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Wedding
Book Reviews: Wedding Planning Guides
These guides are filled with
suggestions, recommendations, etiquette
guidelines and advice to help you plan the most
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| Destination
Bride: A complete guide to planning your wedding
anywhere in the world by Lisa Light
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Lisa's web site |
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REVIEW:
Destination
Bride: A complete guide to planning
your wedding anywhere in the world by
Lisa Light is a soft cover directory guide
book of wedding locations around the world
for those planning or considering a destination
wedding. Filled with details on Lisa Light's
picks for the top places including planning
resources, design ideas and reviews specific
to each area.
Part 1 - Details
Chapters in the book include:
1. deciding if a destination wedding is right
for you and how to organize your wedding in
five phases
2. determine which destination is right for
you
3. researching your destination's resources
4. preparing yourselves
5. pulling it all together using the 3 C's
- Contract, Confirm and Coordinate
Part 2 - The Destinations
North America | Central America, South America,
the Caribbean | Europe
Africa | Asia | Oceania (Australia, The Fiji
Islands, New Zealand)
And everywhere else your imagination may take
you!
Lisa Light's recommended contact information
is clear and concise. Inclusion of photographs
and maps further fuel your enthusiasm to be
"carried away" with a destination
wedding. Checklist pages dedicated to
the order of wedding day events ensure every
detail is in place. Lisa's keen insight of
each locale is candid enough to include weather
reports.
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It's
MY Wedding - 101 Ways To Make Your Wedding
About You
by Jean Ramsden & Corinne Weldon
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REVIEW:
It's
MY Wedding is a unique softcover book
to help brides with the wedding planning process.
Instead of the usual planning advice, guidelines,
etiquette and budget recommendations - this
book presents 101 problematic testimonials/stories
from real women who have already gone through
their own wedding planning from their engagement
to the "Big Day". After each mini
wedding story, authors Jean Ramsden and Corinne
Weldon offer their sane, practical and helpful
advice on how best to remedy the situation
should you be faced with something similar
when planning your wedding. The authors goal
of each piece of advice is to remind the readers
that while wedding planning mishaps may
happen, the wedding should be about you and
most importantly...love.
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Jo
Gartin's Weddings : An Inspiring Guide for
the Stylish Bride
by Jo Gartin | visit
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REVIEW:
Jo
Gartin's Weddings: An Inspiring Guide for
the Stylish Bride is a definite must-have
for the bride looking for amazing inspiration
to get her wedding planning underway. This
book is filled from start to finish with beautiful
color photographs and a never ending array
of ideas and advice from the "Best
Wedding Coordinator", according to Vogue
magazine. Jo believes "personal touches
are really the key to creating memorable weddings"
- and throughout the entire book, Jo offers
the reader unique ideas for every aspect of
the wedding that is sure to make your guests
say "Wow!". This book is a step
inside Jo's world of weddings with her favorite
celebrations, secrets, ideas, and numerous
ways to incorporate personal touches into
your event. Topics include stationary (save
the dates, place cards, invitations, etc),
wedding gowns, accessories, flowers, cocktails,
appetizers, dinner menus, desserts, cakes,
and of course, gifts. Jo includes a resource
list of companies where the items mentioned
in the book are available for purchase - and
there are even pages devoted to layouts and
wording for your save-the-dates and wedding
invitations.
Additional Information on Jo Gartin:
she is the owner of an event planning company
called Love,
Luck and Angels in Los Angeles, CA.
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The
New American Wedding - Ritual and Style in
a Changing Culture
by Diane Meier Delaney | visit
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REVIEW:
An absolutely charming approach into the
unchartered territory of what is to be considered
the "new american wedding".
Author Diane Meier Delaney recounts the nuptial
choice of her and husband Frank with warmth
and meaning. Chapters in The
New American Wedding reflect her passion
to bring couples creativity to the surface
and be true to themselves. Mature couples
- those in their 20's to 80's - contemplating
a marriage and would like a fresh, uplifting
outlook should read this superbly written
book.
Diane Meier Delaney conveys her message of
personalized weddings via her research of
couples who did just that. Brides-to-be finding
just the "right" dress to suit their
particular lifestyle.
Incredible watercolor illustrations by Donna
Mehalko intermingle with stunning wedding
photographs. (A really cute observation
was made by noticing the golden-toned gingham
inside book cover that was designed to match
author/bride Diane's wedding attire.)
