The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner : Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette,
Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Paperback)
Book Description
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This practical companion to The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings
in the Real World acts as a stand-alone guide to the nuts and
bolts of planning a wedding. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner
is where the bride and groom can record wedding ideas, create
budget guidelines, check items off their to-do list, generate
the guest list, store contact information for their wedding
vendors, and get tips and advice on the best way to plan their
big day.
Chapter by chapter, the planner walks the bridal couple through
each major step: for example, choosing the reception site, picking
a photographer, and deciding on a menu. Author Carley Roney
and the editors of The Knot Web site have talked with both wedding
professionals and hundreds of thousands of brides and grooms,
and have a good idea of the necessary ingredients for a successful
wedding. Most helpful and thorough are each chapter's "Questions
to Ask" checklists and the "Knot Knowledge" tips,
which include money-saving ideas. The book also contains a gift
log, a budget tracker, and a wedding-day phone contacts sheet.
Roney offers loads of helpful advice, such
as recommending that the bride and groom declare "wedding
free zones" where the couple makes time for activities
together that have nothing to do with planning
the wedding. Each chapter also includes her down-to-earth answers
to commonly asked questions, such as whether it's appropriate
for a relative to host a shower or if the wedding couple should
pay for guests' travel expenses. With all of its tips, advice,
and organizers, The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner may just be,
next to a wedding coordinator, the best way for modern couples
to ensure their wedding is a smoothly run, stress-free affair.
--Kris Law
Review
"[Carley Roney is] cyberland's Martha Stewart."
--Vogue
"The Knot is . . . the most popular wedding
site."
--The New York Times
"No gush, no cheese."
--Glamour
"Hip, informal and humorous, this book includes
all the basics of modern matrimony.
--Dallas Morning News
Book Description
From the author of The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the
Real World, a thoroughly modern, must-have workbook to help
you pull off the perfect wedding.
With so many nerve-wracking details to tend to,
planning the perfect wedding can seem an impossible task. Now
The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner guides you step-by-step through
the countless stages of planning your big day. Packed with easy-to-follow
checklists and worksheets, and the hip, insightful wisdom that
has made theknot.com an indispensable resource for millions
of couples worldwide, The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner provides:
A one-year calendar with monthly and weekly to-do
lists leading up to the moment of marriage
Worksheets to help you:
Organize the attendants, the guest list, and the
invitations
Design the ceremony--from the site and officiant to the dress
Arrange the reception--from the cake and caterer to the music
and the photographer
Checklists to keep track of finances, contracts,
and post-marriage legalities
Money-saving tips and answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Inside Flap Copy
From the author of The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the
Real World, a thoroughly modern, must-have workbook to help
you pull off the perfect wedding.
With so many nerve-wracking details to tend to,
planning the perfect wedding can seem an impossible task. Now
The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner guides you step-by-step through
the countless stages of planning your big day. Packed with easy-to-follow
checklists and worksheets, and the hip, insightful wisdom that
has made theknot.com an indispensable resource for millions
of couples worldwide, The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner provides:
A one-year calendar with monthly and weekly to-do
lists leading up to the moment of marriage
Worksheets to help you:
Organize the attendants, the guest list, and the
invitations
Design the ceremony--from the site and officiant to the dress
Arrange the reception--from the cake and caterer to the music
and the photographer
Checklists to keep track of finances, contracts,
and post-marriage legalities
Money-saving tips and answers to Frequently Asked Questions
About the Author
Carley Roney is the founder of The Knot (www.theknot.com and
AOL keyword: knot), the world's most popular and complete wedding
Web site. As the author of The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings
in the Real World, she fields the questions and concerns of
500,000 couples a month. The site's new wedding magazine, The
Knot, debuts in Spring 2000.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission.
All rights reserved.
Operating Instructions
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Producing a wedding involves endless details,
pressing deadlines, family drama, and -- far too often -- enough
stress to kill any prenuptial honeymoon period. The Knot Ultimate
Wedding Planner is a couple's secret weapon against such insanity.
