallings acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. Offbeat Bride: Create a Wedding That's Authentically YOU 16.99 (67) In Stock.

So, she chose the aisle less-traveled for her own wedding day. Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception, Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted by-and horribly distanced from-the nuances of traditional nuptials.

Offbeat Bride by Ariel Meadow Stallings