Check List for a Perfect Wedding, 6th Edition: The Indispensible Guide for Every Wedding - Softcover

Follett, Barbara Lee; Follett, Alan Lee; Follett, Teri

 
9780767912334: Check List for a Perfect Wedding, 6th Edition: The Indispensible Guide for Every Wedding
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0767912330 ISBN 13: 9780767912334
Verlag: Crown, 2003

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For more than forty years, Check List for a Perfect Wedding has been the resource of choice for fiancees and their families. A perennial bestseller, it guides the happy couple gracefully throufgh every stage of preparation for special event--from announcing the engagement to packing for their honeymoon. Brides and wedding planners will not have to worry that they've forgotten a thing, because every detail is outlined within these handy pages.

Full of timeless traditions, Check List for a Perfect Wedding is newly updated to cover contemporary ideas and issues and completely reorganized to make it even easier to use. Much more than just a workbook, it also offers indispensable advice on topics such as catering, blending extended families gracefully, and working wonders on a limited budget.

With its calming voice of experience, Check List turns a dream wedding into reality--seamlessly.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The late Barbara Lee Follett wrote the first Check List for a Perfect Wedding following the marriage of her daughters in the 1950s, drawing on reader comments for the next four editions. Editing the new version with Follett's children, Loulie Hyde Sutro is a writer, family friend, and recent mother-of-two-brides. She lives in Marin County, California.

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For more than forty years, "Check List for a Perfect Wedding has been the resource of choice for fiancees and their families. A perennial bestseller, it guides the happy couple gracefully throufgh every stage of preparation for special event--from announcing the engagement to packing for their honeymoon. Brides and wedding planners will not have to worry that they've forgotten a thing, because every detail is outlined within these handy pages.
Full of timeless traditions, "Check List for a Perfect Wedding is newly updated to cover contemporary ideas and issues and completely reorganized to make it even easier to use. Much more than just a workbook, it also offers indispensable advice on topics such as catering, blending extended families gracefully, and working wonders on a limited budget.
With its calming voice of experience, "Check List turns a dream wedding into reality--seamlessly.

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n forty years, Check List for a Perfect Wedding has been the resource of choice for fiancees and their families. A perennial bestseller, it guides the happy couple gracefully throufgh every stage of preparation for special event--from announcing the engagement to packing for their honeymoon. Brides and wedding planners will not have to worry that they've forgotten a thing, because every detail is outlined within these handy pages.

Full of timeless traditions, Check List for a Perfect Wedding is newly updated to cover contemporary ideas and issues and completely reorganized to make it even easier to use. Much more than just a workbook, it also offers indispensable advice on topics such as catering, blending extended families gracefully, and working wonders on a limited budget.

With its calming voice of experience, Check List turns a dream wedding into reality--seamlessly.

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First Thoughts

You are engaged. Best wishes to you and your fiance for all the happiness in the world--now and for always!

Now that the exciting and sometimes hectic fun of planning your wedding is before you, Check List is here to help with every aspect of this thrilling and often overwhelming endeavor.

If your engagement has not already been announced, please refer to p. 17 for a full guide to various ways to make that announcement, notify newspapers and attend to other preliminaries. If these activities have been taken care of, then on to the main event--your wedding.

Wedding plans equal lists, and lists equal efficiency. This checklist has been compiled just for you, giving you the perfect formula for your perfect wedding--correct, complete and in chronological order. Just follow the items of instruction one by one as they are listed, referring to the appropriate chapters in the book for information. When you have taken care of each item, check it off. If an item does not fit your plan, cross it off and forget it. When you have considered and attended to all the items, you will have achieved your perfect wedding with a minimum of confusion.

While this checklist is addressed to happy brides-to-be the world over, it is designed equally for the grooms, the mothers and any involved family members and friends. You will see where some sections seem to be directed to the bride and others to the mother. These are for the most part interchangeable; the most important aspect is to get the item completed and checked off when it needs to be!

My own role was that of mother of the bride, and I found that while the bride blissfully floated along on her personal cloud, many of the more earthly tasks fell to me. We have all attended many weddings, but we tend to overlook the details. This is as it should be. The machinery behind a carefully planned wedding is never evident, but it is always there.

How many mothers of a bride-to-be have awakened in the middle of the night startled by unanswered questions?

"How do I cope with Ted's mother and his stepmother?"

"What number can I give the caterer when so many guests still haven't responded?"