It's your cheat sheet -- telling you what you need to know and
do, and when. It's your insiders guide -- giving you TheKnot.com's
most essential expert advice in bite-size pieces. It's your
security blanket -- the next best thing to a guarantee that
you'll have a memorable wedding without losing your mind.
Here's how to get he most out of these jam-packed
pages:
Don't Leave Home Without It
You never know when someone will mention this
amazing caterer or you'll remeber a must-not-forget-name for
your guest list. Take this book with you everywhere. Jot down
all your wedding notes in one place (use the inside covers if
you run out of room in the notes areas). Must-have accessories
include a pen, a small spiral-bound notebook, and a heavyweight
two-pocket folder -- label one side Research and the other Completed
Contracts. (Since we're all on the go, we aren't fans of the
fifteen-pound planner, but if you think you'll be tearing out
tons of magazine pages and collecting piles of brochures, you
may want a three-ring binder or accordion file.)
Use Your Imagination
Before you get overwhelmed by all the minutiae,
sit down together and read Chapter 2, "Getting Started."
It's meant to get your juices flowing with a worksheet to help
you envision exactly what kind of wedding you want to have.
Keep an open mind and have some fun with it; your answers will
inform future detail decisions. You'll also need to finalize
a budget before you spend a dime -- our easy worksheet will
help you do it.
Stay on Schedule
Chapter 1 is an overall wedding-planning calendar
and checklist that lays out the entire process and tells you
what to do when. Read it all the way through before you begin
to get a sense of the timing involved. To personalize it, backtrack
from your wedding date and fill in the actual deadlines: one
month before, two months before, and so on. The calendar refers
you to the chapters in this book that get into detail on specific
topics.
Do Your Homework
The worksheets at the start of each chapter will
help you focus your thoughts and create a vision for each aspect
of your wedding. Have everyone involved in the decision making
help with these exercises to make sure you're all on the same
page before you begin. Once you have an idea of what you're
looking for, you'll need to find a professional to handle the
task. Don't hire anyone until you've asked each and every question
on the lists in each chapter. The answers will clue you in to
how professionals approach their work -- and to whether their
approach is appropriate for your wedding.
Take Our Advice
In each chapter we share out most essential Knot
Knowledge -- what we've learned in our years of experience talking
to wedding professionals and hundreds of thousands of brides
and grooms. Read these essential tips and money-saving tricks;
the peruse the "Ask Carley" sections for up-to-date
answers to the most frequently asked questions in each category
before you make any final decisions.
Delve into Detail
The latter part of each chapter gets into the
specifics of executing your plan. Use our checklists to make
sure your contracts with each vendor are complete. Fill in the
contact cheat sheet for each professional you hire -- you'll
need easy access to their information as other vendors request
it or when it's needed in an emergency. (Hint: Staple business
cards to each vendor's contact page. it will halp you to turn
to them easily.)
Have It Your Way
This book is about realistic guidelines, not hard-and-fast
rules. Feel free to personalize the process according to your
own priorities. If photography means everything to you, by all
means, secure your photographer and spend 10 percent of your
budget on your package instead of the suggested 8 percent (just
make sure it all still adds up to 100 percent). Same goes for
etiquette: We give you the guidelines, but you need to judge
your own situation.
Enjoy the Ride
Okay, we admit it: planning a wedding can
be a roller-coaster ride. But considering this is likely to
be the most extravagant party you'll ever throw in your lives,
you'd better have a blast -- from your first hour brainstorming
right through the last five seconds of your reception. We'll
help, of course, but you're ultimately responsible for delighting
in every up and riding out every down. Some general advice:
Don't drive yourself insane over every detail. Declare some
days wedding-fee zones. And, most of all, maintain your sense
of humor. Laughter will go a long way toward keeping th love
bug alive throughout the planning process.
The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Weddings (Best of Martha Stewart Living) (Hardcover)
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The maven of all things tasteful, Martha Stewart has impeccable
style when it comes to weddings, and The Best of Martha Stewart
Living: Weddings compiles the finest ideas from the magazine
of the same name. The book is designed to provide inspiration
for the big day, whether it is for the ceremony or the reception.
