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Wedding Tips for Grooms: Helpful Tips, Smart Ideas and Disaster Dodgers for a Stress-Free Wedding Day
by James HarrisonWith clever tips and friendly advice, this little book will ensure that your wedding day runs smoothly, remains catastrophe-free and is full of all the highs you could hope forThe question has been popped, the ring has been presented and the count-down has begun! What's next? Just the wedding.This book is here to ensure that your big day is the amazing, unforgettable event that you want it to be. Taking you through every stage of your wedding - from the night before right up to the honeymoon - it's full of smart ideas to take the stress away, including: Detailed advice for each part of the day, from the ceremony, to the photos, to the speeches. Disaster dodgers to help you avoid setbacks. Handy spaces for you to include your own notes. Wedding Tips for Grooms presents ingenious ideas for any groom-to-be, and will help you and your partner enjoy your big day to the fullest.
Wedding Tips for Brides: Helpful Tips, Smart Ideas and Disaster Dodgers for a Stress-Free Wedding Day
by Verity DavidsonWith clever tips and friendly advice, this little book will ensure that your wedding day runs smoothly, remains catastrophe-free and is full of all the highs you could hope forThe question has been popped, the ring has been presented and the count-down has begun! What's next? Just the wedding.This book is here to ensure that your big day is the magical, memorable event that you've always dreamed of. Taking you through every stage of your wedding - from the night before right up to the honeymoon - it's full of smart ideas to take the stress out of your day, including:Detailed advice for each part of the day, from the ceremony, to the photos, to the cake. Disaster dodgers to help you avoid setbacks. Handy spaces for you to include your own notes. Wedding Tips for Brides presents ingenious ideas for any bride-to-be, and will help you and your partner to get the very most out of your special day.
Wedding Tips for Brides: Helpful Tips, Smart Ideas and Disaster Dodgers for a Stress-Free Wedding Day
by Verity DavidsonWith clever tips and friendly advice, this little book will ensure that your wedding day runs smoothly, remains catastrophe-free and is full of all the highs you could hope forThe question has been popped, the ring has been presented and the count-down has begun! What's next? Just the wedding.This book is here to ensure that your big day is the magical, memorable event that you've always dreamed of. Taking you through every stage of your wedding - from the night before right up to the honeymoon - it's full of smart ideas to take the stress out of your day, including:Detailed advice for each part of the day, from the ceremony, to the photos, to the cake. Disaster dodgers to help you avoid setbacks. Handy spaces for you to include your own notes. Wedding Tips for Brides presents ingenious ideas for any bride-to-be, and will help you and your partner to get the very most out of your special day.
Wedding Stories You'll Love: True tales of happily ever after (Cup of Comfort Stories)
by Helen KayWedding Stories You'll Love pays tribute to that most important of days when you and your soul mate make your everlasting love for each other "official." You’ll share in both the excitement of new love and the steadfastness of long-time love with these three wedding stories. Whether you’re a newlywed or you’re celebrating a golden anniversary, Wedding Stories You'll Love will delight you with these tender tales of commitment, adoration, and intimate bonds.
Wedding Speeches For Women
by Suzan St MaurMore and more women are giving speeches at weddings today - even within the most traditional of cultures. And it's not just a case of "saying a few words." Whether you're the bride, bridesmaid, mother, grandmother, sister, friend or colleague, you want your speech to be meaningful and memorable, something everyone present will cherish forever.Wedding Speeches For Women is any woman's complete handbook to devising and presenting a wedding speech to remember. In it, you'll find all you need to know about how to: - Understand where your speech fits into the day- Prepare and write your speech- Make it work for you, not just the audience- Choose content that's perfect for the occasion and individuals- Pick a speech structure and approach from a selection of ideas- Choose from a wide range of joke concepts- Find good, poignant quotations- Select or even write a poem for the occasion- Overcome nervousness or "stage fright"- Benefit from professionals' presentation tips and tricks
Wedding Speeches For Women
by Suzan St MaurMore and more women are giving speeches at weddings today - even within the most traditional of cultures. And it's not just a case of "saying a few words." Whether you're the bride, bridesmaid, mother, grandmother, sister, friend or colleague, you want your speech to be meaningful and memorable, something everyone present will cherish forever.Wedding Speeches For Women is any woman's complete handbook to devising and presenting a wedding speech to remember. In it, you'll find all you need to know about how to: - Understand where your speech fits into the day- Prepare and write your speech- Make it work for you, not just the audience- Choose content that's perfect for the occasion and individuals- Pick a speech structure and approach from a selection of ideas- Choose from a wide range of joke concepts- Find good, poignant quotations- Select or even write a poem for the occasion- Overcome nervousness or "stage fright"- Benefit from professionals' presentation tips and tricks
Wedding Speeches And Etiquette, 7th Edition
by John BowdenHow to face the big occasion with confidence and carry it off with style. So you will be saying a few words on the Big Day. The problem is, we don t get much practice, do we? That s why this practical book will prove so useful to you. Whether you are the best man, the bridegroom, the father of the bride, or other speaker, you will find all the tips and advice you need to prepare and deliver a brilliant, unique and memorable speech that even the most seasoned public speaker would be proud of! Now in its fully revised and updated 7th edition.
