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Congratulations! Your daughter's getting married! Once the initial excitement of the announcement wears off, it's time to get busy as you begin planning for the big day.
This invaluable guide is chockful of the ice and ideas you need to help make your daughter's wedding truly special--everything from putting together a guest list designing a seating chart, to throwing engagement party and finding the perfect wedding dress.
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Everything you need to plan the wedding of your dreams.
When it's time to start planning your special day, there is no better source to turn to than Modern Bride. The #1 bridal magazine gives you expert advice every step of the way-from selecting the perfect sites for the ceremony and reception to handling the potential conflicts and special challenges that today's couples face.
Now Modern Bride Complete Wedding Planner offers you the most thorough,...
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What's the preferred way of wording your invitation? How should guests at the wedding dinner be seated? What do you say to people who ask to bring their (uninvited) children to the reception-or, scarier still, to your prospective mother-in-law when she picks out the World's Ugliest Dress to wear on your big day? Brides-to-be have a lot on their minds, including making sure that everything connected with the wedding is done the "right way." But nowadays...
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Being engaged is simultaneously exciting and overwhelming. Planning a wedding can become a full-time job if you let it, and there are so many details, decisions, and pitfalls. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a professional come in and take all the work off your hands? But not everyone can afford to hire a full-service wedding planner, so this book will guide you through the wedding planning process, enabling you to plan your own wedding without losing...
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It's not just about the rehearsal dinner anymore!
You couldn't be happier that your son has found the perfect woman to spend his life with-but you really wish you had more to do than pick out a dress and plan the rehearsal dinner, right? Well, you do! With more and more couples today paying for their own weddings-and just as many asking both families to assist in the plans-your role as the mother of the groom has never been bigger.
With everything...
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From simple barefoot beach ceremonies to romantic grand hotel weddings, Hawaii is one of the most popular - and most beautiful - places to get married. The Best of Hawaii Wedding Book showcases the very best the islands have to offer destination brides. Written by the best local wedding planner with more than ten years of experience, the book features exclusive reviews of top wedding and reception locations, including beaches, churches, resorts, restaurants,...
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First comes love, then comes... planning! Before a fabulous celebration, there are vendors to hire, budgets to calculate, decisions galore to make.
Wedding planning can be a bit overwhelming, but with the helpful how-tos and insider advice in this handy wedding book, you can forget the stress and focus on creating a day that truly reflects you as a couple. A Practical Wedding Planner has everything you need to navigate the wedding planning process...
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Previously published as part of The Big White Book of Weddings.
Entertaining expert David Tutera opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about budgeting for the perfect wedding.
It's tough to be a bride on a budget-but David reveals his personal tips of the wedding trade that proves brides can be both sophisticatedly chic and realistically resourceful! From creating you budget before you start spending to the best questions to...
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Answering hundreds of questions about content, style, and etiquette, this guide will help newlyweds write thank-you notes that are both personal and appropriate. This new edition contains 60 sample letters highlighting the elements that should be included in each, discusses the appropriateness of e-mailed thank-you's, and features a new section on gift ideas for attendants. In addition to laying out the letter-writing "rules," this guide offers creative...
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With nearly three decades of experience as an interfaith celebrant, Saral Burdette has officiated everything from elopements to four-day weddings, from backyard potlucks to gourmet feasts, from sing-alongs to Grammy award winning wedding singers, from couples in pajamas to brides in Marchesa bridal gowns. She provides expert ideas and tools, samples of interfaith rituals, suggestions for navigating challenges, as well as stories from the many couples...
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Practical help for selecting the right words for your wedding, from pure suggestions to full sample ceremonies. A step-by-step overview of the many possible elements that can be included in a ceremony, from approval and dedication blessings, to the declaration of intent and pronouncement (the only legal stipulations involved), to vows and the exchange of rings, to the kiss and the close with abundant samples inspired by the spiritual or nonspiritual,...
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This wedding-planning resource is filled with gorgeous images to inspire brides by showcasing the cutting-edge vendors and naturally beautiful locales of the South. Key Carolina-based vendors-such as photographer Corbin Gurkin, planners Ivy Robinson and Gathering Floral + Event Design, and wedding and style mogul Ceci Johnson-are highlighted, allowing brides-to-be to delight over everything from invitation designs to tablescapes, all set to the backdrop...
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How to pull off a stylish dream wedding when time is of the essence? Answers abound in Instant Weddings, the hip and illustrated handbook for aspiring quicklyweds who want more than a Las Vegas moment. Where most wedding guides emphasize perfection and glamour, Instant Weddings celebrates creativity, ingenuity, and flexibility, proving that you can have your fabulous last-minute cake and eat it too. Handy checklists cut to the chase, condensed timelines...
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All those little differences that seem trivial when you're falling in love can become major issues once passion cools with the reality of living together. The Bride and Groom Happiness Test asks hundreds of questions for couples to answer together on topics such as sex, in-laws, having children, pets, cooking, food preferences, exercise and fitness, housecleaning, traveling, household economics, interior decorating, religion and politics.
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Many engaged couples, no matter what their personal style, find themselves turning back to tradition for their wedding ceremony. Is there a way to follow tradition and still carve your own wedding path? Yes, there is-with this unique book in hand.
Michael Foley presents meaningful wedding traditions so old that they're practically new again. Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish wedding traditions fill this comprehensive guidebook, the...
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Engagement. What an exciting time for a fiancé and his fiancée. Congratulations are definitely in order. But now that you have that ring on your finger, how will you afford the wedding of your dreams? What do you need to keep in mind when planning a wedding? And how do you keep track of all the details that go into planning such a monumental event in the first place? Thankfully, author J.G. Somers has compiled a simple yet effective guide to help...
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The ultimate handbook for getting hitched with full hearts and zero regrets, from the wedding-planning gurus behind Wedshed.
Weddings, at their heart, are about two people joining their families and communities together in the name of love, good times and the future.
But when couples start planning their big day, they often find themselves contending with waves of unsolicited advice, old-school rhetoric and overwhelming decision fatigue. Enter...
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Into a sea of pearl white and pale blue comes the hot pink and orange Anti-Bride Guide. The perfect book for anyone alienated by the high-brow wedding industry, this practical guide fills a huge gap in the wedding planner market. A riot to read and filled with sassy illustrations, each chapter offers up fabulous advice and unusual ideas for those brides looking for more than the standard fare. Hundreds of fantastic tips give great insider advice on...
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Matthew Robbins, Martha Stewart's right-hand wedding expert, approaches each wedding design with an object that the couple finds meaningful, and in this inspirational guide, he shows you how to do the same. In Matthew Robbins' Inspired Weddings, Matthew will walk brides through his process of transforming the special into the spectacular by choosing nine objects around which to base a wedding design. Along the way, he will share insider tips and industry...
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