Synopses & Reviews
With reality tv shows, glossy bridal magazines, and fanciful Pinterest boards leading the way, it can be easy for a recently engaged couple to slide from wedding planning into wedding madness. Inspiration and ideas abound; what couples really need is clear guidance on how to assess this information and sort the useful from the disastrous. Enter
A Practical Wedding Planner, the (practical) companion volume to
A Practical Wedding. Meg Keene walks couples through planning, from the big picture down to the nitty-gritty details. In her characteristic seasoned, sassy style, Keene offers no-nonsense guidance for planning a dream wedding on a real budget.
Review
[A Practical Wedding] is a fresh, sane voice in a field of guides pushing big budget weddings.”Library Journal
Synopsis
You just got engaged Or you've been engaged for a while but are finally sitting down to plan this party. Or maybe you haven't made anything exactly official yet, but you know you want to spend your lives together. Whichever it is, when you're ready to take a deep breath and start planning, this is the book you wantneedto have. Meg Keene has put together the (practical) companion to A Practical Wedding smart, clear focused guidancewith a hefty does of reassuranceto help you plan your big day.
From figuring out what you really wantas opposed to what everyone else thinks you should wantto help you keep an eye on the ceremony itself and the vows (a.k.a. why you're throwing this party in the first place), Meg helps you cover all the essentials:
Setting a budgetand sticking to it
Choosing a venue: traditional, non-traditional, and everything in between
Hiring good vendors, keeping your friendors, and why DIY doesn't always save money
Catering, rentals, and everything else Pinterest forgot to tell you
Wedding decor: a realist's guide
Creating and writing a ceremony
Getting everyone to show up...and have a good time
With checklists (such as flowers, food, final venue walk-through) and key spreadsheets (guest list and seating chart, budget, venue search, and more), Meg helps you plan a wedding that will leave you feeling joyful, not emotionally exhausted and broke."
Synopsis
The author of A Practical Wedding offers a no-nonsense wedding planner, with all the tools, tips, and strategies to get the celebration you want, on a budget you can actually afford Whether you're newly engaged or haven't quite made anything official yet, but you know you want to spend your lives together, you're going to need help planning your wedding. When you're ready to take a deep breath and start, this is the book you want--need--to have. From figuring out what you really want--as opposed to what everyone else thinks you should want--to helping you keep an eye on the ceremony itself and the vows, Meg Keene, founder of apracticalwedding.com, covers all the essentials. With checklists (such as flowers, food, final venue walk-through) and key spreadsheets (guest list and seating chart, budget, venue search, and more), A Practical Wedding Planner helps you:
- Set a budget--and stick to it
- Choose a venue: traditional, non-traditional, and everything in between
- Hire good vendors and keep your friendors (and tells you why DIY doesn't always save money)
- Figure out catering, rentals, and everything else Pinterest forgot to tell you
- Reality-check wedding d (c)r
- Create and write a ceremony that really represents both of you
- Get everyone to show up...and have a good time
Synopsis
The wedding planner companion to A Practical Wedding, with all the tools, tips, and strategies to get the celebration you want, on a budget you can actually afford, from conception to reality
About the Author
Meg Keene has spent the last six years as the Executive Editor of APracticalWedding.com, now widely considered to be one of the top indie wedding brands. Meg's first book,
A Practical Wedding: Creative Solutions for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebration, was published in January 2012. Meg has been quoted in places such as
The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. Her website is routinely mentioned on sites like Jezebel, Refinery 29, and Daily Candy. She lives in Oakland, California.
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