Wedding Planning For Dummies
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Features helpful planning forms and checklists 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 the invitations to keeping track of gifts, guests, and thank you notes. Your Big Day will be special, unique, and fun! Discover How To: Get the most for your money Personalize your celebration Handle tricky family dynamics Hire caterers, florists, and photographers Plan the perfect honeymoon Library Journal This is your basic, predictable "For Dummies" title featuring the usual roundup of high-quality information. It's nice and thick, with just enough intel to one-step you through a garden-variety wedding. But, wait—garden variety? Basic? You don't want that. You want something special. No matter what you do—big, little, DIY, $50K, destination, backyard—it's a big day. Hopefully, a once in a lifetime day. So use this helpful guide to determine the essence of various elements about The Big Day When Fun Dies. Guest lists, venues, scheduling, the ceremony itself, the party/reception, the honeymoon, and pieces of the big components—music, food, décor, registries, and castration planning. After that, you should look into Simring, Simring, and Busnar's Making Marriage Work For Dummies so that you can avoid the rest of the titles in the "Life Happens" series: Ruth Westheimer and Pierre Lehu's Rekindling Romance For Dummies, Ventura and Reed's Divorce For Dummies (3rd), Goulston's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies, and Jack Kevorkian's Exit Strategy: How To Plan Your Own Funeral & Wake For Dummies.Alternate Take: Sherri Haab's Beaded Macrame Jewelry: Stylish Designs, Exciting New Materials. Because the only thing more exciting than sitting down with your future wife to create a mutual guest list of loved ones and having every single one of your choices nixed is macrame'ing yourself a big, noose-shaped necklace.—Douglas Lord, "Books for Dudes," BookSmack! 8/5/10
Introduction1About This Book1Conventions Used in This Book2Foolish Assumptions2How This Book Is Organized3Icons Used in This Book5Where to Go from Here6Part IThe Glass Slipper Fits - Now What?7Chapter 1First Things First9The "Ize" Have It9Working with a Wedding Planner18Chapter 2Avoiding Those Wedding-Bill Blues21Love Is a Money-Spender Thing22Start Spreadsheeting the News22Controlling Costs26Comprehending Contracts27Take a Tip: Calculating Gratuities30Bargain Hunting Online33Chapter 3Making It All Legal35License to Thrive35Drawing Up a Pre-nup37Playing the Name Game38Alerting the Media40Unplanning a Wedding43Part IIBe Our Guest45Chapter 4Space: The First Frontier47Looking for Love in All the Right Places47Do You Need More Than One Space?51Taking a Space Walk52When There's No Place Like Home55Planning a Destination Wedding59Chapter 5By Invitation Only63Preliminary Planning63Formalities First65How Else Can We Put This?75Rehearsal Dinner Invitations80Extracurricular Events81Typefaces and Other Technicalities82Addressing Traditions86Creating Your Own Invitations90It's a Mail Thing92Chapter 6The Weekend Wedding95A Typical Timeline95Asking Guests to Save the Weekend97Telling Guests What They Need to Know99Winning Welcomes103Chapter 7Creating a Foolproof Wedding-Day Schedule105Putting Everyone on the Same Page105Creating the Master Schedule108Receiving-Line Logistics112Chapter 8Other Creative Celebrations115To Leap, Perchance to Theme115Happy and Gay and Getting Married118Strategizing a Military Wedding121Surprising Your Spouse-to-Be122Private Ceremony, Public Party123Giving Marriage Another Try123Say It Again: Renewing Your Vows124Partying Before and After the Wedding125Part IIICeremony Survival Guide133Chapter 9Attending to Your Attendants135Choosing Your Entourage135Next Stop: Wardrobe138Showing Your Appreciation149Chapter 10Sensational Ceremonies151Evaluating Prospective Officiants151Getting Married in a House of Worship153Deciding the Order of Events153Religious Rites and Rules155All Together, Vow!172Places, Everyone - Time to Rehearse175Getting with the Program178Chapter 11Flower Power187Finding a Fab Florist187Scent-sational Ceremonies188Redolent Receptions196Making Alternative Arrangements199Keeping the Bloom On200Chapter 12Music to Get Married By201They're Playing Our Song201Choosing Ceremony Musicians208Part IVA Rousing Reception209Chapter 13Get Up and Dance211Setting the Tone211Booking the Band216Spinning with a DJ222Chapter 14What's on the Menu?225Finding and Working with the Perfect Caterer225The Beauty of the Feast229Making Menus Memorable234When Dinner Is Not Served237Chapter 15Let's Drink to That243Tending Bar243Avoiding Traffic Jams252Bar Aesthetics: Set Up and Take Notice253Specialty Bars: Blithe Spirits254Selecting Wine, Beer, and Champagne256A Few Words about Toasts259Chapter 16A Piece of Cake261Baking Away261Two Hearts, Two Cakes266Cake on Display: No Drolling, Please267Cutting the Cake268Chapter 17Setting the Stage271What to Contemplate Before You Decorate271Choosing a Wedding Designer274What's in a Room?275An In-Tents Experience292Doing Your Guests a Favor293Part VGifts, Garb, Pics, and Trips295Chapter 18Greed Expectations and Registry Realities297Retail Details298Beyond Department Stores299Surfing for Gifts301Hinting and Hoping301What We Really Want? Well, It Rhymes with Honey302Keeping Track303Giving Thanks304Problem Presents307Chapter 19And the Bride Wore309Sizing Up Your Style309Getting the Goods319Underneath It All324No Mean Feet325Heads Up327From Hair to Eternity330Making Your Face Wedding-Proof331Finishing Touches333Getting into the Gown335Caring for Your Gown after the Party336Chapter 20Rings That Rock339Evaluating a Diamond339If Diamonds Aren't Your Best Friend343Setting Pretty345Metal Matters346Don't Leave Out the Groom347Finding the Right Ring347Chapter 21For Posterity: Photos and Videos351Getting Focused351Take Your Pic352Videotaping Your Day365Safekeeping the Past for the Future368Chapter 22Handling the Honeymoon369Determining Your Honeymoon Style369Researching Destinations Online372Working with a Travel Agent373Making Your Money Travel Farther374Hitting the Road (Or Sky): Tips Before You Travel376Going Abroad377Part VIThe Part of Tens379Chapter 23Ten Tacky Temptations We Beg You to Resist381Indulging in Prewedding Debauchery381Broadcasting Your Registry382Banking the Booty382Playing Musical Chairs382Bad-Mouthing In-Laws-to-Be382Turning Guests into Photographers383Making Yours the Longest Day383Knocking Others' Weddings383Having an "Adult" Garter Grab383Forgetting that Those You've Invited Are Guests384Chapter 24Ten Tricks for Saving Money385Cut the Guest List385Remember the Old Wedding Adage: To Save a Cent, Rent, Rent, Rent!385Let's Not Do Lunch (Or Dinner)386Avoid Overtime386Limit the Liquor386Dress for Less387Skip the Fancy Details387Orchestra in a Box387Do Easy Things Yourself388Get Married Off-Peak388Index389
