Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, 5e (Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette)
by Peggy Post
from Collins Living
What makes a perfect wedding? "[The bride] and the groom both look as though there were sunlight behind their eyes, as though their mouths irresistibly turned to smiles," wrote Emily Post in 1922's Etiquette. Great-granddaughter-in-law Peggy Post, author of the fourth edition of Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, absolutely agrees with Miss Emily. To ensure those bright eyes and smiles, she imparts thoughtful and commonsensical advice on how to plan for not just your wedding, but for all the social and familial obligations and traditions that a wedding entails.
Unlike many wedding manuals, Post includes advice for the "encore" bride as well as for the new bride. In this day of remarriages and blended families, tact and strategy are often needed to make sure feelings aren't hurt and everything runs as smoothly as possible. A chapter on multicultural and interfaith marriages addresses differing world traditions and how they can be incorporated into a touching ceremony that makes both the couple and their families happy. If you are unsure of who is supposed to do what, Post gives you clear instruction, often including a flow chart that delineates the responsibilities of all people involved in the wedding party (bride's parents throw the engagement party, best man returns the tuxes, flower girl's family pays for her outfit).
Throughout Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette are sidebars with questions asked of Post regarding an amazing array of wedding-related conundrums ("My daughter's fiancé wants to follow his family's tradition of having a money tree at the wedding. I personally find this distasteful; can I say so?"). This is a great book to find the answers for all those sticky questions. All involved in the wedding process should leaf through, get their bearings, smile, and then forge ahead. --Dana Van Nest
The classic indispensable, comprehensive guide to creating the wedding of your dreams.
Today's weddings are more complicated than ever, with new traditions replacing old, and new relationships to consider as family life grows more complex. In this new edition, Peggy provides sensible solutions to wedding questions old and new, showing how to manage the big decisions and the little details with tact, consideration and confidence–– leaving you free to enjoy all of the happy times along the way!
With new chapters on the groom's involvement and incorporating today's technology into your wedding plans, plus updates and expansions on destination weddings, same–sex unions, wedding expenses, and more, the 5th edition answers every couple's contemporary questions. And Peggy Post continues to provide the tried and true guidelines every couple needs for a memorable wedding, from announcing the engagement, to budgeting for the ceremony and reception, to choosing the perfect caterer, florist, photographer and music–– and bringing it all off with minimum stress and maximum style.
The Bridesmaid Guide: Etiquette, Parties and Being Fabulous
by Kate Chynoweth
from Chronicle Books
They don t call them maids for nothing. Being a fabulous bridesmaid calls for much more than throwing on the dress and throwing back a few drinks. Enter The Bridesmaid Guide a hip and informative book on being the best best woman a woman can be. With good humor and plenty of tips, author Kate Chynoweth covers everything the bridesmaids and maid of honor need to know. Whether the dilemma is how to throw a perfectly pitched bridal shower, wear the bridesmaid s dress with panache, wow the crowd with a speech, or support the bride on her big day, here are solutions a-plenty. This illustrated guide is the perfect sourcebook for a girl s best friend.
The New Book of Wedding Etiquette: How to Combine the Best Traditions with Today's Flair
by Kim Shaw
from Three Rivers Press
Modern-Day Weddings with Grace and Style
Wedding ceremonies are still about love and romance, a special moment that creates a beautiful and everlasting union. But not everything related to weddings stays the same over the years. Etiquette evolves, rules change. And who can keep up with all of today's complicated family issues? With the help of this book, you can stay on top of it all and learn how to combine timeless wedding traditions with the latest trends and social styles. Inside, you'll discover the secrets of having a beautiful, contemporary event full of fabulous elegance while at the same time satisfying the varied needs of friends and family. Included are etiquette tips and hints for every step of the planning process and answers to today's trickiest wedding situations, including:
·How to handle unique family situations
·Who pays for each aspect of the wedding
·When the bride has a best man and the groom has a maid of honor
·And much, much more!
You'll also find answers to frequently asked questions, do's & don'ts, and personal reflections, plus ideas for traditional and nontraditional weddings. This modern-day etiquette companion is the perfect wedding-planning partner. Now, you can relax and enjoy preparing for your special day!
"An outstanding resource for anyone planning a wedding! Shaw's advice is concise, on target, in good taste, and always full of dry humor."
—Carolyn Shepard-Baehre, AIFD, president, Carolyn Shepard Design Group
Wedding Etiquette Hell: The Bride's Bible to Avoiding Everlasting Damnation
by Jeanne Hamilton
from St. Martin's Griffin
-No bride owns the calendar. Insisting that everyone within your acquaintance had not dare schedule their wedding anywhere within a six month time period labels you as a classic Bridezilla.
-Sponsored wedding, at which vendors who donate their services are offered the opportunity to put their logos on various wedding related paper products.
-It is never wise to make bridesmaid offers while in the grip of fluttery, just-engaged emotions. You may have to rescind those offers later when you realize you were just a bit too hasty. Once having made the offer, it is extraordinarily ungracious to rescind it, unless you want a seething friend or sister using your engagement photo as a dartboard.
-Enclosing a blank deposit form for a bank account bearing the names of the bride and the groom with the invitation.
And much more! This is a hilarious exploration of how weddings can literally drive people mad.
