More couples become engaged between Christmas & Valentine’s Day than at any other time of the year. Wedding planning starts immediately thereafter for the happily ever-after!This quote is borrowed from a wedding planning software advertisement. This topic chose me rather than the other way around. I find myself suddenly submerged in planning a wedding after a Christmas-time engagment in my immediate family. Who knew that there was so much to think about! I went to the library's collection to look for wedding planning books, and came up with a number of books covering different aspects of wedding planning and a DVD set which sounds great!
If you need a book which will provide lists of things that need to be done and the order in which they should be done, Wedding Planning for Dummies would be a good choice. It's especially helpful for anyone who is a complete novice (I almost said clueless) at wedding planning and needs help with everything. DK Publishing, the travel guide people, also have a series called "Keep It Simple" or K-I-S-S. Their wedding planning guide is called the K-i-s-s guide to planning a wedding and also provides a detailed breakdown of what needs to be done and when. If you want a wedding guide combined with lots of pictures, and examples of real weddings of some rich and famous people, browse through In Style Weddings.
The Music, Art and Media department has a DVD set called Martha's complete weddings. Martha is Martha Stewart, of course, and her four DVD set covers flowers, cake, gowns and how to have those little touches that make your wedding special.
Here is a short list of books covering other areas that can cause nail biting and heated discussions. This should be a fun time, and with a little help it can be.
Special circumstances
Wedding Etiquette for Divorced Families
The everything elopement book
Wedding crafts
Weddings for all seasons
Michaels book of wedding crafts
Music and words
Words for the wedding
I will be here : 25 of today's best wedding & love songs
Comments (4)
Great to see wedding hints as our daughter has just gotten engaged!
Posted by Lois | January 4, 2007 8:28 AM
Great job- love the variety of topics and the fact that
there are many people contributing to this effort- keep it up- you are an inspiration to those of us dragging our feet about doing a blog!! Deb Berlin/Reference/Kelley Library/Salem NH
Posted by Deb Berlin | January 4, 2007 8:48 AM
I will pass on the great wedding titles to friends who are helping to plan for their friends.
Many thanks
Margarert Waterman
Wilton Public Library
Posted by Margaret Waterman | January 4, 2007 10:21 AM
An addition to your list of helpful wedding planning books: Weddings from the heart by Daphne Rose Kingma. I am also a Justice of the Peace and have married numerous couples; in this capacity I recommend this book as an excellent source when you desire to form your own ceremony, rather than using a boilerplate. It lays out the ritual elements of weddings that you can then pick and choose from, with numerous examples and wonderful readings, quotes and sample weddings. I have found this to be an invaluable resource for really personalized weddings.
Posted by Caddie Gregory | January 4, 2007 11:52 AM