Wedding Speeches And Etiquette, 7th Edition
by John BowdenHow to face the big occasion with confidence and carry it off with style. So you will be saying a few words on the Big Day. The problem is, we don t get much practice, do we? That s why this practical book will prove so useful to you. Whether you are the best man, the bridegroom, the father of the bride, or other speaker, you will find all the tips and advice you need to prepare and deliver a brilliant, unique and memorable speech that even the most seasoned public speaker would be proud of! Now in its fully revised and updated 7th edition.
Wedding Sanity Savers: How to Handle the Stickiest Dilemmas, Scrapes, and Questions That Arise on the Road to Your Perfect Day
by Annie Gilbar Dale AtkinsAs a bride, you worry about finding the perfect dress, choosing the location for the reception, and keeping your wedding expenses within a certain budget. But beyond the straight ABCs of planning a wedding lie the more personal, emotional issues that can threaten to unravel your perfect day: jealous friends, bratty bridesmaids, complicated extended families, and pre-wedding jitters. Thankfully, help is here! From wedding and relationship experts Dr. Dale Atkins and Annie Gilbar comesWedding Sanity Savers--the ultimate troubleshooting guide for the sticky situations that arise on the road to happily ever after. From the day you get engaged until the day you say "I do,"Wedding Sanity Saversprovides fresh, frank advice that you won't find in other wedding books. With over 300 Q&As from real brides that tackle issues including body image, friends and exes, divorced parents, in-laws, merging religions and cultures, money questions, planning mishaps, sticking up for yourself, and more,Wedding Sanity Saversgives you the strategies you need to make tough decisions, finesse difficult scenarios, stay true to yourself, and keep smiling throughout it all. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Wedding Rites: The Complete Guide to Traditional Vows, Music, Ceremonies, Blessings, and Interfaith Services
by Michael P. FoleyMany engaged couples, no matter what their personal style, find themselves turning back to tradition for their wedding ceremony. Is there a way to follow tradition and still carve your own wedding path? Yes, there is -- with this unique book in hand. Michael Foley presents meaningful wedding traditions so old that they're practically new again. Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish wedding traditions fill this comprehensive guidebook, the only one of its kind. From music and flowers to vows and ceremonies to blessings, Foley's Wedding Rites contains a vast assortment of rich traditions very usable in weddings today. Best of all, it's easy to reference and easy to use! This book is an indispensable resource for couples, wedding planners, ministers, and all who love the beauty of tradition.Wedding Rites offers: concrete suggestions for each facet of your wedding, from engagement to receptionguidelines for designing your own distinctive wedding programpractical advice for interfaith weddingsforgotten wedding customs -- carecloths, loving cups, coin blessings, and othersand much more!
The Wedding Pocket Bible
by Cathy HowesThis is the perfect present for a bride-to-be.Getting engaged is a cause for celebration, but with it comes the exciting, and daunting task of planning the wedding day, as well as preparing yourself for marriage!The Wedding Pocket Bible gives you all the essential advice and information you'll need, including the traditions and wedding etiquette; from invitations and table plans to bridesmaids', best man, mother-of-the-bride and the groom's duties.We also bring you bridal tips and advice to help you enjoy planning the big day. We've covered everything you might possibly need to know, in this beautifully packaged gift book, including: weddings on a budget, choosing the right venue for you, personalising your wedding, planning your stag and hen dos, choosing your cake, flowers, music, photographer, and of course, the important dress.Above all, this book will make sure you and your future husband have the wedding you want, and will remember forever.
The Wedding Pocket Bible
by Cathy HowesThis is the perfect present for a bride-to-be.Getting engaged is a cause for celebration, but with it comes the exciting, and daunting task of planning the wedding day, as well as preparing yourself for marriage!The Wedding Pocket Bible gives you all the essential advice and information you'll need, including the traditions and wedding etiquette; from invitations and table plans to bridesmaids', best man, mother-of-the-bride and the groom's duties.We also bring you bridal tips and advice to help you enjoy planning the big day. We've covered everything you might possibly need to know, in this beautifully packaged gift book, including: weddings on a budget, choosing the right venue for you, personalising your wedding, planning your stag and hen dos, choosing your cake, flowers, music, photographer, and of course, the important dress.Above all, this book will make sure you and your future husband have the wedding you want, and will remember forever.