Wedding apparel isn't covered, but all of the other significant
parts of the wedding are: ceremony and reception decorating,
bouquets and boutonnieres, wedding cakes, favors, guest books,
music--even storage and display of photographs and other memorabilia
after the wedding.
Stewart encourages readers to use the book's ideas as inspiration
for wedding elements unique to the bride and groom, and to avoid
simply incorporating the book's ideas into their wedding day.
She emphasizes that a wedding should reflect the couple's personality
and wishes, as well as any customs they choose to follow. There
are few rules of etiquette à la Emily Post. Instead,
the book provides historical explanations of common wedding
traditions, then gives examples of variations on that tradition
that couples have decided to use in their weddings. Stylishly
arranged color photographs of the bouquets, wedding cakes, reception
decorations, table settings, party favors, and more bring the
ideas to life; instructions for reproducing them are often provided.
Many of Martha's suggestions are doable even on
a budget because they stick to simple, classic design. The reference
section at the end of the book includes ceremony and reception
planning and seating tips; music suggestions; recipes for cakes,
drinks, and hors d'oeuvres; and sources for wedding supplies.
The Best of Martha Stewart Living: Weddings should prove a rich
source of inspiration for couples looking to add stylish and
meaningful touches to their wedding day. --Kris Law
Book Description
"Will you marry me?"
If you or someone you love said yes, let America's
wedding experts help you create a day as romantic as the day
he asked. For more than a decade, Martha Stewart and the editors
of Martha Stewart Weddings have guided brides down the aisle,
onto the dance floor, and over the threshold with thousands
of ideas for making their wedding day unforgettable. In this
breathtakingly beautiful volume, brides-to-be -- or anyone participating
in planning this joyous event -- will find ideas and inspiration
for every element of a wedding, including decoration, flowers,
cakes, food, favors, and photography.
The very best ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings
have been organized here in four sections--For the Ceremony,
For the Reception, Forever, and For Reference. For the Ceremony
is filled with bridal bouquets, boutonnieres, and bridesmaids
flowers. There are decorating ideas for every kind of ceremony
imaginable -- a classic clapboard church, a grassy meadow, or
the family living room. For the Reception features exquisite
lighting ideas, a selection of drinks and hors d'oeuvres, charming
favors for guests, and, of course, cakes. There are more than
30 cakes to inspire you, and there is one to suit every style,
taste, and budget. Novice bakers can learn how to make a basic
wedding cake in Wedding Cake 101. Forever includes albums, guest
books, and keepsakes. In the For Reference section there is
information to help you plan the ceremony and reception, select
music, chose stationery, prepare hors d'oeuvres and cocktails,
and find supplies to make many of the projects pictured.
Designed to evoke the grandeur with which a wedding
day should be celebrated, The Best of Martha Stewart Weddings
is the ultimate guide to creating a wedding day as touching
as the words "I do."
Review: Martha at her BEST
What a beautiful and helpful book! Really - it's Martha at her
best! She's so good at weddings, and this book has a wonderful
collection of some of her best ideas on the subject. Such useful
information! It was interesing to learn about placement of the
bridal party and where the guest seat! Who knew that Catholic
and Jewish ceremonies were diffrent. The invitation help was
great too - especially if you are making your own, like we are!
Review: ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL BRIDES
-TO -BE
**This is my second copy... (I wore out my first copy).. Have
styled many many weddings using this invaluable guide - from
budget nuptials to ooh la la over the top extravaganza's.. so
many many ideas that are so easy to do yourself.. Martha makes
it all so easy.. If you buy no other books, buy this one!!!
Review: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Weddings
Excellent reference book as well as beautiful layout overall.
With my first-time buyer incentive on Amazon.com, the price
was excellent!
Review: Ideas for planning a wedding
Martha Stewart's "The Best of Martha Stewart Living Weddings"
provides information such as decorations, cakes, flowers, as
well as reception ideas that are useful for couples who are
planning for their weddings. Stewart also provides information
for those who are interested to make things (cakes, favors,
etc) rather than just buying them from the stores. The book
is filled with colorful pictures that help to illustrate her
ideas.
