Anti-Bride Wedding Planner: Hip Tools and Tips for Getting Hitched [Spiral-bound]

Carolyn Gerin (Author), Kathleen Hughes (Author), Amy Glynn Hornick (Author), Ithinand Tubkam (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2004

Tie the knot outside the box armed with this companion volume to the wildly popular Anti-Bride Guide. Featuring sassy and savvy ideas, useful questionnaires, handy pockets, and space for notes and doodles, the Anti-Bride Wedding Planner provides creative inspiration for brides-to-be who want to kick the conventional wedding to the curb.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Carolyn Gerin is the principle of her own graphic design firm in San Francisco. She is the co-author of Anti-Bride Guide.

Kathleen Hughes is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. Turned off by traditional weddings, she discovered her inner Anti-Bride when her sweetie of many years got down on one knee.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 144 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1st Printing edition (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811842541
• ISBN-13: 978-0811842549
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anti-Bride Series
Antibride.com
Anti-Bride iPhone App

A quiet storm amidst the social media milieu, Anti-Bride, the reality-driven, bestselling 3-book Chronicle Books series was the first voice in the alterna-bridal pop cultural space in 2002, inspiring countless blogs in its wake. Carolyn Gerin, series creator, and co-author, is all about celebrating the rich diversity of brides, budgets and styles with an eye on the alternative, her own wedding being the inspiration. The Anti-Bride series and site introduced the notion that a one-size-fits-all wedding is a thing of the past, while innovation and DIY style is the future. Cited as a Top 100 Wedding Blog 2010 by Bridetide.com, and a Top 10 Wedding Trend 2010 by The Knot, the Anti-Bride series, and Antibride.com continues to gain print and online momentum. The editorial angle: fresh ideas in weddings as they pertain to new traditions, travel, music, entertaining, fashion (including sustainable, handmade, and green), design, trend, and lifestyle, focusing on the art of celebrating your union on your terms. Carolyn also serves as Sr. Editor of Destination I Do Magazine, the number one destination, wedding, romance travel magazine in the world, with an eye on the road less traveled.

Get the App! The Anti-Bride Mobile iPhone App is the most recent addition to the Anti-Bride lifestyle brand: featuring alterna-bridal content at no cost, downloaded directly to your handset, and the first bridal blog to hit the iTunes store.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A great planner, but not alone July 13, 2005

By Heather VINE™ VOICE

Format:Spiral-bound

I've been planning for 4 months. I've looked at 15+ planners. I've bought 4. And I've found that this book, along with Martha Stewart's Wedding Planner as a companion, are the way to go. There is no one single planner out there that "has it all." Martha's planner is great because it has a 3 ring binder where you can add all your vendor contracts and your own pages. But this planner has some fun quizzes and inspiration for the unique bride. I have, use, and suggest, both together. It's a convenient size for carting around, and a fun read. This is a good planner, but I can't stress enough the importance of having a 3-ring binder planner for your vendor contracts also. You'll thank me later.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not so anti, but somewhat helpful August 1, 2005

By Dana B.

Format:Spiral-bound

If you are truly looking for completely unique ideas that defy what a bride and wedding should be, then the planner is not so great. While it is one of the more forward thinking books on the market for brides, I still felt like it was telling me to become a slave to the wedding industry.

If you are looking for a workbook to brainstorm ideas, it is great. It has a lot of free space, checklists, questions to ask, and pockets to hold stuff. You could however get the same tips and checklists from several bridal magazines or online and save youself the cost of the book.

The illustrations are adorable, but I was not crazy about the organization of the planner. If you are a super-organized person like myself, you will probably do better using a computer or notebook like I did. If you are not naturally organized, then this book will probably help give you some structure.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the nay sayers... March 18, 2006

By Cybele A. Baker VINE™ VOICE

Format:Spiral-bound

This book is great..it is not meant to be the only book you own to plan your wedding but it certainly has much of what I needed.

This book is first and formost an organizer and that is what I was loking for. It has some great tips and a nice setup to keep buisness cards, and other pieces of paper all in this one book. It has been invaluble so far. I bought this and the companion "Anti-Bride Etiquette Quide".

IF you want someone else to tell where to go and what to buy there are dozens of websites and magazines. I just wanted a book that can help me, a first time bride, know the ins and outs of weddings and what to do plan and organize the day! ANd this book is a great resource for that.