Wedding Planning For Dummies
by Marcy BlumThe 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--especially you! Expert wedding planner Marcy Blum walks you step-by-step through everything you'll encounter as you plan your wedding, from choosing a reception site to picking a photographer--and everything in between. 20% new and updated contentKeep track of expenses with a wedding budgetNegotiate contracts and surf online for wedding dealsGet those pesky financial technicalities out of the wayPlan a weekend wedding, a themed wedding, same sex wedding, and other celebrationsPlan for various wedding customs and ritesThrow a great reception with music, food, drink, and cakeThe 4-1-1 on the latest and greatest trends in wedding registries, rings, photos, and the honeymoonPacked with tips for saving money and common kitsch you should avoid, this is the ultimate guide to satisfying everyone on the Big Day--while making all of your fairytale dreams come true.
Wedding Planning For Dummies
by Dominique Douglas Bernadette ChapmanPlan your perfect wedding, at home or abroad. Planning a wedding doesn't have to be hard work. Take the pain out of the preparation and let Wedding Planning For Dummies help you design your dream wedding day - while saving time and money! Whether you're planning a traditional church ceremony, a quiet family celebration or a romantic destination wedding, this book offers all the budgeting tips, essential checklists and more that you need to make sure your special day runs smoothly. Content includes: * Budgeting for the big day. * Keeping it legal - getting all the legalities in place in plenty of time. * Preparing a guest list - who to invite, and where to draw the line. * Planning the schedule for the day, and any surrounding events (next day brunch, weekend plans). * Advice on choosing your dress, photographer, music, flowers, cake, wedding rings and more. * Destination weddings - the pros and cons of taking the plunge abroad.
The Wedding Photography Field Guide: Capturing the Perfect Day with your Camera (Field Guide Ser.)
by Michelle TurnerLong gone are the days of lining up the wedding party for predictable and overly-staged group shots. Now more than ever, couples want to remember their wedding day - and the run up to it - with candid, photojournalistic-style photos and innovatively-designed albums.The Wedding Photography Field Guide is a source of inspiration and illumination, and sets out how to capture the true essence and atmosphere of this emotionally-charged and very special day.- Get the latest information on digital gear and a professional's take on top techniques for covering all the action.- Stuffy, staged wedding photos are a thing of the past. Master modern wedding reportage and capture the true spirit of the event and the personalities of the couple and guests.- Discover the secrets of creating uniquely personal and contemporary bridal portraits and albums.- Don't get left behind in this competitive marketplace. Follow Michelle Turner's advice and build up a portfolio that can pack a punch.- Whether you are simply shooting a friend's wedding, breaking into the business or looking to refresh your approach, this book is essential.
Wedding Organizer: Checklists, Charts, And Worksheets for Planning the Perfect Day! (The Everything®)
by Shelly HagenFinding the right venue. Picking the perfect dress. Deciding on the guest list. The list of things that have to be selected, viewed, tasted, signed, and completed before your big day can be overwhelming. You need a comprehensive resource to plan and track every detail! The Everything Wedding Organizer, 5th Edition will help you stay organized, prepared, and relatively stress-free for a unique and unforgettable day. Inside you'll find helpful advice on: - Making and sticking to a wedding budget - DIY projects - Using social media to your advantage - Keeping track of vendors and payments - Invitation and thank-you note etiquette Packed with dozens of worksheets, checklists, and samples, this convenient and irreplaceable guide makes planning your wedding a breeze!
Wedding Officiant's Guide: How to Write & Conduct a Perfect Ceremony
by Lisa FrancescaLast year, one in three American weddings were officiated by a friend or family member. With the officiating trend on the rise, novice officiants need a resource to guide them. In The Wedding Officiant's Guide, interfaith minister Lisa Francesca breaks down the entire officiating process, from becoming an ordained officiant and interviewing the couple to drafting and performing a moving ceremony. Written in an engaging and friendly tone, and featuring empowering advice, suggested readings, stories and lessons learned from new officiants, and practical tips from wedding planners, this inviting handbook will help new officiants write and deliver a wedding ceremony that fulfills marriage laws, delights guests, and honors the marrying couple.
