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    The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists
    The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists
    The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists
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    The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists

    By Sharon Naylor

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    Check all the boxes and get the wedding you've been waiting for!

    Get rid of the stress of wedding planning with the ultimate checklist book to keep track of all the exciting details of your big day! This is the ultimate pockete-guide for a bride who doesn't want to miss a moment. From the big to the small, engagement to the aisle, never forget the many to-do's that add up to your dream wedding!

    This book will help you:

    • Find the perfect venue
    • Decide on invitations
    • Book a band/entertainment
    • Perfect the menu
    • Choose the favors
    • AND MORE!

    This highly organized tool promises to keep track of planning and make every step a memory you won't want to forget!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateSep 1, 2005
    ISBN9781402235764
    The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists
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    Sharon Naylor

    An Adams Media author.

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      The Busy Bride's Essential Wedding Checklists - Sharon Naylor

      The Busy Bride’s

      Essential Wedding

      Checklists

      Sharon Naylor

      Copyright 2005 by Sharon Naylor

      Cover and internal design 2005 by Sourcebooks, Inc.

      Cover and internal illustration by Megan Dempster

      Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc.

      Published by Sourcebooks, Inc.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.

      This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.—From a Declaration of Principles Jointly Adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations

      All brand names and product names used in this book are trademarks, registered trademarks, or trade names of their respective holders. Sourcebooks, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor in this book.

      Published by Sourcebooks, Inc.

      P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410

      (630) 961-3900

      FAX: (630) 961-2168

      www.sourcebooks.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Naylor, Sharon. ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1616-9

      The busy bride's essential wedding checklists / Sharon Naylor.

      p. cm.

      HQ745.N3873 2005

      395.2'2--dc22

      2005016587

      Printed and bound in Hong Kong

      IM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

      This book is dedicated to the memory and spirit of

      Kate Reid.

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Part 1: Your First Steps

      Chapter 1: Making the Announcement

      Chapter 2: Your To Do Timeline

      Chapter 3: Creating Your Team

      Chapter 4: Creating Your Guest List

      Chapter 5: Formality and Style

      Chapter 6: Your Wedding Style

      Chapter 7: Creating Your Budget

      Part 2: When and Where?

      Chapter 8: Your Wedding Date

      Chapter 9: Your Location

      Part 3: Planning Your Ceremony

      Chapter 10: Ceremony Basics

      Chapter 11: Creating Your Ceremony

      Part 4: Your Wedding Gown; His Dashing Tuxedo

      Chapter 12: Selecting Your Wedding Gown

      Chapter 13: The Groom’s Tuxedo and the Men’s Wedding Day Look

      Chapter 14: Gowns for Your Bridesmaids and Moms

      Chapter 15: Dressing the Little Ones

      Part 5: Wedding Details

      Chapter 16: Your Wedding Rings

      Chapter 17: Invitations and All Things in Print

      Chapter 18: Your Flowers

      Chapter 19: Limousines and Other Transportation

      Chapter 20: Photography

      Chapter 21: Videography

      Part 6: Planning Your Reception

      Chapter 22: What You Need to Rent

      Chapter 23: Your Menu

      Chapter 24: The Wedding Cake

      Chapter 25: Stocking the Bar

      Chapter 26: Décor and Place Settings

      Chapter 27: DJ or Band? Entertaining Your Crowd

      Chapter 28: Special Words

      Chapter 29: Wedding Favors and Gifts

      Chapter 30: Your Rehearsal and Rehearsal Dinner

      Part 7: Other Events

      Chapter 31: Wedding Day Beauty

      Chapter 32: Your Engagement Party

      Chapter 33: Your Bridal Shower

      Chapter 34: Bridal Luncheons and Brunches

      Chapter 35: The Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties

      Chapter 36: The After-Party

      Chapter 37: The Morning-After Breakfast

      Chapter 38: Wedding Weekend Activities

      Part 8: After the Wedding

      Chapter 39: Saying Thank You

      Chapter 40: Name Change

      Note from the Author

      About the Author

      Back Cover

      Acknowledgments

      • Deb Werksman is tops in my book as my dream editor at Sourcebooks.

      • My agent Meredith Bernstein is always looking out for me, and for that I am incredibly grateful.

      • Mike Napolitan—thank you for your fabulous work on my website! You are a genius and one of the most reliable people I’ve ever met.