Reading this book and gazing at the beautiful
photography is as if you were getting a glimpse
of several couples wedding albums. All seemed
original, fun and most of all, tailored to
fit the couple. A wonderful book "to
have and to hold".
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| The
Ultimate Wedding Registry Workbook - Choosing
the Best Wedding Gifts for Your Life Together
| by Sharon Naylor | visit
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OUR
REVIEW:
Are you newly engaged and thinking about
store hopping registering for all those shower
and wedding gifts? Don't go without first
brushing up on the subject with wedding author
and expert Sharon Naylor. She writes her lastest
publication, The
Ultimate Wedding Registry Workbook, with
updated insight into the new trends in bridal
registries. Smart shopping knowledge is broken
down into six parts. Convenient checklists
will have you organized and spying gifts you
might never have thought about. Lastly, but
not least, Sharon stresses the importance
of saying "Thank-You"
and has wonderful advice for couples to share
this task together. This book takes a fresh
look at making the most out of your wedding
registry. A terrific guide book.
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| Emotionally
Engaged - A Bride's Guide to Surviving the
"Happiest" Time of Her Life |
by Allison Moir-Smith | visit
web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
Emotionally
Engaged is a hard-cover handbook guide
taking a bride-to-be into the world of self-analysis.
Author Allison Moir-Smith methodically unlocks
the secret to her own newly engaged jitters,
then proceeds to help other brides-to-be figure
out their own mixed emotions. Moir-Smith really
is a psychotherapist and counselor. She guides
the engaged woman to let go of those negative
feelings they are experiencing. Be it sadness,
fear, doubt or worry and to connect with true
emotions of joy, happiness and excitement.
Brides-to-be need this assistance to be fully
charged and aware of their impending new role
in life. "Cold feet alert" insets
offer valuable tip-offs to those at risk for
potential serious marital problems sooner
rather than later. Allison's use of scenarios
sets the stage for possible situations any
given bride-to-be could relate with.
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| The
Bridesmaid Handbook | by Sharon Naylor
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REVIEW:
The
Bridesmaid Handbook by Sharon Naylor
should be considered necessary reading for
every newly selected bridesmaid. This
lovely hardcover, compact book really delivers
the "got to know" info about being
a dutiful bridesmaid and the honor it beholds.
The author covers long distance bridesmaids
and other special circumstances. The book
includes guidelines on how much money and
time you can expect to spend, the bridesmaids
part in planning fun bridal showers, ceremony
etiquette plus so much more great advice to
make a fabulous bridesmaid!
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Mother
Of The Groom: Everything You Need to Know
to
Enjoy the Best Wedding Ever | by Sharon
Naylor | visit
web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
A good resource for the newly proclaimed "Mother-of-the-Groom".
Author Sharon Naylor, who also wrote Mother-of-the
Bride, gives equal time to the mothers'
of sons planning matrimony. All kinds of
guidance and practical planning tips to help
the bride's future mother-in-law share wedding
preparations. Detailed information to
keep the groom's mom "in the loop",
albeit respectful, of her son and soon to
be newest member of the family. The chapter
on making yourself beautiful is especially
nice as mother's may oversight their own needs.
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1,000
Best Secrets for Your Perfect Wedding
1,000 Best Wedding Bargains
by Sharon Naylor | visit
web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
1,000 Best Secrets for Your Perfect Wedding
1,000
Best Secrets for Your Perfect Wedding
is packed with secrets well worth knowing
about. Author Sharon Naylor's clear and concise
wedding tips, ideas and hints are geared to
help you make a spectacular wedding day.
1,000 Best Wedding Bargains
Everyone loves a bargain, but does being frugal
mean cheap? Absolutely not! This book gives
wise advice how not to break the wedding budget.
Both "1,000
Best Secrets for Your Perfect Wedding"
and "1,000
Best Wedding Bargains are books (four
and a half by eight inches), thickly filled
with imaginative planning and just good to
know info.
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| Planning
Your Wedding In No Time | by Leah Ingram
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web site |
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REVIEW:
With no time to waste, all brides-to-be
should read this book. Whether your
have four months, six months, one year, or
more to plan a wedding, why should it take
so much of your time and energy? In Planning
Your Wedding In No Time author Leah
Ingram takes the entire wedding planning process
and presents it in a fashion to help you make
decisions swiftly, giving attention to all
the important details. While making it fun,
this book will give brides-to-be the confidence
to handle wedding preparations with satisfaction.
