The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way (Paperback)

by Kelly Bare (Author), Natalie Zee Drieu (Foreword)
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Review
"The DIY Wedding blasts a breath of fresh air into the commercial, cheesy world of wedding planning. I would have saved many months of headache and money if I had it when I was engaged!" Natalie Zee Drieu

Product Description
Goodbye, caterers. So long, wedding coordinators. Here is the bride's guide to thinking outside that robin's egg blue wedding-industry box. In this, the only comprehensive do-it-yourself wedding book, you ll find everything you need to pull off a personalized celebration. No cookie-cutter weddings here! With how-to info on flowers, invites, food, the ceremony, and more, The DIY Wedding makes it easy to spend less and create an event that is entirely original. Inspiring ideas, countless resources, budgeting tips, contract templates, plus start-to-finish projects ease the planning pressure.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (November 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811857840
• ISBN-13: 978-0811857840
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,498 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Bible for Weddings on a Budget, December 27, 2007

By	Kerri "Kerri" (NH) - See all my reviews

I'm newly engaged and just received this book for Christmas from my sister. I'm planning a very small (35 people) wedding and want it to be casual, elegant, and most of all, budget-friendly. Without this book, I honestly would not have known where to begin. Places like The Knot seem to cater to large, formal, expensive weddings and I just wasn't getting much help there.

Kelly covers everything from DIY invitations and favors to food, drinks, and music. I love the real life stories that are scattered throughout the book and Kelly's tips on where to find things inexpensively.

Bottom line, before reading this, the idea of eloping in Vegas sounded more appealing than planning a wedding. Now I can't wait to get started!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome!!, February 10, 2008

By	Andrea Arango Cano "Dre" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After buying some other wedding books and quickly returning I was feeling that I would be unable to find a book that was catering to my non traditional needs. I was marryed last year with my friends at city hall and on our one year aniversry I want to have the "wedding" I did not do last year with my family. I am a very creative person and was planning on utalizing that to have a low cost DIY wedding, but to tell you the truth I was totaly over whelmed and had no idea where to really start. The fun stuff like dress shopping, invitations, location, and honeymoon were taken care of but there is a lot more to this. After opening this book and reading the first couple pages I felt so much more centered and sure I could have a 60 person wedding on a $3000 budget. Like the other reviewer I would say this is the bible of wedding planning and if you are planning a small non traditional wedding this is a must!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginning crafters, o.k. for the more experienced, August 7, 2008

By	Jessica Armstrong (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book inspired me to create my own stationary for my wedding, but didn't do much besides that. I was already planning to make my own gown and decorations and there aren't very many suggestions on those topics.

I think for brides like me, who are already crafty and have ideas for their weddings, this book would be fun to skim at a bookstore, but it isn't essential. For brides who want to take on some diy projects and don't know where to begin, this book could be worth buying.