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Bridal Bargains: Secrets to throwing a fantastic wedding on a realistic budget (2006) by Denise and Alan Fields; $10-$15 range This is a wonderful book which has cost-cutting ideas for every aspect of your wedding. The authors take you step-by-step through the decision making process and give you the pitfalls, advantages, and disadvantages. It also includes the questions every couple should ask vendors before signing on the dotted line. This book takes some cost-cutting ideas a little too far for our taste, but it definitely made us think about our decisions before pouring our money into just any product or service. A definite must-have for any engaged couple on a wedding budget! |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Wedding (2007) by Teddy Lenderman; $16 OK, I know, you’re probably looking at the title and saying, “I’m no idiot!” But this is a great book to have. If you are a little bewildered by all of this wedding stuff, this is the book for you. It explains every part of the wedding including the rehearsal dinner, who to buy gifts for, how to order invitations, etc., etc. and is very easy-to-understand. They even have diagrams of different arrangements of people for the ceremony and walk down the aisle. A book worth its weight in gold! |
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The Bride’s Essential Wedding Planner: Deluxe Edition (2005) by Amy Nebens $20-$35 This is as really cute and functional book with worksheets to boot! It’s made like a 3 ring binder so you can add your contracts and forms as well to keep everything together. It gets shining reviews all across the board and it will keep you organized and on a timeline without losing any of your important documents! In all the reviews, they say it is worth the money. |
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Weddings by Whalen (2003) San Diego Author! by Joan Whalen, $8.95 The author of this book has well over 25 years of working knowledge in the wedding business in San Diego! This is a great book for those who want to know everything about wedding planning from the budget to the rehersal dinner, and how to hire the perfect wedding consultant. It tells you everything you need to know about locations, vendors, productions and costs to make your wedding day stress free, as well as providing tips on the advantages of hiring a consultant to help you with your planning. |
| Books About Attire | |
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The Bridal Gown Guide: Discover the Dress of Your Dreams at a Price You Can Afford (1998) by Denise and Alan Fields; under $10 This book explains anything and everything about buying your perfect gown. This is one of the most baffling things you will buy on your wedding adventure. The authors of Bridal Bargains, do it again in this book by explaining how not to get ripped off when buying your one and only wedding dress. With listings of manufacturers, sample prices of popular styles, pictures, explanations of wedding gown vocabulary, and comprehensive lists of accessories, this is a must-have for any bride who wants to be well-dressed but doesn’t want to have her dress cost more that the rest of the wedding. |
| Books for the Ceremony | |
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The Romance of the Wedding Ceremony (2008) San Diego Author! by Reverend Richleigh Powers; $15 Written by San Diego’s own Reverend Richleigh Hale Powers, who performs more than 300 unique wedding ceremonies per year. His book is an informative step-by-step guide on how to compose and personalize a wedding ceremony. Many books have been written about the social aspects of planning a wedding ceremony, however, until now one would be hard pressed to find a book dedicated to the actual composing of the ceremony. Reverend Powers’ book provides a breakdown of the typical ceremony and a collection of wedding ceremonies, poems, readings and prayers, as well as wedding traditions, wedding timetable and a ceremony line-up to assist in stress-free wedding planning. |
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A Bride’s Book of Wedding Traditions (1995) by Arlene Hamilton Stewart; $10 and under If you want to follow some very special and well-respected wedding traditions, this is the book for you. There are traditions for every aspect of your ceremony and reception. You can pick and choose what you would like to do for your special day to make it your own. A must for those seeking a traditional wedding! |
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The Everything Wedding Vows Book (2001) by Janet Anastasio; $10 and under On the cover of this book it says, “Anything and everything you could possibly say at the altar-and then some” and that seems to say it all. If you are writing your own vows or even thinking about it, this is a great book. Not only does it have sample passages but it also has tons of romantic quotes from the centuries. Use it for for your invitations,wedding programs or your vows. It has sample vows for second marriages, traditional, non-traditional, seasonal vows, and appropriate scriptural passages. It’s a very handy little book! |
| Books For Grooms | |
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The Groom’s Instruction Manual: How to Survive and Possibly Even Enjoy the Most Bewildering Ceremony Known to Man (2007) by Shandon Fowler; $11 If you’re looking for a book for the guys that’s helpful, full of info and doesn’t look like it was published in 1984 like most of the other wedding books for guys out there, this is the book for you. Its funny, smaller in size and man approved! |