Before reading this book, I thought that it would
be too fancy and way too expensive for middle-class folks (like
some of the wedding books out there). However, I am pleasantly
surprised that some of her ideas are quite practical and doable
and they were not as expensive as I thought. A useful book to
have. I would also recommend Carley Roney's "The Knot:
Complete Guide to Wedding in the Real World" which I think
provides even more detailed information.
Review: A Must have
A "Must Have" for those who works in the wedding industry
or getting married. Featured some creative decoration ideas,
wedding bouquets & boutonniere style, cake decoration,Type
of flowers, color coordination, music lists, etc. Great book
for references.
Review: A beautiful and practical must-have
reference!
This is a high-quality volume, and includes page after page
of beautiful full color photographs that are very enjoyable
to look through as well as very helpful in inspiring ideas for
one's own wedding. It is also an incredible reference, loaded
with valuable information about all aspects of weddings (ceremony,
reception, attire, flowers, and much more). I don't know what
I'd do without this handy and lovely guide, and I look forward
to a very unique and elegant wedding with significant thanks
to this book for it. The one single best resource out there
for brides-to-be.
Review: The BEST Wedding Book Out There,
By Far!
Like most brides, I have probably spent 1/8 of my budget on
books and magazines alone! But save yourself some money because
this is truley the best wedding book out there! The pictures
were full of ideas that you could really incorporate into your
own wedding. This book is just full of inspiration!
Review: WORTH THE INVESTMENT
BEYOND THE BASICS... I love this book! As a compulsive
researcher, I wanted as much information as possible when I
was planning my wedding. This book goes beyond the basics and
covers such topics as having a tent reception, seasonal flowers,
preserving photos after the wedding, and so much more. On top
of all of the great info, this book is just plain beautiful.
It is filled with gorgeous photography and many details. I had
my baker recreate a cake from this book, and I also had my caterer
use a punch recipe. I just loaned my precious copy out to an
engaged friend and I hope she enjoys it as much as I did.
Review: A Lovely Book
When my daughter and I planned her wedding last year, we found
that it was easy to get overwhelmed by the commercial hoopla
around the wedding preparation process. This book helped by
having plenty of beautiful ideas all in one place.
The book includes a variety of styles -- unlike the bridal magazines,
which all seemed to have the same ideas over and over. All the
ideas are classic, elegant, and practical. We were able to use
the pictures in this book to crystallize ideas, which we then
could take to our wedding professionals, who were able to help
us make them affordable and realistic for a simple backyard
wedding.
The book goes through flowers, cakes, refreshments, stationery,
favors, and music. From the early dream stage through the final
preparations, it is a useful and practical help.
Martha Stewart's Keepsake Wedding Planner (Ring-bound)
Book Description
This planner is overflowing with useful features to help you
plan and organize the perfect wedding—in addition, you can preserve
those memories for a lifetime. The three-ring binder makes it
easy to customize it for your needs. Inside you'll find:
• Ten in-depth chapters with planning information,
inspirational color photographs, timelines, checklists, and
diagrams
• Sturdy pocket folders to hold contracts, menus, and notes
• A clear plastic business-card holder and resealable plastic
pouches for fabric swatches, paper samples, and ribbons
• A full-color glossary with photographs of hundreds of flowers
Inside Flap Copy
This planner is overflowing with useful features to help you
plan and organize the perfect wedding?in addition, you can preserve
those memories for a lifetime. The three-ring binder makes it
easy to customize it for your needs. Inside you'll find:
• Ten in-depth chapters with
planning information, inspirational color photographs, timelines,
checklists, and diagrams
• Sturdy pocket folders to hold contracts, menus, and notes
• A clear plastic business-card holder and resealable plastic
pouches for fabric swatches, paper samples, and ribbons
• A full-color glossary with photographs of hundreds of flowers
About the Author
MARTHA STEWART is the author of two popular books on weddings,
as well as dozens of best-selling books about decorating, gardening,
and cooking. For more information on weddings, see Martha Stewart
Weddings magazine (available on newsstands) or visit www.marthastewart.com.
