The Diy Wedding Manual

The average cost of a wedding is about as much as a deposit on a house, but one thing the 'credit crunch' taught us all is that there are many areas in our lives where we can save money by doing things ourselves. So why should weddings be an exception? Whether it's boom or bust you don't have to spend a fortune. You really can create your own special day by doing it yourself and having fun along the way. This book is packed with top tips and money saving ideas for: Stationery, Venues, Flowers, Transport, Hair and Make-up, Photographs, Food and Drink, the Reception and much more - including tips from live brides and over 100 budget busting ideas.

New in Paperback. Many savvy couples are getting creative nowadays when it comes to planning and arranging their wedding, in order to make their 'big day' unique, meaningful and affordable

An easy DIY manual to plan a wedding. With checklists to help guild you through the whole process and make the special day stress free.

Wedding DIY is your complete do it yourself (DIY) wedding planning resource. Wedding-DIY is all about wanting the highest quality for the least cost - and not being afraid of a little hard work to achieve it! The author, is a newlywed, national award-winning designer, contributing writer to national publications in her industry, small business owner, and a do-it-yourselfer in every aspect of her life, decided to write Wedding-DIY after discovering many secret resources and low-cost alternatives to mainstream wedding products and services throughout the process of planning her own dream wedding. Wedding-DIY is packed with ideas, inspiration, and most importantly, practical, real-world information to plan your dream wedding with your real-world budget. Wedding-DIY doesnt just guide you through the planning process, Wedding-DIY gives you real resources for you to USE. Wedding-DIY shows you where to find the best bargains on high-end wedding merchandise and provides detailed instructions for many do-it-yourself projects. Wedding-DIY has an entire chapter (Chapter 9) devoted to wedding checklists, wedding timelines, valuable at-a-glance wedding lists, and practical, user-friendly worksheets to keep your wedding planning organized, on target, and on budget. Wedding-DIY takes real-world practicality a step further in Chapter 10, providing real contacts and resources to find ideas, inspiration, and purchase the things you need to plan your wedding - DIY style. Wedding-DIY is a real-world guide to your dream wedding for a fraction of the cost, and the must-have wedding planning resource for every do-it-yourself bride!

Groom or bride, straight or gay. Nail the perfect words to say. There's no longer an excuse for wedding speeches to be a tedious succession of predictable platitudes, outdated etiquette and cheesy wedding gags. This book is for nearlyweds who want to make their wedding speeches one of the day's highlights. Written by Heidi Ellert-McDermott, award-winning wedding speechwriter and founder of Speechy, this guide will help you write and deliver a speech that's memorable for the right reasons. Heidi's advice has been quoted everywhere from the Daily Mail to the New York Times, and with insights and trade secrets from comedians, TV scriptwriters and wedding influencers, this is the ultimate toolkit for couples wanting to make their wedding speeches a little more wonderful. Create a lifelong memory as you: · Plan the perfect speech line up · Decide how to represent your union 'on mic' · Swot up on modern speech etiquette · Gather cracking content and curate your best material · Discover the simple speechwriter techniques that will help you develop unique, humorous and sentimental lines to add wit and depth to your speech · Learn the trade secrets to delivering like a pro · Get inspired by over a dozen wedding speech examples written by professional speechwriters

Your dream wedding starts with this first simple step. Your wedding day marks the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in your life, so you'll want to make sure it's as wonderful as you always dreamed it would be. This book will guide you through all the organisational detail of your wedding preparations so that you'll feel completely confident about the many choices and decisions you will have to make. Written and designed in a logical, easy-to-use style, it concentrates on the practical aspects of preparing for your big day and is divided into three parts: * The Countdown Calendar, detailing all the vital steps at each stage of the preparations * The Action Plans, showing the step-by-step sequences needed to organise the transport, flowers, photography and all the other essentials * The Checklists, providing lots of space for you to record all the relevant information, so that you can track your progress and ensure that nothing has been overlooked If you follow this book step by step, you'll feel confident that your big day will be a great success and one that you'll remember for the rest of your life.

Now, you are about to go on an exciting journey in your life which only starts with your wedding. Although a wedding is a celebration of you and your fiancé starting a life together, its planning can be quite overwhelming. Unless you work full time as an event planner, this may be your largest planned event yet. However, don’t fret, your first step to having your dream wedding is to have a well laid out plan. This will also help reduce stress, even as you enjoy planning your wedding. You currently hold the best wedding planning tool to plan the wedding of your dreams. This practical guide to planning the ultimate wedding tailored for you was prepared specifically for you, the very busy and well-informed couple. Covered in this guide are tips to help plan your memorable wedding: From the kind of wedding to consider Choosing the correct budget How exactly to select your dress Drawing a guest list Creating the reception seating chart And much much more! There is also a handy checklist in the back of the book that you can print and insert into your convenient wedding filing system.

In addition to being a full color wedding planner with everything needed to plan a wedding, the book also has illustrated instructions for many DIY projects including making bouquets and decorations and baking a wedding cake. Moneysaving tips are included in every chapter. A very complete package.