      • Scott Buhrmaster is a master of publicity, a fountain of wisdom, and the best guide any author could ask for.

      • With thanks to my family and friends who have never let me down, and with thanks to my Mom, who follows every twist and turn of my work life and somehow keeps track of it all…even when she has bigger things to think about.

      I’m lucky to have you all…

      Introduction

      Congratulations!

      Right now, you’ve undoubtedly been hugged and toasted dozens of times. This is an amazingly blissful time in your life…and you have a wedding to plan! This book will guide you and give you the #1 advantage in wedding planning: organization. Staying on top of things, knowing what needs to be done when, who’s doing it, and who’s paying for it is the best way to make the most of the planning months ahead. The details are outlined here, giving you an added boost of confidence and the security that you’re not missing anything.

      Nothing is ever perfect, but with this book it could be so streamlined a planning process as to almost seem that way.

      That is my wish for you, and it is my inspiration in creating this checklist book for you both.

      It’s time now to get started on all the exciting tasks ahead…

      Part One

      Your First Steps

      1

      Making the Announcement

      You’ve already called or emailed everyone you know with the news of your engagement, and your parents have shared the great news with everyone they know. They may even be planning an engagement party for you, complete with catering and lots of champagne. Everyone is just thrilled!

      There’s even more excitement to come, and even more people to make the announcement to.

      To prepare for the exciting step of placing an engagement announcement in the newspaper, here’s your checklist:

      Your Engagement Photo

      ___Plan to have your engagement photo taken by either a professional photographer you hire or a friend with an excellent digital camera.

      ___Choose the perfect setting for your engagement photo, such as on the beach, or in a garden.

      ___Set aside lots of time for the photo session.

      ___Plan what you’ll both wear.

      ___Take several different shots, in several different poses, to find the ideal choice.

      ___Have the photos developed, or upload them online to a site such as www.ofoto.com.

      ___Get a few printed in black and white if you wish.

      ___Get extra copies of prints and enlargements to keep and frame, and to share with friends and family.

      Choosing Your Newspaper

      ___Select which newspapers you’ll submit your announcement to:

      • Your hometown paper(s)

      • Your parents’ hometown paper

      • Your grandparents’ hometown paper

      • The paper where you used to live and where many of your relatives and friends still reside

      ___Look in the paper (or on the paper’s website) for their submission directions, such as what info to include and where to send your announcement.

      ___Send your engagement announcement in to the paper as soon as you’d like!

      ___Make sure you find out the date in which your announcement will appear, so that you can cut out your section as a keepsake.

      ___If it will be online, feel free to email the page link to your faraway friends and family.

      Your Wedding Website

      A wonderful, twenty-first-century option for sharing the news of your engagement.

      Check out www.wedstudio.com as an example of what can be done with today’s unique wedding web-sites. Hint: this makes a great gift from parents to an engaged couple!

      Here are some of the most popular options you might wish to add to your own site:

      ___The story of your engagement.

      ___The date, time, and location of your wedding—include links to the sites where your ceremony and reception will be held.

      ___Links to your wedding registries.

      ___Links to the hotels where guests can reserve their rooms, including the code for your block of rooms discount.

      ___Introductions to your wedding party, including pictures of them and short bios.

      ___Pictures and short bios of your parents and grandparents.

      ___Your wedding-weekend activities schedule, including who’s hosting, what the event is, where to RSVP.

      ___Babysitting contacts.

      ___Links to any airline group discount plans, if your group will have to fly to your wedding location.

      ___An online blog recounting the wedding plans as they’re happening.

      ___An auto-countdown to your wedding date.

      ___The results of guest polls and surveys.

      ___Detailed bios of both you and the groom, with plenty of pictures of you both.

      ___Send everyone the announcement link.

      Watch Out for Overkill!

      It seems the trend just took off, and already the etiquette experts are complaining that some wedding websites are just way too loaded with details, rants, and over-the-top cheesiness. So consider that you can go too far in building your site. Keep the cute little childhood snapshots of you both to a minimum, and remember that what you put online is up for the entire world to see. Don’t go too far!

      Your wedding website’s URL:

      Your password:

      (Write it here or keep it someplace secure and private)

      2

      Your To Do Timeline

      You’re off to a great start! Now, so that you have a grand overview of what you’ll be doing month-by-month, here is a checklist of your general to dos. You’ll find more details in each category in

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