So you know how the backs of books sometimes have blurbs from esteemed authors saying why you should really buy THIS book, the one in your hands, because they have read it and they like it? I have some of those blurbs! It’s so exciting to have my book written about by women I so deeply respect. SQUEE!

“Offbeat Bride should be required reading for every couple struggling to create a wedding that uniquely reflects who they are. With wisdom and humor, Ariel Meadow Stallings reminds you that you need not buy into the wedding industrial complex in order to have a kick-ass celebration.”
—Lori Leibovich, founder and editor of Indiebride.com

“A wedding book that won’t make you puke. Whatever your idea of nontraditional may be, Offbeat Bride is here to tell you that it’s all gonna be okay.” 

—Wendy McClure, columnist for BUST magazine and author of I’m Not the New Me   

Finally, a wedding guide that doesn’t assume you’ve been waiting your whole life to act out tulle-swathed princess fantasies. Stallings deftly shows independent women how to embrace their inner bride without losing themselves in the process.” 
—Hana Schank, author of A More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life 

“Here’s one book the wedding industrial complex doesn’t want you to read!  Offbeat brides aren’t just creative and thrifty (though they’re often both)—they’re taking weddings back and reinventing them in the ways that matter most.” 
—Kamy Wicoff, author of I Do but I Don’t: Walking Down the Aisle without Losing Your Mind