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| The
New Bride Guide | by Ellie Kay
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author's web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
Know someone newly engaged? Ellie Kay's book
The
New Bride Guide is an excellent gift
choice. Her personal experiences and practical
advice are needed to, "walk the bride
down the aisle" so to speak, with beforehand
knowledge of what's to come. You just
have to read this book to believe all the
topics explored. Tips, tips and more tips.
There's even a few sounds great recipes to
try.
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| Intimate
Weddings | by Christina Friedrichsen
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author's web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
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.
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| The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings |
OUR
REVIEW:
The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings,
although humorous, you just might find some
useful information within its contents. Authors
Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, and Sarah
Jordan are good at making you think the worst-case
scenarios are on the up and up, but comedians
they are. Especially liked was "How to
survive if the band doesn't show up."
Of all the choices they conjure up, we liked
driving a small car into the reception room
with a booming sound system, open the doors
and crank up the CD's. "How to revive
a fainted guest" seems serious and legitimate.
And knowing how to make last minute wedding
bands, just in case yours are lost, from chewing
gum wrappers is easy with their explicitly
diagramed directions. This book is funny and
we're sure most everyone who has tied the
knot could add to this survival handbook.
The extensive list of "experts"
at the end of the book, along with their brief
resume's tells us," hmmm", maybe
some of what we just read is possible. The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings
is a cute gift idea for the bride and groom
to be.
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| Organic
Weddings | by Michelle Kozin
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author's web site |
OUR
REVIEW:
Michelle Kozin guides you through a wealth
of information we should all be more concerned
about in Organic
Weddings. Ideas and real eco-minded
weddings are described. Brides and Grooms-to-be
could use this soft-cover book as an easy
take-a-long planning source. Professionals
answer how-to questions. Earth friendly advice
that's within our reach in this all to easy
to throw-away culture. From ink use and its
alternatives, to ideas for great food to enjoy,
all keeping in mind the term, "it's better
for us and our environment."
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| The
Ultimate Wedding Vow ToolKit eBook | visit
author's web site |
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REVIEW:
The
Ultimate Wedding Vow ToolKit is an
e-book designed as a quick study course in
writing your own wedding vows or renewing
your wedding vows. What a good idea. Maybe
you've been toying around with the thought
of actually saying, in your own words, how
you feel to the person you are committing
yourself to. Helpful ways to begin and complete
the process are available.
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| The
Best Wedding Shower Book | by Courtney
Cooke |
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REVIEW:
Are you thinking about giving a bride-to-be
a wedding shower or helping to plan one? This
is a nice little book filled with a hugh selection
of suggestions. How to's and what not to do's
to keep a wedding shower just what it should
be--a happy and fun occasion. Many easy and
yummy recipes to serve guests are also included.
The
Best Wedding Shower Book with its very
good ideas will allow you to plan a successful
shower.
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7
Steps to an Organized Wedding Thank You Note
by Stacey Agin Murray | visit
author's web site |
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REVIEW:
7
Steps to an Organized Wedding Thank You Note
is a very informative and helpful guide
book. This booklets contains the 7-step
system for organizing your thank you notes.
Throughout the entire booklet there are examples
to guide you through the writing process.
A must for writing your thank you notes after
your engagement, bridal shower and wedding.
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Bridal
Guide Magazine's:
How to Plan the Perfect Wedding . . . Without
Going Broke
by Diane Forden |
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REVIEW:
How
to Plan the Perfect Wedding...Without Going
Broke is basically an essential workbook
to keep you right on track of all the details
to plan the wedding of your dreams. Keeping
you within your budget too. Comprehensive
worksheets to fill in and stay completely
organized. You will learn what questions
to ask potential vendors to help make wise
decisions in choosing the right ones for your
very special day. Tons of other useful information
as well.
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Bridal
Guide Magazine's: How to Choose the Perfect
Wedding Gown
by Diane Forden |
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REVIEW:
This is an excellent guide on How
to Choose the Perfect Wedding Gown.
A brief wedding gown history begins your education
on all the proper terms for bridal styles
shown in sophisticated photos. This book
goes over all the details, head to toe.
And don't let the title fool you – it
includes his style options as well as the
entire wedding party. Organizational worksheets
help your dress shopping stay on track - on
time - and on budget.
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