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A Perfect Home Wedding: Inspirations
For Planning Your Special Day |
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The idea of having a home wedding is an
appealing one: it seems fitting to have an intimate, private setting
for one of the most intimate gatherings of a couple's life. The
reality of planning a home wedding, however, can be a bit daunting.
How to decorate without spending a large fortune? What to do if the
weather turns less than ideal? Is an at-home wedding really the
right choice? A Perfect Home Wedding aims to answer these
questions, as well as provide inspiration, solutions, and examples
of some lovely home weddings that incorporated the couple's personal
style into their special day. The book offers advice on hiring a
wedding consultant, planning a menu, renting a tent for an outdoor
ceremony or reception, deciding on the right place for the ceremony,
and "outmaneuvering" the weather. The color and black-and-white
photos sprinkled throughout cover a wide range of wedding styles,
from country casual to city townhouse. The last chapter of the book
profiles eight very different home weddings, including a beach
wedding, a Western
wedding, a rose garden wedding, and a terrace wedding.
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The Complete Outdoor Wedding Planner |
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Whether you're
thinking about exchanging vows on a sandy beach, a majestic
mountaintop, or simply the friendly confines of your own backyard,
you can enjoy the elegant, breathtaking wedding you've always
envisioned. Inside, wedding expert Sharon Naylor takes you
step-by-step through planning the perfect outdoor wedding day—from
special and important considerations for outdoor locations to creating a
fabulous reception under the stars. You'll discover an array of tips,
hints, resources, and answers to vital questions, including: The best
choices for location, time of year, and hour of day, Practical
considerations, such as space, privacy, and weather, Suggestions for
choosing outdoor-friendly wedding attire, Information on regulations,
permits, and other requirements, And much, much more!
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Conscious Bride's Wedding Planner |
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Bridal Counselor Sheryl Paul offers a thoughtful alternative
to "bridezilla," the perfectionist bride who acts as if a
flawless pricey wedding will ensure a lasting marriage.
Instead, Paul uses a workbook format to invite each woman to
become "a conscious bride"--one whose pre-nuptial
preparations include both emotional and practical to-do
lists. The key is working through the ambivalent feelings
that surround each tangible task. And here's the payoff:
"Working through uncomfortable feelings while planning a
wedding is an opening to joy—-an opportunity to be fully
present." Each chapter pairs a practical task, such as
choosing a location, creating a budget or writing wedding
vows, with an emotional one. For example, in one brilliant
section, the practicality of making a guest list is paired
with the emotional homework of grieving for lost loves and
tackling the need to please. Paul's approach creates a
fascinating hybrid of anthropology (using a theory of rites
of passage) and depth psychology (acknowledging the shadow
side of every wedding.) She then packages these insights
with a kicking set of charts and checklists. Though targeted
for brides, it is not for women only. Powerful exercises
urge couples to align every decision to reflect their
identity as a couple. Some brides may object to a walk on
the dark side of their wedding plans. But in Paul's capable
hands, counsel about fear and loss, florists and white satin
dresses co-exist without sounding like Dr. Phil meets the
former Martha Stewart. Her advice is fresh, highly practical
and optimistic.
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Destination Bride: A Complete Guide To Planning Your Wedding Anywhere In
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A destination wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a
wonderful adventure, not just for the bride and groom, but for
everyone involved. A wedding away from home, however, can be a
major undertaking. Where do you begin? Right here, with
Destination Bride, an indispensable guide that will take you
through all the details of planning a destination wedding.
Author Lisa Light is a respected authority on destination
weddings. Inside Destination Bride, Light details
everything you need to know to prepare for a destination
wedding. Her two user-friendly sections: Part I, which describes
the logistics of planning an out-of-town wedding, and Part II,
which provides countless ideas for destinations and venues -
make the entire process manageable and stress-free.
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Great Wedding Tips From The Experts: What Every Bride Can Learn From The Most Successful Wedding Planners (Paperback)
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Creating a dream wedding requires imagination, energy, and
enough experience to make certain that things run smoothly.
