Posts by Ariel Meadow Stallings

This is Offbeat Bride's archive of posts written by 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.

Most Recent Posts by Ariel Meadow Stallings

By now, y'all know that my taste in shoes is loud and weird. I try to tone things down sometimes because I know that not EVERYONE loves rainbow platforms as much as I do… but everyone once and a while I must indulge. Modcloth always enables these indulgences — while their shoes come and go quickly, their options are always eye-poppingly OMG. And, despite my loving of the loud, I tried to sprinkle in a few less overwhelming options here as well. (Oh and deal alert: ModCloth is having a Last Hurrah! sale, with 70% select items. Ends 10/3/11.)

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As we head into autumn, I know more and more of you winter brides are starting to gear up on your planning… which means it's almost WEDDING BOOT season. We've featured a ton of wedding boots over the years, and certainly I see them more in fall/winter weddings, but as for me personally? Like Stevie Nicks said, "'I wear boots all summer long."