Review: Excellent resource
I used this binder until it bulged at the seams. The only complaint
I have is that not all sections have a pocket folder, but it's
easy enough to 3-hole-punch a document to file it instead. The
layout is simple and elegant, and the section on flowers, arranged
by color with photos of many popular varieties, was phenomenal
and was influential in my floral choices. The florists I spoke
to were impressed with my knowledge! Martha has done it again.
This is an indispensible tool for the organized bride, no matter
your opinion of Martha Stewart or how "fancy" your
event is. Fabulous.
Review: Wedding Efficient!
Being a Martha Supporter and Follower I couldn't consider planning
a wedding without using tadbits from Martha. This being said
you may want to look around to see if there's something more
comprehensive that meets all your needs. Which I haven't found
so far.
The Binder is beautifully made, colors, design,
format & lightweight. Cover is fabric; much nicer then the
minilla folders I have been carring around. Includes ten chapters
(I could use more, as I am a do it yourselfer but reduces and
narrows down the important docs with just the needed xtras)
Love the color photographs of the floral arrangements. Getting
Married in the Cayman Islands and have lots of ideas and needs
that I am bringing from NY - but also want to keep the island
theme...So with that lots of additional print outs added to
this 3 ring neccessity.
Includes timelines, checklists, and diagrams as
you see in all planners and online planners. Keeps you more
organized by holding all the neccessities in 1 place. But you
will need an addition 3 ring binder or planner if you are just
beginning your planning.
With this all said..Enjoy your planning for it
is this time which lasts much longer then the actually day.
Review: Great planning tool
This book has been very helpful in the planning of my daughter's
wedding. We are using many of the ideas suggested. It is great
way to keep everything organized and in one place. This book
will be something my daughter will cherish and share with her
daughter someday.
Review: An elegant and thorough planner
I will admit going in that I am a little biased. I like Martha
Stewart. That said, I did shop around when I looked for planners.
I chose this one for a couple of reasons - the main one being
it's classy design. It's much less tacky than the others I saw
and the photography was gorgeous. I found it had all the information
I needed.
The binder is divided into several sections by
tabs, each of which is several pages and has room to keep include
your own things. The first section is "Getting Started"
which contains a timeline of when to do things and a calendar.
Then there's a section on "Guests" with suggestions
for out-of-towners and a worksheet for keeping track of invites.
There's a complete section on "Stationery", which
is a little more than I needed detailing the various components
of a traditional invitation, with descriptions of font-sizes
and pictures. The other sections are: "Fashion and Beauty,"
with tips on the outfits for all members of the bridal party
(even ringbearers); "Ceremony," with details on processionals,
recessionals etc.; "Reception" which has fantastic
tips on working with caterers, renting tents and questions to
ask about the site; "Photography and Music," which
also contains lists of questions to ask vendors, suggestions
for music and tips on digital or traditional film; "Flowers,"
which has wonderful colour illustrations of various flowers
organised by colour and when they're in bloom, and finally "Cakes
and Favours," and "Registry and Honeymoon," with
a good checklist of suggestions for registering and booking
travel.
Things I like about this planner are that it is
lightweight and easy to carry around. Also there are plastic
containers for business cards as well as folders to stick contracts
and other documentation in. Some people have complained it fell
apart easily, but mine has a canvas section around the back
that is quite solid. The three metal rings are also sturdy.
The best thing about is there is plenty of room to add your
own clippings or papers in, a major flaw with some of the others.
It's true, you do have to photocopy some of the worksheets like
the one for guests, but since I will likely keep my guestlist
electronically, I don't need all those extra copies. The sample
she provides is thorough and useful though and I will be typing
it up.
We are planning our wedding ourselves and it's
been the book I've consulted most often. If you like classy,
beautiful photography and want necessary information on planning,
this is good for you. If you want a thick compendium that covers
every possible thing from changing your name to how to tell
your ex-husband you're getting married, then maybe you need
something additional. For me, I didn't feel the need for advice
on those topics, and this was great for just reminding me of
what needed to be done and staying organised.
