The A-z Of Wedding Wisdom

by Suzan St Maur

Overview

Planning and organising your wedding is quite a challenge, especially for today's busy brides and grooms. The good news is that many people have been there, done it and got the T-shirt Sharing their experience can save you a vast amount of time, money, energy and sanity when it comes to your own Big Day. In this book Suzan St Maur has gathered together many years' worth of wedding wisdom from wedding planners, wedding suppliers, and married folks themselves: experiences, expert advice, shortcuts, tips, and much more. No matter how complex your wedding is going to be, the advice you'll find in this book is priceless. In easy-to-read, easy-to-reference encyclopaedic style, Suzan covers all the usual - and the more unusual - issues you may have to deal with when planning your wedding. Here are just a few: Parents, step-parents, adoptive/birth parents
• Brothers, sisters, step-siblings
• Aunts, uncles, grandparents and other key relatives
• The best man, chief bridesmaid and other bridal attendants
• Speeches
• Guest lists
• Receptions
• Table seating plans
• Different religions
• Different races/cultures
• Gay and lesbian weddings
• Finances and paying the bills.
REVIEWS:
'St Maur is the wise and frank aunt any young bride would be relieved to turn to for advice on how to avoid anything ruining her big day.' www.bridalbuyer.com.

AUTHOR BIOG:
Suzan St Maur is a prolific international writer, researcher, and editor as well as being the author of over 20 published and commissioned books on business, consumer and humour topics. This is her fifth book on weddings for How To Books. She also runs a lively and popular group on Facebook called 'Suze's Weddings Chat Room'. She lives mostly in Bedfordshire with her teenage son and an assortment of dogs and cats.

CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
Alcohol
Animals at Weddings
Best Man and Ushers
Bridal Showers
Bridesmaids, Flower Girls and Pages
Bride's Dress, Hair and Make-Up
Bridesmaids' Dresses
Cakes
Cars
Caterers
Children
Churches, Synagogues and Other Religious Venues
Civil Partnerships
Civil Weddings
Comfort Breaks
Confetti
Confetti, green
Decorations
Destination Weddings
Directions and Parking
Double Weddings
Dress Code
Elopement
Entertainment
Ex-Partners
Fathers
Finances and Budgeting
Flower Girls
Flowers
Food and Drink
Gifts and Gift Lists
Girlfriends, Bride's
Groom
Groom's Clothes
Guests
Hairstyles
Honeymoons
Horse-Drawn Vehicles
Inter-Faith Weddings
Invitations
Marquees
Mothers
Mothers-in-Law
Mothers' Outfits
Music
Names
Nerves and Stress
Outdoor Weddings
Pages
Parents and Step-Parents
Photography
Postponement or Cancellation
Pregnancy
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Reception Lines
Register Offices
Rehearsals and Rehearsal Dinners
Relatives, Other
Rings
Seating Plans
Second Marriages
Siblings
Speeches
Stag and Hen Nights
Stationery
Superstitions
Ushers
Venues
Videography
Wedding Insurance
Wedding Lists
Wedding Planners
Wedding Websites and Weblogs
Who Pays What?
Zero Hour... Disaster Recovery Tips!
Bibliography
Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845284329
Publisher:	How To Books
Publication date:	12/20/2010
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Suzan St Maur is a prolific international writer, researcher, and editor as well as being the author of over 20 published and commissioned books on business, consumer and humour topics. This is her fifth book on weddings for How To Books. She also runs a lively and popular group on Facebook called 'Suze's Weddings Chat Room'. She lives mostly in Bedfordshire with her teenage son and an assortment of dogs and cats.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
Alcohol
Animals at Weddings
Best Man and Ushers
Bridal Showers
Bridesmaids, Flower Girls and Pages
Bride's Dress, Hair and Make-Up
Bridesmaids' Dresses
Cakes
Cars
Caterers
Children
Churches, Synagogues and Other Religious Venues
Civil Partnerships
Civil Weddings
Comfort Breaks
Confetti
Confetti, green
Decorations
Destination Weddings
Directions and Parking
Double Weddings
Dress Code
Elopement
Entertainment
Ex-Partners
Fathers
Finances and Budgeting
Flower Girls
Flowers
Food and Drink
Gifts and Gift Lists
Girlfriends, Bride's
Groom
Groom's Clothes
Guests
Hairstyles
Honeymoons
Horse-Drawn Vehicles
Inter-Faith Weddings
Invitations
Marquees
Mothers
Mothers-in-Law
Mothers' Outfits
Music
Names
Nerves and Stress
Outdoor Weddings
Pages
Parents and Step-Parents
Photography
Postponement or Cancellation
Pregnancy
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Reception Lines
Register Offices
Rehearsals and Rehearsal Dinners
Relatives, Other
Rings
Seating Plans
Second Marriages
Siblings
Speeches
Stag and Hen Nights
Stationery
Superstitions
Ushers
Venues
Videography
Wedding Insurance
Wedding Lists
Wedding Planners
Wedding Websites and Weblogs
Who Pays What?
Zero Hour... Disaster Recovery Tips!
Bibliography
Index.