Beverly Clark Wedding Collection, Planning a Wedding to Remember, 7th Edition

• Planning a Wedding to Remember Guide and password to access Beverly Clark's wedding planning internet site
• Everything you need to know to plan a wedding with confidence and ease - and save hours of time
• Including exciting ways to personalize your wedding and helpful suggestions on shopping for everything you'll need
• Important money-saving tips including how to understand wedding contracts and avoid consumer fraud
• Etiquette advice for everything from receiving lines to second marriages and handling divorced parents

Congratulations! You are getting married and want a beautiful, memorable event, yet you need to stick to a tight budget. Don't despair! There are hundreds of proven ways to have your dream wedding without breaking your budget. The average cost of a wedding in the United States in 2007 is approaching $30,000, a 73 percent increase since 1992, according! to a recent study. What's astonishing is how quickly all the other smaller expenses those you don't immediately think of add up. The stationery, invitations, announcements, thank-you notes, postage, make up, hair stylist, limousines, menus, and so on, not including the cost for an engagement party, rehearsal dinner, gifts, honeymoon, engagement ring, and bridal consultant or wedding planner. Just imagine what you could do if you could save $30,000 as you start out your new life together. Whether your budget is $1,000 or $50,000, in this easy to read and comprehensive new book you will learn hundreds of simple ways to cut down on your wedding expenses without serving a roomful of guests hamburgers and hot dogs at your reception. Reducing your wedding costs doesn t have to mean plastic forks and pitching a tent on your aunt's front lawn. This new book will teach you hundreds of insider secrets to nip the overcharges out of your wedding budget. The author tackles invitations,! facility, catering, gifts, bar-liquor, tables and chairs, dec! orations , napkins, centerpieces, flowers, limousine, dishes and glasses, music, candles, photography, videographer, ring pillow, linens, guest favors, tents, dance floor, cake, matches, place cards, thank you notes, and dozens more.Announcing the wedding bible: the most complete, lively, handholding, step-by-step guide to help every couple have a perfect weddingâ€"no matter their budget, taste, or personalities. More than 2.2 million North American couples tie the knot each year; until now, only a mere fraction could work with celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss. But the significant fact is not Ms. Weiss's clientele, but the reason for it: She's so very good at what she does. And now she shares all of her hard-won experience, wisdom, inspiration, and style tips.

The Wedding Book covers everything, in a voice filled with understanding: announcing the engagement, and what to do when someone isn't happy about the news; creating a budget; the pros and cons of desti! nation weddings. Drawing up the guest list; planning the ceremony (and how to personalize your vows); menus to inspire; contracts and wedding insurance. Shopping for the dress, six great hairstyles, tuxedo vs. dinner jacket, the etiquette of invitations. Style tips for flowers, the tabletop, linens; a cake that says "you"; the crucial "Sixty Days Until I Do"; rehearsal dinner strategies; plus freezing the cake and preserving the bouquet.

Today the average cost of a wedding is $25,000â€"at $19.95, The Wedding Book is the smartest investment a bride-to-be could make.Announcing the wedding bible: the most complete, lively, handholding, step-by-step guide to help every couple have a perfect weddingâ€"no matter their budget, taste, or personalities. More than 2.2 million North American couples tie the knot each year; until now, only a mere fraction could work with celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss. But the significant fact is not Ms. Weiss's clientele, bu! t the reason for it: She's so very good at what she does. And ! now she shares all of her hard-won experience, wisdom, inspiration, and style tips.

The Wedding Book covers everything, in a voice filled with understanding: announcing the engagement, and what to do when someone isn't happy about the news; creating a budget; the pros and cons of destination weddings. Drawing up the guest list; planning the ceremony (and how to personalize your vows); menus to inspire; contracts and wedding insurance. Shopping for the dress, six great hairstyles, tuxedo vs. dinner jacket, the etiquette of invitations. Style tips for flowers, the tabletop, linens; a cake that says "you"; the crucial "Sixty Days Until I Do"; rehearsal dinner strategies; plus freezing the cake and preserving the bouquet.

Today the average cost of a wedding is $25,000â€"at $19.95, The Wedding Book is the smartest investment a bride-to-be could make.Whether you want your wedding to be a grand event or a small and intimate affair, Beverly's new planner will! save you hours of time and let you move through the entire planning process with confidence and ease. Inside you will find: Exciting ways to personalize your wedding and make it memorable Important money-saving tips Etiquette advice for addressing invitations, handling divorced parents, receiving lines, second marriages and more How to understand contracts and avoid consumer fraud Helpful suggestions on shopping for everything from your wedding gown to thank you notes You will also receive exclusive password access to Beverly's exciting new Internet site, www.planningaweddingtoremember.com. 8" by 10", 248 pages