Yet, few couples can anticipate all of the intricacies of
planning such an unforgettable event. Robbi Ernest III, the
man who literally pioneered and organized the modern
profession of wedding consulting, has gathered advice from
hundreds of wedding experts to provide essential tips for
creating a perfect wedding. Author Robbi Ernst III has spent
21 years in the wedding industry and pioneered the modern
concept of wedding consultation. In 1978 he founded June
Wedding, Inc. and has produced more than 750 weddings all
over the country and trains and certifies wedding
consultants and vendors throughout the country.
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How To "I Do": Planning The Ultimate Wedding In Six Weekends Or Less |
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You and your fiance don't have time for your lives to be
dominated by caters, florists, bands, and photographers. Never
fear - whether your wedding is a year away or much sooner, you can
plan your dream wedding in six weekends or less! Experienced wedding
planners Holly Lefevre and Christine Cudanes plot out exactly what
you need to do and give you:
advice on setting priorities and a budget,
resources from bridal magazines, bridal shows, and the Internet,
tips on getting help from your family and the wedding party,
dozens of useful checklists and worksheets. They also offer a
comprehensive schedule for 6 weekends to allow you to best utilize
your time and resources.
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It's Her Wedding But I'll Cry If I Want To: A Survival Guide for the Mother of the Bride |
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Just what every mother of the bride needs to help her deal
with the emotional, logistical, and financial challenges of
her daughter's big day! What premarital advice should a
mother give the daughter who knows more about sex and stock
portfolios than she does? Can the groom's step-grandparents
march down the aisle as part of the wedding procession? How
can a cousin get ordained on the Internet to perform the
ceremony? This witty, brass-tacks survival manual for the
21st-century mother of the bride provides sharp, sensible
answers to these and myriad other questions. Hilarious
anecdotes and practical advice abound as the lifestyle
editor for The Washingtonian shares wise counsel and helpful
hints from a mom who's been there as well as chronicles some
ill-fated nuptials (as a primer for what not to do). From
deciphering the mysteries of wedding food to learning to
understand florist-speak, from picking a suitable
mother-of-the-bride outfit - without looking like a Red Hot
Mama or, worse, your grandmother in lavender and lace-to
keeping a sense of humor when some of what can go wrong
does, this down-to-earth guide makes a perfect gift for
every mother determined to give her daughter the wedding of
her dreams.
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KISS (Keep It Simple Series) Guide to Planning A Wedding
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Stephanie Pedersen, whose articles have appeared in Cosmopolitan
and Woman's World, has written a comprehensive, clearly
organized game-plan for the soon-to-be-married, this guide quickly
and confidently takes into account every detail and nuance of
planning a happy and memorable wedding - without going broke,
getting stressed, or alienating your family and friends!
Another plus, it's written for both the bride AND groom!
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Mother Of The Groom: Everything You Need To Know To Enjoy
The Best Wedding Ever
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Sharon Naylor's
comprehensive guide offers rules on etiquette, like to
consult with the bride's family before calling
caterers - no matter your good intentions. She also offers
beauty advice: Avoid sparkly or frosted eye shadow that can
look odd in pictures. Instead, Naylor says, opt for matte
colors. And when choosing your dress, definitely stay away
from white - a color reserved for the bride. The author
addresses matters that may be forgotten in the bustle of the
wedding day. She offers advice ranging from stashing
vendors' phone numbers in your purse to asking a neighbor to
watch your house and to collect your mail while you're away.
While this guide's title suggests that its contents are
merely for the mother of the groom, its resources may help
anyone involved in the process. A succinct, but detailed
appendix includes a wedding-planning timetable, a sample
menu and contact information for everything from vendors to
weather hot lines to paper suppliers.
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Notes
From The Mother Of The Bride: Planning Tips
And Advice From A Wedding-Day Veteran |
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A wedding is a rite of passage not only for the bride but
for her mother as well. The mother of the bride may be producing the
largest party of her life, and she needs the support of an
experienced event planner who's been through it all! Includes: --
The sensible wedding (as opposed to the blind, excessive, orgiastic
blowout gala) -- Get prepared for this mother of all plan-a-thons --
Time is money-how to prioritize -- If you can survive the guest
list, the rest will be a piece of cake -- Trying to stay focused
while flinging away money -- Flowers, champagne, food and other
necessary evils -- The wedding day, an out-of-body experience --
Post-wedding observations: if I had it to do over, I could still
make the same mistakes.
