Congratulations to the winners of the mywedding.com/offbeat bride contest!
Congrats to Amber Kuhn for winning the set of li'l matching iPods in the recent mywedding.com/offbeat bride contest. She provided suggestions for her perfect wedding planning playlist, based on three themes:
Idealism — Adam Sandler's "Grow Old With You"
How the heck are we going to pay for this? — Queen's "Under Pressure"
Maybe we should just elope — James Taylor's "Mexico"
A few of my other favorite wedding planning playlist suggestions:
"Here it goes again" by OK Go
"I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Deathcab for Cutie
"Wonders Never Cease" by Morcheeba
"Never is Enough" by Barenaked ladies
"The Kiss" by The Cure
"The Place I'll Return To Someday" from the Final Fantasy 9 Original Soundtrack (ha!)
"Shameless" by Ani Difranco
"This Will Be Our Year" by The Zombies
"Don't You Worry About a Thing" by Stevie Wonder
"Never Met a Girl Like You Before" by Iggy Pop
"Somebody's Getting Married" from The Muppets Take Manhattan
"Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols
"The Good Times Are Killing Me" by Modest Mouse
"Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry
"First Day of my Life" by Brighteyes
"Daudalagio" by Sigur Ros
Congrats again to Amber! Enjoy those iPods.
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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.







Kate said
Yay! Two of the songs listed were on my list! WOO! Glad you liked 'em Ariel.
Melissa said
Aww, I have two songs on the list, too! Is that good enough for one iPod? My fiance doesn't really need one.
elly r-ice said
one of my songs was on the list too