Review: If you are a Martha Stewart fan
I bought this to plan for my wedding. If you have been enthralled
with Martha Stewart Weddings' pictures and ideas and thought
this planner will help you in your wedding plans, you will be
disappointed. It has amazing pictures and the planner basically
reused pictures from past issues, categorized and re-organized
into topics: beauty, ceremony, flowers, reception etc. It is
however, not a planner. The information contained is a summary
of what you can find on marthastewart.com - it's succinct, and
not detailed - you'll have to supplement with your own notes
which is fine except for the construction of the binder: The
binder has limited capacity and so could not contain many additional
notes/clippings you may have as you progress. In addition, the
elastic band that holds the binder is placed too near the edge
of the binder and so does a poor job holding the flaps together.
Its claim is correct though - it's really a 'keepsake'. If you
like Martha's ideas, you'll still find this a treasure trove.
Bottom-line, to use this, do more research and be prepared to
buy an extra thicker binder.
Review: Could have included more, but
still the best planner available
The 3-ring binder format of this planner (found in very few
planners) make this planner extremely useful. We are able to
keep all our contracts together in it. Plus, any other papers
(e.g., I printed out some ceremony readings, punched holes in
them, and put them in the binder) There is also handy storage
for business cards. There are gorgeous, glossy full color photos.
I can't stress enough how practical and functional the 3-ring
binder format is. However, I would suggest a companion planner
to go along with this that includes things this one left out,
such as The Anti-Bride Wedding Planner by Gerin/Hughes/Hornick.
(I bought and looked at a ton of planners, and not one of them
"had it all") Still the best, but it could have included
more. More worksheets could have been included (for example,
lists of questions to ask each vendor, for one thing), and instead
of one worksheet for each category that is included, with a
notation to "make photocopies as needed", it seems
the book would have been more "helpful" (it's goal)
and a better value to have just included multiple copies of
each. If you love Martha Stewart you will enjoy this planner,
but probably with a companion planner to one that includes some
of the things this one leaves out. It's a very elegant and beautiful
keepsake.
I edited the review 4 months into my wedding planning,
because this planner turned out to be a lot more helpful than
I initially realized it would be. My previous review was lukewarm,
but after 4 months of serious planning and 7 vendors hired,
I am appreciating this planner's usefulness. I looked at 15+
planners. I bought 4 planners. 2 of the 4 I bought I threw away
- I thought they'd be useful but they weren't. Now I use both
Martha Stewart and Anti-Bride. Neither would be enough alone,
but they are great companions. No one planner out there "gets
it" yet.
The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide (Paperback)
Book Description
This handy book includes expert wedding advice, a handy zip
lock pouch, a 12-month calendar, tabbed dividers, and over 150
beautiful full color photographs from some of the top wedding
photographers nationwide.
The collaborative effort of Elizabeth Lluch & Alex Lluch,
The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide is a superbly organized
and handily accessible wedding planner. Subject tabs, no-nonsense
instructions and recommendations, color photographs, practical
advice, enduring traditions, and more fill the pages of this
useful and highly recommended guide which is specially crafted
with a spiral binding to lay flat for easy reference. If there
is a wedding in your future, then get yourself a personal copy
of The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide!
Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits
Your Budget and Style (Paperback)
Library Journal
Friedrichsen's guide helps couples create realistic budgets,
intimate ceremonies and memorable receptions. [This book will]
surely be in demand. Recommended.
Book Description
This is the only book on the market dedicated to couples who
want to plan a small wedding--a growing trend in the industry.
With stories and wisdom from real-life couples, Intimate Weddings
offers:
* Advice on getting family and friends more involved in the
big day, from decorating to the actual ceremony.
* Inspiring suggestions for personalizing a wedding
with themes and traditions that have special meaning for the
bride and groom.
* Creative ideas for venues--both traditional
and non-traditional--and how to decorate them.
* Unique cost-saving tips and tricks for getting
married on a budget.
Perfect for anyone planning a wedding with 75
guests or less, this book walks the bride-to-be through every
step she needs to make her big day a success. There's no better
resource for creating an event that's memorable and meaningful.