All the while, you'll learn how to stay on good terms with the bride
(keep your mouth shut), how the father of the bride can stay on good
terms with the bride (pay promptly, leave everything to the M.O.B.
and keep his mouth shut) and the best way to deal with the groom,
the wedding party, the groom's family and everyone else involved in
this second most exciting day of your life (the first was, of
course, your own wedding!).
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The Perfect Wedding Details: More Than 100 Ideas for Personalizing Your Wedding |
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You've
picked a date, booked the church, and finalized the
invitation list. You've even found the perfect dress. But
how can you ensure that your wedding is one you and your
guests will remember for years to come? As wedding expert
Maria McBride-Mellinger explains, it's all in the details.
In The Perfect Wedding Details, McBride-Mellinger makes
planning a wedding reception much less overwhelming -- from
the center-pieces to the icing on the cake. Whether you've
chosen to hold your reception at an elegant hall or in your
own backyard, her step-by-step guide offers all the ideas
and inspiration you'll need to make yours unique.
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Planning a Wedding to Remember |
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Beverly Clark's Planning a
Wedding to Remember eases the process with an authoritative,
comprehensive approach. Featuring hundreds of original ideas,
special touches, and practical advice for this special day, the book
has been completely updated for the new generation of brides,
emphasizing ways to add more fun and entertainment for a truly
memorable event. New to this edition are tips on how to personalize
a wedding, the latest wedding trends, details on multicultural and
religious weddings, updates on the role of the internet in wedding
planning, and how to create a personal style of wedding with decor
tips and individual party favors.
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Planning A Wedding When Your Parents Are Divorced |
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A 198 page illustrated
softcover. When your parents are divorced, wedding plans become
complicated at best, torturous at worst. How do you word the
newspaper announcement and the wedding invitation? Who pays for
which expenses? What is the appropriate seating arrangement at the
ceremony and at the reception? This book is filled with checklists,
expense charts, sample invitations and sound advice. Cindy Moore is
a divorced and remarried mother of a bride. Cindy met Tricia Windom,
a professional wedding consultant, while planning her daughter's
wedding, which gave the inspiration for the book.
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Scrapbooking Your Wedding: Fresh Ideas For Stunning Pages |
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A Wedding Photo Album is wonderful, but creating a
personalized wedding photo scrapbook is a showy way to
capture the true feelings of a most special day. Scrapbooking Your Wedding by Memory Makers lends inspiration
and ideas for building such an album. Page after page, will
bring pleasure to those you share it with. Sample pages from
couples own scrapbooks are shown along with details on how
the look was achieved. Basic scrapbook tools and supplied
are introduced. Sources also include website addresses. So
why not get ready, get set, and start scrapbooking to hold
cherished memories for years to come?
With Scrapbooking Your
Wedding, readers will find hundreds of ways to create pages
as beautiful their special day. This creative guide provides
brides-to-be with: a spectrum of ways to capture the events
leading up to the day and the day itself, from courtship to
the honeymoon, innovative techniques and step-by-step
illustrations, allowing readers to create the featured looks
on their own and a wide range of styles, from simple to
ornate, allowing scrapbookers to find ideas that speak to
their tastes. With must-keep memorabilia and must-take photo
lists, as well as tips for taking wedding pictures,
brides-to-be will find this scrapbooking guide to be the
perfect match.
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Simple Stunning Weddings: Designing And Creating Your Perfect Celebration |
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The three biggest trends in
weddings today are simplicity, personalization, and color.
Wedding design expert Karen Bussen highlights these elements
as she shows couples how to design their own weddings
without going crazy or broke. Simple Stunning Weddings
is the first wedding design book to focus on the where of
the wedding. Location is the first and most important
decision brides and grooms must make: everything else flows
from that. Bussen showcases 12 popular wedding settings,
including the city loft, country inn, art gallery, botanic
garden, and private club, and demonstrates how to make them
extraordinary. With the site as the starting point, she
creates unifying themes with color, flowers, and personal
touches. She explains how to deal with vendors, how to spend
the wedding budget, and when it makes sense to hire a
specialist. Sharing all her trade secrets, Bussen teaches
the power of simplicity and the impact of color, which can
be tailored to any budget, always to stunning effect:
substituting cotton tablecloths for silk in the same
eye-dazzling color combinations, for example, or creating
striking flower arrangements using only one or two types of
blooms. Whether for a barefoot union on a beach or a formal
affair in a hotel ballroom, this fully illustrated,
information-filled book is like having Bussen on hand as
your personal wedding designer.
