Globe and Mail review
Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, weighs in on Offbeat Bride:
Some girls dream about their wedding. Others consider skipping the ceremony altogether. Ariel Meadow Stallings marries tradition with non-conformity by acknowledging that many women face a "bridentity crisis" and that feminist wedding planners do exist. Her tips are very 2007. To wit, don't drive in a corset and top your cake with action figures. Stallings draws from her own wedding experience, making the book more personal. Her biggest worry was how to handle stoner guests. Turns out, they just helped spread the love.
Read the full section on nontraditional weddings: globeandmail.com: Get me to the church on time - in a hybrid
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About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.







Jojo said
Yay Canadians!
I found me a great one!