The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way

by Kelly Bare

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811857840
• ISBN13: 9780811857840
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Best thing I've read in the wedding genre yet.

I ordered this book along with Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides and Anti-Bride Wedding Planner: Hip Tools and Tips for Getting Hitched. Both of them were pretty lackluster, esp. the "Anti-Bride," but THIS one was 100% worth every dime. This book consists of incredibly helpful advice (for everything from floral arrangements to picking out an officiant), very do-able projects, and it's all presented in a great, readable format. I can honestly say it's the best advice book, hands-down, that I've read so far for wedding planning, and I'd recommend it for anyone. One of the great things about it is that the content is appropriate for *anyone*, so I might spread the love to others getting married after us. I definitely recommend this book to any bride who doesn't want to dump a bunch of money down the drain, and even those who will dump just a bit of money down that drain once in a while (for sanity's sake), and are looking for some level-headed, non-wedding-industrial-complex advice.

A Bride's Best Friend

This book is a real life saver, and perhaps more importantly, a real money saver! I highly recommend this book to anyone trying a plan a wedding. There are so many tips on ways to easily save money. Also, the list of resources is invaluable. If you are trying to be environmentally conscious, this is also the book for you. This book comes highly recommended by this bride-to-be.

Love it!

This book is full of ideas and breaks the whole DIY wedding planning into parts I felt I could really handle. We're planning a smaller wedding at my parent's home and I'd have to agree with another reviewer that this book really speaks to those who don't want an outlandishly large ultra formal wedding. I enjoyed the book. I DON'T think everything in the book was super obvious information. Also, the resource links were handy. :D

Awsome!!

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!

THE Bible for Weddings on a Budget

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!