About the Author
Christina Friedrichsen's work has been featured in a wide variety
of publications, including The Globe and Mail, Canadian Health
and Fitness and PETS Magazine. Friedrichsen lives in Amherstburg
in Ontario, Canada.
Review: An excellent guide for brides who want an intimate
wedding
Intimate Weddings is beautifully designed, has been painstakingly
researched, and is written with style and elegance. The book
explains the rationale for having a small wedding, how to go
about planning your wedding, setting a budget, creating an intimate
ceremony, organizing a reception, planning indoor vs. outdoor
receptions, choosing a theme, planning your honeymoon, second
weddings, and preserving your wedding memories. Christina Friedrichsen
challenges couples to question wedding traditions that may or
may not work for them as they plan an intimate and memorable
wedding: e.g. do you really want a receiving line? If you want
to plan a simple but tasteful wedding, the resource directory
at the back of this book will be invaluable to you in your research.
Review: Great resource for having a small
wedding,
I especially liked reading about the experiences of others'
"real-life" weddings - getting ideas from what they
did, seeing the breakdown of their budget - it really helped
set realistic goals for my own budget. Well worth the time and
money to read this book.
Review: An Excellent Resource, Great Ideas,
Inspiring
If you are holding off getting married due to financial concerns,
hold off no longer. I found enough advice in this one book to
take our own wedding plans off the "hold" button.
Intimate, small and personal is in. Intimate Weddings is like
having your own wedding planner, whose mission is to save you
time and money while helping you find that personal edge to
make your day as individual as you are. You CAN have a wedding
without racking up new debt and without spending the better
part of a year working toward that one special day. Read the
book: along with cost and time-saving tips, you'll learn how
to get the best deals, including destination weddings, indoor
and outdoor ceremonies, and more. Thanks Christina for showing
us how to go against the grain. Smaller is definitely better.
Review: Intimate Weddings is an execellent
resource
Intimate Weddings, planning a small wedding that fits your budget
and style, is a must read for anyone planning a wedding, or
anyone who knows someone who is planning a wedding. Filled with
great ideas and inspirational stories from couples who made
their special day truly memorable, Christina's entertaining
and lively writing style keeps the reader reading from beginning
to end.
Review: an absolute wedding encyclopedia,
Intimate Weddings is an absolute encyclopedia for anyone planning
a more reasonable, less extravagant wedding day. Answers to
questions you may have relating to a small wedding will most
likely be answered in this well written book. Author Christina
Friedrichsen establishes excellent ideas to balance her views
of what constitutes an "intimate wedding". Reality
reading at its best for brides and grooms wanting a unique day
suited for themselves and their budget. Actual couples weddings,
including the authors, are outlined for readers to view and
compare.
Review: A great book!
I came across the book AFTER I got married unfortunately. While
we had a small and "intimate" wedding it wasn't a
particularly inspired one. The ideas, suggestions and examples
Christina presents in "Intimate Weddings" will put
a bounce in your pre-wedding step and get you motivated to have
an amazing (and intimate) wedding. You'll have an event that
people will truly remember and that you will cherish, not just
because it was the day you joined with the love of your life
but because it was a truely unique and wonderful event for everyone
present.
I Highly recommend this book!
Review: Intimate Weddings a Great Find!
What a great book! It is full of lots of different ideas on
how to make a smaller (or any sized) wedding special.
I liked the variety of styles of weddings from fancy to simple,
indoor or out, modern or traditional. The actual couples who
shared their stories added a nice personal touch, along with
the author's own wedding details. I would never have thought
of all of the different details a couple could consider to personalize
their wedding day. The suggestions are timeless and could be
incorporated into any variety of weddings.
The book is written in a warm, friendly tone, sure to calm nervous
couples-to-be.The lists of wedding related web sites is very
useful.
What a treasure.
Review: An excellent guide for brides
who want an intimate wedding
Intimate Weddings is beautifully designed, has been painstakingly
researched, and is written with style and elegance. The book
explains the rationale for having a small wedding, how to go
about planning your wedding, setting a budget, creating an intimate
ceremony, organizing a reception, planning indoor vs. outdoor
receptions, choosing a theme, planning your honeymoon, second
weddings, and preserving your wedding memories. Christina Friedrichsen
challenges couples to question wedding traditions that may or
may not work for them as they plan an intimate and memorable
wedding: e.g. do you really want a receiving line? If you want
to plan a simple but tasteful wedding, the resource directory
at the back of this book will be invaluable to you in your research.