The Wedding of the Year: the heartwarming brand new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author
by Jill MansellThe irresistible, romantic, heart-warming new novel from the beloved author of Promise Me, Jill Mansell. 14 million books sold worldwide!PRE-ORDER the riveting audiobook from the queen of the feelgood romcom!Love, friendship and secrets revealed as the sun beats down on dazzling blue Cornish seas . . .It's set to be the perfect wedding - till the chauffeur is asked to keep driving the bride round the church. This wedding is not going as planned.Lottie is a guest at the wedding when she sees Max for the first time in fifteen years. No kiss since has matched their last kiss together. They were on the brink of a beautiful love story. Then something shocking happened that tore them apart. Now here he is, handsome as ever, teasing Lottie in the old way - and that tingling electric attraction is back. But Max is out of bounds.Ruby has been the perfect vicar's wife. But when she finds out the truth about her husband Peter, outrage and disbelief drive her to act impulsively, without a thought for the consequences. And nothing will ever be the same again.There will be a wedding of the year - but maybe not yet. When love is in the air, anything can happen . . .The gorgeous new romance from the beloved and bestselling Jill Mansell!Praise for Jill's novels'A real ray of sunshine and - exactly what's needed right now - Jill's books should be on prescription!' Phillipa Ashley'The absolute definition of "reading for pleasure", it will bring hours of happiness' Veronica Henry 'Jill Mansell's brilliance shouts from every page' Milly Johnson(P)2024 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
A Wedding Like No Other: Inspiration for Creating a Unique, Personal, and Unforgettable Celebration
by Peggy Post Peter PostDestination weddings planned in exotic locales, intimate weddings organized on a shoestring budget, full-scale galas with guests from all over the globe. . . . In A Wedding Like No Other, read the stories of some of the most incredible, romantic ceremonies and receptions collected by the wedding etiquette experts at the Emily Post Institute. As different as they all are, the stories featured here are examples of how a wedding can be heartwarming and unique—even if everything doesn't go exactly as planned. In each one, the bride and groom make a determined effort for their wedding day to be an expression of their tastes and personalities, often in the face of unexpected obstacles. And in every case, the end result is a wonderful and memorable experience for the couple and for everyone else involved. Let these stories help inspire your own big day. The creative vows, cakes, toasts, and more described in these pages will spark your own ideas and help you personalize every detail of your wedding. Also, each story is followed by a short advice section, offering insights and general wisdom on a large variety of topics from picking the venue to selecting the menu. Go beyond the standard, the expected, and make your big day a cherished, uplifting, unforgettable experience. You already have a love like no other, so celebrate it with a wedding like no other.
Wedding Kit For Dummies
by Marcy Blum Laura Fisher KaiserYou finally said “yes!” and decided to throw in your lot with Mr. Right. But before you can embark on your new lives together there’s the little detail of your wedding. Handled correctly, it can be what it should be—the most wonderful day of your life. With Wedding Kit For Dummies in your corner, you can guarantee that your wedding celebration is everything you always dreamed it would be. Whether you’re planning an intimate affair, a huge event, or something in-between, this book/CD package arms you with checklists, templates, worksheets and other useful tools to help you manage all the details. And you get expert tips and advice on, among other things, how to: Select the perfect venue Track your guest list and RSVPs Choosing the food and flowers Finding a good photographer Negotiate rates with caterers and musicians Nail down the wedding-day agenda Outfit your wedding p arty Plan a destination wedding Marcy Blum has created magical weddings for hundreds of couples. Now in Wedding Kit For Dummies she shares her tricks-of-the-trade on all aspects of planning, organizing, and pulling off a wedding without a hitch, including such crucial topics as: Financing your wedding and staying within your budget Seating for meals, tracking gifts, creating invitations and finding the perfect far-away destination for a destination wedding Getting all the details of the ceremony right—from choosing an officiant and who walks with whom to cueing the music and dealing with the jitters Throwing a whiz-bang reception—covers all the bases including meals, music, flowers, the cake, the bar...all the way down to the send-off On the bonus CD-ROM you’ll find: Live links to top wedding Web resources Templates, forms, worksheets, and sample contracts A calculator to help you plan your reception Spreadsheets to keep track of all your budget details Your complete wedding planning survival guide, this all-in-one kit is the one accessory every bride-to-be absolutely must have. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Wedding Hacks: 500+ Ways to Stick to Your Budget, Stay Stress-Free, and Plan the Best Wedding Ever! (Hacks)
by Maddie EisenhartTake control of your wedding planning (and budget) with over 500 easy hacks to help your wedding go as smoothly as possible—from preventing wardrobe malfunctions to making an adjustable seating chart.Congratulations—you&’re engaged! But, now what? As you start to share the news with your family and friends, you might start feeling slightly stressed about the amount of planning you suddenly have to do. But wedding planning can actually be easier than you think! With Wedding Hacks you&’ll find solutions to all your wedding planning worries and prevent any problems that you might not have seen coming. From finding cheaper prices online to dealing with difficult relatives, this book has everything you need to know to make your wedding day one you&’ll never forget (all while keeping your sanity intact)!
