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Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book) Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her son. To read her latest writing, follow @arielist on Medium.
haters gonna hate cross stitch on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

“Just admit you are ‘woman-babies’ who can’t get enough of this childish shit”

Remember how in January, I was all “Meh, offbeat weddings are pretty well accepted as mainstream at this point”? Remember that?

Well, this year has had some tricks up its sleeve for sure, and one of those tricks is that for a whole bunch of reasons, American culture is taking a hard swing right now. The blasé tolerant attitude of “eh, who even cares — you do you” that’s been around the past eight years or so is shifting, and with that shift is coming an interesting wave of hatefulness toward the offbeat…

Hair by Tori Briggs seen on Offbeat Bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

16 unicorn wedding hair ideas

UnicornAllianc3 is an artist’s collective of hair stylists sharing some freaking over-the-top, around-the-corner, beyond fantastical hair inspo.

corset updo by bexpfeiffer seen on offbeatbride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The corset hairstyle to lace up YOUR BRAIN

On Offbeat Bride, we’ve been loving on corset wedding dresses for a decade… but this is officially the first time that I’m freaking out over a corset hairstyle. ARE YOU SEEING THIS? This is an up-do by Canadian stylist Bex Pfeiffer and it’s without a doubt my favorite wedding updo idea I’ve seen in ages.

R2D2 wine cup on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Designate a special cup for the bride (and other things I learned on Insta this week)

How’s this for a clever wedding idea to steal: If you designate a special cup (like this R2D2 cup!) for the bride, you can use it to signal to the wedding bartender that if they see someone cutting in line with it… that person is getting wine for the bride! Thanks to @claraganeyphotography and Darci Kim for the great concept.

Now, here are a few other things I learned from Offbeat Bride’s Instagram this week…

puppy bouquet photo by zac wolf on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Puppy bouquet & the unicorn cake

I hope that some of you who follow along with us on the blog are also following along with us on Facebook and/or Instagram, but if I know anything about social media, it’s that different folks use different tools for different things… and different algorithms show different followers different stuff and OH LORD it’s all a bit complex. This in mind, I think I’m going to start sharing some of my favorite Insta finds here on the blog, just so we can see them all in one place.

Want to play along? Follow @offbeatbride on Instagram, and tag your photos #offbeatbride.

halloween wedding boots alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The ultimate Hallowedding shoes?!

These may be the ultimate boots for your hallowedding… glow in the dark?! Are you freaking kidding me?!

I mean, even if you didn’t want these for you, they come in toddler sizes, which means tiniest wedding party member could be rocking these down the aisle. Tiny little undead flower girl? Wee lil boney ring bearer? It just gets cuter and cuter.