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The Smart Couple's Guide To The Wedding of Your Dreams: Planning Together For Less Stress And More Joy |
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Each year,
millions of couples wed, and millions of relationships -
involving brides, grooms, families, and friends-are
undermined by power struggles, fights, and stress before the
big event arrives. Often overrun by others' demands, couples
may be too exhausted to experience the outpouring of love
meant for them. Now savvy brides and grooms can turn to The
Smart Couple's Guide to the Wedding of Your Dreams for a new
and personally empowering perspective. Written specifically
for the couple, this book encourages and supports both the
bride and groom in exploring their deepest dreams for what
they want throughout their entire wedding journey--from
engagement through the honeymoon. Illustrated by nearly 150
real-life wedding stories contributed by brides, grooms, and
couples--some that took place in small backyards, some on
mountain tops; one at $600, another at more than a
million--each chapter walks you through easy, practical
steps that help you make your special wedding vision come
true, whether you want a traditional ceremony or one that is
quirky and offbeat.
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The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide |
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This handy 322 page 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.
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The Unofficial Guide to Planning Your Wedding (Paperback) |
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Readers getting
married for the first time, or the second or even third
time, are absolutely inundated with information. They want a
unique wedding, but they can't afford to spend that kind of
money. They want to please their families, but not at the
expense of pleasing themselves. They have questions upon
questions, but they don't want a rehash of the same old
information. They expect and deserve inside advice from
brides who have been there. Enter The Unofficial Guide to
Planning Your Wedding. By teaching readers to sit down and
focus on the kind of wedding they want, it allows them to
come through the event with their sanity and their
pocketbooks intact. The practical tools and checklists
detail what to expect to spend on the caterer, the florist,
the photographer, etc., as well as how to handle such sticky
situations as intermarriages, divorced parents, and family
feuds. And best of all, it reminds readers about the
elements of a truly unique wedding.
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The Very Best Wedding Planner & Organizer (Ring-bound) |
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This 394-page spiral-bound book includes everything a bride needs to
plan her wedding: expert advice, etiquette, ideas to personalize the
wedding, tips to save money, questions to ask, 90 photos of wedding
flowers, checklists and more. It's convenient size and comprehensive
content makes it the perfect book for all brides.
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The Wedding Ceremony Planner: The Essential Guide To the Most Important Part Of Your Wedding Day |
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Many couples want a spiritual but not a religious ceremony that
truly celebrates their unique set of beliefs, values and life
circumstances. They want their ceremony, their way but don’t
know where to begin or what questions they need to ask. The
Wedding Ceremony Planner is a comprehensive and user-friendly
guide. It covers everything you need to know to create a
beautiful ceremony text and to anticipate and address all the
profound and mundane logistics with ease, grace and fun. It
includes hundreds of text excerpts reflecting the many voices
with which our hearts speak. There are also ten sample ceremony
texts, including those used to address such situations as the
inclusion of children, the telling of the couple’s story, the
renewal of vows and a commitment ceremony. Checklists and
worksheets are included to manage all the details. The Wedding
Ceremony Planner is also an invaluable resource for clergy of
all faiths, wedding planners and location coordinators.
Sprinkled with anecdotes about lessons learned by couples
creating their weddings, this book is filled with the wisdom of
experience.
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Wedding Etiquette Hell: The Bride's Bible to Avoiding Everlasting Damnation |
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Rather than lecture couples about what they should do before,
during and after the Big Day, consultant Hamilton warns them what
not to do in this quick, easy guide to modern-day manners. Hamiliton
runs through a list of nuptial no-nos, from invitations and bridal
showers to receptions and the like. She provides pages of horror
stories culled from her
website. She scoffs, for example, at the bride and groom who
tried to solicit sponsors for their wedding in exchange for "signage
at the reception venue." She shakes her head at the pair who took
their registry "to a new low in greed" when they offered guests
chances to pay for specific parts of their honeymoon in Hawaii-the
airfare, the housing, the meals and activities. And she reprimands
the couple audacious enough to send announcements a full year after
the event, telling friends and relatives not invited to the wedding
that they can "honor the union" with "contributions to the home
purchasing fund." Tacky and rude, these instances of extreme faux
pas make for amusing reading.
