Meet the offbeat elves who churn out the wedding porn for you day after day, week after week…
Founder & Editor in Chief: Ariel Meadow Stallings
A writer and editor for over a decade, Ariel Meadow Stallings has been published in magazines and newspapers like Modern Bride, ReadyMade Magazine, and Seattle Weekly. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, Today Show, and The Guardian. Ariel's first book, Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives For Independent Brides, was published in 2007 (with a second edition coming in 2010) and offbeatbride.com launched shortly after.
Ariel lives and loves in Seattle with her yoga instructing husband and a small dog, and is due to have a baby boy in December of this year … which works out nicely since she just launched Offbeat Bride's sister site, Offbeat Mama.

Hey look! It's Megan!
Born and raised an awkward nerd in Los Angeles, Megan Finley is a photographer who's work has been published in Japanese Vogue and in the liner notes of various jazz albums. When she's not taking pictures of offbeat weddings & musicians she's glued to her laptop managing content for several blogs including, My Maui Wedding, her own personal blog, and Offbeat Bride.
Megan lives behind a porn shop in West Hollywood with her shark attack victim husband, pit bull and whatever kind of dog this is.

Lady Shrie, of the red hair
Born and raised in rural east Texas, Shrie swears by the healing power of rice and beans, cream gravy, hot sauce and cheesy casseroles.
Besides dog parkin' it with the dogs, honing her crafting wiles, making mixtapes and eating her hubs' stellar cooking, she also enjoys writing about music, DIYin' and design.
She moved up to WA with her red dog, Clem the Chusky, the burly hubby Brett and their two neurotic cats. The newest addition to her family is Iris, the Pittahoula.









