Best Wedding Planner / Guide?
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I am using the Knot Wedding Planner. The ideas are good and it has great checklists. I like it a lot, but you may have to supplement it with a three ring binder with pockets as it doesn't have pockets. Congratulations on your engagement!
825408
I would start with a budget. There are a ton of sites out there (theknot.com probably being the most popular) that offer budget planners. Figure out what is important to you...you should get to spoil yourself just a little on your wedding day! \n\nAlso dont be afraid to ask friends and family with special skills if they wouldnt mind lending a hand. For example, my brothers girlfriend's sister went to culinary school, Ive only met her a few times, but she is happy to make my cake (more as a favor to her sisters boyfriend, but Ill take what I can get!) \n\nI just made my hopefully all-inclusive budget, here are the things I included:\n\nReception Dinner - if you have it at a relatives house or hall, you might be able to have family prepare the meals and save money on the site and food costs.\n\nReception Alcohol- limit it to beer and wine and see if you can provide the alcohol yourself if you have it at a restaurant or inn.\n\nRehearsal dinner- try bbq or pot luck\n\nwedding rings\n\ndress, alterations, & accessories- try a consignment shop, or if youre a size 6ish try sample gown sales.\n\nphotography- try posting bulletins at local colleges for photography majors and ask to see their portfolios\n\nDJ- I have heard people hooking ipods up to stereo systems, although I dont know how well that would work\n\nInvitations- you can get pretty basic ones from target/walmart/kmart/etc for cheap that arent bad\n\ncake- have a small one for show, and buy sheet cake from a grocery store to serve\n\nCake Accessories- you can register for the cake topper and knives and hope to get them for your bridal shower, or use your parents or grandparents and they will have added meaning!\n\nwedding party gifts\n\ncenterpieces- Im thinking of ordering bulk flowers from sams club or costco, and getting a friend to take care of it to cut costs\n\ntransportation- if a family member has a nice car opt for that over the ridiculously priced limo\n\ngrooms attire- go for a suit over a tux\n\nHoney Moon- go somewhere close enough to drive to\n\nmarriage license- usually around $50\n\nwedding favors- these are optional any way, but if you want to have them donate a small amount to charity and let the guests know that you have made a donation to charity in their names in leiu of a wedding favor (no one has to know how much, and Im sure you local fire dept or animal shelter would appreciate even a $50-100 donation)\n\npostage- for save the dates (optional), invites, rsvp, and thank you (you may be able to cut costs by asking guests to rsvp online)\n\ninsurance- YES YOU NEED THIS! if someone gets into an accident after driving home drunk from your wedding guess who they will sue! everyone! the bartender, the restaurant, and you! plus, its good if something unexpected happens, i.e. the electricity goes out at the reception site, etc. its only about $100, see if you can get it through your home owners policy, or look online, Im sure there are sites.\n\nHope that's helpful and not overwhelming! Good luck and congratulations!
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I would suggest asking people you know if they can recommend a wedding coordinator.  If all else fails, you can do an internet search or look in the phone book.\n\nCongrats and good luck!
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http://www.theknot.com\n\nIt has tons of articles and other ideas for everyone in the bridal party.
930770
here is a website on etiquette for starters\n\nhttp://ourmarriage.com/html/wedding_etiquette.html
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DEPENDS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SET UP TEMPLATES OR WORDING ONES, AND WHAT IT'S FOR... TRY UPRINT.COM, OR WILTONPRINT.COM \n\nFOR WORDING, GOOGLE THE PHRASE "WEDDING INVITATION WORDING" OR WHATEVER KIND OF WORDING. \n\nOR JUST FIGURE WHAT SIZE PAPER YOU WANT, OPEN WORD, CREATE AWAY TIL YOUR HEART'S CONTENT. YOU CAN DO A PRINT PREVIEW AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WILL SHOW WITH THE MARGIN SETTINGS, OR YOU CAN CHANGE THE MARGINS.
937750
Go for the reading.  It doesn't have to be something you write on your own.  There are books with passages to read at weddings, and your public library will have one, I'm sure.  If not, then the minister (yours or your cousin's) will have one you can look at.  One that I can suggest is from the book of Ruth in the bible.  It says something like, "Where you go, I will go.  Where you lodge, I will lodge."  Perfect thought for a wedding.\n\nGood luck!!
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How about looking at www.confetti.co.uk - although it's initially for wedding information, it shows venue information.  Otherwise try looking at Square Meal on the internet at the venues they have listed.  Top Table might be useful too although I think that might be more for restaurants.  Good luck - hope you find somewhere great and have a brilliant night!
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1. Set a date\n2. Put together guest list\n3. Book wedding site & reception site\nThose are the 3 most important first steps...go to theknot.com and they have a checklist of what needs to be done every month.  It has tons of stuff on it, so remove the stuff that you won't be doing (it covers a lot, which doesn't always apply to every bride)
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A good starting place is picking the general location, like what country, or what city/state.  You'll want to look at the marriage requirements for the country or state to see what is involved.  Also, decide if the wedding is just the 2 of you or do you intend to invite family/friends.  And pick a date range.  \n\nOnce you have the general info, you can do web searches for good hotels, resorts, etc, that offer destination wedding packages.  Many resorts like Sandals, Beaches, and Palace will offer packages that include a free wedding.  But it can be easier to be married in the US sometimes.\n\nOnce you pick the location, they'll have a wedding coordinator or catering manager who will help you arrange other vendors like photographer, officiant, musicians, etc.\n\nCongrats and have fun planning!
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I only know Rev. & Mrs Knox from http://www.abeautifulceremony.net\nin Orlando area:/ \n\nYou might try http://www.weddingplanninglinks.com \nor other wedding professional directories...
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i would think your best bet is a craft store. They usually have everything under the sun for weddings. I know when i was planning my wedding i spent a good four hours in one
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Have you tried oriental trading company? Or try myweddingfavors.com or ttp://www.cheap-wedding-planner.info/cheap-wedding-favors.html....\n\nGood luck & congratulations...
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Walmart sells blank programs.  I am getting married in July and this is what we went with since we are doing the programs and the invitations ourselves.  They carry some great things in both.  We put a nice tasteful graphic on the front, our ceremony and reception information, our names and date, the names of the people involved in our wedding, some cute wedding graphics on the back.  We also dedicated a panel of the program to loved ones we lost which included his mother and our grandparents.  We made bows out of ribbon with our names and the date and are going to glue them to the front in the corner and are sealing the programs with some heart seals.\n\nYou could do the programs either way, though most people do them more like brochures.  You don't even have to use those programs.  Take a regular sheet of paper, put your information on it (to make sure it's like you want it) and then take it to the local print shop and have them put it on parchment style paper.  Since they would normally have laser printers they look REALLY nice.  I know the one here in my town is not expensive either.  6 cents for the paper and maybe 10 cents to print on the paper.\n\nCongrats and good luck!!
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Get one of those marriage planner books. They have checklists of everything you could imagine.
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The very best recomondation I can give is to visit, www.theknot.com\nNot only will you find fashionable accesories and hair clips you can find and plan everything for your wdding as well. It is a must for any bride! Conrats and I hope your wedding day is perfect!
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The first place you should start is to visit:\nwww.theknot.com\nThey have more information than you could ever find anywhere else.  From engagement to honeymoon, and everything inbetween.  I'm planning my wedding right now, and it has helped me a lot!!!  Good luck!