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The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way
Goodbye, caterers. So long, wedding coordinators. Here is the bride's guide to thinking outside that robin's egg bluewedding-industry box. In this, the only comprehensive do-it-yourself wedding book, youll find everything you need to pulloff 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.
180 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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February 27, 2011
For a wedding book, this one is pretty good. Its more realalistic, than the others I have encountered.
January 10, 2021
Good advice!!
As someone who is newly engaged this gave be a lot of good advice to be thinking about when planning my wedding 😊 I am glad I read it! Would recommend to others planning weddings.
As someone who is newly engaged this gave be a lot of good advice to be thinking about when planning my wedding 😊 I am glad I read it! Would recommend to others planning weddings.
May 7, 2012
I’m planning my own budget wedding for October this year, so this book has been very handy. It’s written by an American woman, so a lot of the resources are American based but there are some UK resources too, as well as a brilliant glossary of websites and books.
The book is split into different categories, invitations, attire, flowers, the ceremony, rings etc. and has different ideas on how to save money and literally do it yourself. There are a few tutorials on how to make different things, but also some great ideas on how to do things a little differently and either yourself, or with a little help from friends and family.
It has given me some really good ideas and inspiration for bits and pieces in my wedding, definitely a few things to save me money. The book isn’t all craft tutorials and templates for stationary, it offers alternative ideas on how to throw an amazing wedding without spending tonnes of money, and how to source help from unlikely places and create a totally personal, unique wedding.
Lots of good advice and resources, a perfect read for anyone planning a wedding.
The book is split into different categories, invitations, attire, flowers, the ceremony, rings etc. and has different ideas on how to save money and literally do it yourself. There are a few tutorials on how to make different things, but also some great ideas on how to do things a little differently and either yourself, or with a little help from friends and family.
It has given me some really good ideas and inspiration for bits and pieces in my wedding, definitely a few things to save me money. The book isn’t all craft tutorials and templates for stationary, it offers alternative ideas on how to throw an amazing wedding without spending tonnes of money, and how to source help from unlikely places and create a totally personal, unique wedding.
Lots of good advice and resources, a perfect read for anyone planning a wedding.
June 4, 2009
Ok, yes, another wedding planning book. (The friend getting married should really appreciate me.) It had some good bits, but I spent a lot of the time wanting to punch the girl for being preachy about "green" stuff - and I focused on environmental stuff in undergrad *and* grad school.
Anyway. I liked tips on wrangling DJs and photographers who were friends, and there were several simple-but-neat seeming projects. I flagged some ideas to send to The Bride, but, like most wedding books, I thought about a tenth of it was useful. My advice (as always!) is to avail yourself of your local library.
Anyway. I liked tips on wrangling DJs and photographers who were friends, and there were several simple-but-neat seeming projects. I flagged some ideas to send to The Bride, but, like most wedding books, I thought about a tenth of it was useful. My advice (as always!) is to avail yourself of your local library.
November 6, 2009
We perused a lot of books while planning our wedding, and this one was by far the most helpful. At times when specific aspects of the event would seem stressful, and I felt stuck, I would literally re-read the applicable chapter in the book simply because it was comforting.
The author succeeds at writing an entire book about wedding planning without placing any expectations on the reader/planner; the tone of this book is never presumptuous and always encouraging. I suppose that's why it was comforting. It provided enough resources to be helpful but was not overwhelming.
I recommend this book to anyone who is involved in a wedding and who is remotely like me!
The author succeeds at writing an entire book about wedding planning without placing any expectations on the reader/planner; the tone of this book is never presumptuous and always encouraging. I suppose that's why it was comforting. It provided enough resources to be helpful but was not overwhelming.
I recommend this book to anyone who is involved in a wedding and who is remotely like me!
September 2, 2008
A good resource book, thought there would be more actual DIY projects. But the author sets a very down-to-earth tone for weddings, and that's helpful--it's easy to get carried away reading some of these bride books and magazines ("Why not book a mariachi band for a margarita cocktail hour, then segue to a steel drum combo for dancing by the pool, then wrap things up with a great swing band?" Yeah, I'll be sure to do that.)
July 5, 2011
This book was not what I was expecting, but it was helpful nonetheless. Very straightforward advice on doing things yourself, and how that doesn't have to be a ton of time. The main emphasis is on how to put your own stamp on things. There were a few projects, but I found most of the valuable info to be in suggested websites and down-to-Earth ideas. As a Quaker, I was also impressed with how many Quaker elements were included as suggestions.
December 11, 2025
Great, lighthearted book that offers lots of suggestions and insightful ways to view your non-monetary resources during the wedding planning process. Very helpful in determining where you should focus your funds and areas that can be DIY or eliminated all together. Easy read and well laid out. I finished it in under and hour and am ready to start planning again!
November 14, 2007
Definitely the best wedding book I've read. It's full of good advice for anyone who wants to skip out on a wedding planner, save money, or just make their wedding more individual and less like every other wedding you went to this summer. Highly recommended.
May 12, 2010
meh. Another wedding book where about 80% of the info can be found in other wedding books. I'm still reading, but finding that I'm skipping and skimming a lot since I've read similar info elsewhere. Hopefully it'll get better...
June 4, 2008
A few good ideas and some very realistic suggestions.
February 22, 2009
earth friendly, budget friendly, down to earth.
February 24, 2011
I quite enjoyed this wedding plan book.. see my full review at my blog post:
http://mandynlaw.blogspot.com/2011/02...
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November 11, 2010
The only wedding planning book I really used--such great ideas!
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January 28, 2011Provides helpful tips/ideas to cut costs for your wedding days while adding your own personal touches.
July 28, 2011
great ideas for what works and what doesn't
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July 28, 2011A good into with many good ideas, websites, tips, and references. However this book is more focused on planning and the actual DIY craft instructions are very simple and not illustrated.
August 28, 2011
Another low stress, low expectations, no pressure to make it perfect book. Recommended!
January 12, 2012
Homemade lollipops? Fun book.
June 15, 2014
Lots of great tips in this book - some that aren't quite right for what I'm planning, but the way it's all written it's very easy to imagine tweaking the ideas and doing it "DI-my" way. ;)
January 1, 2017
This was a good resource for me, as 90% of my wedding was done by myself. No planner here! This was a pretty useful guide and easy to read.
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