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Wedding Planning For Dummies

eng

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non fiction

Wedding Planning For Dummies

electronic resource

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818858032

The bestselling wedding planning guide-now updated! Congratulations, you're planning a wedding! Besides obtaining a fancy tuxedo and a stunning gown, organizing a wedding ceremony takes creativity, planning, and diplomacy. The whole ordeal can seem overwhelming at first, but with lots of guidance, you'll plan a wedding people will remember for ages. Wedding Planning For Dummies demystifies and simplifies all the details that go into the Big Day, providing inspiration and innovative ideas to personalize your wedding celebration and, of course, make it fun for everyone--especia

Wedding Planning For Dummies, 3rd Edition; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: First Things First; Chapter 1: First Steps to a Wedding to Remember; The "Ize" Have It; Working with a Wedding Planner; Chapter 2: Avoiding Those Wedding-Bill Blues; Love Is a Money-Spender Thing; "I Will" Make a Wedding Budget: Tracking Your Expenses; Controlling Costs; Comprehending ContractsTake a Tip: Calculating GratuitiesFinding Bargains Online; Chapter 3: Making It All Legal; License to Thrive; Same-Sex Legalities; Drawing Up a Pre-nup; Playing the Name Game; Alerting the Media; Unplanning a Wedding; Part II: Be Our Guest; Chapter 4: Venue Victories: Finding the Ideal Location; Looking for Love in All the Right Places; Do You Need More than One Space?; Taking a Space Walk; When There's No Place Like Home; Planning a Destination Wedding; Chapter 5: By Invitation Only; Preliminary Planning; Formalities First; How Else Can We Put This?; Rehearsal Dinner InvitationsExtracurricular EventsTypefaces and Other Technicalities; Addressing Traditions; Printing Your Own Invitations; It's a Mail Thing; Or Maybe It's an E-Mail Thing; Chapter 6: The Weekend Wedding; A Typical Timeline; Asking Guests to Save the Weekend; Telling Guests What They Need to Know; Winning Welcomes for Weekend Weddings; Chapter 7: Creating a Foolproof Wedding-Day Schedule; Putting Everyone on the Same Page with a Wedding-Day Schedule; Addressing Transportation Plans; Creating the Master Schedule; Taking a Closer Look at Receiving-Line Logistics; Chapter 8: Other Creative CelebrationsDream ThemesStrategizing a Military Wedding; Surprising Your Spouse-to-Be; Private Ceremony, Public Party; Giving Marriage Another Try; Say It Again: Renewing Your Vows; Partying Before and After the Wedding; Part III: Ceremony Survival Guide; Chapter 9: Attending to Your Attendants; Choosing Your Entourage; Next Stop: Wardrobe; Showing Your Appreciation; Chapter 10: Sensational Ceremonies; Selecting Your Officiant; Getting Married in a House of Worship; Deciding on the Order of Events; Reviewing Religious Rites and Rules; All Together, Vow!; Places, Everyone -- Time to RehearseGetting with the ProgramChapter 11: Selecting the Perfect Florist and Arrangements; Finding a Fab Floral Artiste; Expressing Yourself: Decorating the Ceremony Site; Decorating Your Reception Space with Redolent Arrangements; Putting the Bloom on You: Up Close and Personal Flowers; Keeping the Bloom On; Chapter 12: Music to Get Married By; They're Playing Our Song; Choosing Ceremony Musicians; Part IV: A Rousing Reception; Chapter 13: Get Up and Dance; Setting the Tone; Booking the Band; Spinning with a DJ; Chapter 14: What's on the Menu?; Working with the Perfect Caterer