Crane's Wedding Blue Book: The Styles and Etiquette of Announcements, Invitations and Other Correspondences
by Steven Feinberg
from Fireside
No one brings the knowledge, elegance, and good taste to weddings and wedding stationary that Crane does. From announcing the engagement to writing that final thank you note, Crane has helped thousands of brides prepare for, and create the mood for, their special days. Now, with Crane's Wedding Blue Book, every bride can have a private consultation with the best in the business. Steven L. Feinberg directs customer development for Crane & Co. and travels extensively, giving workshops and seminars on stationary style and etiquette.
Something New: Wedding Etiquette for Rule Breakers, Traditionalists, and Everyone in Between
by Elise Mac Adam
from Simon Spotlight Entertainment
In Something New, etiquette columnist Elise Mac Adam tackles every wedding question, from the frivolous to the frightful, demonstrating how etiquette is designed to make people feel comfortable and offering a road map for how to behave in any sticky situation...even how to deal with people who, themselves, could use a little remedial etiquette assistance. Mac Adam offers easy cheat sheets for the rules of traditional comportment, elaborates on ways to manipulate or jettison traditions to suit your modern life, and -- using real-life case studies -- shows etiquette at work in practically every nuptial-related circumstance, including:
• What do you do if your best man is dog phobic and the ring bearer is your bride's Alaskan malamute?
• HOW DO YOU COMPOSE AN INVITATION THAT MENTIONS ALL OF YOUR PARENTS AND STEPPARENTS?
• CAN YOU DECLINE THE HONOR OF BEING A BRIDESMAID AND PRESERVE YOUR FRIENDSHIP?
• CAN YOU REGISTER FOR PRESENTS IF YOU ELOPE?
• WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE REHEARSAL DINNER GUEST LIST?
• WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL WHEN ONE FAMILY DRINKS (A LOT) AND THE OTHER DOESN'T (AT ALL)?
• CAN YOU HAVE A CHILD-FREE WEDDING?
• WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOUR HOSTS FORGET TO INVITE YOUR WIFE?
• DO YOU HAVE TO INVITE YOUR BOSS?
Exploring the nuptial maze from every angle, Something New demonstrates how everyone involved with a wedding (and even people who are left out) can use etiquette to suit his or her needs -- for better, never for worse.
Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised)
by Bride's Magazine Editors
from Perigee Trade
For nearly 70 years, Bride's has offered advice both practical and sympathetic to the needs of the bride, the groom, their families and friends. Now revised, Bride's Book of Etiquette offers up-to-date information on engagement and wedding planning.
This trusted book covers SOMETHING OLD...
€ How to draw up and pare down-the guest list
€ Dressing the bridal party and parents for all types of weddings
€ Interfaith ceremonies and celebrations
€ Handling last-minute glitches...and SOMETHING NEW
€ Shower ideas
€ Second wedding etiquette
€ Photography trends
€ Registering on the Internet, the dos and don'ts
€ and more
Anti-Bride Etiquette Guide: The Rules - And How to Bend Them
by Carolyn Gerin
from Chronicle Books
Following the best-selling Anti-Bride Guide and Bridesmaid's Guide down the aisle comes the essential, smart, and sassy etiquette guide for the not-so-traditional bride. This feisty and straightforward advice book fills a huge gap in the wedding etiquette market. A riot to read and packed with bold illustrations, it walks the bride through everything from invitations and seating arrangements to money matters and family feuds. Whether fielding classic conundrums who pays for what or decidedly modern situations the maid of honor is a man Anti-Bride Etiquette Guide offers sensitive advice for skillfully navigating the rough spots. Inventive solutions for dodging outmoded traditions ensure that brides will keep everyone from grooms to grandmothers happy. For the bride who doesn't want to sacrifice the wedding of her dreams or her loved ones' feelings, Anti-Bride Etiquette Guide has the answers.
Essential Guide to Wedding Etiquette
by Sharon Naylor
from Sourcebooks Casablanca
A wedding is a minefield of social rules, for everyone from the bride and groom to the wedding party, the mothers, fathers and extended families. This comprehensive guide by one of the leading experts in the wedding category will help everyone involved.
Providing the most up to date, current and socially important etiquette rules, this ultimate guide to the etiquette of weddings includes:
--Sharing the good news of the engagement, wedding announcements and engagement parties
--The roles of bridal party members, selecting the bridal party, and what to do if a bridal party member has to be removed
--Parents' roles and responsibilities, and parent issues
--Budgeting, who pays for what, the etiquette of legalities, how to ask others to help financially
--Cutting down the guest list, sticky guest list issues
--Ceremony style etiquette, working with an officiant, and reception planning and seating charts
--The etiquette of group shopping, long-distance organizing, ordering and paying
Diane Warner's Contemporary Guide To Wedding Etiquette: Advice From America's Most Trusted Wedding Expert (Wedding Essentials)
by Diane Warner
from New Page Books
You may be planning a totally laid back wedding on the beach, surrounded by a few close friends and family members, followed by an informal clambake "reception." Surprisingly, in spite of the relaxed setting and casual ceremony, if you want to avoid hurt feelings and damaged relationships, certain rules of etiquette must still be followed. For example: * When you become engaged, which parents should be told first? * How do you choose an honor attendant when you can't decide between your sister and your best friend? * If your parents are involved in a bitter divorce and can't stand to be in the same room at the same time, should you invite both parents to your wedding? This book includes advice for every aspect of the wedding-from the engagement period, the budget, and pre-wedding festivities to the legalities, the rehearsal, and, of course, the ceremony and reception. It also includes practical advice for second-time brides who want to include their children in the ceremony and for those couples wrestling with the pros and cons of prenuptial agreements.
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