Easy Wedding Planning Plus, 5th Edition
: The Most Comprehensive and
Easy to Use Wedding Planner (Plastic Comb)
Review: Fantastic!
I absolutely adore this book! I would be nowhere in my wedding
planning without it. To make things a bit easier, though, I
took out the comb, three-hole punched it and put it into a 3-ring
binder. I also bought some folders and some stick-on tabs, hole
punched the folders and organized it all in the binder. Now?
Now I carry this thing EVERYWHERE! The lists for inputting information
about vendors and receptions sites and everything are a GODSEND,
and I have tons of photocopies of each of them in the binder.
I've ended up with a few other crappy wedding planners, and
none of them even compare to this one. I haven't even so much
as looked at the other ones since I got this one! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Review: Great book with lots of pictures
for ideas!
This book was very helpful in helping me plan for my wedding.
Although it doesn't have any tabs for each area of a wedding,
it would have been a big help so that I wouldn't have to thumb
through the book to search for specifics. Has great outlines
to follow and good for self planned weddings. It has a lot of
great deocrating ideas and money saving tips as well.:
Review: good to keep you organized
This book is pretty comprehensive. It has pages for budgeting
and to write down different possibilities to compare each one
to the others. It also is very helpful in giving approximate
priceranges for different wedding items. Further it states which
wedding items usually consume how much % of the wedding budget.
The book even offers advice in the kind of dress that should
be picked depending on when the wedding is and how formal it
is and some stationary examples for what can be written on the
invitation. It even goes into detail on some flowers. All in
all I think it is a good comprehensive guide to plan a wedding,
but I would supplemented with decoration ideas, that can be
found online.
As one reviewer mentioned, even most of the things that are
in this book can be found online. I think I have to agree with
this, I found webpages, such as the knot, quite informative
regarding weddings.
Review: For Regular Users...
I am planning this wedding full-time. I am always web-surfing
for ideas. The budget and especially the price range is helpful
but it's really nothing I haven't found on the web for free.
The ideas in the book are dated (rose petal toss and no websites
offered). As a planner for busy people who are very budget-oriented,
it's not too bad. I am returning the book.
Review: Excellent Resource
This book is an excellent resource. It contains almost everything
you would need to plan and prepare for a wedding, except
for the bride and groom!!
Review: Couldn't have done without it
I used all the workbook pages to stay within my budget. The
only draw back, the boxes on pages a little small. I just xeroxed
them to make them bigger. Suggest leaving a space for guest
list. Wonderful book.
Review: Best Wedding Planner
This book was my bible for planning my wedding. Gave good ideas
for keeping the costs down and the price lists were what one
should expect. The checklist and budget planner were the most
helpful.
Review: Very user friendly
This is a really nice wedding planner that tries to include
everything. One of the things I liked most about this book was
that it included price ranges for all the different wedding
services and accessories. I also really liked the fact that
it included color photos of popular wedding flowers. This book
includes worksheets for your invitations, vendors, and budget.
I would recommend this to a bride to be, or as a gift from her
maid of honor or bridesmaids. Good luck!
Review: A MUST HAVE when planning your
wedding.
I have always dreamed of my perfect wedding. Of course, not
ever planning one, I had no idea where to begin. I bought this
book to help me plan every detail that I needed. The book has
done more than that. I was able to stay within my budget, plan
each detail in plenty of time and get some great ideas of how
we want certain details done. My parents do not live close to
me so it was very helpful for them to see what we were getting
accomplished so that they know when to pay each bill. I would
just send them a copy of each page I completed. They were amazed
by how organized I became! Now, my brother is engaged, and I
am sending a copy of the book to his fiance so that she too
can plan her wedding just as easily as I have. My wedding is
in June and I know everything will me perfect, becuase of this
book.
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