Wedding Feng Shui
by Theodora Lau Laura LauFrom your luckiest wedding day to the perfect dress, Wedding Feng Shui will help you plan the ceremony of your dreams! Are you a Dragon with a Tiger fiancÉ? Which of your bridesmaids is your best shopping companion? Will you run into conflicts with your Snake mother-in-law? In Wedding Feng Shui, Chinese horoscope experts Laura Lau and Theodora Lau explain how anyone of any culture can use Eastern wisdom to create a meaningful, beautiful, and personalized wedding. Based on your lunar and solar signs and those of your fiancÉ, wedding party, family, and friends, you'll learn: Which of the twelve animal signs you are-and how it can affect you during the planning process The best and worst tasks for each member of your family and wedding party The perfect dresses, flowers, gemstones, symbols, and more for your sign Your luckiest wedding date, based on your specific marriage combination And there's much more!
The Wedding Expert
by Bettie BradleyFrom a true expert and icon in the wedding industry, the editor-in-chief of Today's Bride magazine, comes the ultimate handbook for brides planning their big days. In The Wedding Expert, Bettie Bradley, a wedding industry veteran and the editor-in-chief of Today's Bride magazine, shares with brides and grooms more than 400 things that, over the course of her thirty-year career, she's learned are vital to the wedding planning process and to keeping everyone involved happy. Whether it's announcing the news with loved ones and colleagues (hold off on that Facebook status until Mom knows!), planning your budget and negotiating with vendors (email with your vendors where possible--paper trails are good, just in case), finding interesting ways to marry your family's traditions with your modern style, deciding the size of the wedding (they who pay get final say!), or remembering to show appreciation to your loved ones, Bettie Bradley offers practical, thoughtful, and expert advice to make every wedding day a success. Sweetly designed, bursting with over 400 tips and ideas, and featuring sample budgets and invitations, quizzes, and even Bettiequette--wedding etiquette, Bettie Bradley-style--The Wedding Expert is a charming and indispensible guide for the biggest day of your life.
Wedding Etiquette For Dummies
by Sue FoxYour expert guide to the dos and don'ts of getting marriedYour wedding should be fun, exciting, and worry-free-but most brides, grooms, and their families run into sticky situations or unique circumstances that surround etiquette. Now, there's a definitive guide that provides the solutionsfor all those dilemmas big and small.Wedding Etiquette For Dummies provides sound information and guidance-whether it's deciding how to handle divorced parents, inform guests of where the couple is registered, or tastefully incorporate new traditions into your ceremony and reception. You get plenty of proven advice and tips for everything from who pays for the wedding and properly announcing the engagement to hosting events leading up to the wedding and dealing with destination wedding snags and pitfalls. You'll even see how to gracefully handle wedding cancellations and postponements.The dos and don'ts of wedding etiquette for any bride, groom, relatives, or friends of the marrying coupleTips for proper behavior during the engagement, ceremony, and receptionAdvice on dealing with the wedding party and opinionated or pushy in-lawsSpecial considerations for second (or more) marriages and military, ethnic, and religious weddingsHow to set up a tasteful, interactive wedding website and write the all important thank you noteSue Fox is the author of Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition and Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd EditionLeaving no wedding dilemma uncovered, Wedding Etiquette For Dummies is your one-stop guide for having the wedding of your dreams without the stress!
Wedding Etiquette Book (The Everything®)
by Holly LefevreStepfamilies. Children. Remarriages. They can create tricky wedding situations, affecting a bride’s decision-making and etiquette do’s and don’ts. This guide helps modern brides navigate every dilemma. This practical book offers the answers to brides most commonly asked etiquette questions, including:“Can I ask my future in-laws to help pay for the reception?”“How can I include stepparents in the wedding?”“Do I have to invite dates for single guests?”“How do I get my mother off my back when planning?”In addition to these questions, you will find answers to more unique situations such as: “Can I have a child-free wedding?”, “How can I limit alcohol consumption?”, and “What am I supposed to do with my father’s third wife?” Leading you through dilemmas as you will encounter them in your planning, this book is easy to use and understand. From the simplest sticky situation to an all-out family fiasco, this is the go-to resource for everything etiquette.