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The Wedding Guide for the Grownup Bride: Getting Married When You're Old Enough
To Know What You're Doing (Paperback) |
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She may be beyond swooning and blushing--but even the most
mature, sophisticated bride can find herself rattled by the
prospect of getting married. And while grownup brides often
bring more wisdom to the wedding, they also face unique
complications, as they deal with issues far more profound
than color schemes and corsages. This savvy, sensible guide
helps the process along, with in-the-know discussions of:
1) Habitats and habits: merging grownup lives with minimum
stress and maximum happiness, 2) We've got enough towels:
sensible gift and shower strategies, 3) Other loves:
dealing with exes, in-laws, steps...and even pets, 4)
Promises and prenups: love may be blind, but it doesn't have
to be dumb, 5) Married...to the job: establishing a marriage
when you've already established a career, 6) The tough
stuff: name changes, big white dresses, and other slightly
uncomfortable issues.
And much more.
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Wedding Planning For Dummies, Second Edition (Paperback) |
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Plan your dream wedding on a budget. Stressed about wedding
planning? Relax. This friendly guide gives you all the help
you need to plan and enjoy a memorable, hassle-free ceremony
and reception. You get tips on everything from setting the
date and selecting in the invitations to keeping track of
gifts, guests and thank you notes. Your big day will be
special, unique and fun! Author Marcy Blum is a well-known
expert on weddings and entertaining. She has appeared on
numerous TV shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show and
The
Today Show.
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings |
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Wedding dress torn? Ring lost? Cake collapsed? Groom gone
missing? Despite all the planning, the happy couple might
not actually be prepared for The Big Day and all that can go
awry. Luckily, the authors of the phenomenally best-selling
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series are back with
all new, step-by-step instructions to help the bride and
groom -- and everyone else -- survive the nuptials, from
trimming the guest list all the way through to repurposing
unwanted presents. This matrimonial magna carta teaches how
to charm nightmare in-laws, survive the bachelor party,
combat floral allergies, stop a disastrous toast, and
respond to honeymoon surprises. A helpful appendix provides
creative solutions to other wedding emergencies: how to make
a ring -- or a bouquet -- out of paper, conceal wedding day
blemishes, and painlessly generate thank-you notes. No one
should say "I do" without this essential survival guide:
it's the absolutely perfect shower gift, and an
indispensable self-help guide to getting hitched without a
hitch.
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Your Perfect Wedding Planner |
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Your Perfect Wedding Planner will
keep you organized and efficient, taking you step-by-step
through all the preparations needed to plan your dream
wedding. Every element of your wedding is included in: Over
100 Worksheets and Checklists, many of which are designed to
double as vendor contracts; Insider Tips from Wedding
Professionals to help you make decisions and save time and
money; Timelines and Calendars for the entire year, leading
right up to the big day; Directories and Phonebooks for your
wedding party, guests and vendors; Easy-to-fill-in Personal
Budget and Expense Forms to help keep you on target; A Guest
List to assist with invitations, and a Gift Checklist to
ensure timely and accurate return of thank-you's; All the
elements for a perfect ceremony, from Wedding Attire,
Flowers, Photography & Videography to your Choice of Music
are included in easy reference sections; Additionally, every
element of your reception is covered, from Music &
Entertainment to Decorations and Transportation; Handy
Pockets for safekeeping of all the receipts, fabric swatches
and clippings you'll need; After your wedding, this elegant
yet highly durable planner will become a Lasting Keepsake
for sharing your most treasured memories!
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Your Unique Wedding: Say "I Do" With A Twist (Paperback) |
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Your Unique Wedding: Say 'I Do' With A Twist! will help
engaged couples answer the questions, manage the details,
and address the challenges of planning a creative
wedding-day experience. You will learn how to plan a private
elopement, invite your family and friends to a destination
wedding, surprise your guests on your wedding day, select
and prepare for a theme wedding, or set off for an adventure
wedding by land, sea, or air. If you are exploring
non-traditional wedding options, you'll find the checklists,
planning tips, resource lists, and personal stories of other
unique wedding couples to be inspirational, helpful and
practical.
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