"What is Sue supposed to do with seven salad bowls?"

Having found the answers to these and every other question that needed answering, I noted them. I saved my checklist at the request of many friends who sensed that the serenity and beauty of our daughter's wedding could have been achieved only through meticulous planning. From my notes, followed by deep personal research, came the original edition of Check List for a Perfect Wedding.

It is my good fortune--and yours, too, I hope--that Doubleday approved the periodic revisions and updating that have taken place over the years. Continual research, questions from friends and strangers, and my question-and-answer columns have kept me in touch with a variety of problems and situations from diverse sources. Now on the way to two million copies, we celebrate with yet another newly revised, updated and expanded edition.

Brides and their mothers will know that by the wedding day it is too late to change plans, remedy mistakes or add forgotten details. Rely on this new book with confidence, and know that all will be done, and done well.

There are those rare people who thrive under last-minute pressure. They have the physical and emotional makeup that lets them work under that kind of tension, and miraculously, some get by. If you are like that, Bravo! and I hope your luck continues. Most of us learn to expect the unexpected, however, and that we must provide time for it. This leeway time is essential in planning a wedding and reception, when so many separate, isolated details must meld at zero hour--the wedding day.

How often do I hear, "Can you believe it? I've called four of the best photographers, and they've been booked for months!" Another wail comes from a bride-to-be who just discovered she was too late for delivery of the gown she "adored." Nine months to a year or more is none too soon to begin all your arrangements.

The traditional wedding in all its glory is more popular than ever. Make your plans, but always remember your objective--a happy, serene, memorable day, not a stage production.

Magazine and newspaper articles headline the high cost of weddings. Yes, they can be, and often are, but this is up to you. Feel confident that the elaborateness and cost of your wedding will not make it outstanding, so do not put a financial strain on your parents or yourself and your groom. With much thought and careful planning item by item, you can arrange your flawless wedding while staying within your means. You will find throughout Check List numerous ideas for prudently keeping expenses down; frequently the book will suggest workable alternatives. Never economize on effort and planning, however--they are the essential factors that will make your wedding beautiful!

In our diverse society, marriages sometimes bring together persons of different cultures. Each has something of value to contribute, providing the opportunity to incorporate customs or traditions from each culture. To do so is not a compromise but, rather, a meaningful addition to your ceremony, and to your lives together.

Toward the end of this book you will find chapters on second marriages, home/garden weddings and nontraditional weddings. These chapters were written so that Check List will be helpful to any bride in any wedding situation.

Since the original version of Check List for a Perfect Wedding was written, computers have become an integral part of almost all of our lives. Computers can be invaluable, with a variety of websites and software programs to help you with everything from guest lists and table seating to budgeting, gift registry and catering suggestions. All of these are available for referral, while you rely on the basic and trustworthy information found in this compact and portable Check List, your primary resource for wedding planning. Although there is no question that a lovely wedding can be planned without the use of a computer, our website, www.weddingschecklist.com, is available to complement your use of Check List for a Perfect Wedding.

Weddings should be fun, and yours will be if your nerves are not frayed by too many details. Go to sleep each night with the assurance that when you awaken the next day, you have only to consult your Check List. It will do the worrying for you. Relax. Enjoy the excitement and have fun.

Barbara Lee Follett
(MRS. BENJAMIN N. FOLLETT III)

With updates and revisions by Loulie Hyde Sutro
(MRS. JOHN A. SUTRO, JR.)


The Master Checklist

The following checklist is your secret to a perfect wedding. Keep this book handy--even carry it with you.

I want you to feel comfortable that everything you will need is contained here. Consider spending time browsing through the entire book to give you a sense that you are in good hands and "all will be revealed."

You will often use the sections titled "Important Contacts" and "Notes" as convenient places to record special names, addresses and telephone numbers.

The Checklist items in bold type are discussed in depth; just refer to the section of the book in which they are included, or look up key words in the index. Items not bolded speak for themselves.

ANNOUNCING YOUR ENGAGEMENT

(See pages 17 to 26.)

* Tell your parents and your fiance's parents.

* Arrange for your families to meet.

* Announce to your friends.

* Contact your local newspapers.

GETTING STARTED

(See pages 27 to 41.)

* Decide what type of wedding you will have, the...

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Verlag
Crown
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0767912330
ISBN 13 
9780767912334
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
6
Anzahl der Seiten
254
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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