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Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget and Style [Paperback]

Christina Friedrichsen (Author)

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Publication Date: November 7, 2004

This is the only book on the market dedicated to couples who want to plan a small wedding - a growing trend in the industry. With stories and wisdom from real-life couples, Intimate Weddings offers: Advice on getting family and friends more involved in the big day, from decorating to the actual ceremony; Inspiring suggestions for personalizing a wedding with themes and traditions that have special meaning for the bride and groom; Creative ideas for venues - both traditional and non-traditional - and how to decorate them; Unique cost-saving tips and tricks for getting married on a budget; Perfect for anyone planning a wedding with 75 guests or less, this book walks the bride-to-be through every step she needs to make her big day a success. There's no better resource for creating an event that's memorable and meaningful.

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Editorial Reviews

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Friedrichsen's guide helps couples create realistic budgets, intimate ceremonies and memorable receptions. [This book will] surely be in demand. Recommended. -- Library Journal

About the Author

Laurie Dewberry is a skilled party planner and interior decorator.

Product Details

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: North Light Books (November 7, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558706925
ISBN-13: 978-1558706927
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I am the author of INTIMATE WEDDINGS: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget and Style. (North Light Books, 2004). I live in Windsor, Ontario with my husband and two young daughters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Resource, Great Ideas, Inspiring, January 26, 2005

Lorraine Neal "Writer" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget and Style (Paperback)

If you are holding off getting married due to financial concerns, hold off no longer. I found enough advice in this one book to take our own wedding plans off the "hold" button. Intimate, small and personal is in. Intimate Weddings is like having your own wedding planner, whose mission is to save you time and money while helping you find that personal edge to make your day as individual as you are. You CAN have a wedding without racking up new debt and without spending the better part of a year working toward that one special day. Read the book: along with cost and time-saving tips, you'll learn how to get the best deals, including destination weddings, indoor and outdoor ceremonies, and more. Thanks Christina for showing us how to go against the grain. Smaller is definitely better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for brides who want an intimate wedding, October 15, 2004

Ann Douglas "pregnancy/parenting author" (Peterborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Intimate Weddings is beautifully designed, has been painstakingly researched, and is written with style and elegance. The book explains the rationale for having a small wedding, how to go about planning your wedding, setting a budget, creating an intimate ceremony, organizing a reception, planning indoor vs. outdoor receptions, choosing a theme, planning your honeymoon, second weddings, and preserving your wedding memories. Christina Friedrichsen challenges couples to question wedding traditions that may or may not work for them as they plan an intimate and memorable wedding: e.g. do you really want a receiving line? If you want to plan a simple but tasteful wedding, the resource directory at the back of this book will be invaluable to you in your research.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an absolute wedding encyclopedia, December 14, 2004

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Intimate Weddings is an absolute encyclopedia for anyone planning a more reasonable, less extravagant wedding day. Answers to questions you may have relating to a small wedding will most likely be answered in this well written book. Author Christina Friedrichsen establishes excellent ideas to balance her views of what constitutes an "intimate wedding". Reality reading at its best for brides and grooms wanting a unique day suited for themselves and their budget. Actual couples weddings, including the authors, are outlined for readers to view and compare.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but not what I needed
This book is nice in that it has couples with a variety of small weddings explain what they did and their budget. Read more

Published 23 months ago by SDM

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and practical guide
Most wedding guides assume you want hundreds of guests and everything has to be OTT-with-frills-on! This author shows you that it is ok to go OTT if that's your style, but also... Read more

Published on February 24, 2009 by TarantulaDPC

3.0 out of 5 stars An Average Wedding Planning Book
Unfortunately, this isn't much different than most other wedding planning books. "Look for this for flowers." "Look for this for invitations. Read more

Published on December 26, 2008 by Amanda S.

3.0 out of 5 stars o.k. Book
This book has a lot of ideas to do wedding on a budget more than creating intimate weddings. The book needs more pictures because it only features a few pictures of the couples... Read more

Published on December 22, 2008 by Nicole Jervis

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource!
Lots of info. packed inside this book and there are website references throughout. Provides a variety of ideas to make a small wedding special and unique. Read more

Published on November 3, 2008 by DDL

5.0 out of 5 stars Great service,
This book was very helpful. We had three months to plan and it has great check lists.

Published on September 10, 2008 by Carol Roman

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book!
You will not be sorry! The information is organized and practical! There are real-life examples that really make sense and will be useful to you if you are planning an intimate... Read more

Published on July 14, 2008 by Mary C. Mcrobbie

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay Book for Planning Small Wedding
While planning my wedding, I found this book to be okay. There were some interesting ideas, but nothing that I really found to be too new/novel; nothing I hadn't already seen in... Read more

Published on January 29, 2008 by Chloe H.

2.0 out of 5 stars Never received - can't rate
Was a gift for my sister and future brother-in-law. Had it shipped to them, but it was never received. Sounds like a good book though.

Published on September 26, 2007 by LK

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for a start
Friedrichsen's book is good to jump start ideas about having an interesting, frugal wedding. The best parts of her book are the profiles done of various couples, how they managed... Read more

Published on August 8, 2007 by Charles Fisher

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First Sentence:
Perhaps you've been to enough cookie-cutter weddings-ones where the receiving line is as long as the line for a really great roller coaster-to know that a large wedding is not for you. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sweetheart table, indoor wedding, destination wedding, cup ceremony, reception venue, intimate wedding, medieval wedding, wedding colors, wedding memories, garter toss, wedding budget, including cake, small wedding, bouquet toss, wedding program, wedding coordinator, pronounced husband, outdoor wedding, unity candle, wedding package, own vows, large wedding

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Las Vegas, New York City, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, New Mexico, Yosemite National Park, New Mexican, South Londonderry, New Orleans

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