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Summary: Loved, loved, loved this book.
Review: Gives lots of detailed info about the traditional way of doing things, but also tips and recommendations on how to do things differently! Also gives lots of details about all of the different services and vendor you'll need for your wedding - and what factors to consider in choosing what/who you want.
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Summary: Disappointing -- too standard & stuffy, not very creative
Review: I expected something much more creative. I also expected information more focused on second weddings kind of weddings. Not all the froo-froo stuff. There are a few interesting ideas; the bill of rights for weddings for grownups is great--it should have been the first thing she covered in the book. But while she says repeatedly to do it your own way, the information is geared to the very traditional wedding but without the checklists, etc. of other books. If you are looking for a traditional wedding, this book might be helpful. If you are looking for less stuffy, more individual--look for the Anti-bride Guide and Priceless Weddings Under $5,000 (and every couple, traditional or not, should find the book Bridal Bargains invaluable).
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Summary: If Pretty Princess isn't your thing, buy this book
Review: I had two concrete notions in my head when we got engaged: 1. I wanted to have a nice wedding, surrounded by all my favorite people in the world.
2. And--at 30 years old--the Pretty Princess fairytale event was not my thing. But then I wasn't sure exactly what step to take next to ensure I ended up with an event that would relect us as a couple. This book proved an invaluable guide in helping me formulate what I wanted the day to look like. Both my fiance and I got our own copies, read it cover-to-cover, took notes and started our conversation about the festivities from there. I'd highly recommend Weddings for Grownups to any adult who wants their wedding to be a reflection of them as a couple, rather than some image of what the bridal industry in this country is trying to sell you.
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Summary: weddings for materialists
Review: I must not have read the same book as the other people who reviewed this because I got nothing out of this book but a huge panic attack! It made me all stressed out and wasn't helpful in the least! I take that back, I learned one thing from the book -- the real name and origin of the wedding march. If you want to have a simple wedding and just want a book that will give you the breakdown of what is what DON'T buy this book -- instead, buy "Weddings for Dummies" THAT is a great reference!
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Summary: I loved it and I was in grad school when I got married
Review: I was 42 when I got married, and even at that age, I still needed someone's permission to make my own choices. This book gave me that freedom, and I'll never forget it. If the ideas are not very creative, well, that might be the couple's job as wedding planners to get creative. With the help of this book, our wedding day was exactly the day my husband and I wanted, and we look back on it with great affection.
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Summary: Just what I needed!
Review: I was looking for a book that gave some clues about having a wedding that was a great party - this was it. There are entertaining stories/examples of weddings & how brides solved adult problems. It assumes you know the basics & goes from there. The other good book for grownups is "The Wedding Guide for the Grownup Bride."
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Summary: a wonderful, wonderful book--the ONE to make sure you buy
Review: If you had to buy one wedding book, this would be it. At last a book for those of us who aren't 'princesses' and aren't planning to spend all of our families' disposable incomes and all of our time for the next twelve months on our weddings. As an example, one of the weddings Ms. Stoner describes is a potluck reception where the bride had to make a choice between having food or having a band. Now that's like the decisions most of us have to make--unlike so many books for brides. Other nice things: discussing how and where to purchase an untraditional bridal gown (if you don't want to spend 3K to look like Cinderella), decisions and budget sheets, how to plan a wedding in a hurry, etc. Practical, helpful, and best of all, reassuring.
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Summary: This one's a keeper.
Review: My post-engagement book-buying frenzy netted me a treacly mess of bridal magazines and wedding planners -- and one little gem: Weddings for Grownups. I chucked the others in short order (the breathless bride routine wore thin in about the time it takes to fill out a "Win Your Dream Wedding!!" sweepstakes form) but hung onto this one. What a breath of fresh air. Well conceived, nicely written, full of charming anecdotes and entertaining (to me) cautionary tales. My husband and I picked and chose our favorite ideas, cafeteria-style, and ended up with a wedding that was everything we wanted and nothing we didn't. Can't give this book all the credit, but it was a big help. I still thumb through it from time to time. Four years after the fact, it remains a fun read.
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Summary: like a self-help book
Review: The author is a wedding planner and she basically provides a series of ancedotes that reads like a wedding self-help book. Not everyone is obsessed with having the "perfect wedding" and has to fend off "snotty florists". Snotty florists may be an issue for the New Yorkers she depicts, but certainly isn't the norm for everyone else. I guess the goal of the book is to give you confidence to do what you want, but there are much better books out there. I think getting a good wedding planning book and some bridal magazines is a much better investment.
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Summary: All the advice you'll need is right in this book
Review: This book was easily the most helpful book I read when planning my wedding. Sure, Martha Stewart was ready to give advice. And yeah, Modern Brides was there with the same articles they run year after year. But this book made me realize that I could make my TRUE dreams a reality. It made me realize I wasn't horrible for not sharing the same wedding vision as my mother. It made me believe that I could do *my* wedding, *my* way (which meant including the wishes of my groom), and still have it turn out beautiful, and even better, be a good representation of who my husband and I are, and let our loved ones see the character our marriage would take on, from the very beginning. Of all the books I read when planning my wedding (and I read a lot!), this one gave me the courage to have the wedding I really wanted, and the strength to not be guilted or bullied into the wedding I didn't want. Everytime I hear that someone is planning a wedding, I recommend this book. No others. Just this one. It's really all the advice you'll need.
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