I'm getting into Twitter, I'll be honest, I see no real practical purpose for it, but I have an account and I'd like to start Twittering with fellow OBBs about wedding plans and all that to actually get some use out of my account! -AprilShowers

That's a great idea! And in response, there is now a brand spanking new Twitter account just for Offbeat Bride, as a way of getting all the OBBs to even further connect. So go ahead and follow @OffbeatBride for all your OBB related news and updates.

And make sure to use the "hashtag" #OBB to make your offbeat wedding conversations even easier to find out there in Twitter-land.

Feel free to leave your Twitter handles in the comment section for other OBBs to find and follow.

As some of you may remember, last month I launched a partnership with Nearlyweds, offering wedding websites with bad-ass templates designed exclusively for Offbeat Brides. It's been super fun this last month checking in on the sites that are being created (the boys from Nearlyweds keep me updated) and I've decided I just can't keep 'em all to myself! I'm going to try to feature one of y'all's wedsites monthly so you can see all the cool shit y'all are doing.

This month it's Allison & Josh over at http://weddingcon09.nearlyweds.com. These two will be getting married in Bloomington, Indiana in June, and if their wedding blog is any indication, they're going to have a great time.

Allison's blog posts were cracking me up. She decided that "fiancé" sounds weird — so she calls Josh "My Beyonce." HA! Seriously, her blog is hilarious. Here's her take on her bridesmaids:

It was really easy for my to assemble my starting line up for el weddingtando. I'm going for what used to be untraditonal but is now thankfully becoming more mainstream…I'm letting them pick their own dresses! I could hear the excitement in their voices as I laid down the decree. "I want you to look sophisticated and sexy. Hey if you look better than me awesome! I gots myself a man already no one else I need to impress."

They're using the Art Nouveau Peacock theme, one of the offbeat designs from indie designers. (AND YES: I WANT MORE TEMPLATE DESIGNS. DESIGNERS, WHERE ARE YOU!?)

They're also using all sorts of Nearlywed's cool features like the guestbook mapping, photo albums … the works! Can't wait to watch and see how the page evolves as the wedding gets closer…Congrats Allison & Josh. And Allison: please keep cracking me up on your blog. KTHX!

If you'd like to make a wedding page of your own — what are you waiting for?!

Just for fun, and perhaps evidence that the wedding industrial compex isn't always a bad thing.

Hello, ladies! This is just a quick heads-up to let you know that for the next couple weeks I'll be posting a less because I've got some exciting stuff going on with trying to sell my next book! I'll be in NYC for a few days starting this Friday, and then on the Today Show (!!!) next Tuesday 2/19 talking about my 52 Nights Unplugged project.

I normally try to post every day Monday-Friday, but for the next couple weeks it may be more like every other day. I'll be back in full-force the week of 2/25.